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Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 Fuel Cell Vehicle debuts at AUSA meeting

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The Chevrolet Colorado ZH2, the extreme off-road-capable fuel-cell-powered electric vehicle from General Motors, made its debut at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). Standing more than 6½ feet tall and more than seven feet wide, the Colorado ZH2 was built on a stretched midsize pickup chassis.

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Eaton’s Vehicle Group partnering with Ballard and NREL to develop heavy-duty truck fuel cell technology

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Eaton will leverage its Corporate Research Labs in Golden, Colorado and Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Southfield, Michigan to produce the technology, using advanced power electronics and 3D-printing. —Karl Sievertsen, vice president and chief technology officer, Eaton’s Vehicle Group.

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Researchers advance concept of “4-D” printing technology using shape memory polymer fibers

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Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Singapore University of Technology and Design have added a “fourth dimension” to additive manufacturing technology, opening up possibilities for the creation and use of adaptive, composite materials in manufacturing, packaging and biomedical applications.

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DOE and Army TARDEC partner to advance hydrogen and fuel cell technologies

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The workshop was immediately followed by an evaluation of a military fuel cell-powered vehicle (Chevrolet Colorado ZH2) developed by General Motors and sponsored by Army TARDEC. TARDEC and General Motors tested the Chevrolet Colorado ZH2 at Fort Carson, Colorado, 27-30 June 2017. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Travertine will develop the design basis for a 1 ton/day CO 2 removal system to demonstrate the technical feasibility and commercial viability of this concept, taking it from proof-of-concept to field-ready.

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DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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The post-combustion outlet gas is more easily separated into water and CO 2 to the pipeline, thereby lowering the electricity costs of grids with high levels of VRE. Colorado State University. The team will use gas or liquid buffering tanks and tight thermal integration between the air separation unit and the oxy-combustion turbine.

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NREL-led team overcomes major technical obstacle in Mg-metal batteries by developing artificial solid-electrolyte interphase

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In a proof-of-concept paper published in Nature Chemistry , they detail a method to enable the reversible chemistry of magnesium metal in noncorrosive carbonate-based electrolytes and the testing of the concept in a prototype cell. —Son et al.

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