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DOE announces Stage 1 CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize Winners

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The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. The 10 teams selected in Stage 1 of this $4.5-million,

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DOE awarding $19.4M to 22 advanced vehicle technologies projects; Mercedes-Benz, GM Li-S battery projects

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These projects enable smaller, safer, lighter weight, and less expensive battery packs that ultimately will make electric vehicles more affordable. Research highly loaded sulfur cathodes and conductive carbon coated separators that enable high energy batteries. Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Lead organization.

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PNNL joins H2USA consortium on hydrogen infrastructure

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Participants in H 2 USA are working together to create ways to deliver affordable hydrogen fuel safely. That project is taking place with grocery chains in Texas, California and New York. So far more than two dozen entities have joined H 2 USA, including the American Gas Assn.,

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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Texas A&M University will lead the Gulf Coast center—a region anchored in the chemical, oil and gas sectors—and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will lead the Northeast center, where glass, ceramic and microelectronic manufacturing has a strong presence. LanzaTech; Materia; SEVA; TowerJazz; Small: Able Industrial Products Inc.;

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Demonstrate the joining of steel to aluminum and aluminum to carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites using the existing spot welding infrastructure.

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Visio.M partners present new lightweight EV; 13.5 kWh pack delivers ~100 mile range

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The passenger compartment consists of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, while aluminum is used in the front, rear and room frame. We wanted a car that is affordable and fun while driving. Amtek Tekfor Holding GmbH; Siemens AG; Texas Instruments Germany GmbH; and TĂśV SĂśD AG. Click to enlarge. weighs only 450 kg (992 lbs).

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ARPA-E selects 13 projects for $30M in awards to advance natural gas vehicle technologies

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MOVE projects aim to engineer light-weight, affordable natural gas tanks for vehicles as well as to develop natural gas compressors that can efficiently fuel a natural gas vehicle at home. Electromechanics - University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin will develop an at-home. Texas A&M University.

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