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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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burn and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)?diluted If an unconventional solution can be found to reducing the cost for either conventional oxidation or conventional conversion of the fiber, the cost could be reduced. mode operation. Robust lean?burn sizing passenger vehicle engines. The cost to manufacture the carbon fiber is high.

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DOE announces $26.6M SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards; fuel cells, batteries, power electronics and efficient combustion engines

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Of these, 16 are vehicle-related, encompassing projects developing batteries, power electronics and improved combustion engine technology including on-board reformers, and two are specifically hydrogen fuel cell-related. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 162 projects to receive about $26.6 Earlier post.) 148,102.00.

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Volkswagen introduces new Coasting 2.0 micro hybrid system and new natural gas engine at Vienna Motor Symposium

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Volkswagen is also highlighting its spectrum of efficiency and electrification solutions all the way to further optimized battery-powered propulsion as in the new e-Golf and the coming new MEB-based electric vehicles exemplified by its series of I.D. New e-Golf. The compact 1.0 TGI engine with 66 kW / 90 PS. Click to enlarge.

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DOE to issue FY14 Vehicle Technologies program-wide funding opportunity announcement

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VTO focuses on a mix of near- and long-term vehicle technologies including advanced batteries, power electronics and electric motors, lightweight and propulsion materials, advanced combustion engines, advanced fuels and lubricants, and other enabling technologies. Broadly, VTO program activities are focused on achieving: Saving 1.4

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4orce is a taste of EV-lite

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It’s exactly the same as the unit in the new Qashqai e-Power that will go on sale soon after the X-Trail e-Power, including its maximum outputs of 116kW and 250Nm. The electrical output of the generator bolted to this engine will be a little less, because no energy conversion is ever 100 percent efficient.

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Hydrogen fuel cell buses hit the road in Sunderland

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The AMAP team purchased two second-hand, battery-powered electric buses which have been stripped down for new technology to be put into the rolling chassis. The AMAP team is led by Dirk Kok and Adrian Morris, who last year successfully adapted a Nissan Almera to run on hydrogen so that it only emits water from its exhaust.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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liter four-cylinder, naturally-aspirated direct-injection spark-ignition engine with sufficient power to continue normal driving after most of the battery energy has been depleted by EV driving or during conditions when available battery power is low because of extreme temperatures. The range-extending engine is a 1.5-liter

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