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From EVs To Attack Drones: Battery Factory Conversion Echoes WWII Industrial Mobilization
From EVs To Attack Drones: Battery Factory Conversion Echoes WWII Industrial Mobilization
Amprius Technologies has secured a $75 million US Department of War grant to convert an EV battery production line into advanced batteries for Group 1, 2, and 3 military drones. The award marks another example of civilian manufacturing capacity being converted toward defense production as the US expands its drone industrial base.
EV blog Electrek reports:
Amprius Technologies received a $15 million order for its innovative lithium-ion cells from an anonymous customer back in 2024, all the company would say was that...
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Eli Lilly reported positive Phase 3 results for its next-generation obesity drug, retatrutide, which delivered weight-loss results on par with those of bariatric surgery.
In the TRIUMPH-1 trial, overweight adults, but without diabetes, achieved meaningful weight loss across all tested doses after 80 weeks:
12 mg dose: average weight loss of 70.3 pounds, or 28.3% of body weight.
9 mg dose: average weight loss of 64.4 pounds, or 25.9%.
4 mg dose: average weight loss of 47.2 pounds, or 19%
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