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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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The study looked at several powertrains: internal combustion engine, hybrid electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle and battery electric vehicle. Birky, Alicia, Hunter, Chad, Lin, Zhenhong, Ou, Shiqi, Xie, Fei, Proctor, Camron, Wiryadinata, Steven, Liu, Nawei, and Boloor, Madhur.

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Nth Cycle says its electroextraction tech significantly reduces transportation costs for Li-ion battery recycling

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Charged spoke with Megan O’Connor, the founder and CEO of Nth Cycle, about the company’s process and how it fits into the recycling industry. My co-founder Chad Vecitis, who’s now our VP of R&D, was a full-time professor at Harvard and actually developed this technology over 10 years ago.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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Since November 2000, there has always have been a select few people living apart from the rest of us—the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station. ISS Set the Standard The International Space Station—originally expected to be completed by 1994 for $8 billion—was completed in 2011 for more than $100 billion.

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US indicts 7 individuals and 3 companies in alleged $100M biodiesel RINs fraud in Indiana

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An additional defendant was charged by federal information and has petitioned the court to enter a plea of guilty and cooperate with investigators. All told, the customers were allegedly defrauded of more than $55 million as a result of these activities, and the Internal Revenue Service was exposed to as much as $35 million in false claims.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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This begins an occasional series on “big science” tools hosted at US national laboratories that are being applied to support the development of technology innovations for clean transportation. National Transportation Research Center (NTRC). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR).

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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billion in 2019, according to the International Air Transport Association. But in the United States, domestic and international airfares are expected to move in opposite directions. International airfare departing from the United States is up 10 percent for 2024 compared with 2023, according to Kayak , a travel search engine.

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