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DOE awards $17M to FY 2014 SBIR Phase II projects; includes Si/graphene anodes, motor windings, exhaust treatments

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Mainstream Engineering Corp. Mainstream Engineering Corp. of Rockledge, Florida is developing a hybrid electric turbocharger for cars and trucks that both reduces fuel consumption and improves drivability by shortening the transient response time (reducing turbo lag) during acceleration. Lead organization. Description.

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Campaign Begins

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The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle — with even greater fuel economy possible utilizing bio-fuels. Nothing has to be invented to produce a plug-in hybrid vehicle,” says Dr. Andrew Frank, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Davis and Director of the UCD Hybrid Electric Research Center.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. This technology has been shown at TriMet to improve fuel mileage by over 5 percent.

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GM will focus its electrification strategy on light electrification, extended range, and battery-electric vehicle technologies; major focus on the plug; preview of the Spark EV

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Leading off a later symposium panel on the global aspects of GM’s electrification strategy, Larry Nitz, Executive Director of GM’s Global Electrification Engineering Team, described the continuum of electrification solutions and noted that GM has “a footprint of leadership in light electrification and plugged-in vehicles.”. near Baltimore.