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DOE: California, Connecticut, and New York top fuel cell states

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According to the newly released State of the States: Fuel Cells in America 2016 report from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO), the top three hydrogen and fuel cell states in the US are California, Connecticut, and New York.

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Toyota Research Institute launches $35M effort to use AI to accelerate design & discovery of advanced materials; focus on batteries and fuel cells

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The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) will collaborate with research entities, universities and companies on materials science research, investing approximately $35 million over the next four years in research that uses artificial intelligence to help accelerate the design and discovery of advanced materials.

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Platinum on tin-doped indium oxide as promising next-generation catalyst for PEM fuel cells; exceeding DOE 2015 mass activity target

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Researchers at the University of Connecticut report that a new catalyst material using tin (Sn)-doped indium oxide (ITO) nanoparticles (NPs) as a high stability non-carbon support for platinum (Pt) NPs is a very promising candidate as a next-generation catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Click to enlarge.

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UConn team devises chemistry-adaptive battery fuel gauge based on probabilistic data association

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Researchers at the University of Connecticut have developed a chemistry-adaptive battery fuel gauge based on a probabilistic data association (PDA) algorithm. Bar-Shalom (2015) “A battery chemistry-adaptive fuel gauge using probabilistic data association”, Journal of Power Sources Volume 273, Pages 185-195, doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.006.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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More than 2,000 fuel cell vehicles have been sold or leased in the US since 2015. Carnegie Mellon University. University of Connecticut. Northwestern University. Northeastern University. University of Hawaii at Manoa. University of Michigan. Stanford University. DOE share (FY17).

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ICCT paper assesses leading regional EV markets in US and policies behind them

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Electric vehicle share of new vehicle registrations in 2015, highlighting leading metropolitan areas in each region (new vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive). There are substantial purchase incentives in California, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Washington. The leaders in each region are labeled on the map.

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Governors of 8 states sign MoU to put 3.3M zero-emission vehicles on roads by 2025; 15% of new vehicle sales

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The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 The number of models is expected to increase for model year 2014 and beyond, ARB said.

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