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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Is a blue-smoke blowing 2009 BMW 535i xDrive Touring Wagon a good idea? The Speed Academy guys shake down this old Bimmer, and the answer may be to simply add M parts, which is never a bad idea. This long roof is dressed in M Sport trim and draws power from the 3.0L inline N54. It looks sharp and it has some grunt.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

NACFE is being aided in its efforts by funding from Hewlett Foundation, a non-profit, private charitable foundation that advances ideas and supports institutions to promote a better world; and ClimateWorks Foundation, a non-governmental organization that is committed to climate action.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

The partners are also contemplating the idea of recycling the metals recovered during the gasifying process and reusing them as raw materials. The end goal, working alongside raw material manufacturers, is to explore the feasibility of establishing a recycling technology that enables the reuse of isoprene as materials for rubber and resin.

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MARCH 15, 2021

Nissan was exploring new ways to reuse its Nissan LEAF batteries, and hit upon the idea of using them in AGVs. Last year, they took this idea to a new level by using repurposed battery modules, instead of new ones, to power AGVs. The first-generation LEAF was fitted with a 24-kilowatt-hour battery pack comprising 48 modules.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

It’s really a communications platform, and people can use it to share ideas quickly. Once you see an idea in AR, you really believe it. If we had done this with external partners, it wouldn’t have been as flexible or as fast. —Frantisek Zapletal.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Pipistrel Vertical Solutions, the company’s R&D division, holds an EASA Design Organization Approval and has the capability of bringing a new aircraft design concept from a basic idea into a certified design, ready for production.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

The key idea here is to learn which cameras to use at different locations in the world, based on previous experience at that location.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2021

Drawing on generative design techniques using artificial intelligence, TheArsenale’s engineers were able to test terabytes of data to improve and fine-tune the designers’ ideas, even before starting the first real-world trials. To drive around, AIR4 has no wheels.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2025

The ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively is critical to the success of any technical professional. Not all audience members want or need to know about specific technical aspects of your ideas, recommendations, or conclusions. Here are five tips for mastering technical presentations. It can be difficult to do.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Led by physicist John Nuckolls, who later served as LLNL director from 1988 to 1994, this idea became inertial confinement fusion, kicking off more than 60 years of research and development in lasers, optics, diagnostics, target fabrication, computer modeling and simulation and experimental design.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This idea was originally proposed by e5 Lab and Asahi Tanker. In addition, reduced noise and vibration will create a more comfortable work environment for the crew members and limit noise pollution in the bay and its surroundings.

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APRIL 3, 2021

The HYPOS project partners are pursuing the idea, among other approaches, of transporting hydrogen along with natural gas. The HYPOS (Hydrogen Power Storage & Solutions East Germany) project is working to create an intelligent infrastructure of distributor networks and storage stations that will make hydrogen available to all regions.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The idea is to convert dual-mode (catenary and diesel-powered) high capacity self-propelled trains to dual-mode battery-powered AGCs. The partners will modify existing AGC trains into battery-operated trains to help decarbonize French rail transport.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2025

A precursor to FSD: FSD is not available in China yet, but Enhanced Autopilot’s advanced driver-assist functions should give consumers a pretty good idea of what’s to come once FSD is released into the country. Enhanced protection experience, make your travel during the Spring Festival more secure,” Tesla wrote on Weibo.

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JULY 24, 2021

Just under a year after the initial concept idea, Audi Sport has started testing the new Audi RS Q e-tron series hybrid, with which Audi will tackle the Dakar Rally in January 2022. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The idea for the method came from previous work in which ORNL battery researchers used electrochemical pulses to heal damaging dendrites that can form in solid electrolytes. —Ilias Belharouak, co-lead on the project and head of the Electrification Section at ORNL.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

The idea being that tall buildings make optimal use of space, reduce operational energy use for heating and cooling and enable more people to be accommodated per square meter of land.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2024

The chairman of Toyota is most definitely not all-in on EVs—or the idea that they might even be a third of the market perhaps ever.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Tesla does not report its weekly sales figures in China, though a general idea of the company’s performance in the country’s domestic auto market can be inferred through new vehicle registration data. This represents a decrease of 20.45% from the 13,200 registrations that the electric vehicle maker saw in China in the week ending October 20.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

The idea was to create paint that would reflect sunlight away from a building. An infrared camera (right panel) shows how a sample of the whitest white paint (the dark purple square in the middle) actually cools the board below ambient temperature, something that not even commercial “heat rejecting” paints do.

