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DOE awarding $71M to 20 RD&D projects to cut GHG emissions, expand EV infrastructure; $5M to Achates for opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid

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Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP). Eaton Corporation. Eaton Corporation. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Fiscal Year 2021 Low Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Vehicle Technologies RD&D DE-FOA-0002475. Project Description. Federal share. Metropolitan Energy Center. BorgWarner Inc.

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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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Eaton Corporation will develop an affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles, utilizing existing natural gas sources in the home and innovative compressor technology. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.). The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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VTO research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. Enovix Corporation. Exelon Corporation. Regents of University of Minnesota. Cummins Inc.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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He's currently a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute , where he specializes in the history of technology. And contrary to its corporate culture, it used off-the-shelf parts and software that the company didn't write. James Cortada is both a Ph.D. historian and a 38-year veteran of IBM.

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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. West Virginia University Research Corporation. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2 Drive Oregon. 1,244,012.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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The TCF was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to help catalyze the agency’s research, development, demonstration, and deployment efforts into affordable, market-ready energy solutions, by strengthening partnerships between DOE’s National Labs and American entrepreneurs. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland).

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Corporation, Columbia. Corporation). Corporation). University of Minnesota. BCT) Metastable Fe-N Anisotropic Nanocomposite Magnet—A Path to Fabricate Rare Earth Free Magnet A joint University of Minnesota and Oak Ridge National. University of Minnesota. Corporation. widespread deployment.

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