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AUGUST 21, 2014

The newly selected projects are in five areas: energy storage; power electronics and electric motors (PEEM); advanced combustion engines; materials technologies, and fuels and lubricant technologies. Power electronics and electric motors (Area of Interest 2). Batteries Engines Materials Motors Power Electronics' Earlier post.).

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JULY 12, 2017

Two projects will research, develop, and use integrated computation materials engineering (ICME) techniques to develop low cost carbon fiber from a variety of feedstocks and precursors that can be used to make carbon fiber with less energy and lower cost. General Motors LLC. Lead organization.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Subaru Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation, and Yamaha Motor Co., Initiating consideration of the possibility of joint research for hydrogen engine development (Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Yamaha Motor). Going forward, they are planned to be joined by Honda Motor Co.,

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JANUARY 18, 2014

Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Motors for Electric Traction Drives. VTO is seeking projects in this area not represented by, or similar to, current R&D projects at DOE) that focus on the following key barriers: Cost Reduction. The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?

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JANUARY 13, 2015

Local Motors is 3D printing and assembling a Strati—the first 3D-printed car—live from the show floor at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The design was chosen in May 2014 from more than 200 submitted to Local Motors by the company’s online co-creation community after launching a call for entries.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Ford Motor Company. This project will identify fuel properties that can be used to enable novel combustion strategies with low emissions of nitrogen oxides in an engine, and enhance existing models to capture the effect of additional key fuel properties on combustion. Ford Motor Company. Plasan Carbon Composites.

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JANUARY 9, 2015

IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

Low-Cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Efficiency. The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. Gas to Carbon Fiber Crystals (G2-CFX).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Low Cost Carbon Fiber for Lightweight Vehicles. The upcoming FOA may include the following areas of interest (AOI): Advanced Technology Battery Cell Development.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. Stanford University. The Ohio State University. University of Washington. Pratt & Whitney.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

are working to develop technology for producing carbon fiber at low cost. It is used in components around engines and control parts inside motors. Toray Industries Inc. and Teijin Ltd. will build a production line for polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), a high-function resin, at its Kashima plant in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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JULY 12, 2012

Topping the award list is Ford Motor Company, with a $5.5-million Ford Motor. Ford Motor Company will engineer a high-performance natural. materials for low-pressure gas storage tanks using their computational screening tool. identification of low-cost, high-performance materials that will. These low cost.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Putting Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Plastic to the Test. General Motors will leverage unique capabilities available at PNNL to develop a predictive performance model of dissimilar metallic spot-welds for joining aluminum to steel. A Way to Low-Cost, Yet High-Performing Aluminum. A Model to Join Dissimilar Materials.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

General Motors. This project will develop a low cost, ultra-compact power module using innovative integrated-cooling to increase power density, improve performance, and reduce cost. Ford Motor. Wide Bandgap (WBG) Power Module R&D – Integrated Power Modules (Area of Interest 1). Delphi Automotive Systems.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

The research team proposes to develop an innovative direct-contact heat exchanger technology to deliver low-cost, compact, longer-lifetime, high-efficiency waste heat recovery that is optimized for a low-temperature organic Rankine cycle. billion gallons of gasoline per year and correspondingly reduce 2.0

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APRIL 28, 2013

The EVE race car is powered by two 60 kW electric motors, one for each rear wheel. Besides wheels, brakes, damper unit, batteries and electric motors, EVE is equipped with numerous sensors. EVE’s compact design is built on a tubular steel space frame housed within a carbon fiber body.

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MARCH 23, 2012

DE-FOA-0000648 ) This funding will support the development of high-strength, lightweight carbon fiber composites and advanced steels and alloys that will help vehicle manufacturers improve the fuel economy of cars and trucks while maintaining and improving safety and performance.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Electric motor efficiency targets within the FOA. The objective of this AOI is to accelerate the realization of lighter weight vehicle materials made from magnesium and carbon fiber capable of attaining 50% weight reduction of passenger vehicles. Subtopics include: Low-Cost Development of Magnesium.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced $33 million in funding for 17 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Aviation-class Synergistically Cooled Electric-motors with iNtegrated Drives (ASCEND) and Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency (REEACH) programs.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

This is a low-volume, high-value market where aircraft will rely on high-cost and cutting-edge technologies to reach new heights with regard to performance and safety. For example, IDTechEx expects that lithium-metal and solid-state batteries, axial flux motors, and carbon fiber materials will play an important role in eVTOL markets.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Development of Low-cost, High Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet (Area of Interest 1). Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company. Description. Alcoa, Inc. Eaton Corp.

