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Tesla’s streamlining efforts are a secret weapon against rival automakers

Teslarati

As noted in a Nikkei Asia report, Tesla’s cash conversion cycle fell to minus 15 days in fiscal 2021. Tesla production workers install seats to the structural battery pack at Gigafactory Texas. Tesla’s cash conversion cycle of minus 15 days is quite a rare feat. That’s not far behind Toyota, which posted $3.93

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How Steele Auto Team grew to become social media into gross sales, for now not a lot cash

Baua Electric

Beaton has since been promoted to basic supervisor of Halifax Chrysler-Dodge, additionally owned by means of Dartmouth-based Steele Auto Team, which has 51 dealerships in Atlantic Canada and 8 in Texas. Senior team control used to be keen to let the dealership experiment, Jamieson mentioned.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

Green Car Congress

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. Synthetic crude oil, similar to conventional crude oil, is created by upgrading bitumen (conversion into lighter hydrocarbons).

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UT Austin team achieves best reported full-cell hybrid Li-air battery cycling with new ordered catalyst

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A team from the University of Texas at Austin led by Professor John Goodenough has achieved significantly enhanced activity and durability for the oxygen reduction reaction under alkaline conditions in a hybrid Li-Air battery using a new ordered Pd 3 Fe/C catalyst. Credit: ACS, Cui et al. Click to enlarge.

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GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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In comparison, the highest grade industrial carbon nanotubes made from carbon dioxide are valued at $1000 fold higher than such fuels, and provide substantial economic incentive to transform and eliminate the carbon dioxide emissions from cement plants.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Being built at a new Gigafactory in Austin Texas, first US Cybertruck deliveries are scheduled for production late in 2023, having been delayed on multiple occasions. As a visual and performance statement it naturally draws comparisons with the Cybertruck. Will it come to Australia?

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Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

Cars That Think

This conversion happens in your phone’s or laptop’s wall charger, in the much larger chargers and inverters that power electric vehicles, and elsewhere. Why Power Conversion Matters in Climate Calculations Before we get to the semiconductors themselves, let’s first consider why we need them.

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