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Baidu granted China’s first permits for commercial fully driverless ride-hailing services

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The permits were granted to Baidu by government agencies in Wuhan and Chongqing's Yongchuan District. 1 in the accumulative number of autonomous driving patent applications in China, totaling 4,000; among them, the number of global patent families for high-level autonomous driving has exceeded 1,500, ranking first worldwide.

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Niron Magnetics secures $17.5M ARPA-E SCALEUP grant to boost production of FeN magnets

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million grant as part of its Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Six leading global manufacturers of devices that rely on magnets have partnered with Niron on the SCALEUP project, spanning various end-use industries. One of the top 5 global wind turbine OEMs.

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Vingroup member VinES and Li-Cycle launch global battery recycling partnership

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Li-Cycle Holdings, the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, and Vines Energy Solutions ( VinES ), a Vingroup company that specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of advanced batteries for mobility and energy storage applications, launched a global recycling partnership. Earlier post.)

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IEEE Receives Grant to Develop Lesson Plans On Semiconductors

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The ON Semiconductor Foundation , an onsemi Giving Now program, recently awarded the IEEE Foundation a two-year grant totaling US $137,125 for IEEE TryEngineering to develop content about semiconductor technology for middle school students and their teachers. The preuniversity outreach program is overseen by IEEE Educational Activities.

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Topsoe to lead FrontFuel project for SAF from CO2 and renewable electricity; DKK 26.9M grant

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million DKK (US$4 million) grant from Denmark’s EUDP (Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program) to fund the project. Topsoe will receive a 26.9 The FrontFuel project will use carbon dioxide and renewable energy to produce a synthetic crude, to demonstrate the value chain of SAF, using Topsoe technology.

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Air taxi maker Joby gets $10M California pre-production AAM grant

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more… The post Air taxi maker Joby gets $10M California pre-production AAM grant appeared first on Electrek. more… The post Air taxi maker Joby gets $10M California pre-production AAM grant appeared first on Electrek.

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Saietta Group wins APC grant to bring production of axial flux traction electric motor to 150k units per year

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UK-based tech company Saietta has won a major grant , through the UK’s Advanced Propulsion Center (APC) that will fast-track the first stage of the production process ramp-up for its innovative Axial Flux Traction (AFT) electric motor.

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