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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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We use vehicles modeled in Autonomie to estimate vehicle costs and fuel economy along with fuel price projections from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), and focus on developing internally consistent estimates for other relevant cost parameters.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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In the HyLine system, hydrogen would be produced at industrial or commercial sites near and within urban areas, compressed to 15,000 psi, stored at centralized facilities as necessary, delivered via high-pressure pipeline to retail stations, and dispensed directly into FCEVs. kg—approximately equivalent to a gasoline cost of $2.7/gal

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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million to three aerospace consortiums to develop a new “commercial low Earth orbit destination.” Northrop Grumman Keeping It Simple Starlab, from Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin, is a free-flying commercial space station concept. Meanwhile, it’s trying to get the next station into orbit as quickly as possible.

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Ioxus Introduces 1,000-, 3,000- and 5,000-Farad Ultracapacitor Cells with Higher Power Densities

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Chad Hall, Ioxus COO. The grant was awarded to 18 clean-energy businesses in New York State to help companies expand, commercialize cutting edge technologies and create new clean economy jobs in New York. The ESR is the same as that of higher capacitance products. In general, as capacitance does up, the ESR goes down.

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A Helicopter Will Try to Catch a Rocket Booster in Midair

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If all goes well, its next flight, currently targeted for 22 April, will carry 34 commercial satellites—and instead of being dropped in the Pacific, the spent first stage will be snared in midair by a helicopter as it descends by parachute. Rocket Lab says it has another way. Itu2019s timeu2026u2026.Launch Here's the flight profile.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch. A lot of people haven't appreciated how expensive new vehicles have gotten. I'm into EVs too."

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch. A lot of people haven't appreciated how expensive new vehicles have gotten. I'm into EVs too."