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Honda tests Gen 2 prototype electric autonomous work vehicle with Black & Veatch

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Honda and Black & Veatch have successfully tested the prototype Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) at a Black & Veatch construction site in New Mexico. The result is a new category of capable work vehicle that can be deployed in a variety of dynamic work environments.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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HELIOCOMM: A Resilient Wireless Heliostats Communication System: This components-and-controls project by the University of New Mexico will model a resilient wireless communication system based on the principles of integrated access and backhaul (IAB) technology, entropy-based routing, dynamic spectrum management, and interference mitigation.

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2024 Hyundai Santa Fe -- Open for More

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Didn't this author travel to New Mexico a few months back to see it up close? The XRT concept we saw in Santa Fe the place will be part of Santa Fe the vehicle. We're quoting the tagline from the press release for the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe: "Open for More." So tagged because the liftgate opening is larger. Yes, we/I did.

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NSF launches $20M engineering research center aimed at converting natural gas into transportation fuels: CISTAR

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New materials and fundamental understanding will be transferred from initial, proof of concept lab-scale experiments to full-size pilot scale operations with economic evaluations using systems-level lifecycle and environmental impact analysis to guide research and scale these innovative processes to field demonstrations with industrial partners.

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Baker Institute-led group to develop nationwide protocol for paying ranchers and farmers to store carbon

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While there are specifics of the existing standards that are useful, an overall new approach is needed, and the Baker Institute was willing to act as our host in convening this working group. We have assembled a diverse group that I feel sure will develop an excellent, defensible concept. —Jim Blackburn. King Ranch Inc.;

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Audi A3 g-tron goes on sale in Germany; CO2-neutral in e-gas mode

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The Audi A3 g-tron forms part of a new, integrated sustainable mobility concept from the brand. Audi is also operating a research facility for the production of Audi e-ethanol and e-diesel with its partner Joule in Hobbs, New Mexico. Audi A3 g-tron. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Delek sells AltAir renewable diesel/jet business to World Energy for $72M

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Vandewater Capital Holdings, the lead investor and controlling shareholder of AltAir Fuels from its inception in 2013 until Delek acquired a controlling stake in October of 2015, brought AltAir from concept to a leading refinery of renewable fuels.

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