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APRIL 15, 2022

However, turning these ideas into reality raises complex questions. Companies can use hydrogen to reduce their carbon footprint in many ways—for example, to generate electricity; to deploy fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles; to make steel; and to produce ammonia for fertilizer and products.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 13, 2024

Battery leasing has long been considered as a way of helping make EVs more affordable, and it appears that Honda is embarking on a business venture that might allow that idea to be scaled up. The joint venture company called Altna, announced Thursday, has been formed as a 50/50 venture between Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Corporation.

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JANUARY 18, 2021

The developments are part of the H2Mare initiative which is a lighthouse project likely to be supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research ideas competition "Hydrogen Republic of Germany".

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

The software was mainly developed in-house, from the idea to the finished prototype. In this cross-divisional project, we are jointly developing a production-ready solution that Audi will use exclusively in the company and which is unique in the market. —Frank Loydl, Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Audi.

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APRIL 17, 2020

The Northwestern researchers conceived the idea of their MOFs and, in collaboration with computational modelers at the Colorado School of Mines, confirmed that this class of materials is very intriguing. —Omar Farha. Farha and his team then designed, synthesized and characterized the materials.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 5, 2024

New layout for a 2-speed might be light and compact while maintaining efficiency Could potentially allow strong launch with a lower-cost motor unit Idea might be due in future Lucid EVs, or engineers might still be pondering it The Lucid Air electric sedan already achieves impressive efficiency with its existing drive unit, but the automaker might. (..)

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Keep to quick first impressions of the 2025 Volvo EX90 and you might get the wrong idea. In one of the many inherently Swedish aspects of this next-generation electric SUV, it doesn’t flaunt the future on the outside, but it certainly wears it well inside.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The Wilson Center was chartered by Congress in 1968 as the official memorial to President Woodrow Wilson, and is a non-partisan policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community.). MOBI, which closed the largest seed round for a startup in Bolivia at $1.38

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APRIL 18, 2023

Unlike typical lab-scale demonstrations, it includes all auxiliary devices and components, so it gives us a better idea of the energy efficiency you can expect once you consider the complete system, and not just the device itself. This is the first system-level demonstration of solar hydrogen generation.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 30, 2025

” Speculations: While the idea of Tesla launching a completely new, more affordable vehicle is quite exciting, the company may simply be working on innovations that would make its current vehicle lineup more affordable to consumers.

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APRIL 25, 2021

The idea of having bacteria in mines is not new, but the unanswered question was: what are they doing in the mines? An open-access paper on their research is published in Science Advances. Gracioso et al. By putting the bacteria inside an electronic microscope, we were able to figure out the physics and analyze it.

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Teslarati

MARCH 21, 2025

It's kind of a pic.twitter.com/R992X5OA8r — Autism Capital (@AutismCapital) March 21, 2025 Optimus Potential During the recent All-Hands meeting, Elon Musk reiterated the idea that Optimus could very well be the biggest product of all time, likely being ten times larger than the next-biggest product.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Through this research, we have the opportunity to move these ideas much closer to saving lives on the road. Since 2008, our lab has taken inspiration from human race car drivers in designing algorithms that enable automated vehicles to handle the most challenging emergencies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

During the competition, teams will participate in a nearly 18-month process of pursuing innovative ideas for the development, design, and invention of technologies within the commercial algae value chain, exploring novel solutions to algae production, processing, and new product development.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2024

2025 GMC Sierra EV Denali steps up to an EPA-equivalent range of 460 miles Sierra EV Denali compares to Chevy Silverado EV RST Elevation and AT4 versions of Sierra EV are on the way With the GMC Sierra EV pickup as well as the GMC Hummer EV family of SUVs and pickups, GM’s upmarket truck brand is fully on board with the idea of electric.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A $25,000 EV is pointless and silly, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk The future is autonomous in Musk's view But Musk reiterated that we need to make EVs affordable for everyone In the automaker's third-quarter earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk did an about face from the idea of a $25,000 electric vehicle that he had previously promoted.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The key idea behind the technology, described in a recent article in Applied Physics Letters , is to use terahertz radiation to boost particle energies. Inset: Scanning electron microscope image of a section of the cavity, which is 3.5 millimeters long and 280 microns wide at its narrowest point.

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