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Sandia researchers developing new family of metal-based ionic liquids for low-cost, efficient flow batteries

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agricultural industries. copper ones, are also readily available and low cost. Anderson (2011) MetILs: A Family Of Metal Ionic Liquids For Redox Flow Batteries (Electrical Energy Storage Applications & Technologies (EESAT) Conference). Ligands such as ethanolamine and diethanolamine. Most metal salts, particularly.

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Agrivida and Syngenta Ventures to collaborate on low-cost sugars from cellulosic biomass for fuels and chemicals

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and Syngenta Ventures will collaborate to develop advanced crop technology that will provide low-cost sugars from cellulosic biomass for a variety of industrial applications including biofuels and biochemicals without requiring external enzymes for biomass hydrolysis. Poster from 2010 ARPA-E Summit. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota and Lexus roll-out low-cost automated braking safety packages on RAV4 Hybrid and RX crossover

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At separate press conferences Wednesday and Thursday at the New York Auto Show, Toyota will reveal the RAV4 Hybrid SUV, while Lexus unveils its all-new fourth-generation RX luxury crossover SUV. The systems are intended to address commonly occurring crash types according to traffic accident statistical analyses.

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Cheap tyre dumping is “pure smuggling”: JK Tyre’s Dr. Raghupati Singhania | Autocar Professional

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Dr. Raghupati Singhania, the Chairman and Managing Director of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd., expressed concerns that the dumping of low-cost tyres into the country earlier, which came largely from China, has now started coming from other Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

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Startup SG Biofuels to Develop Jatropha as Source for Low-Cost, Sustainable Oil

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Following three years of research, a team of energy, biotechnology and agribusiness veterans has formed SG Biofuels , a San Diego, CA-based plant oil company specializing in the development of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainably produced source of oil. It can be effectively grown on abandoned lands that are unsuitable for other crops.

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Industry report says steel can deliver weight savings to meet CAFE targets; aluminum growth in LDVs to peak around 2018

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Steel can easily deliver the weight savings required to meet federally mandated fuel economy targets for most vehicles, according to a new 300-page analysis by the steel-industry information service World Steel Dynamics : “AutoBody Warfare: Aluminum Attack.” WSD also modeled four other vehicles of different sizes with roughy similar results.

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Use of a Low-Cost Electric Supercharger Could Significantly Reduce Smoke from Turbocharged Diesel Engines

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Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) is a UK startup working with switched reluctance motor technology to deliver cost-effective CO 2 -reducing solutions for vehicles. Earlier post.). Until now the emission testing for such engines has been steady state. Fully integrated VTES unit. Click to enlarge.

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