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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) has completed its creation of a global innovation network with the establishment of Hyundai CRADLE Beijing. Our global CRADLE network will foster the development of new technologies that enable improvements of how people move, lowering of environment impact, and the increase in productivity and happiness for all.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

The BMW Group is increasingly relying on innovations from the fields of digitalization and Industry 4.0 Innovations coming out of many pilot projects are being implemented worldwide in logistics at BMW Group plants. —Jürgen Maidl, head of Logistics for the BMW Group production network. in production logistics.

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APRIL 25, 2021

Researchers from the University of Houston, with colleagues at the University of São Paolo in Brazil, have demonstrated how copper-resistant bacterium from a copper mine in Brazil convert CuSO 4 (copper sulfate) ions into zero-valent Cu (metallic copper). An open-access paper on their research is published in Science Advances.

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MAY 16, 2022

Using new analytical methods, the research group “CritMET: Critical Metals for Enabling Technologies” led by Michael Bau, Professor of Geochemistry at Jacobs University in Bremen has studied the distribution of germanium and gallium in iron-manganese crusts from the deep sea. Source: Jacobs University).

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MARCH 19, 2019

This project is being conducted to understand how truck platoons will operate in a realistic, operational environment. Previous research has resulted in the development of truck platooning technology with only limited testing and demonstration in a real-world environment. The project is funded by the ITS JPO. Contract Amount: $499,878.

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MAY 14, 2022

Urban Production is an international architecture competition organized by the BMW Group in close cooperation with the City of Munich. BMW Group Plant Munich future Vision Urban Production with neighborhood. Over its 100-year history, the BMW Group’s home plant in Munich has undergone numerous changes but none as extensive as this.

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JULY 2, 2020

Project ASLAN is a new international not-for-profit collaboration between commercial enterprise, leading technology universities, transport authorities and self-driving hardware and software engineers. Vu, Professor, Intelligent Transport Systems at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

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APRIL 25, 2023

In an open access paper in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) have investigated the effect of group riding on cyclists’ exposure to vehicle pollutants. With more wind, riding towards the back of the group can be a good strategy to minimize exposure.

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MAY 21, 2023

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding a new Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) at the University of Bayreuth. The synergistic research within the endeavor that relates the behaviour of electrons, ions, molecules and heat is expected to lead to a vital and fundamental understanding of transport in tailored environments.

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JULY 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group announced the inauguration of its Joint Battery Research Center with Seoul National University (SNU). This collaborative effort between the Group and SNU aims to advance battery technologies and foster industry-academia cooperation to establish global leadership in the battery field.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Described in a paper in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment , the modeling approach has low data requirements and is computationally efficient. Funding for this research came from the US Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers Program and Cornell Atkinson. 2022.103505.

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JULY 12, 2022

A team from the University of Buffalo (UB), Purdue University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), with colleagues from other institutions, has developed a highly durable and active Fe–N–C catalyst for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group has formed New Horizons Studio, a new unit focused on the development of Ultimate Mobility Vehicles (UMVs), including the concept Hyundai Elevate walking car introduced at CES 2019 ( earlier post ). These vehicles will be subject to more challenging applications and environments, adaptable to changing conditions.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Through its venture capital fund BMW i Ventures, the BMW Group has taken a stake in Colorado-based Jetti Resources. Earlier this year, Jetti and the University of British Columbia (UBC) published the research that underpins Jetti’s technology in a paper in Acta Materialia.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

In July, the BMW Group, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services Inc. The BMW Group worked closely with the Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab Professional Services team throughout the challenge. TUM is an important partner for the BMW Group for research in the field of quantum computing. The BMW Group is providing €5.1

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

The network equipment for the 5G pilot network is supplied by the Finnish telecommunications group Nokia. —Beate Hofer, CIO of the Volkswagen Group. The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand is part of a 5G competence network in the Volkswagen Group. square-kilometer plant site. This calculates the route to an ID.3

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MAY 16, 2023

The program expanded during 2022 to include 21 university partners and 61 projects focused on energy and materials, human-centered artificial intelligence, human interactive driving, machine learning, and robotics. We are deeply satisfied with the results of our partnerships with this outstanding group of institutions and researchers.

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MARCH 13, 2019

In a coordinated effort to accommodate the ever-increasing demand for the transportation of goods while also reducing its impact on society, Volvo Group collaborated closely with several key California stakeholders to demonstrate Eco-Drive technology as part of its involvement in the Zero Emission Drayage Truck Demonstration Project.

