Continental achieved a good result in the first quarter of 2021 in a persistently challenging market environment. At the same time, the mobility supplier pushed ahead with the implementation of its realigned strategy by making a number of key decisions. “We are making noticeable progress and tackling the tasks at hand systematically. With the latest resolutions, the spin-off of Vitesco Technologies this year draws nearer as planned, and from January 1, 2022, we will manage the two areas of “Autonomous Mobility” and “Safety” as independent business areas.
The World Steel Association expects global steel demand to increase 4.1% year over year in 2021 with growth in Asia driving the majority of the increased consumption. US domestic raw steel production is beginning to increase amid rising demand for steel from the automotive manufacturing and household appliances sectors. According to the American Iron and Steel Institute for the week ending July 3rd, 2021, US domestic raw steel production was 1,842,000 net tons. This is an increase of 0.4 percent from the previous week ending June 26th when the production was 1,835,000 net tons.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2 and is associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as well as extra-pulmonary complications such as vascular thrombosis, coagulopathy, and a hyperinflammatory syndrome contributing to disease severity and mortality.
Lithium–oxygen (Li–O2) batteries have attracted considerable attention due to their high theoretical energy density. However nonrenewable and high-cost electrode materials have limited their progress. Herein, the authors design and fabricate a three-dimensional freestanding bi-biomass egg-sugarcane (Egg-SC) electrode with excellent structure and performance as the cathode for Li–O2 batteries. The open, interconnected microchannels derived from the natural SC can provide sufficient pathways for O2 gas diffusion.
Une levée de fond de 100 millions d'euros pour la startup grenobloise Verkor, actée mardi 6 juillet, qui lui permettra de construire un centre de R&D et une ligne pilote de ses cellules de batterie. Objectif : installer une gigafactory en France d'une capacité de production de 50 GWh d'ici 2030. Décryptage de cette aventure entrepreneuriale et industrielle avec Christophe Mille, CTO et cofondateur.
German Federal Environment Minister Ms Svenja Schulze visited thyssenkrupp Steel’s steel mill in Duisburg during her summer tour to learn on site about the plans of Germany‘s largest steel producer to make its production operations completely climate-neutral, and invited the company to submit a funding request for a direct reduction plant within the scope of the BMU’s Funding Program Decarbonization. An initial project outline had previously met with a positive response from the German Federal Environment Agency and the Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven Industrien.
Spanish Gonvarri Industries industrial division Solar Steel will supply 100MWp of its single axis tracker TracSmart+ 1V to Iberdrola for two PV projects located in Burgos and Salamanca in Spain. Both solar plants will generate enough electricity to supply about 49,000 households boosting the local employment generation in Castilla y Leon.
Solar Steel has 1GW+ backlog of its TracSmarT+ 1V tracker and an existing 12GW+ global track record.
Electric cars and vans will be cheaper to make than fossil-fuel vehicles in every light vehicle segment across Europe from 2027 at the latest, according to a new BloombergNEF study commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E). The research found that battery electric vehicles could reach 100% of new sales across the EU by 2035, if lawmakers introduce measures like tighter vehicle CO2 targets and strong support for charging infrastructure.
What is the technology stack you need to create fully autonomous vehicles? Companies and researchers are divided on the answer to that question. Approaches to autonomous driving range from just cameras and computer vision to a combination of computer vision and advanced sensors.
