Center for Automotive Research As the coronavirus crisis continues to disrupt the global economy, North American vehicle sales have dropped sharply and production has come to a nearly complete stop. Given the complexity of automotive manufacturing, the tremendous capital required to restart production and the industry’s deep global supply chains, resuming vehicle production in North America will be a complex undertaking that is likely to take place in stages. CAR researchers are tracking automaker announcements for the restart of production at the companies’ North American plants.
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New Atlas That little quadcopter of yours may be fine for shooting cool videos, but when it comes to industrial applications, a beefier drone is often required. That’s where the Acecore Noa comes in, as it can lift up 20 kg (44lbs).
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New Atlas Northrop Grumman has completed testing of the U.S. Navy’s new very lightweight torpedo (VLWT). The first industry-built prototype is based on a previous version developed by the Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory (PSU-ARL) that was released to manufacturers in 2016 as part of the Navy’s Compact Rapid Attack Weapon program
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Manufacturing.net Big oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by California cities and counties seeking damages for the impact of climate change. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals rejected arguments by energy companies and ruled state courts are the proper forum for lawsuits alleging producers promote petroleum as environmentally responsible when they knew it was contributing to drought, wildfires, and sea level rise associated with global warming.
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Designfax This kind of wear on engine components is common because of friction, and it happens in all machinery with moving parts. Lubricants that reduce friction can only delay and minimize this inevitable damage. The idea of reversing that wear by fixing a worn part was the dream of Washington State University PhD candidate Pavlo "Pasha" Rudenko, who decided to research using smart nanoparticles to replace eroded material.
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New Atlas Although it’s certainly possible to 3D-print metal objects, such items can’t always be formed down to the sub-millimeter precision required for certain applications. A new technique, however, allows them to be infinitesimally tweaked after being printed.
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New Atlas Batteries that use a sodium-ion chemistry rather than the commonplace lithium-ion could offer a number of advantages, owing to the cheap and abundant nature of the element. Scientists at Washington State University have come up with a design billed as a potential game changer in this area—a sodium-ion battery offering a comparable energy capacity and cycling ability to some lithium-ion batteries already on the market.
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