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NREL report finds electrified heavy-duty vehicle powertrains could provide lower total cost of ownership than diesel under certain conditions

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Chad Hunter, lead author of the report and former NREL researcher. To further the analysis, researchers compared the powertrains for multiple timeframes to illustrate how battery and hydrogen fuel price reductions are key to accelerating medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrification. —Hunter et al.

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

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Hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles will reach cost parity with conventional vehicles as the price of hydrogen falls. Battery electric vehicles, meanwhile, will reach cost parity as battery prices drop. Overall, hybrid electric vehicles tend to be the lowest-cost powertrain. —David Gohlke.

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New DuraBlue ultracaps from Maxwell increase shock and vibration tolerance, energy and power capacity

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This enhanced shock and vibration tolerance is particularly important in the transportation market—especially mass transit—and in developing markets in which the road infrastructure might not be quite as smooth as in more developed ones, noted Chad McDonald, director of product marketing. —Chad McDonald.

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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto

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“Finding external capital for a new lithium project could prove difficult at current lithium prices, though it will help that Carolina Lithium is very low on the cost curve,” said brokerage TD Cowen. Low lithium prices may also hobble Piedmont’s financing attempts, analysts said. “We will not rush into anything.

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Starlink becomes available in New Zealand through retailer Noel Leeming

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The hardware is priced is $520 NZD, and it offers customers a variety of high-speed, low-latency broadband internet plans starting at $159 NZD per month. The retailer said that it became an authorized retailer for the satellite-based internet service and expects the equipment to be available just after the new year.

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EIA ups total shale oil resource estimate by 13% to 419B barrels, shale gas by 4% to 7576 Tcf

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The addition of four countries—Chad, Kazakhstan, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—to a previous assessment covering 42 countries has resulted in a 13% increase in the global assessed total resource estimate for shale oil and a 4% increase for shale gas.