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Talon Metals to supply Tesla with nickel from Tamarack Project in central Minnesota

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through its US subsidiary Talon Nickel (USA) LLC, entered into an agreement with Tesla for the supply and purchase of nickel concentrate to be produced from the Tamarack Nickel Project in Aitkin County, Minnesota. Talon Metals Corp., Talon and Tesla will work together to optimize nickel concentrate grades and metal recoveries.

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Video Friday: Resilient Bugbots

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In this program, the ESA Web TV crew travel back to Turin, Italy to talk to the teams and watch as new tests are being conducted with the rover’s Earth twin Amalia while the real rover remains carefully stored in an ultra-clean room. [ MIT ] This robot gripper is called DragonClaw, and do you really need to know anything else?

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Volkswagen’s MOIA introduces electric ridesharing car for up to 6 passengers; 300km range

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We started one year ago at TechCrunch in London with the vision of partnering with cities to improve the efficiency on their streets. In 2018, we’ll be ready to launch our ride pooling concept internationally and take the first steps toward our goal of reducing the number of cars in major cities by one million in Europe and the USA by 2025.

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Roskill: automotive batteries and stainless steel to drive nickel demand

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Mills in these countries rely heavily on primary sources to obtain the nickel units they require, unlike producers in regions such as the EU, or the USA and India, where the use of scrap dominates. Demand for primary nickel in this market is anticipated to increase by 2.5%

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Video Friday: TRI Expo

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HRI 2023 : 13–16 March 2023, STOCKHOLM Robotics Summit & Expo : 10–11 May 2023, BOSTON ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Enjoy today’s videos!

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Most recently, Toyota announced that its fuel cell sedan would also be available in the UK, USA, Germany and Denmark during the summer of 2015. Myth #2: Hydrogen gas is dangerous to store and use. FCEVs are a real opportunity to offer motoring consumers a zero tailpipe emissions yet practical solution.

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Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

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Agility Robotics ] Oh My DOT is a soup noodle specialty store where you can enjoy a combination of 10 types of unique soup base called “Soup DOT” and 3 types of noodles to enjoy your favorite taste. A2Z ] Don’t let that clear blue sky fool you—the ground in Oregon in the spring is like Jello, which makes walking a challenge.