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Ford advancing 3D sand printing

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Ford is embracing the use of “3D printing”—additive manufacturing—in its design work. F-150: Exhaust manifolds for the 3.5-liter liter EcoBoost built in Cleveland and used in F-150. Many of the components for the Ford 3.5-liter Explorer: Brake rotors for the 2011 Explorer built in Chicago.

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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

President Grover Cleveland was an early adopter of the electrified Christmas tree, as shown in this 1896 photo. The earliest Christmas lights used miniature versions of Edison's pear-shaped carbon-filament bulbs, which had fragile exhaust tips that were prone to breaking. White House Historical Association.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The negative was the exhaust note (when in hybrid mode), which was too loud and quickly became tiresome. Italian Design The Hornet R/T is sharp looking with its Alfa Romeo roots coming through nicely. The AWD torque vectoring acts as an electronic limited slip differential. The paddle shifters were unnecessarily large.

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Army Research Lab team working to design piston engines optimized for JP-8

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designed for Diesel Fuel (DF-2) operating with reduced performance with JP-8. The fact that none of the engines that use JP-8 are designed—including their fuel systems—and calibrated for JP-8. Fuel lubricity (which relates to mechanical wear in the system, including high pressure common rail pumps).

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EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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The outstanding water transport rate of NEXARTM membranes also significantly improves energy recovery ventilation (ERV), by which exhausted indoor air conditions incoming fresh air. Designing greener chemicals: The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Gotion High-Tech launches new L600 LMFP Astroinno battery; single-cell energy density of 240Wh/kg

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Its research institution in Cleveland, Ohio has developed a new electrolyte for LMFP, which has greatly improved the cycle and storage performance at high temperatures. received a procurement letter from Volkswagen AG and that the company has thus become a designated supplier for the automaker’s overseas markets. Earlier post.)

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