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Iowa State/Ames Lab researcher receives $3M from ARPA-E for solid-state sodium battery

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The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded $3 million from its 2015 OPEN funding to a project to develop an all-solid-state sodium battery. A sodium-based battery, on the other hand, has the potential to store larger amounts of electrical energy at a significantly lower cost. Led by Steve W.

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Phillips 66 progressing its conversion of California refinery to renewable fuels

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New initiatives this year include: An investment in Shell Rock Soy Processing, a joint venture that plans to construct a new soybean-processing facility in Iowa. A memorandum of understanding with Southwest Airlines to commercialize sustainable aviation fuel. The project is expected to be completed in late 2022.

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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Vorbeck Materials , a startup company based in Jessup, Maryland, is using a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)-developed method for developing graphene for better lithium air and lithium sulfur batteries. When combined with other advanced battery materials, it could effectively lower battery life cycle cost by up to 70%.

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SEA Electric got massive order for 1,150 new electric trucks

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The Hino M5 EVs are equipped with Sea Electric patented electric truck powertrains that will deliver to GATR EVs that operates in Iowa and Minnesota in the US as part of GATR Truck Centers. The package features a 1,106lb-ft electric motor in combination with a 138 kWh battery pack.

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Ames Lab team to head new $120M Critical Materials Institute; addressing shortages in rare earth metals and other materials

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CMI will leverage these existing research programs into a larger, coordinated effort designed to eliminate materials criticality as an impediment to the commercialization of clean energy technologies. Industry partners that have joined to help advance CMI developed technologies include General Electric; OLI Systems, Inc.; Molycorp, Inc.;

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REE’s P7-C becomes first ‘x-by-wire’ EV certified in US, may qualify for up to $100k in incentives

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Since then, we’ve seen the company unveil a novel Class 3 box truck called the P7-B, lock in a battery supplier , and introduce an additional REE EV called the P7-C. It was two years ago at CES 2022 when the EV startup first introduced its modular P7 platform , designed with fleets in mind – particularly delivery operators in the US.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

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This metric quantifies the energy transferred to an EV’s battery during charging, similar to filling up an ICE vehicle. Not only is charging restricted by the capacity of the vehicle’s onboard charger, but smart technology within the vehicle slows charging as the battery nears full capacity. kWh tax begins on July 1, 2025.

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