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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. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Cummins Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $37M for IONICS projects; improving solid-state batteries and fuel cells

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Solid ion conductors made of affordable, easily produced materials could replace today’s mostly liquid electrolytes and expensive fuel cell parts, helping create a next generation of batteries and fuel cells that are low-cost, durable, and more efficient. Selective and low-cost separators for batteries with liquid reactants.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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could reduce electric vehicle battery pack cost by 25% or. environment of a lithium-ion battery in real-time. Washington University in St. Louis will develop a predictive. modeling of the battery’s internal environment. project integrates a unique, low-cost membrane with a new. Battelle Memorial.