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Dearman-led consortium awarded $3.1M to develop waste-heat-recovery system using liquid air engine

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million) of which has come from the Technology Strategy Board grant. Some of the heat that will inevitably escape down the exhaust will be converted into electricity using a thermoelectric generator (TEG). The IDP10-funded project will cost £3.25 million (US$5.46 million), £1.9 million (US$3.19 million (US$4.37

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PHEV Energy Bill

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Here is the outline of what the bill intends to do: SECTION 131 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION SEC 131 Transportation Electrification DOE to establish competitive grants for electric vehicles and PHEVs to encourage early widespread use and advance production of electric (And PHEV) vehicles in USA. $90

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

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4, Hyundai IONIQ 5, Audi Q4 e-tron, Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV, Ford Escape PHEV, and Lincoln Corsair PHEV have either become available or likely will be in 2021. Most all of these new EVs are arguably more compelling, albeit more expensive than the Bolt EV and EUV. .” So What Does It All Mean?

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27 November 2009 - In First "Plug-in Arizona" Outing to Nogales, AZ, " the "Spirit" Made the News with Nogales International

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He proposed a government-funded “cash for conversions” program as a follow-up to the “cash for clunkers” program.Employees at the Santa Cruz County supervisors’ office share a Honda Civic hybrid for driving on the job, said Supervisor John Maynard. This technology will definitely get cheaper.

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New EV electric car calendar

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5 million government grant was awarded in the 2020/2021 budget to help set up Adelaide-based manufacturing facilities. Ford Escape PHEV – plug-in hybrid of all-new Escape. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Shoup stayed at PARC, supported by Kay’s research group, while Smith moved on, armed with a National Education Association grant to do computer art. The first version of Smalltalk was written as the result of a chance conversation between Kay, Ingalls, and Ted Kaehler, another PARC researcher.

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