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CMU team details impact of regional and drive-cycle variations on degradation of a PHEV battery pack

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a) Capacity Fade in Phoenix, comparison of air cooling vs no cooling for two drive cycles. (b) The comparison of air-cooling vs. no cooling is provided for two cities (c) Improvement in battery life by air-cooling for different cases simulated. b) Capacity Fade in Phoenix and San Francisco, using GPS data. 2016.10.104.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) The total value of the projects is approximately $8.2

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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By comparison, the Nissan LEAF carries a 99 MPGe (combined) EPA rating, while the smaller i-MiEV carries a 112 MPGe (combined) rating. (1 The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7

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Sustainable Weather Balloon Wins Student a $10,000 Scholarship

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Amon Schumann’s radiosonde for weather balloons is equipped with a solar-powered battery and GPS. Lynn Bowlby Schumann built a coin-size, solar-powered radiosonde that weighs 4.8 His Small Radiosondes on a Great Mission project was showcased in May at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair held in Atlanta.

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AMPLY Power: Top 25 US cities could save avg. 37% on fuel costs by switching to electric vehicles and buses; up to 60% with managed charging

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A white paper by AMPLY Power, a company providing fleet charging as a service, finds that 25 of America’s largest metropolitan areas could save an average of 37% on fuel costs by electrifying their bus and light-duty vehicle fleets. —Vic Shao, founder and CEO of AMPLY Power. At about $0.19/kWh —i.e.,

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The Algorithm that Mapped Omicron Shows a Path Forward

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And the computational power of antigenic mapping sits at the heart of that work. This daunting task is managed by centers in London, Tokyo, and Beijing; Atlanta and Memphis in the United States; Melbourne, Australia; and Koltsovo, Russia. There is hope, however. Then Omicron hit. But there are limitations.

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Alcoa and Phinergy enter joint development agreement for high energy-density aluminum-air batteries

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Announced at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference in Atlanta, the partnership will collaborate on new materials, processes and components to commercialize the aluminum-air battery, which could significantly extend electric vehicle range. The aluminum-air range extender has the potential to meet that challenge. 2013.11.020. Jones, K.R.

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