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Insight LiDAR develops first gesture detection sensing technology for autonomous vehicle LiDAR systems

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Insight LiDAR announced that its product, Insight 1600, is the first LiDAR with the combined high resolution and velocity detection to enable pedestrian gesture recognition. When humans drive, we’re constantly scanning the environment around us. —Vice President of Business Development Greg Smolka. —Chris Wood.

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IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

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In past lithium-air designs, the lithium in a lithium metal anode moves through a liquid electrolyte to combine with oxygen during the discharge, yielding lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 ) or superoxide (LiO 2 ) at the cathode. It also operates with oxygen supplied by air from the surrounding environment. —Kondori et al.

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EV Connect introduces flexible EV charging solution designed for fleets

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In addition to serving more than 20 of its own fleet vans to buses, the City of Porterville can now optimize its charging schedules for demand response, manage charging costs, and ensure uptime across a multi-vendor charging environment which serves the EV charging needs of public and private fleet customers.

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UQ, TUM team finds way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol more efficiently

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Only binding of Mn 2+ (not Mg 2+ ) to this site affects the ligand environment of the catalytically essential divalent metal binding site, thus providing insight into an inhibitory mechanism of Mn 2+ at higher concentrations. The combined data inform engineering approaches to design an optimal dehydratase for the cascade.

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Algorithm Uses Evolution To Design Robots

Cars That Think

To accomplish tasks, they need both a well-designed body and a “brain,” or controller. But there are few ways to optimize a robot’s design at the same time. Unless the designer is an algorithm. The results are robots that are patchworks of colored squares, moving through video game-like environments.

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Drive System Design optimizes in-house tool to identify best electrified propulsion systems for e-mobility applications

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Drive System Design (DSD), a company specializing in the rapid engineering and development of electrified propulsion systems and associated technologies, has made significant enhancements to the latest generation of its proprietary Electrified Powertrain Optimization Process ( ePOP ). —Lee Rogers, Senior Engineer at Drive System Design.

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Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen talks Cybertruck design and more

Teslarati

During a recent interview at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen talked about several of his projects in the electric vehicle maker. He also shared quite a number of insights about the Cybertruck, its design, and its production version. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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