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DECEMBER 20, 2015

Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low-Cost Automotive Magnesium (Mg) Sheet Components. Dissimilar metal joint systems are limited to aluminum, steel, magnesium, and carbon fiber composites. Advances for the Production of Low Cost Electric Drive Vehicle Motors. per pound of weight saved.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Demonstrate the joining of steel to aluminum and aluminum to carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites using the existing spot welding infrastructure. General Motors. General Motors. Description.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The integration of their technology with up- and down-stream processes will reduce technical and economic risks for future scale-up to a full-scale commercial process. .) - High Performance Permanent Magnets for Advanced Motors. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Batteries Fuel Cells Motors. DOE Funding: $2,200,000. TDA Research Inc.

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JULY 10, 2010

Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Improved Magnetic Materials for Motors. The trend for higher-temperature electric machines requires higher-temperature PMs. Solar Technologies.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Developing advanced power electronic, electric motor, and traction drive system technologies that will leapfrog current on-the-road technologies with a system-level emphasis to improve fuel efficiency and reduce cost are key to meeting the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge. Electric drive systems. Traction drive system.

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AUGUST 18, 2017

The drive unit’s high efficiency means low costs of ownership: Fuel costs compared with an equivalent gasoline engine are much lower, at around €4 (US $4.70) per 100 kilometers (62.1 The lower CO 2 emissions also mean owners pay less in motor vehicle tax. In gasoline mode, these figures are 5.6 kilogram (1.3

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APRIL 29, 2015

The papers provide technical details on the high performance fuel-cell (FC) stack; specific insights into FC separator, and stack manifold; the newly developed boost converter; and the new high-pressure hydrogen storage system with innovative carbon fiber windings. For the FCHV-adv, Toyota had used aerospace grade carbon fiber.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

Toyota’s targeted cost reductions in fuel cell vehicles. In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Source: Toyota.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Area Of Interest (AOI) 1: Development of Low-Cost, High-Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet. This AOI is to address two major technical gaps in the performance of automotive aluminum alloys: Low strength among cost competitive automotive sheet alloys such as 5xxx and 6xxx series. Carbon Fiber Composite Targets.

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JANUARY 21, 2016

Secretary Moniz also announced that two innovative projects at CALSTART and the National Association of Regional Councils will receive $3 million to develop systems that help companies combine their purchasing of advanced vehicles, components, and infrastructure to reduce incremental cost and achieve economies of scale.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

It’s a throttle-enabled Class 2 folding electric bike with 20″ wheels, a max speed of 20 mph (32 km/h) and a motor rated for 300W continuous and 720W peak. Lectric XP LITE quick specs Motor: 300W (720W peak) geared rear hub motor Top speed: 32 km/h (20 mph) Range: Claimed up to 72 km (40 mi), but less on throttle only Battery: 48V 7.8

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MARCH 1, 2016

Techrules, a new China-based automotive R&D company, made its global debut at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show with the unveiling of a Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) series hybrid system applied in a 6-motor, all-wheel drive supercar concept. The battery powers the motors that drive the wheels.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

VTO supports a broad technology portfolio aimed at developing and deploying advanced highway transportation technologies to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, while meeting or exceeding vehicle performance and cost expectations. Broadly, VTO program activities are focused on achieving: Saving 1.4

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APRIL 10, 2012

Some specific improvements which are of interest, but are not limited to, include: new low-cost materials, improvements in manufacturing processes, speed or yield, improved cell/pack design minimizing inactive material, significant improvement in specific energy (Wh/kg) or energy density (Wh/L), and improved safety.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

It’s a throttle-enabled Class 2 folding electric bike with 20″ wheels, a max speed of 20 mph (32 km/h) and a motor rated for 300W continuous and 720W peak. Lectric XP LITE quick specs Motor: 300W (720W peak) geared rear hub motor Top speed: 32 km/h (20 mph) Range: Claimed up to 72 km (40 mi), but less on throttle only Battery: 48V 7.8

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Ford Motor Company. ?This General Motors. This project will demonstrate a robust, cost effective, and versatile technique to join die cast magnesium to dissimilar aluminum alloys and mild and high strength steels. In the last four years, the cost of a plug-in electric vehicle battery has come down by nearly 50%.

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