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Electric truck development gets $131 million boost – sulfur is a winner

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Among those projects, battery tech startups Lyten and Zeta Energy, as well as manufacturing company Coherent, stand out – because they’re working on lithium- sulfur batteries. Hydrogen gets a boost, too Cummins hydrogen combustion 15L engine; image by the author. That said, it’s not all good news.

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DOE releases $131 million in funding for EV batteries and other transport-related projects – Charged EVs

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Some of these are also focused on advancing battery technology—three companies and four educational institutions will receive multi-million-dollar grants to research lithium-sulfur batteries. million for R&D related to hydrogen internal combustion engines for heavy-duty vehicles. Clemson University will receive $2.5

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced three winning startup companies—based on a public vote and an expert review—out of the 14 participating in the US Department of Energy (DOE) “ America’s Next Top Energy Innovator ” challenge. Initially, 36 start-up companies elected to participate in this first-of-its-kind effort.

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Technical review outlines challenges for both batteries and fuel cells as basis for electric vehicles

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Hydrogen produced via electrolysis using the EU mix or by natural gas reforming would exceed the target.). This will be followed by an assessment of the perceived technological barriers and the potential energy density gains for so-called post-LiBs, namely lithium-oxygen and lithium-sulfur batteries. kgH 2 /min.

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PNNL licenses three technologies via Startup America; batteries, fuel cells and buildings

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The agreements are part of the White House’s Startup America initiative, which was launched in January and is designed to help young companies grow, move innovative technologies into the marketplace and create good-paying jobs in the United States.

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Stellantis invests in Lyten; 3D Graphene and Li-S EV battery technology

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Stellantis Ventures, the corporate venture fund of Stellantis, has invested in materials innovation and applications company Lyten to accelerate the commercialization of Lyten 3D Graphene applications for the mobility industry, including the LytCell Lithium-Sulfur EV battery ( earlier post ), lightweighting composites, and novel on-board sensing.

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Daimler investing >€7B in next 2 years in green tech; fuel cell plug-in, BEV architecture; 48V

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In addition, the company is developing a dedicated vehicle architecture for battery-electric motor cars. All the mentioned types of powertrains—gasoline, diesel, plug-in-hybrids, batteries or hydrogen—have their justification and chances. —Thomas Weber. —Thomas Weber.

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