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Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

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That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. The industrial processes behind crude oil refineries and the inner-workings of gas-powered combustion engines can emit PAHs, which can form into toxic air pollutants such as soot. Zhao et al.

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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

Cars That Think

Winning an Academy Award is probably not something most engineers ever expect to do. Vanns, who now works at Disney -owned Industrial Light & Magic , in London, was an avid cinephile growing up. I got into reverse engineering and understanding how computers worked under the hood,” he says.

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Merchants Fleet intends to buy 12,600 electric light commercial vehicles from GM’s BrightDrop

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Merchants is working with BrightDrop to procure 12,600 BrightDrop EV600s, an all-new, electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services over long ranges. Earlier post.). The EV600 is powered by the Ultium battery system and combines zero-emissions driving with segment-leading safety features.

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Tesla owners flex coordinate light shows for the holidays

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Tesla owners are coordinating light shows for the holidays. One of the new features is an improvement to its light show with the Model X. Tesla took the feature even further by allowing owners to schedule a light show up to ten minutes in advance. “Even if the light shows were a tad off. pic.twitter.com/2MATg1vzja.

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Interview Sheds Light On Toyota’s Thinking About EVs

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A recent interview at CarBuzz with Mike Sweers, executive chief engineer for the Toyota Tundra, Sequoia, Tacoma, and 4Runner programs at Toyota Motor North America, gives us some insight into Toyota’s thinking not only on electric trucks, but electric vehicles in general.

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Honda to begin sales of refreshed Insight hybrid and new Freed hybrids in Japan; new Insight Exclusive with 1.5-liter engine joins lineup

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The Insight Exclusive. introduced the newly refreshed Insight hybrid model, accompanied by the new Insight Exclusive model featuring a 1.5-liter liter engine. Refreshed Insight. The refreshed Insight offers new exterior styling elements and refined interior. Insight Exclusive. Click to enlarge.

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SLAC, MIT, TRI researchers advance machine learning to accelerate battery development; insights on fast-charging

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He said the results overturn long-held assumptions about how lithium-ion batteries charge and discharge and give researchers a new set of rules for engineering longer-lasting batteries. An animation shows two contrasting views of how electrode particles release their stored lithium ions during battery charging. Resources.

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