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DOE awarding $19.4M to 22 advanced vehicle technologies projects; Mercedes-Benz, GM Li-S battery projects

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The Department of Army will contribute an additional $1 million through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance to support these projects. University of Maryland: College Park. University of Maryland: College Park. University of Maryland: College Park. ICME Low Cost Carbon Fiber (Area of Interest 2).

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Gulf Coast Basin (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas): The University of Texas at Austin plans to quantify coal from mines and coal ash from power plant resources and refuse as feedstocks for rare earth elements and critical minerals within the US Gulf Coast Basin. DOE Funding: $1,500,000. DOE Funding: $1,499,647.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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Breaking the Board: Bringing Three-Dimensional Packaging and Thermal Management to Power Electronics - $2,746,501. Synteris is developing 3D-printable ceramic packaging for power electronic modules to improve their thermal management, power density, performance, and lifetime. Cornell University. Stanford University.

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Vonmercier is the electric sportscar hovercraft that will have you saying, “Ok, but why?”

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As the sales page explains, “The body and hull are molded from carbon fiber. That must be thanks to the impressively large 240 hp (178 kW) power rating across three motors that propel the 16-foot (4.9 The company claims to have adopted design practices from across the automotive, aerospace, and marine industries.

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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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In order to increase fuel economy and lower emissions in vehicles through the use of better performing vehicle lubricants, Pixelligent Technologies LLC of Baltimore, Maryland, will develop an advanced lubricant package with high quality nanocrystal additives. Project partners include Georgia Institute of Technology and LG Chem Power Inc.

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DOE awarding $33M for carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation

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ASCEND projects work to develop innovative, lightweight, and ultra-efficient all-electric powertrain with advanced thermal management systems that help enable efficient net-zero carbon emissions for single-aisle passenger commercial aircraft. Compact Propulsion Engine Optimized with Waste Heat Recovery (CO-POWER); $2,815,760.

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DOE to award more than $55M to 31 projects for plug-in and efficient vehicle technologies; Delphi receives $10M to further GDCI

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Through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance with the Energy Department, the Department of the Army is contributing an additional $3.7 Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Liox Power. University of Maryland.

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