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Ricardo’s low-cost, fuel-efficient automatic transmission concept for motorcycles

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BY contrast, the Ricardo concept avoids these drawbacks and is comparatively simple to integrate into an existing product range. These offer a comparatively low cost solution, but one that is unable to deliver the convenience or comfort of automatic operation.

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Si-anode company NEO Battery Materials to partner with Korea Metal Silicon

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Ltd (KMS) to pursue strategic opportunities for the advancement of low-cost, scalable silicon anodes through leveraging the developments in silicon technologies from both parties. He is currently a Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Yonsei University. Korea Metal Silicon Co.

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New photocatalyst for selective conversion of fatty acids to diesel- and jet-range molecules

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Researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a photocatalyst for the selective decarboxylation of fatty acids to produce diesel- and jet-range molecules under mild conditions (30?°C, C, H 2 pressure ?0.2?MPa).

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Study suggests lithium and cobalt for batteries may face supply risks by 2050

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Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons. Passerini (2018) “A cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries“ Nat. Vaalma et al.

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ARPA-E awards $42M to 12 projects for advanced EV batteries; EVs4ALL program

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $42 million to 12 projects to strengthen the domestic supply chain for advanced batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs). University of Maryland will increase the charge/discharge-rate capability, energy density, and operating temperature window of solid-state lithium metal batteries.

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Niobium anode startup Echion closes £10M A-round

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Echion Technologies, a spin-off from the University of Cambridge developing niobium oxide-based materials for anodes, has closed a £10-million (US$13.8 Echion has huge potential to use its cutting-edge battery chemistry technology to accelerate the adoption of batteries in a range of applications. million) Series A funding round.

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ARENA awards A$22.1M to 16 projects to accelerate exporting renewable hydrogen

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It is the first time ARENA had sought to fund research into the hydrogen energy supply chain. The early stage research projects cover a diverse range of renewable solutions, with at least one project from each point in the supply chain – production, hydrogen carrier and end use. ANU Direct Water Electrolysis – $1,235,407.

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