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DOE to award up to $42.3M to support manufacturing innovations, including Li-ion battery manufacturing

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Improving the systems and processes for how energy is stored, converted, and used, including manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries to support electric vehicles. The energy savings and carbon reductions may result from an increase in processing efficiency, lightweighting, or improved material performance. Topic Area 3: Energy Systems.

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DOE awards $1.2M to four vehicle and hydrogen projects under High Performance Computing for Materials (HPC4Mtls) Program

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An Advanced Meso-Scale Peridynamic Modeling Technology Using High Performance Computing for Cost-Effective Product Design and Testing of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites in Light-Weight Vehicles – Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) will improve the prediction of crash response of carbon composites in auto parts.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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Advanced Sensing for Characterization and Sorting of Non-Recyclable Plastics Using Sensor Fusion with Artificial Intelligence. ASU’s Polymer-enhanced Cyanobacterial Bioproductivity (AUDACity). Decontamination of Non-recyclable MSW and Preprocessing for Conversion to Diesel. UHV Technologies. University of Cincinnati. 10,000,000.

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Hyundai Debuts Sonata Hybrid at New York Show

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liter Theta II engine (169 hp/126 kW at 6,000 rpm and 156 lb-ft/212 N·m of torque at 4,500 rpm); a 6-speed automatic transmission; a 30 kW (151 lb-ft/205 N·m) electric motor; and a lithium-polymer battery pack. lithium polymer battery pack (5.3 2010 Fusion. John Krafcik, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America. Theta II 2.4-liter

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MIT Energy Initiative announces 2014 seed grant awards

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Assistant professor Niels Holten-Andersen of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and assistant professor Jeremiah Johnson of the Department of Chemistry are working to combine metallosupramolecular assembly with polymer networks to create a new class of hybrid metal-organic materials.

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Ford Increasing Use of Renewable and Recyclable Materials in Vehicles

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We already have bio-based foam on more than 2 million vehicles and we’re looking to convert 100 percent of our fleet to it in the future. The industry’s first eco-friendly cylinder head cover is used in the 2010 Ford Fusion and Escape. Jerry Brown, Ford chief engineer of seat and restraint engineering. liter Duratec engine.

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Hyundai Introduces 2011 Sonata at LA Auto Show with 4-Cylinder GDI Engine; GDI Turbo and Hybrid Powertrains Slated

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liter Hybrid Blue Drive model featuring Hyundai’s lithium polymer battery pack. 2010 Fusion. The gearbox has three planetary gearsets and a unique flat torque converter that shortens the unit’s overall length by 0.47 Next year, Hyundai will add a 2.0-liter liter Theta II turbocharged GDI four-cylinder engine and a 2.4-liter

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