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VW of America boosting research in US for electric mobility and sustainable transportation

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One key unit is located in Tennessee: Volkswagen’s Innovation Hub in Knoxville is driving applied materials science in collaboration with the University of Tennessee (UT) and Oakridge National Lab (ORNL). This includes the ORNL, of which VWGoA has also established research collaborations.

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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EcoCAR is a collegiate automotive competition aimed at developing a highly skilled, domestic workforce by providing hands-on experience designing and building next-generation mobility solutions to meet our nation’s future energy and mobility challenges. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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Researchers discover new mechanism to increase the strength and ductility of high-entropy alloys

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Researchers from the City University of Hong Kong, Hunan University, Central South University in China and the University of Tennessee has discovered a new mechanism to increase the strength and the ductility of a high-entropy alloy. A paper on the work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Ford delays next-gen electric truck and SUV, plans hybrids across lineup

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The electric future will take a bit longer than originally promised at Ford. The new electric truck, which Ford CEO Jim Farley has referred to as the “ Millennium Flacon of trucks ,” will now arrive in 2026. ” Set to be built at Ford’s new Blue Oval City in west Tennessee, the automaker committed to spend $11.4

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Unifor goals to unionize Volkswagen’s EV battery plant in Ontario

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And with unions these days experiencing what Payne has referred to as an “organizing moment,” Unifor has lately introduced staff at a number of portions vegetation into its crease, maximum significantly about 600 team of workers at Windsor, Ont. Unifor represents about 22,000 hourly staff at Ford Motor Co., seatbelt producer TRQSS Inc.

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Study finds no benefit to delaying or weakening ZEV policies to drive transition to electric drive

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Baker Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory concludes that starting the California ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicle) mandates five years earlier or doubling their intensity increases upfront costs but also increases benefits by a greater amount. A study by a team from the Howard H.

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Exascale Computing Project (ECP) announces $39.8M in first-round application development awards

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Exascale refers to high-performance computing systems capable of at least a billion billion calculations per second, or a factor of 50 to 100 times faster than the nation’s most powerful supercomputers in use today. The awards, totaling $39.8 Exascale Modeling of Advanced Particle Accelerators, Jean-Luc Vay (LBNL) with LLNL, SLAC.

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