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MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

A team of MIT researchers lead by Prof. A paper on the research, which was supported by the US Department of Energy’s Hydrogen Initiative, the National Science Foundation, the Toyota Motor Corporation and the Chesonis Foundation, is published in the journal Science. Yang Shao-Horn, in collaboration with Prof. Jin Suntivich, Kevin J.

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MIT Recharge Hydrogen Batteries

Toyota licenses WiTricity IP for wireless charging of its plug-in vehicles

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation has licensed the intellectual property (IP) of WiTricity, an MIT spin-off commercializing an approach to “mid-range” wireless charging (distances from a centimeter to several meters, earlier post ).

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Plug-in Toyota Plug Charging

Wireless charging company OLEV Technologies secures second angel round, reorganizes

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JANUARY 6, 2014

The first commercial deployment of the OLEV wireless charging technology was put into operation in July 2011 at Seoul Grand Park, where three 100-passenger trams provide daily shuttle services to visitors at a theme park near Seoul, South Korea. MEDITECH), and member of the MIT Corporation.

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South Korea Companies Charging MIT

ExxonMobil, MIT and Synthetic Genomics team publishes results of LCA on algal biofuels; potential for large reductions in GHG

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

At the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit in Minneapolis, Dr. Michael Matturro, Corporate Programs Laboratory Director for ExxonMobil, provided a brief overview of the scope of the work. As part of the program, ExxonMobil formed a strategic research and development alliance with Synthetic Genomics Inc., Craig Venter. Earlier post.).

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Toyota to begin wireless vehicle charging system verification testing

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin verification testing of its newly developed wireless battery charging system for plug-in electric vehicles—such as plug-in hybrids and battery-electric vehicles—in late February in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Toyota Charging Vehicles Plug-in

Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

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AUGUST 3, 2014

Rusatom Overseas, a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, and CNNC New Energy (China) signed a Memorandum of Intent to cooperate in the development of floating nuclear power plants. The next step in the implementation of the project will be establishment of a joint Chinese-Russian working group.

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ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics progressing in their algal biofuels partnership; preliminary results from lifecycle analysis

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

At the 2011 Algae Biomass Summit in Minneapolis, Dr. Michael Matturro, Corporate Programs Laboratory Director for ExxonMobil, provided a brief overview of the scope of the work and described some preliminary results from a comprehensive lifecycle analysis of different algal biofuel production pathways being done by the two partners along with MIT.

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MIT Oil Minneapolis Diesel

MIT-Led Team Designs Two Airplanes That Would Use 70% Less Fuel Than Current Models

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MAY 15, 2010

An MIT-led team has designed an airplane that is estimated to use 70% less fuel than current planes while also reducing noise and emission of NO x. Images: MIT/Aurora Flight Sciences. MIT was the only university to lead one of the six US teams that won contracts from NASA in October 2008. Click to enlarge.

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MIT Design Fuel Concept

MIT team calls initial performance results of magnesium-antimony liquid metal battery “promising”

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Sadoway and Bradwell, along with Dr. Luis Ortiz, are also founders of Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC), a Cambridge, Massachusetts company founded in 2010 to develop new forms of electric storage batteries that work in large, grid-scale applications. The cell was filled with epoxy prior to sectioning. Credit: ACS, Bradwell et al.

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MIT Molten Salt Batteries Battery

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

During the 1990s, Brooks formed a team at AeroVironment that provided support for GM’s EV programs until he too tired of the corporate routine and joined ACP in 1999. Parts of this article are adapted from the author’s new book, Age of Auto Electric ( MIT Press, 2022). He recruited Rippel and Cocconi for both jobs.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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APRIL 22, 2016

In the USA rapidly rising Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards [ 28 ] for vehicle model years through 2025 may stimulate more production of PHEVLERs and BEVs. [ 8 ] Leaf, Volt tests show electric cars cost less per mile to operate - ConsumerReports 08 Dec 2011. [ MIT News 15 Jan 2015. [ 3 ] PHEVLER - EAA-PHEV Wiki. [

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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APRIL 29, 2009

the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., Earlier post.)]. CAFE mpg US (cars / trucks). 27.5 / 22.2.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 60 research projects for up to a combined $156 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. Corporation, Columbia. Corporation). Corporation). energy storage MIT and Boston College will develop phase change materials.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

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MIT research team finds most efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalyst yet; potential for hydrogen production and rechargeable metal-air batteries

Toyota licenses WiTricity IP for wireless charging of its plug-in vehicles

Wireless charging company OLEV Technologies secures second angel round, reorganizes

ExxonMobil, MIT and Synthetic Genomics team publishes results of LCA on algal biofuels; potential for large reductions in GHG

Toyota to begin wireless vehicle charging system verification testing

Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics progressing in their algal biofuels partnership; preliminary results from lifecycle analysis

MIT-Led Team Designs Two Airplanes That Would Use 70% Less Fuel Than Current Models

MIT team calls initial performance results of magnesium-antimony liquid metal battery “promising”

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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