Automobiles of the Fifties
Automobiles of the Fifties Who could have believed that once the 1950s began, cars, which were by and large driven by low-compression sixes that needed tetraethyl lead for upper cylinder head lubrication, unless you used a light machine oil, and which looked much like ladder-frame bodies with fenders and quarter panels hung off them, would’ve [...]
Electric Automobile Batteries
Electric Automobile Batteries An entirely new type of nanomaterial developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries for electric automobiles, as well as batteries for laptop computers, mobile phones, and other portable devices. The new material, dubbed a “nanoscoop” because its shape resembles a cone with a [...]
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