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OP engine developer Achates Power closes $29.8M Series D; OGCI Climate Investments comes onboard

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According to a recent SAE paper—“Developing a 55% BTE Commercial Heavy-Duty Opposed-Piston Engine without a Waste Heat Recovery System,”—these gains can have a direct and multiplied impact on the heavy-duty vehicle market. The vehicle will debut at the 2018 North American International Auto Show, in Detroit. Zermeno, R.,

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Ford Issues Official Statement On UAW Contract Ratification

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While the United Auto Workers’ contract seems to be a done deal for all three Detroit-based automakers, Ford is the only brand that’s issued any formal statements on ratification thus far. It was still a corporate press release, however, and came with plenty of the usual trappings. But there’s not much to pick apart in the release.

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Ford expects inner combustion engine quantity, earnings to develop thru 2025

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DETROIT — Ford Motor expects gross sales and benefit margins from its inner combustion engine automobiles to develop for a minimum of the later two years ahead of the industrywide transition to electrical automobiles begins to reduce that industry. CFO John Lawler stated it’s on corporate leaders to reach effects.

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Transonic Combustion Completes New Round of Venture Funding

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Transonic says that its technology achieves ultra-high efficiency by operating conventional reciprocating piston gasoline engines at ultra-high compression ratios and incorporating very precise ignition timing and carefully minimized waste heat generation.

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Michigan awards $285K to new mobility initiatives that improve roadway safety and sustainability, and customer service

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The GEKOT team is working to establish Detroit as the center of engineering excellence in micro-mobility and light electric vehicles. The intention is that electric scooter and e-bike companies will soon consider Detroit expertise to develop their vehicles. Mouvit ($100,000).

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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Process intensification breakthroughs can dramatically shrink the footprint of equipment needed on a crowded factory floor or eliminate waste by using the raw input materials more efficiently. Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (Detroit, MI). LanzaTech; Materia; SEVA; TowerJazz; Small: Able Industrial Products Inc.;

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Coskata Unveils Semi-Commercial Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Facility; Springboard for Full-Scale Commercial Rollout

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GM announced its strategic partnership, including an investment, with Coskata at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January 2008. This flexible approach at the Madison facility is enabled by Westinghouse Plasma Corporation (WPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Alter NRG, and their plasma gasification technology.