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Toyota develops packaged fuel cell system module for sale

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Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a product that packages a fuel cell (FC) system into a compact module; the company plans to begin selling it in the spring of 2021 or later. The maintenance requirements of the new module are simple and infrequent, helping to reduce the total cost, from procurement and usage to disposal.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Corporate Cash The idea of private digital currencies goes back to at least 1994, when the late Edward de Bono wrote of the “IBM dollar.” In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products. Waters said, “That’s not a commitment.”

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Panasonic and Tokyo Gas introduce home fuel cell unit for condominiums

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Panasonic Corporation and Tokyo Gas Co., The product is the first commercialized fuel cell system in which the fuel cell unit, hot water unit and backup heat source unit can all be stored in the pipe shaft of the condominium. A pipe shaft is a space to store water and gas pipes that runs vertically through condominium floors.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Renault Dauphine

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Of all those companies, Renault was the only one to score big-time North American sales success. All three of those Dauphines were for sale on the SF Bay Craigslist site for months, with a price tag of $1,000 for the trio. Peugeot stuck it out until 1991 , when the last new 405s hit American streets.

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Retail sales rise 27% to 2.20 million vehicles in April 2024 | Autocar Professional

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The key growth drivers for sales last month are the favourable market sentiment driven by stable fuel prices, positive monsoon outlook by the IMD, festive demand and the marriage season. Other sales inhibitors were limited finance options and regional challenges such as water scarcity, states FADA. million units).

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Retail sales rise 27% to 2.12 million vehicles in April 2024 | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The key growth drivers for sales last month are the favourable market sentiment driven by stable fuel prices, positive monsoon outlook by the IMD, festive demand and the marriage season. Other sales inhibitors were limited finance options and regional challenges such as water scarcity, states FADA. million units).

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Avjet Biotech negotiating strategic relationship with BioJet international for distributed refineries for drop-in renewable aviation fuel

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Water from the steam can be reused, and the glycerol byproduct can be burned to produce a power source for the process. The RWR System is under development for sale as a small distributive refining system to global entities or foreign governments that aspire to produce renewable aviation biofuels from native feedstocks.