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JULY 26, 2017

Toyota, which has been working on solid-state batteries for EVs for a number of years ( earlier post ), is in the news with a report by the Wall Street Journal that it will be ready to commercialize a solid-state battery by 2022. However, there remain a number of unresolved issues precluding commercialization at this point.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The focus of the work was on alternative jet fuels that could be available commercially in the next decade using primarily North American resources. The prospects for FT jet fuels depend crucially on construction of a few pioneer commercial plants in the next few years. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge. million bpd. billion and $8.3

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. The cells were operated in a two-electrode cell configuration. (B) Reece et al. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has concluded that fundamental changes are needed in the US energy-innovation system. The study was carried out at the MIT Industrial Performance Center and involved faculty and students from nine MIT departments. Business as usual is unsustainable over the long run.

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APRIL 11, 2020

RISE Robotics, a leader in high-performance and cost-effective electric linear actuation solutions, raised $3 million in additional funding. The funding round was led by The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies. Energy Information Administration. Strauss, William J.

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JULY 30, 2023

Left: MIT Museum; Right: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University Instead, it was Russian scientist Alexander Kobrinski who debuted the first clinically significant myoelectric prosthesis in 1960. A search of the MIT Museum’s database came up empty (no known example of the hearing glove exists), but I did find the entry on the Boston Arm.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Boosting the yield and lowering the cost of fermentative production of biofuel would not only result in a significant immediate financial impact to commercial ethanol operations, but also support cost reductions that would be helpful to advance other advanced biofuels using the same or a similar pathway.

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MAY 14, 2020

The Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) proof-of-concept study will explore moving from the traditional “maintain and repair” to a “replace and refurbish” approach, in which components are intentionally designed and tested for shorter and more predictable lifetimes with the potential for game-changing O&M cost savings.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

GMZ Energy, a provider of advanced nano-structured thermoelectric generation technology, was co-founded by MITs Professor Gang Chen and collaborator Zhifeng Ren of the University of Houston. Thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences into electric voltage; a TEG in a vehicle is designed to convert waste heat to power.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Pratt & Whitney will design a novel, high-efficiency hydrogen-power turbomachine for commercial aviation.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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JULY 13, 2023

He probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991. in 1952 in solid-state physics, he joined MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory , in Lexington, Mass., His ability to cross disciplines started at MIT. “At as a researcher.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Light-weighting materials : Five projects awarded to accelerate commercial availability of lighter weight vehicles using advanced materials that dramatically reduce vehicle weight while maintaining the highest safety standards. valve train vs. bearings). Light-weighting materials. Johnson Controls, Inc. A123 Systems, Inc. A123 Systems, Inc.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Commercial trucks already have guard bars on the back to prevent such accidents, so instead of looking to improve trucks, Bayhan decided to build an attachment for cars. The incoming freshman at MIT won $600. He says that the unsustainable cost of building spaceships is what prevents long-term space travel. Brian Minnick.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has released a report on the proceedings—and papers that informed those proceedings—of the 8 April 2010 symposium on The Electrification of the Transportation System: Issues and Opportunities. The symposium was sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, together with Ormat, Hess, Cummins and Entergy.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

With existing technologies based on liquid electrolytes, it costs about US$7 to store each farad. With the advanced energy storage membrane, the cost to store each farad falls to US$0.62. This translates to an energy cost of 10-20 Wh per US dollar for the membrane, as compared to just 2.5 —Xian Ning Xie.

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MAY 13, 2012

OsComp Systems, a startup formed by MIT alumni, has developed , with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a hybrid rotary compressor design that decreases the energy required to compress and transport natural gas, lowers operating costs, improves efficiencies and reduces the environmental footprint of well site operations.

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JULY 26, 2012

These projects will aim to achieve at least 90% carbon dioxide removal while delivering carbon dioxide at a capture cost of less than $25 per ton. This reactor design and reaction pathway of CDCL process allows for retrofit, repowering or new installations with significant reduction in the cost of oxygen production.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The people who developed the Alto came to Xerox PARC from universities, industrial labs, and commercial ventures, bringing with them diverse experiences and skills. Alan Kay Metcalfe left PARC in 1979 to found 3Com, which, along with other startups, commercialized Ethernet. The two were disciples of J.C.R.

