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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

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Weigand is looking for a “500-mile battery” such as a Li-O 2 (Lithium air) thin film nano-technology system and for 50% efficient photovoltaic cells. Delivering more than 29 TW of clean energy to meet demand in 2050 is a significant challenge. On top of that, there is little or no communication between the wedges, he noted.

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EV Everywhere Blueprint outlines DOE technical and development goals for EVs for 2022

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President Obama announced the DOE “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” in March 2012 with the goal of enabling US companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years.

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Verso 1.6 D-4D first Toyota with BMW Group-sourced diesel engine

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D-4D widens the engine range available on Verso, which now comprises four diesel and two gasoline engines. Hybrid is at the core of our strategy towards sustainable mobility, but we also see a role for clean diesel in Europe. Undertake joint research into lithium-air batteries. /ul>. The Verso 1.6 Earlier post.)

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