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DOE announces $26.6M SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards; fuel cells, batteries, power electronics and efficient combustion engines

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million in the 2015 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Awards. The proposed program will develop silicon carbide power semiconductor components offering a disruptive cost-performance metric relative to the current state-of-the-art technology. Earlier post.)

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Chrysler Changes Its Mind About EVs

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In January at the Detroit Auto Show, Chrysler upped the ante on its electric car bet by pledging to have 500,000 battery-powered vehicles on the road by 2013, including sports cars and trucks. “Until the (battery) storage gets resolved, I think electric vehicles are going to struggle,&# he said.

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Pike Research projects plug-in sales to fall short of US 2015 target; strong growth through 2020

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Plug-in vehicle (PEV) sales—comprising battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV)—in the US by 2015 will fall far short of the 1-million unit target set by the Obama Administration, according to a new report from Pike Research. bringing the total annual sales of battery-powered vehicles to some 3.4

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Tesla Prepping IPO

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electric-car maker Tesla Motors plans to go public soon, two sources familiar with the matter said, amid growing interest in green technology and battery-powered vehicles. roads by 2015 and low-cost Department of Energy loans for manufacturers. Electric-car maker Tesla preparing IPO. by Reuters. Venture funds back green cars.

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DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

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President Barack Obama announced the availability of the funding during a visit to Southern California Edison’s Electric Vehicle Center today. A supporting goal is the development of production-ready batteries, power electronics, and electric machines that can be cost-effectively produced in volume to support the introduction of EDVs.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Most recently, Toyota announced that its fuel cell sedan would also be available in the UK, USA, Germany and Denmark during the summer of 2015. The ability to carry more energy on-board the fuel cell vehicle in comparison to a battery powered car means that the fuel cell vehicles have greater range.

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Are You Plugged In?

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How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. roads by 2015? The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. It is different from a plug-in hybrid, or PHEV, which runs on both battery power and gasoline. Five million.

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