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Honda begins production of 2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid in North America

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The CR-V hybrid features a new two-motor hybrid system produced at Honda’s Ohio Transmission Plant (TMP-O), and a newly refined Atkinson-cycle engine unique to hybrid models that is made at the Anna Engine Plant (AEP), also in Ohio. An associate at the Anna Engine Plant assembles the Atkinson-cycle engine.

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History of the GEM Car and a Look at Its Future

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The batteries mean they have zero emissions and are better for the environment than gas-powered cars or golf carts. GEM started in 1992 when a group of engineers left General Motors (GM) to form a company. While traditionally for personal use, you may see these vehicles in the rideshare industry.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. Crawford is a professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University , in West Lafayette, Ind. She then pursued a Ph.D.

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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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Evans and Sutherland, then computer science professors at the University of Utah, wanted to expand on the use of such tools by finding a way for computers to simulate objects and environments. In 1968 they founded Evans and Sutherland, locating the E&S headquarters in the university’s research park. thesis in 1963 at MIT.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

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Results have contributed to standards development at international bodies like the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). First announced in 2014, CSRC Next ( earlier post ) will direct $35 million through 2021 towards research designed to support a safe transition to the future of mobility.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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VR headsets allow students to immerse themselves in realistic digital environments to learn math and science by solving real-world problems, such as calculating how high a house’s foundation should be raised to offset the risk of flooding. Thanks to Prisms of Reality , VR technology is being used in 140 school districts in 30 states.

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Punching above its weight

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Folks here already know what’s going on with the environment and how EVs fit into the big picture.” Lightning formula Erb is a professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Asheville , where he taught mechatronics engineering.