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Nel to invest up to $400M in electrolyzer plant in Michigan

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Going forward, Nel will build on its fully automated Alkaline manufacturing concept invented at Herøya in Norway. Similarly, the company’s expansion of the facility in Wallingford, Connecticut will play a critical role in creating a blueprint for scaling up the production of PEM electrolyzers.

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Vinfast adds US dealer franchises, as EV deliveries lag targets

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The additions will give the company 18 franchised dealerships in seven states—North Carolina, New York, Texas, Florida, Kansas, Connecticut, and Kentucky—since the start of a pivot to a dealer model last year. The first of the new dealerships is expected to open later this month, according to a Vinfast press release.

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ANGP gets exclusive license to UTRC technology for conformable natural gas vehicle storage tanks

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UTRC’s objective under this program was to develop a conformable modular tank concept based on topology-optimized structures, and state-of-the-art materials and manufacturing technologies. UTRC is headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut, with additional operations at its affiliate in Berkeley, California.

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EERC working with Fuel Cell Energy on $3.5M ARPA-E project for electrochemical cell to convert natural gas to methanol

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Other partners in the project are MIT, the University of Connecticut, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The EERC’s portion of the project is being funded through matching funds from the North Dakota Department of Commerce’s Research ND Program. The Research ND award was a first for the EERC.

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Video Friday: Monocycle Robot With Legs

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Paper ] via [ EPFL LIS ] Nissan announces the concept model of “Iruyo”, a robot that supports babysitting while driving. The research is part of the Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats institute (RETHi) is led by Purdue University, in partnership with SEAS, the University of Connecticut and the University of Texas at San Antonio.

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8 ZEV states announce US ZEV sales top 260,000 units

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The other seven states—Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—account for more than 135,000 vehicles. In October 2013, the 8 states signed a memorandum of understanding to take specific actions to put 3.3 Californians have purchased or leased more than 100,000 ZEVs. million by 2025.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

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& In case you were curious, in 1996 Guidestar worked in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. to have a complete set of Guidestar maps. Of those, 1,000 were the units purchased by Avis.

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