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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University have developed an inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles using off-the-shelf components made of the wide-bandgap semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). kW/L by 2020.

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MAY 24, 2017

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Bern University of Applied Sciences, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, several industrial partners and Empa were all involved. The other vehicles were all built between 2010 (VW Golf, Euro 4) and 2016 (Citroën C4, Euro 6b).

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Murtaugh earned a bachelor’s degree from Kettering University and a master’s degree in industrial management from Stanford University. By 2016, there will be 200 million motorcycles, cars and trucks sold each year globally, leading to great opportunities for improving the efficiency of the internal combustion engine.

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MARCH 9, 2016

Rice University researchers have determined a more effective way to use natural gas to reduce climate-warming emissions would be in the replacement of existing coal-fired power plants and fuel-oil furnaces rather than burning it in cars and buses. However, residential uses and exports of natural gas were not considered in those comparisons.

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APRIL 9, 2019

A study by a team from North Carolina State University, with colleagues from the Urban Air Initiative and 3DATX Corporation, has shown that non-FFVs (flexible-fuel vehicles) can adapt to a mid-level ethanol blend—specifically E27. The study was commissioned by the Urban Air Initiative. — Yuan et al. Weichang Yuan, H.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

That report, the 2016 Billion-Ton Report , volume 1, updated and expanded upon analysis in the 2011 US Billion-Ton Update ( earlier post ), which was preceded by the 2005 US Billion Ton Study ( earlier post ). South Dakota State University was the lead institution for the more than $20-million project which began in 2007.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

A research team from University of Western Ontario, McMaster University and Beijing Computational Science Research Center has developed an effective synthesis method to produce isolated single platinum (Pt) atoms and clusters for use as catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in water splitting to produce hydrogen.

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JUNE 28, 2013

Diesel vehicles generally saved owners between $2,000 to $6,000 in total ownership costs during a three to five year period when compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to data compiled by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). —“Total Cost of Ownership”.

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JULY 19, 2013

Drivers of diesel vehicles can save thousands of dollars in total ownership costs compared to similar gasoline vehicles, according to a University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) study. Among their findings:??.

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MAY 12, 2017

There have been numerous scientific LCA studies done in the last decade, including a 2016 Production Phase Emissions study. Dr. Roland Geyer developed the University of California Santa Barbara Automotive Materials GHG Comparison Model ( UCSB Model ). Additionally, aluminum requires seven times more energy to produce than steel.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Michael Sivak also incudes information for current gasoline-powered internal combustion engines as a baseline comparison.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

A team at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) led by Dr. Jeremy Michalek has investigated the implications of regional and drive cycle variations on the degradation of a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) battery. a) Capacity Fade in Phoenix, comparison of air cooling vs no cooling for two drive cycles. (b) 2016.10.104.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A team at the Engine Research Center (ERC), University of Wisconsin-Madison has demonstrated the viability of reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) in a two-stroke engine. Earlier post.) A paper on their work is published in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering.

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APRIL 18, 2016

A new study by a team from the University of Edinburgh and independent engineering company INNAS BV has found that, when factoring in the additional weight and non-exhaust PM factors, total PM 10 emissions from electric vehicles (EVs) are equal to those of modern internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). —Timmers and Achten (2016).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

In four campaigns over the year-long study, the team from the University of Toronto measured emissions 15 meters from the roadway, then converted the measurements to fuel-based emission factors (EFs). Some projections expect the 2016 market share of new LDVs with GDI engines to exceed 50%. —Zimmerman et al. Wallace, and Greg J.

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JUNE 14, 2016

at the ASME Turbo Expo 2016 conference this week in Seoul, South Korea. ​ A breakthrough reduction in core exhaust component losses can be achieved by technologies that substantially reduce the exit temperature in comparison with a state-of-the-art turbofan. The project is being presented in a paper (Grönstedt et al. ) Grönstedt, T.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Researchers at Hunan University, China, have developed a new strategy to suppress the diffusion of polysulfides into the electrolyte in Li-Sulfur batteries, resulting in improved performance. e) Discharge capacity comparison of S/rGO electrodes with CoS 2 /CP interlayer and CP interlayer at various rates. (f) After two cycles’ at 0.1

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Comparison of areal capacitances among various EDLC materials. Comparison of areal capacitance for various materials normalized relative to their BET surface areas. Tests showed they lost less than 10% of their performance after 10,000 cycles, which is comparable to existing commercial supercapacitors. —Alexandru Vlad.

