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Li-ion Startup ActaCell To Receive Up to $1M Through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund

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ActaCell, a Li-ion battery spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin, was selected by the state of Texas, through the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC), to be awarded investment by the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). ActaCell, Inc.

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6 DOE-funded applied battery research projects targeting Li-ion cells with >200 Wh/kg for PHEVs and EVs

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million project that includes Lawrence Berkeley and Oak Ridge National Laboratories and General Motors. With one HCMR type in production (XP), Envia has two others in R&D (XE and XLE). Penn State/University of Texas at Austin. Envia is leading a $3.8-million Envia tailors HCMR based on the application (e.g.,

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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We are nearing the end of manufacturing validation at Kato: field quality and yield are at viable levels and our focus is now on improving the 10% of manufacturing processes that currently bottleneck production output. While substantial progress has been made, we still have work ahead of us before we can achieve volume production.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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The only upgrade is the Plaid version that features even faster acceleration from three motors, producing sub-two second 0-60 runs. Production of the Roadster, the company’s initial product, ended after deliveries totaling 2,500, but a new version of the Roadster is due at some point. There’s a new badge in town.

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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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substantial increase in production of fuel per acre of planted. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. Synthetic Crop for Direct Biofuel Production through Rerouting the Photosynthesis Intermediates and Engineering. biomass production. transferred into highly productive energy crops such as.

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