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UK Government awards more than US$141M to 38 driverless and low carbon vehicle projects

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Twenty-four projects demonstrated clear commercial value and identified technical solutions for CAV technology, including how these vehicles will work within the UK transport system. Further successful projects from this competition round will be announced soon.

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Air Canada to operate biofuel flights in support of environmental research on contrails and emissions

Green Car Congress

A reduction in the thickness and coverage of contrails produced by the jet engines of aircraft could reduce aviation’s impact on the environment, an important beneficial effect of sustainable biofuel usage in aviation. The sustainable biofuel is produced by AltAir Fuels from used cooking oil and supplied by SkyNRG.

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Press Release: Full-electric Volta Zero embarks on UK customer roadshow

Electric Vehicles India

Volta Trucks a leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider has confirmed that the full-electric Volta Zero will tour the UK throughout September in a series of high-profile customer and industry events. Press Release: Full-electric Volta Zero embarks on UK customer roadshow.

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

Cars That Think

Tesla’s investor day on 1 March began with a rambling, detailed discourse on energy and the environment before transitioning into a series of mostly predictable announcements and boasts. The problem here is physics, which not even Tesla can alter. No one fully understands this,” he reports. Among the most promising: iron nitride, Fe 16 N 2.

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Boston Dynamics’ Founder on the Future of Robotics

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But as the company focuses more on commercializing its technology , Raibert has become more interested in pursuing the long-term vision of what robotics can be. Raibert showed concept art at ICRA that included robots working in domestic environments such as kitchens, living rooms, and laundry rooms as well as industrial settings. “I

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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But now, Cerf sat alone in the lobby of San Francisco’s Jack Tar Hotel , on a break from a computing conference. arranged a visit to a Semi-Automatic Ground Environment computer center. and University College London. It was time to go commercial. And the problem was on his mind. Cerf pulled out an envelope. universities.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

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The device went on to serve as the heart of stability-control systems in countless commercial and private aircraft and U.S. It also taught him, he says, an appreciation for the difference between “what it is to have theoretical knowledge and what it is to commercialize technology that can be helpful to others.”. 1969, and M.S.,