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Mercedes brings five new EVs to IAA Mobility

Mercedes is coming to IAA Mobility with five new EVs: the Concept Mercedes-Maybach EQS, the new EQB, the new EQE, the new Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+, and the Concept EQG. Concept Mercedes-Maybach EQS. With the Concept EQS, Mercedes-Maybach is providing... Read more

Arafura Resources awards engineering design contract for Nolans NdPr project to Hatch

on mmillikin

Australia-based Arafura Resources Limited has awarded Hatch a contract to carry out Engineering and Procurement Services for the Nolans NdPR project hydrometallurgical plant. The Nolans project in Australia will encompass a mine, process plant (comprising beneficiation, extraction and separation plants)... Read more

Nornickel, Rosatom and FESRC to design and build LNG-icebreaker to escort Nornickel ships along Northern Sea Route

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Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper; Rosatom State Corporation; and the Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center (FESRC, part of Rosneft Oil Company) have signed an agreement... Read more

Dollar General is recalling sling lounges due to amputation, laceration, and pinching hazard

on Rita Robison

Dollar General is recalling about 155,000 True Living Sling Loungers. The recalled loungers can collapse unexpectedly, posing an amputation, laceration, and pinching hazard if a finger gets caught in the metal folding joints. Read more

Fraunhofer develops new dry-coating process for battery electrodes

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Conventional processes for manufacturing battery electrodes involve mostly toxic solvents and require a lot of space and energy. As an alternative, the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS has developed a new dry-coating process: DRYtraec. The technology is... Read more

eVTOL company Joby and NASA collaborate to measure noise footprint of electric air taxi

on mmillikin

Joby Aviation, Inc. became the first company to fly an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. As part of the two-week test campaign at Joby’s Electric Flight Base near... Read more

COVID-19 in Brazil: 21,804 cases, 692 deaths today

on Crof

A screenshot from the CONASS PANEL | COVID-19 dashboard: The numbers are still high, but compared to earlier this year they're very encouraging. So are the weekly case and death counts, which seem to be approaching a plateau. Epidemiological week... Read more

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Need A Human Resources Department.

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eVTOL company Archer enters agreement with USAF to collaborate on flight testing

on mmillikin

Archer Aviation, a developer of all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, announced an agreement with the United States Air Force (USAF) to establish a collaborative strategy to explore the technical readiness and suitability of Archer’s eVTOL aircraft for USAF... Read more

BYD unveils two electric trucks

on mmillikin

BYD unveiled two battery-electric heavy-duty trucks, the Gen3 8TT and 6F. Unveiled at the ACT Expo in Long Beach, Calif., the Gen 3 8TT and 6F feature cabs styled by Wolfgang Josef Egger, the former Audi chief designer. The stylish... Read more

Are you traveling this Labor Day weekend?

on Rita Robison

This Labor Day, I’m sticking pretty close to home. With the delta variant surging, it makes the most sense to me. However, I see on Facebook that people are traveling a lot in their state and throughout the United States. Some are even going to Europe. Read more

Want to Work on Your Second Life Dream House This Long Weekend? Here's a Virtual Decor Blog With Dreamy Ideas

on SLHamlet

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting NatG’s [Hippo Ihnen] blog LJUS features a lot of decor with her fashion and it’s the kind of open and airy decor I love. In “September, My... Read more

I Seriously Doubt Apple Will Put Out Its XR Headset Next Year. Here's Why

on SLHamlet

Citing The Information, Mac Rumors has a report that gives me some serious red flags: The first AR/VR headset that Apple has in development will need to be wirelessly tethered to an iPhone or another Apple device to unlock full... Read more

Do a Married Couple without Children Need a Will?

on Graber & Johnson Law Group LLC

“In fact, many couples with no children mistakenly believe that they are less likely to need a last will and testament than couples with children.” While estate planning for couples with no children seems like it would be very simple,... Read more

#WhyIAmASolo - I Don't Play Well With Others.

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Nissan and Waseda University testing jointly developed recycling process for electrified vehicle motors

on mmillikin

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Waseda University have started testing in Japan of a jointly developed recycling process that efficiently recovers high-purity rare-earth compounds from electrified vehicle motor magnets. The testing is aimed at enabling practical application of the new... Read more

Niobium anode startup Echion closes £10M A-round

on mmillikin

Echion Technologies, a spin-off from the University of Cambridge developing niobium oxide-based materials for anodes, has closed a £10-million (US$13.8 million) Series A funding round. The Series-A funding round was led by CBMM—the world’s leading supplier of niobium products—and BGF—the... Read more

Audi unveils grandsphere concept; electric Level 4 sedan

on mmillikin

Audi unveiled the grandsphere concept study—the second of three “sphere” concept cars from Audi. (Earlier post.) The 5.35 m (17.6 ft.) long grandsphere electric sedan combines the luxury of private travel in the greatest of comfort with a comprehensive onboard... Read more

Genesis dual electrification: all new vehicles from 2025 to be fuel cell EVs or battery EVs

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Genesis announced its vision for electrification with the live stream release of its vision statement film, “Futuring Genesis”. Under the dual electrification strategy, all new vehicles will be purely electric starting from 2025 with fuel cell EVs and battery EVs.... Read more

Roskill: concerns over water consumption exposes lithium brine producers to ESG risk

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With demand for lithium set to rise over the next decade, Roskill has examined the various ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) concerns that downstream investors and customers face in sourcing lithium products. As sustainability has been brought to the forefront... Read more

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