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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) V versus Li/Li +.

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Caltech’s SSPD-1 Is a New Idea for Space-Based Solar

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Mindful of concerns about the technical feasibility of robotic in-space assembly of satellites, each an order of magnitude larger than the International Space Station, the Caltech team has been looking at very different approaches to space solar power. But yours is at 10 GHz? They are not attached to each other.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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Toyota EPU (effectively an electric Hilux) Toyota EPU concept is an electric four-door ute Toyota has been glacially slow to the EV market but at the 2023 Tokyo motor show there were signs the message had finally sunk in. Toyota showed off a concept car called the EPU (or electric pick-up) alongside an electric version of the LandCruiser.

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ETH Zürich team developing light-duty natural gas-diesel hybrid electric powertrain; 43 g/km CO2

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At medium to high loads the engine is operated stoichiometrically, which enables the use of a three-way catalytic converter. The average efficiency of the internal combustion engine varies from 34.9% At the moment, we are concentrating particularly on the temperature in the catalytic converter. The CO 2 emissions vary from 43.0

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Mazda Says Turbocharged Miata Best Left for Tuners

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The 26 horsepower [after 2019] was just what happens when you extend the power band up to that redline; it was never even mentioned in any of the planning or documents internally. There are cases to be made both for and against the concept that ought to be considered.& At the end, we all just said, 'Oh look.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. Here’s our rough draft, which we’re releasing as we refine the concept—we moved up our plans when we learned about the Tuesday address. And oil only seems cheap. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. CalSEED is administered by New Energy Nexus.

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