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EnerDel Plans to Invest $237M in New Indiana Lithium-Ion Battery Plant

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The new Indiana plant will give EnerDel the capacity to produce battery packs for approximately 600,000 hybrid electric vehicles, or 60,000 battery-electric cars. EnerDel is referring to the latter as “electric-vehicle equivalents” —about 20-25 kWh.) The Indiana plant will be financed through a $118.5

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IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

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Only public libraries in IEEE Region 4 currently are eligible for an SKPL grant. Currently all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library have the kits, as do libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The number of libraries applying for SKPL grants has grown.

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Tesla’s software fixes, the NHTSA’s status quo, and an impending need for updated recall terminologies

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Professor Ball further explained that using terms such as “soft recall” to refer to software-based vehicle fixes might imply a reduced level of risk, and this is something that the NHTSA would likely be unwilling to do. . However, the issue was simply addressed through firmware release 2021.43.101.1

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This AI Hunts for Hidden Hoards of Battery Metals

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Given the mix of cutting-edge scientific computing and old-school bravado, it was as though they were channeling Alan Turing and Indiana Jones simultaneously. The original Eroom’s law refers to a similar trend in the cost of new pharmaceutical discoveries.) World leaders are well aware of the need.