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United Airlines and Archer to launch first commercial electric air taxi route in Chicago

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United and Archer’s goal for its UAM network is to provide residents and visitors in the Chicago Metropolitan Area with a safe, sustainable, low noise, and cost-competitive alternative to ground transportation beginning in 2025.

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European HEFT project seeks lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense PM emotor for EVs

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A new €4-million research project funded by the EU is seeking to develop a lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense permanent magnet eMotor for electric vehicles (EVs). The consortium of eight European partners in the HEFT project is led by Mondragan University and includes GKN Automotive.

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ABI Research projects worldwide commercial EV market to surpass US$680B by 2027

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According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the worldwide commercial Electric Vehicle (EV) market is projected to grow from US$30.7 This market valuation refers to the total industry-wide global revenues derived from all commercials EVs sold yearly. billion in 2020 to more than US$682 billion by 2030.

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General Fusion announces funding to build new fusion machine targeting scientific breakeven by 2026

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General Fusion says that this machine represents a significant new pillar to accelerate and de-risk the company’s demonstration program, designed to leverage the company’s recent technological advancements and provide electricity to the grid with commercial fusion energy by the early to mid-2030s.

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Nexeon signs agreement with OCI for first commercial volume production site and secures raw material for silicon anodes

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Nexeon has secured a site for its first commercial volume silicon anode material plant in Gunsan, South Korea, utilizing existing available land adjacent to materials company OCI ’s facilities. Supply of commercial material begins in early 2025, initially fulfilling the recently announced binding supply agreement with Panasonic.

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Consortium seeks to show total cost of EVs can be less than combustion engine reference car

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Michelin and Siemens, in cooperation with research partners at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, are launching a project to demonstrate that the total cost of electric vehicles can be less than that of a conventional combustion-engined car.

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Archer and United Airlines announce first commercial electric air taxi route in the US

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The goal of Archer’s electric air taxi network is to provide passengers with safe, quick, quiet and cost-effective transportation to and from EWR. Archer’s early launch routes will provide airport to city center transportation service, which it refers to as “trunk” routes.

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