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Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

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And when my father made his dive with a bathyscaphe to the deepest spot on Earth in the Mariana Trench, his goal was to check if there was life down there at a period where the governments wanted to drop their radioactive and toxic waste in the ocean trenches. We put the carbon fiber and the epoxy in the molds and then we cure it.

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3D printing with high-performance carbon fiber

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have become the first to 3D-print aerospace-grade carbon fiber composites, opening the door to greater control and optimization of the lightweight, yet stronger than steel material. Click to enlarge. —fluid analyst Yuliya Kanarska.

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Audi introduces new CNG A3 Sportback

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They are made of fiber-composite materials and, in keeping with Audi’s lightweight construction philosophy, each weighs just 26 kilograms (57.3 The ultra high-strength outer shell comprises two layers: an inner layer of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and an outer layer of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP).

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,987. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Altran and Quimera to present All Electric GT prototype at Frankfurt

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The monocoque chassis is made entirely of carbon fiber to make it lighter and more rigid. Quimera is active in the following sectors: energy efficiency, energy storage, transportation, solar, wind, smart grid, biofuels & biomaterials, recycling & waste, water & wastewater.

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Audi to introduce natural gas A3 Sportback g-tron at year’s end; CO2-neutral e-gas

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When the energy required to build the e-gas facility and wind power generators is included in a comprehensive analysis, CO 2 emissions under e-Gas operation are still less than 30 grams per km (48.28 The CO 2 used in Audi’s e-gas plant is a waste product from a nearby biogas plant, operated by power utility EWE.

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Lamborghini unveils Lanzador electric concept

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With Wheelspeed Control, Lamborghini very finely regulates power and force at the individual wheels for even more precise turn-in, and direct as well as fast driving on particularly winding roads and with strong acceleration. This retains the technical properties of carbon, while at the same time reducing the use of carbon fiber.

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