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MARCH 23, 2019

The cost effective heat exchanger will enable high-efficiency, modular, and cost-competitive recuperated supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2 ) Brayton power cycle systems. MIT will develop a high performance, compact, and durable ceramic heat exchanger. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Although military aircraft were breaking the sound barrier daily during the 1950s and '60s, commercial passenger flights during this time remained limited to subsonic speeds. Today's airliners travel no faster than their counterparts of 60 years ago—indeed, they tend to fly somewhat slower to reduce fuel costs.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Commercialization of those technologies must start in the next decade, noted ARB Executive Officer Tom Cackette in a presentation at the recent Advanced Automotive Battery Conference. Fuel cell system durability has improved and costs have been reduced through R&D, the ARB staff noted. Earlier post.). Earlier post. ).

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MAY 26, 2011

In August 2010, A123 spun out 24M to commercialize this type of new technology. For large-scale applications, the SSFC design should also provide lower materials and manufacturing cost than conventional lithium-ion battery technology. Source: Duduta et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Propane is a cleaner burning fossil fuel, yielding 87% less hydrocarbons and 50% fewer toxins than gasoline, and is more economical compared to petroleum-based options, roughly 40 to 50% less than gasoline/diesel per gallon, although less attractive on a cost per energy equivalent basis due to its lower energy content. infrastructures (e.g.,

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APRIL 30, 2010

This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 The aerobic microbe has been engineered at MIT and is capable of converting a variety of organic compounds into oil, from which biodiesel may be produced.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

The mechanical complexity and high cost of most lidar sensors—which not long ago would have added tens of thousands of dollars to the price of each vehicle—no doubt helped shaped Musk’s views. We and others at our company, Analog Photonics , which spun out of MIT in 2016, hope to break this impasse.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

But with Moore's Law cranking along at a steady pace, there was every reason to think that the cost of computing power would come down sufficiently within a decade or so. Here I'll pick up the story as adapted from my narrative in A Biography of the Pixel , published this month by MIT Press. George and Marcia Lucas divorced in 1983.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

that substantially reduce costs of the motor. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. potential to substantially reduce the costs of an electric. performance to the best commercial magnets and be significantly less expensive. has the potential to reduce costs by a factor of ten when.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University When I entered the field, commercial wind was starting to scale up and the questions were about engineering feasibility. If you ask a bunch of experts to predict the cost of a technology 10 years from now, they’re all over the map—9 out of 10 are wrong, and you don’t know which one is right.

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JULY 19, 2011

In general the passenger vehicle industry is also exceedingly cost conscious.As The time required to achieve sufficient penetration in the fleet, such that some benefits (value) are obvious to the owner, is longer than that which would motivate the installation (and cost) of the equipment. MIT and smart intersections.

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APRIL 6, 2009

One of the obstacles to commercializing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the cost of the fuel cells themselves. Gasteiger of MIT and M. milligram of platinum per square centimeter at a cell voltage of ?0.9 Lefèvre et al. In a commentary appearing in the Science issue, Hubert A.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

How long GM will be able to keep that price in the face of battery cost increases and inflationary pressure, is anyone’s guess. It has already started to increase the cost of its Chevrolet Bolt EVs , which it had slashed last year, “due to ongoing industry-related pricing pressures.”

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

at MIT under Rodney Brooks. And with a commercial price of US $20,000, Stretch is a tiny fraction of the cost of a PR2. The robot would leverage years of advances in hardware and computing power to do many of the things that the PR2 could do, but in a way that was simple, safe, and affordable.

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JULY 21, 2021

IBM's large commercial customers faced the implications of this emerging technology: Who would maintain the equipment and its software? It could run various software packages and a nice collection of commercial and consumer tools, including the accessible BASIC programming language. Tom Munnecke/Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. gas, the first step in the commercial process of converting natural. deployed remotely, MIT’s reformer could be used for small, remote sources of gas. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline.

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– March 12, via Commercial Appeal. GM To Develop Solid State Batteries With SolidEnergy Systems – General Motors has signed a deal with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout for joint development of next-generation electric vehicle batteries that are expected to cut the cost of the technology by 60%.

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APRIL 29, 2009

the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Weiss, M., “ On the Road in 2035: Reducing Transportation’s Petroleum Consumption ans GHG Emissions ,” MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, Report No. Bandivadekar, A.,

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