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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Since then, the suborbital system has conducted regular test flights with a variety of payloads at speeds in excess of 1,000 miles per hour at Spaceport America, located in New Mexico. SpinLaunch satellite buses, and qualified subsystems, are designed to be compatible with any launch system without compromising cost, performance, or mass.??.

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Heliostat Consortium announces 7 projects to receive combined $3.5M in funding; DOE launches Heliostat Prize

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Projects from this solicitation, which will be implemented over the next 1–3 years, will focus on lowering the cost of heliostats and heliostat technologies and creating new market opportunities for the heliostat industry. Low-cost heliostats offer significant renewable energy potential.

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Tesla’s 3rd location for next-gen EV production to be named end of 2024-early 2025

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During Tesla’s Q4 and FY 2023 earnings call, CEO Eon Musk stated that the company is “very far along” on its next-generation low-cost vehicle program. As for the production locations of Tesla’s next-generation vehicle, Musk noted that Giga Texas will be first , followed by Giga Mexico.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E price cuts are proving affordable EVs are in demand

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However, Mach-E sales were down 20% through the first half of 2023 as Ford retooled its plant in Mexico, where the vehicle is assembled. CEO Jim Farley said the automaker is developing a low-cost EV platform to keep up with Tesla and low-cost Chinese automakers.

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DOE to award up to $8M to three algae-based biofuels projects

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Working with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Lumen Bioscience will rapidly engineer strains that grow robustly in seawater, resist contamination and predation, and accumulate substantial amounts of energy-rich components. The selected projects are: Lumen Bioscience. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Audi is the latest automaker to reveal plans for a lower-cost EV

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Döllner didn’t give up any details, but given Audi’s preference toward SUVs, the entry-level EV could take more of a crossover-like design as a sibling to the Q3. The American automaker is developing a new low-cost EV platform to underpin a smaller electric pickup and SUV. Kia is also planning a series of low-cost models.

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Video Friday: Automotive Artistry

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