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Self-driving mining truck stable at 90 km/h; clothoid-based model predictive control

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A prototype self-driving truck under development by Scania and Swedish research universities has tested successfully at speeds of up to 90 km/h (56 mph). —Bo Wahlberg, professor of control engineering at KTH. 2983-2990 doi: 10.1109/ECC.2015.7330991. It performs very precisely, even at higher speeds. Trincavelli, J.

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NC State team develops new Si/C inverter; 12.1 kW/L & greater efficiency in a smaller, lighter package

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Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University have developed an inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles using off-the-shelf components made of the wide-bandgap semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). kW/L by 2020. kW/L by 2020.

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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—first author Chengcheng Fang, a materials science and engineering Ph.D. By figuring out the major underlying cause of lithium metal battery failure, we can rationally come up with new strategies to solve the problem. Our ultimate goal is to enable a commercially viable lithium metal battery. student at UCSD.

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