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Sumitomo Rubber and Sumitomo Electric to join Sumitomo Riko, LanzaTech project

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Sumitomo Rubber along with Sumitomo Electric will be taking part in this joint development. This will accelerate Sumitomo efforts to create a sustainable society characterized by carbon neutrality and a circular economy—the goals of its circular economy concept, “TOWANOWA.” Earlier post.)

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5 Big Ideas for High-Temperature Superconductors

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In 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes plunged a mercury wire into liquid helium and noticed that the wire’s electrical resistance vanished. Brookhaven National Laboratory PROOF OF CONCEPT: A research team led by Brookhaven National Laboratory and ABB built a magnetic energy-storage system using HTS that achieved a 12.5-tesla

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Berkeley researchers propose salted biomass as scalable, economical and stable carbon capture and storage solution

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The result is carbon-negative, making this approach a potential game changer, according to Eli Yablonovitch, lead author and Professor in the Graduate School in UC Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. By comparison, some direct air capture and carbon dioxide gas sequestration strategies cost US$600 per tonne.)

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Toyota Land Cruiser could spawn two new EVs to rival Mercedes, Land Rover

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Toyota wants to bring the Land Cruiser brand into the electric future with two new EVs. As Toyota’s longest-running nameplate, it only makes sense for an electric Land Cruiser. However, this will likely be the final gas-powered version. More recently, Toyota introduced the Land Cruiser Se concept last October.

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Cummins to begin electrified powertrain delivery in 2019; alternative fuels and power, digitalization

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executives outlined plans to provide a range of power technologies spanning diesel and natural gas engines to fully electric and hybrid powertrains. Cummins will begin electrified powertrain delivery in 2019, including full battery-electric and plug-in hybrid systems. During a teleconference yesterday, Cummins Inc.

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Rolls-Royce eras in an all-electric plan by 2030, unveils Spectre EV

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Now, the British Rolls-Royce will era in a fleet of all-electric vehicles by the end of the 2020s, planning to not only scrap combustion engines altogether but keep a legendary tradition of automobiles going under a new pretense: Make them sustainable. Rolls-Royce has had electric plans on its agenda for a decade. What do you think?

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Start-up Eco-Motive developing dual-fuel “H” engine; parallel, independently fueled piston banks

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The Eco-Motive H-motor—basically two separate engines housed within the same engine block—can be powered by either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), at the driver’s decision. The H-motor is fed by dual gas tanks on either side of the drive shaft. Exact specifications may vary depending upon the OEM.

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