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Insight LiDAR develops first gesture detection sensing technology for autonomous vehicle LiDAR systems

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Insight LiDAR announced that its product, Insight 1600, is the first LiDAR with the combined high resolution and velocity detection to enable pedestrian gesture recognition. When humans drive, we’re constantly scanning the environment around us. —Vice President of Business Development Greg Smolka. —Chris Wood.

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High-speed imaging study provides insights into diesel fuel spray behavior

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Researchers at the University of Michigan have used high-speed imaging of diesel injection spray to provide insights into transient fuel spray behavior and to guide the development of the next generation of spray theory and models. Fuel was injected into a room temperature, nitrogen environment at chamber densities of 17.5,

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Insight into benzene formation could help development of cleaner combustion engines

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That insight could also help the car industry make cleaner combustion engines. high-temperature combustion processes and carbon-rich circumstellar environments portray a similar complexity as hydrocarbon-rich atmospheres of planets and their moons. Molecular structures of the benzene molecule along with key structural isomers.

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UQ, TUM team finds way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol more efficiently

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Only binding of Mn 2+ (not Mg 2+ ) to this site affects the ligand environment of the catalytically essential divalent metal binding site, thus providing insight into an inhibitory mechanism of Mn 2+ at higher concentrations. Molecular dynamics simulations identify the position of a second binding site for the divalent metal ion.

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LowCVP LCA study finds matching battery size with vehicle use is crucial for the environment

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The Ricardo study focuses on providing insights into how life cycle CO 2 e emissions vary by vehicle segment and powertrain technology. It considers ‘L-category’ (micro) vehicles, passenger cars, heavy duty trucks and buses across four life cycle stages: vehicle production, fuel production, vehicle use and vehicle end-of-life.

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Argonne-led study insights help to reduce degradation in fuel cells and extend lifetime

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The investigation enabled them to identify the degradation mechanism during the cathodic ORR, and the insights guided the design of a nanocatalyst that uses gold to eliminate platinum dissolution. The dissolution of platinum occurs at the atomic and molecular scale during exposure to the highly corrosive environment in fuel cells.

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New Flyer unveils Xcelsior AV: North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus

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The first is AutoDrive, Robotic Research’s self-driving technology, serving as the “eyes and brain” of the autonomous system and processing the world surrounding the bus, including mapping the environment, making decisions, and navigating the route.

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