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Who Will Free EV Motors from the Rare Earth Monopoly?

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The goal is a traction motor that’s at least as powerful, reliable, and lightweight as today’s industry standard rare-earth permanent magnet synchronous motor. Ayman El-Refaie, Marquette University Now a sleeper option, synchronous reluctance motors , is getting a surge of interest, thanks to materials-science breakthroughs at GE Aerospace.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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INRIX and Parkmobile bring end-to-end parking solution to the connected car

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The two will partner to develop an embedded, end-to-end parking solution for the auto industry. Atlanta-based Parkmobile is the largest provider of mobile payments for on- and off-street parking and mobility-related services for municipalities, universities, commercial operators and transit facilities in the US.

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UCLA researchers develop exceptionally strong and lightweight new metal nanocomposite

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Silicon carbide is an ultra-hard ceramic commonly used in industrial cutting blades. Chen is now an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. of Minneapolis; and Suveen Mathaudhu of UC Riverside. of Minneapolis; and Suveen Mathaudhu of UC Riverside.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Zipcar’s potential is enormous.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

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Further, like other industries, the energy business has become digitized , meaning the skills needed are different from those previously required. This situation is not true universally. His team surveyed “twenty-nine utilities for detailed voltage data from their AMI systems, and no one had it.”

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New yeast engineered by BESC, Mascoma could accelerate production of cellulosic ethanol

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The results were presented at the 31 st International Fuel Ethanol Workshop this week in Minneapolis. The three centers are coordinated at ORNL, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin-Madison in partnership with Michigan State University. 1(3):e00323-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00323-13. 00323-13.

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