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Volkswagen starts operation of $22M North American Battery Engineering Lab in Chattanooga

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The BEL is the first facility of its kind for Volkswagen of America and one of four strategically located units in the Volkswagen Group globally, with one in Germany (Braunschweig) and two in China (Shanghai, Changchun). That’s the equivalent of driving from Orlando to Seattle three times in seven days.

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Study finds association between air pollution, coronary atherosclerosis in Chinese population

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This finding should contribute to an understanding of air pollutant effects worldwide, providing both much-needed, locally generated data and supportive evidence to inform the air pollution standard setting process on a global scale. —first author, Meng Wang. —Meng Wang. Wang M, Hou Z, Xu H, et al.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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It was in service from 1962 to 1972, but its pressurized light-water reactor (LWR) proved too complex and expensive for the ship to operate profitably. Seen here near the port of Seattle, in 1962, the NS Savannah was the first nuclear-powered merchant ship. million (an eye-popping $495 million today).

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. GE Global Research (Niskayuna, New York). Utility Global (Houston, Texas). Electric Grid OT Cybersecurity Dashboard for Control Room Environments, $600,000.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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He credited their winged invention as “the World Wide Web of that era,” one that shifted the world into a global perspective. Players piloted a Cessna 182 in four real-world areas, including Chicago and Seattle. Previously, land between airports had been represented by patches of color—green for forests, gray for urban, blue for water.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

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From the Oben office, went out to one of the closeby watering holes with my friends Uddipan and Prashant. He used to fly the Boeing 777s at Air India - and he now flies the Global Express. We had a small stop for some coconut water - and found our coconut seller also selling castor seeds.

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Renault-Nissan and Singapore Government to develop zero-emission mobility

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Singapore is well-positioned for the deployment of EVs due to our relative small size, urban environment, robust electrical grid and IT infrastructure,&# said Mr Lawrence Wong, Chief Executive, EMA. . “EV development is an exciting new area particularly relevant to the Singapore context. Economic Development Board.