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Norwegian shipping industry pursuing battery-powered ships

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The Norwegian shipping industry is teaming up to develop battery-powered ships. Some 120 managers representing the entire maritime cluster gathered at a DNV seminar last week. Norled intends to use this experience in building and operating their fully electric ferry. The first four hybrid vessels will start to sail in 2013/14.

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SAE and ISO publish joint automotive cybersecurity standard

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The standard helps the industry define a structured process to ensure cybersecurity is incorporated into the design of road vehicles, including systems, components software and connections of any external device or network.

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Tesla invited to build battery facility in Indonesia’s giant 30k-hectare industrial area

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Tesla’s potential battery facility in Indonesia will likely be built on one of the country’s most ambitious integrated industrial areas to date, according to Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. At up to 30,000 hectares (115.8 “This is groundbreaking.

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Unifrax introduces new silicon fiber anode technology

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SiFAB is Unifrax’s first step into silicon fiber for the lithium-ion battery manufacturing market, building on its experience with fiber-based technology and manufacturing. The company expects SiFAB production to come online in early 2022 with plans to build thousands of tons of long-term manufacturing capacity.

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New coalition to advance integration of mixed materials for automotive down-weighting

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CALM will coalesce the strengths and knowledge of the aluminum and plastics/composites industries with technology providers in design, fabrication and joining to accelerate the implementation of mixed-material solutions that will reduce vehicle mass. CALM is intended to be industry-led with CAR as the project manager. Earlier post.)

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EnerDel to Supply Batteries for Japanese Electric Bus Demo

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The project was initiated last April by Hokuriku Electric Power Company, which is headquartered in Toyama, in partnership with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. It is the third such announcement from the “Green Crossover Town,” an EnerDel-ITOCHU collaboration, previewed at EnerDel’s technical seminar last week in Indiana.

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U.S. Universities Are Building a New Semiconductor Workforce

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TSMC), which was already building a $12 billion fab in Arizona , upped the investment to $40 billion with a second plant. economy, there’s a potential problem: Where will the industry find the qualified workforce needed to run these plants and design the chips they’ll make? Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing C o.

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