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Anheuser-Busch completes first zero-emission beer delivery; BYD and Nikola

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Anheuser-Busch, in partnership with Nikola Motor Company and BYD Motors LLC, completed its first Zero-Emission Beer Delivery in its hometown of St. Lohr Distributors then delivered the beer to the Enterprise Center, home of the St. Louis Blues, on a BYD electric truck. The 21 BYD electric trucks as well as a 958.5

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Nidec and Embraer to form JV to develop electric propulsion system for aerospace

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The headquarters, located at Nidec Motor Corporation (NMC) in St. Louis, Missouri will be supported by both companies’ existing industrial footprint in Brazil and Mexico. Nidec Aerospace will be jointly owned, with Nidec owning a 51% share and Embraer the remaining 49%.

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Radar generation will get a refresh, higher position in automatic using programs

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Jason Fischer, government prominent engineer of self reliant generation at Normal Motors , stated the automaker is squarely a “lidar-based company.” Imaging radar isn’t but commercialized, he stated. ” Phil Magney, founder and predominant aider of VSI Labs, a St. Louis Ground, Minn.,

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DOE awarding $13M to advance fuel cell performance and durability and H2 storage technologies

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General Motors: this project will employ both experimental and modeling approaches to study the effect of operating conditions on degradation, as well as the ways membranes fail, to improve overall performance of low-platinum group metal electrodes. University of Missouri, St.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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General Motors LLC. Ford Motor Company. General Motors LLC. Co-optimization of Vehicle Specification and Routing to Improve Commercial Transportation System Efficiency and Reduce Deadheading. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits.

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Boeing Begins Building Phantom Eye Hydrogen-Powered HALE Demonstrator

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The jig load assembly, model of a liquid-hydrogen engine and fuselage skins for Boeing’s Phantom Eye demonstrator in St. Louis are part of the high altitude long endurance aircraft being assembled by teams in Boeing’s Phantom Works division. Other work on Phantom Eye is being done in Irvine and Huntington Beach, Calif., and in Seattle.

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APRA-E awards WUSTL $2M to develop predictive battery management system for plug-in vehicles; targeting more efficient use

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A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) will receive $2 million from the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E to design a predictive battery management system for lithium-ion batteries to guarantee their longevity, safety and performance. The School of Engineering & Applied Science is providing $1.2 Earlier post.)

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