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Report: EV Electra aims to make Swedish-engineered Emily GT in Italy

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The Emily GT, an electric sedan prototype created by former Saab engineers in Sweden with Chinese funding, may see production in Italy under the auspices of a Canadian startup, reports Autocar. Protean just this past week also showed a Land Rover Defender EV conversion taking advantage of the tech as part of weight-saving measures.

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Beta Renewables’ 75M liter cellulosic ethanol plant opens in Italy

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Beta Renewables, part of the Mossi Ghisolfi Group, and Novozymes marked the official opening in Northern Italy of a 75-million-liter (20-million-gallon) cellulosic ethanol plant. The plant uses wheat straw, rice straw and arundo donax, a high-yielding energy crop grown on marginal land.

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MIT and Lamborghini file patent on new MOF material for supercapacitors

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The collaboration began three years ago when Automobili Lamborghini joined the MIT-Italy Program, and took a further step forward in 2017 with the launch of two research projects, one with Professor Mircea Dinc? CO 2 and O 2 reduction, and natural gas conversion), energy conversion and storage, sensing, gas separation, and biotechnology.

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Musk vs Zuckerberg practice bout could happen Monday, hints Musk biographer

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The message included a screenshot of an alleged conversation between the two CEOs. While Zuckerberg’s response to Musk in the alleged text exchange seemed serious in nature, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO seemed to have taken the conversation in stride. I spoke to the PM of Italy and the Minister of Culture.

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Abellio, Alstom, NASA and Rolls-Royce to implement new hybrid drive solution on Coradia Lint diesel trains

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Subsequent conversion of the entire fleet of 54 Coradia Lint vehicles is under consideration. The contract covering the conversion of the first three of these vehicles to MTU hybrid drives is planned to be signed by the end of 2018.

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Enel Green Power and NextChem sign MoU for green hydrogen production in US

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We are actively scouting for opportunities in this segment in several parts of the world, both in Europe and in the Americas, and we look forward to joining forces with partners such as Maire Tecnimont to make the most of the significant potential that green hydrogen represents for the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors.

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Lamborghini unveils Lanzador electric concept

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The interior is made almost entirely of sustainable materials, all made in Italy. However, this residual water from olive oil production can also be reused by chemical manufacturers to produce tanning agents: the tanning process shares a “Made in Italy” synergy with the production of Italian olive oil. 100 percent merino wool.

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