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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center to launch 4 new system usability research projects

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The new projects will be undertaken in partnership with University of Michigan, Miami University, University of Nebraska, Texas Transportation Institute and State Farm. Toyota’s CSRC is investing $1 million in research projects focused on creating systems that are safe and efficient.

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Safety experts: EVs are too heavy for US guardrails

Baua Electric

EVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever crash tests specifically looking at EVs and guardrails.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

Eastern Nebraska Electric Vehicle Association (EVNEBRASKA) member Dr. Donald Cox likes to draw a comparison between electric vehicles (EVs) and the wireless phone technology he worked on at Bell Labs in the early 1970’s. “I When Cox retired in 2012, he and Mary moved back home to Lincoln, Nebraska, bringing their Tesla with them. “We

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center launches 5-year, $35M program on autonomous and connected vehicle technologies

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center ( CSRC ) formally launched the next phase of its research mission, following on the successful conclusion of its first five years of auto safety research. One of the key beneficiaries of CSRC research has been emergency medicine. —Chuck Gulash.

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The Case for EV Charging in Every City - Big or Small

EV Connect

A Growing Demand The demand for electric vehicles is rising quickly and was particularly notable during the 2020 pandemic when it rose despite the general demand for autos dropping. during forecast period 2021-2027 Stanford University - A roadmap to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2030 The New York Times - G.M.

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Energy Research projects receive financial boost

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Wave disk engine: With $2,540,631 Michigan State can complete a prototype development of a gas-fuelled electricity generator that is said to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines and could replace the back-up generator technology used in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Teaming with Ohio State University are PSRI, CONSOL Energy, Shell/CRI, and Babcock and Wilcox to accelerate this technology towards commercialization and deployment. Earlier post.) DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE grant: $5,000,000). DOE Share: $2,251,183).

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