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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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The aim is not to develop the CUbE into a production vehicle, but to get a range of Continental technologies, such as brake systems and surrounding sensors, market-ready so that they can be used in robo-taxi series production. The central development platform for this work is the CUbE, a small driverless shuttle based on the EZ10 platform.

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Univ of Toronto study details impacts of interaction between driving patterns and electricity generation for WTW energy use and GHG emissions for PHEVs

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A new study by researchers at the University of Toronto examines the impact of the interaction between driving patterns (distance and conditions) and the mode of electricity generation (e.g., C1 is shorter than C2, which is shorter than C3). For the hydroelectric scenario, fossil energy use is 81% lower for C1 than for HWY2.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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NREL working with industrial partners (Genomatica and DeNora) will develop a biorefining concept that uses electrochemically generated formate as a universal energy carrier to facilitate a carbon optimized sugar assimilation fermentation to synthesize fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) without release of CO 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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How E Ink Developed Full-Color e-Paper

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Electronic-ink researchers had been pursuing color e-paper for years, as had other researchers around the world, in universities, corporate research labs, and startups. Indeed, more than a decade after that first Kindle, and more than two decades after its invention, full-color e-paper had still not reached the consumer market.

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Axeon awarded EU funding to reduce size, weight and cost of EV & hybrid vehicle batteries

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Targets for a 20 kWh battery pack (larger than the 16 kWh packs in many plug-in hybrids and electric cars including the Vauxhall Ampera and Citroen C1 ev’ie) include: Reduction of battery pack weight by 10%-15%; Reduction of battery pack volume by 20-30%; and. Reduction in battery pack cost by 5%-10%.

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