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GTI partners with Purdue’s CISTAR Center on conversion of shale resources to valuable liquid fuels

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CISTAR was recently chosen by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as one of their Engineering Research Centers (ERCs). The Center will receive $19.75 million over five years to develop new technologies needed to convert shale gas into transportation fuels and chemicals using a network of portable, modular processing plants.

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AASHTO Launches Transportation and Climate Change Resource Center Website

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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has launched a newly expanded and enhanced website on climate change and transportation, the AASHTO Transportation and Climate Change Resource Center.

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OriginOil and Sustainable Resources to build new Advanced Algae Center in New Mexico to support commercialization

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Sustainable Resources, Inc. SRI) will contract with OriginOil, the developer of a technology to transform algae into a competitor to petroleum, to plan and deploy a new Advanced Algae Center devoted to algae commercialization. The Center will be located on the site of the original Aquatic Species Program in Roswell, New Mexico.

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Hitachi Metals shows its ferrite magnet motors can match performance of neodymium traction motors

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Ferrite magnet motors do not use neodymium, a rare earth element, or dysprosium or terbium, resources which are particularly limited in quantity. As such, they are expected to reduce resource risks and costs in addressing the growing demand for xEVs. As such, there are concerns that resource risks will increase as demand grows.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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BMW Group investing €800M in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for NEUE KLASSE and battery assembly

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—Milan Nedeljković, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production Of the €800 million slated for Mexico, €500 million is earmarked for construction of a new assembly center for high-voltage batteries, located on the plant grounds in San Luis Potosí. The new assembly center spans an area of 85,000 m 2.

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Hyundai Motor and Kia revamp R&D organization to make it more agile, flexible and independent like startups

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The revamped R&D organization will be led by its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with each Total Vehicle Development (TVD) Division, Vehicle SW Tech Unit, and Mobility Engineering and Tech Acceleration (META) Tech Unit, as well as new business and Design Centers being reorganized to have their own development systems.

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