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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

Green Car Congress

kW produced in quantities of 100,000 units; power density to 13.4kW/l; specific power to 14.1kW/kg, and an efficiency >94% (10%-100% speed at 20% rated torque) to meet the DOE 2020 goals.). —Google FAQ on the challenge. Applicants must register their team by 30 September 2014.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. By 2020, [Masatami Takimoto, executive vice president in charge of powertrain development] said he expected hybrids to become the standard drivetrain and account for "100 percent" of Toyotas vehicles.He todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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