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American Airlines is making an aggressive play for stranded frequent flyers following Spirit Airlines’operational collapse, unveiling a new status match opportunity aimed directly at former Free Spirit elite members. LoyaltyLobby reported that the move allows eligible Spirit Silver and Gold members to fast-track into the AAdvantage program with temporary GoldContinue Reading

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has released full specifications for the DIAvent maxFlow, a thermal runaway degassing element for lithium-ion vehicle batteries that delivers more than 190 liters per second at 300 mbar differential pressure—2.5 times the flow rate of the previous DIAvent HighFlow. The design replaces the rubber umbrella used inContinue Reading

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Bosch has secured a major electric motor supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz, covering motors for multiple performance classes in the premium manufacturer’s next generation of electric drives. Financial terms and volume weren’t disclosed. The partnership runs into the 2030s. The motors achieve up to 98% efficiency, enabled by what Bosch describesContinue Reading

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Elon Musk announced plans for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a space company that is currently losing billions of dollars a year. The stock sale could also make Musk, who founded SpaceX in 2002, the world’s first trillionaire. (AP Video: Marissa Duhaney) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress ReadContinue Reading

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A formal petition to the U.S. government calls for sanctions on Chinese seafood imports as it highlights China’s loophole-ridden illegal shark fin trade. By Johnny Sturgeon For migrant workers trapped onboard Chinese distant water fishing fleets, cutting the fins off sharks as they writhe violently on rusted decks in theContinue Reading