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MARCH 6, 2022

Small particles from tires inhibit the growth and cause adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, according to two new Oregon State University studies. about 30% of its tread erodes and enters the environment. They also cite a recent study that estimated more than 1.5

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APRIL 19, 2022

Their paper, published in the journal ACS Energy Letters , supports theories Tang and his colleagues formed several years ago that foresaw how lithium travels in the dynamic environment inside a typical commercial cathode. Credit: Mesoscale Materials Science Group/Rice University). FP refers to iron phosphate. —Ming Tang.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

University of Delaware engineers have demonstrated an effective way to capture 99% of carbon dioxide from the ambient air feed to an hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell (HEMFC) air using a novel electrochemical system powered by hydrogen. Source: University of Delaware.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). Earlier post.). The agency later pledged to electrify at least 40% of its new delivery fleet. Craig, and Gregory A.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) announced funding for a new joint research projects to advance clean emission technologies. One of the main groups of pollutants resulting from fuel combustion is the oxides of nitrogen, or NO x.

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JUNE 18, 2022

Together with Connected Energy, we will minimize the environmental impact of the batteries that have powered Volvo Group vehicles. By repurposing the batteries, we obtain the full value from them—from a climate, environment and business perspective. —Joachim Rosenberg, President Volvo Energy.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Blackstone, together with a German industry and research consortium, will take the validated laboratory results of the 3D-printed solid-state batteries to the stage of demonstration in a real environment within the next three years. The results of the development project will form the basis for the market-ready product.

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JUNE 11, 2018

Led by Queen Mary University of London, the CHILL collaboration brings together experts from six globally leading research centers, including the MRC-PHE Center for Environment and Health which is led by Professor Frank Kelly of the Environmental Research Group at King’s College, London.

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MARCH 6, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä, together with a consortium of six other industry and academic partners, has been awarded EU funding for a major project aimed at reducing fuel consumption and lowering emission levels for shipping. By capturing wave energy, extra thrust is produced and ship motions are dampened.

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JULY 23, 2023

The BMW Group further expanded its R&D footprint in China with the opening of a new R&D Center in Shanghai. China is already home to BMW Group’s largest R&D system outside of Germany, with locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing. China is the place to be.

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APRIL 4, 2022

A study by three French institutes—Ifremer, the University of Bordeaux and the IRD (a public research institution)—has found that the surface water of the Atlantic Ocean is twice as polluted by cellulose fibers as it is by microplastics. On the whole, it’s a relatively new playing field for the scientific community.

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JANUARY 1, 2023

In an open-access paper in the journal Energy & Fuels, a team from VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, with colleagues from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Ghent University, provides an overview of co-processing options for such bio-liquids. The biocrude is more viscous but less dense than FPBO.

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MAY 21, 2018

Groupe PSA and Ecole Centrale de Nantes have launched of an R&D partnership to optimize powertrain design processes for the group’s future vehicles. Groupe PSA is already pioneering the digital design approach. BlueHDi engine, shrinking the number required by around 40%.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Transportation announced that the National Center for Sustainable Transportation ( NCST ), housed at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), would receive $20 million to lead a group of seven universities studying transportation effects on the environment. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Academic partners include Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Stuttgart, the Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKSF), and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology, an innovation partner of KIT.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Although there is increasing interest in the influence of the environment on sleep, there is limited research evaluating the relationship between sleep and air pollution. Martha Billings, lead study author and associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington. —Billings et al.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Chattanooga also serves as the model for new Volkswagen Group plants around the world. In a briefing in Chattanooga in June of this year, Ron Drumeller, Head of Environment and Energy at the plant, outlined the Think Blue environmental KPIs (key performance indicators): Indicator. Think Blue KPIs. 2012 baseline. 2018 target.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

A team led by researchers at Oregon State University has discovered novel nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (NPAH) compounds produced by combustion sources or formed in the atmosphere that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent PAHs, which are known carcinogens. Staci Simonich.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The researchers say their process is kinder to the environment by using far less energy and turning the stream of acid often used to recover the elements into a trickle. Microscopic glass spheres found in coal fly ash contain rare earth elements that could be recycled rather than buried in landfills, according to Rice University scientists.

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