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Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in high performance electric motor manufacturer H3X

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H3X Technologies announced the completion of an investment by Lockheed Martin Ventures (LMV), the venture arm of Lockheed Martin Corporation. H3X designs and manufactures advanced electric motors to enable sustainable aviation and other high-performance applications. This latest funding brings the total raised by H3X to $9 million.

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UPS Deploys 200 More Hybrid Delivery Trucks

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Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville. The HEV fleet features two different size vehicles from Workhorse Custom Chassis and Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation and a hybrid power system from Eaton Corporation. The hybrid system uses a parallel, pre-transmission design. Earlier post.).

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Louisville, Colo. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory.

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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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Ford’s water strategy complements the company’s overall Code of Human Rights, Basic Working Conditions and Corporate Responsibilities. Louisville Assembly Plant (US): Recently replaced parking lot asphalt with pervious paving blocks to manage stormwater runoff, helping protect nearby bodies of freshwater.

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SABIC introduces novel thermoplastic roof fairing concept for 3% improvement in heavy-duty truck fuel economy

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SABIC’s design concept is aerodynamically optimized to deflect air by accelerating airflow through and across the top and sides of the roof fairing. The CFD data helped reveal opportunities to alter the design for improved airflow and reduced drag. —Scott Fallon, general manager, Automotive, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics.

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NAMII awarding $9M to 15 additive manufacturing projects

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Developing Topology Optimization Tools that Enable Efficient Design of AM Cellular Structures. This project will develop robust software for design and optimization of AM structural designs based on cellular structures. Concurrent Technologies Corporation; General Electric; and Robert C. ANSYS, Inc.; and ExOne).

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UAW crash with Detroit 3 displays a extra confrontational union as collision time limit looms

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Talking extreme era to Ford employees at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fain complained about one usual for the company category and some other for familiar employees. So, too, have Canadian auto employees, whose oaths finish 4 days nearest and who’ve designated Ford as their goal. factories is solely $40 to $45, Katz stated.

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