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DOE selects 7 projects to accelerate adoption of performance-advantaged biofuels; Co-Optima

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General Motors will work with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to determine fuel property effects on abnormal combustion for biofuel-petroleum fuel blends. Sylvatex will work with ANL to evaluate the injector performance of Sylvatex’s alternative diesel fuel and optimize its formulation.

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NanoSteel and AK Steel deliver next-gen advanced high-strength steel to GM

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NanoSteel, a leader in nanostructured steel materials ( earlier post ), announced the delivery of its first advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) to General Motors for initial testing. In 2015, AK Steel announced a $29-million project to enable production of the next-generation AHSS. Earlier post.).

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DOE awarding $16M to 54 projects to help commercialize promising energy technology from national labs

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Carpenter Powder Products. Scaled Production Of High Octane Biofuel From Biomass-Derived Dimethyl Ether. General Motors R&D. Direct Fabrication of Fuel Cell Electrodes by Electrodeposition of High-performance Core-shell Catalysts. Brookhaven. Nitride-Stabilized Pt Core-Shell Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Cathodes.

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SAE International publishes new J2954 wireless charging standard

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A critical issue addressed early in the SAE J2954 process was to classify products in terms of charging levels, vehicle ground clearance and systems interoperability. The baseline bench testing of the WPT Systems was carried out at both the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratories and TDK RF Solutions, evaluating the GA side and the VA sides.

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

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were allowed to purchase the new Ford electric F-150 Lightnings, it would take more than 15 years at Ford’s announced production rates to replace them all. Even more gasoline superusers drive General Motors vehicles than Fords—there are 22.1 Fancifully assuming that only the approximately 2.5