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GM expands access of OnStar Vehicle Insights telematics solution to non-GM vehicles

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Once the connection to the adapter is established to the vehicle and to the OnStar Vehicle Insights mobile app or website, fleet managers can begin receiving valuable vehicle insights on the OnStar Vehicle Insights platform, designed to lower the cost of vehicle maintenance while keeping their fleets up and running.

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Siemens, Duke Energy and Ford demonstrate lower cost home smart charging technology for plug-ins; due on market next year

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million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. Appliance connection. In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6

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ARPA-E to award $27M for advanced nuclear reactor systems operational technology: GEMINA

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The GE Research team aims to reduce operations and maintenance (O&M) costs by moving from a time- to condition-based predictive maintenance framework, using GE Hitachi’s BWRX-300 boiling water reactor as the reference design. Argonne National Laboratory: Maintenance of Advanced Reactor Sensors and Components (MARS) - $2,200,000.

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BMW Group, Airbus and Quantinuum present classical/quantum computation study of the ORR in fuel cells

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Accurate ab-initio methods have been traditionally considered not applicable to such systems due to their high computational cost, but this soon may be possible thanks to the rapid advances in quantum computing. Qunatinuum System Model H1 refers to a generation of quantum computing hardware using ion traps with a single linear geometry.

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Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

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That the costs of carbon capture can be offset by producing valuable fuels or chemical products from CO 2. Data for diesel, GTL, ethanol, BTL and solar hydrogen cannot be divided into the uptake of CO 2 and connected processes and are therefore aggregated. R indicates reference alternatives not explicitly modeled in this study.

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Electric car chargers to be required in all new house and office builds in England

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In response to a question in the House of Commons this week, Rachel Maclean MP, under secretary of state for transport, said the government will publish its consultation response on requiring all new residential and non-residential buildings to have a charging point, and intends to present the new legislation later this year.

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Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

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They can all be categorized as ways to "Green IT," an umbrella term referring to environmentally sound information technologies and systems, applications, and practices. For more details, refer to this article. The WikiHow Environmental Awareness web page, for example, presents information that the public can easily comprehend.

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