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JULY 24, 2016

Researchers at Rice University’s Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), with colleagues at Princeton University, have developed a new method for uniting light-capturing photonic nanomaterials and high-efficiency metal catalysts, creating an “antenna-reactor” plasmonic catalyst. Swearer/Rice University) Click to enlarge.

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JULY 21, 2016

A team of researchers from the UK’s Cardiff University’s Cardiff Catalysis Institute and Queen’s University Belfast have shown that significant amounts of hydrogen can be unlocked from fescue grass—without significant pre-treatment—using sunlight and a metal-loaded titania photocatalyst. —Professor Michael Bowker.

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JULY 9, 2017

In a new study, a team from the University of Central Florida and MIT has found that the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards is an effective policy solution that does increase the adoption of EVs, whether it is implemented alone or in conjunction with another policy such as government incentives. in 2016 to almost 10% in 2030.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Researchers at Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, have developed a highly efficient homogeneous Ru-based catalyst system for the production of methanol (CH 3 OH) from CO 2 and H 2 in an ethereal solvent (initial turnover frequency = 70 h −1 at 145 °C). Olah, and G. 5b12354.

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Average monthly and model year fleet-wide achieved CAFE performance levels (light purple) versus NHTSA projected achieved CAFE levels (blue) for model years 2008 through 2016. Brandon Schoettle and Michael Sivak (2013) A Comparison of CAFE Standards and Actual CAFE Performance of New Light-Duty Vehicles (UMTRI-2013-35).

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AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. Herya and Sundaresan (2016). Travis Herya and Sundaresan (2016).

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

A research team from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and the University of Applied Sciences Bern, Laboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, reports that ethanol blending appeared to reduce genotoxic emissions from a flex-fuel Euro-5 gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicle (a Volvo V60 with a 1.6

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have demonstrated that a new, data-driven, reinforcement-learning-based, real-time energy management system (EMS) can improve the efficiency of current plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) by almost 12% compared to the standard, binary mode control strategy.

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MARCH 25, 2016

By comparison the first synthetic cell, M. A comparison of these two genomes revealed a common set of 256 genes which the team thought could be a minimal set of genes needed for viability. University of California, San Diego National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research; James F. mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 genitalium.

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MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. In their study, Bishop et al. —Bishop et al. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman, Daniel A.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Researchers at Wuhan University report on the first comprehensive study of the combustion and emissions performance of blends of diesel and the renewable fuel 2-methylfuran (MF) in compression-ignition engines. Their paper is published in the journal Fuel. MPa, respectively. Meanwhile, Resources. 2016.02.006.

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APRIL 7, 2016

The University of Michigan is collaborating with IBM to develop and deliver “ data-centric ” supercomputing systems designed to increase the pace of scientific discovery in fields as diverse as aircraft and rocket engine design, cardiovascular disease treatment, materials physics, climate modeling and cosmology.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Members of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), led by Duke University in North Carolina, have published an open-access paper in the journal Oceanography presenting the large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICMM) as an answer to pressing global energy, food and climate security issues. Granados, J.W.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. 2016) “Will We Ever Stop Using Fossil Fuels?” F of warming. —Covert et al.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Before launching the fabless semiconductor startup in 2016, the founders were working at well-known technology companies designing chipsets for mass-market radio technologies including Bluetooth, GPS, LTE cellular, and wireless LAN. Using IEEE Xplore to its fullest IEEE is “pretty close to my heart,” Sivadas says. “At

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Nvidia’s A100 , for comparison, is capable of over 600 teraflops and matches the 600 Gbps interconnect speed. Most chip trade and chip production in China is unimpacted,” says Christopher Miller , a historian who studies the semiconductor trade at Tufts University. Chinese chipmakers have barely scratched the surface of those numbers.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Whitacre (2016) “Comparison between cylindrical and prismatic lithium-ion cell costs using a process based cost model,” Journal of Power Sources , Volume 340, Pages 273-281 doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.11.054. —Rebecca Ciez. This work was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. 2016.11.054.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Comparison of gravimetric and volumetric energy densities for four different types of 2016 coin cells. The Li/CF x battery affords a significant improvement over both primary lithium and alkaline batteries. Source: Contour. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In comparison, a software-based fix, such as the disabling of FSD Beta’s “rolling stops” feature , only required affected vehicles to be connected to the internet. I’ve been told that my experiences with vehicle recalls are not that unique. . There was no dealer visit, no forms to fill out, and no staff to argue with.

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