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UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

Green Car Congress

—Navid Attarzadeh Attarzadeh wondered what if they designed a 3D nickel-based catalyst in the shape of the prickly pear cactus? What caught my attention was how big the leaves and fruits were compared to other desert plants; the prickly pear has an extraordinary surface area. Resources Navid Attarzadeh, Debabrata Das, Srija N.

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GM Opens New Design Studio, Teases Electric Corvette Concept

The Truth About Cars

General Motors is using an all-electric Corvette to draw attention to its new UK design studio in Royal Leamington Spa, outside of Birmingham. While the C9 Corvette is expected to debut as a 2029 model year, the automaker has asked its other design studios (Detroit, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Seoul) to produce Corvette concepts for 2025.

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Tesla design head reflects on over 16 years with the company

Teslarati

Tesla’s Senior Design Executive Franz von Holzhausen was interviewed in the 500th episode of the Ride the Lightning podcast over the weekend, talking about topics from the new Model Y Performance to Optimus, and even sharing how what has kept him coming back for over 16 years.

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Physics-based Analog Design Optimization

Cars That Think

Analog/RF IC design has been traditionally considered an art sometimes even a black art because, contrary to digital IC design, analog/RF design combines complexity, non-linearity, conflicting design objectives and limited automation in EDA tooling.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

Oil (..)

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Seven day test: 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV. I’ll check back when you’ve finished it.

EV Central

We give the flagship Design grade (currently $51,500 drive-away) the week-long family test, with mixed results. 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV – yep, this is how you lock and unlock it. 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV – nice multi-spoke 20-inch rims. 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV – loads of luxury rear space.

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Tesla’s lead designer weighs in on plans for these two Model Y colors

Teslarati

Tesla’s Head of Design has provided some insight into potential future plans for two Model Y colors, making nods to the Glacier Blue and Midnight Cherry Red paint options as part of a special milestone podcast episode. In the interview, McCaffrey points out that those in the U.S.

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