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DTNA unveils Freightliner SuperTruck II

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SuperTruck II features a 48-volt electrical system with lithium-ion batteries, enabling a new electric steering system to adjust demand as needed, whether the operator is maneuvering at low speed or driving at highway speeds, or to operate during EcoSail while the engine is off.

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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 to research “Improved 12-Volt Lead-Acid Batteries for Safety-Critical Electric Vehicle Applications.” Clemson University will receive $2.5

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FastCharge consortium evaluating ultrafast charging; 450 kW anticipated

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The National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology Organization (NOW) is supervising and coordinating the compliance with the grant requirements. A voltage of 900 volts and an amplitude of 500 amperes for a projected charging time of under 15 minutes pose major challenges on all components involved. million (US$9.3

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Utah Transits Authority adding 5 battery-electric New Flyer buses to fleet

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million Low-No grant from the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to purchase five New Flyer battery-electric buses. New Flyer has focused its electrification development on its Xcelsior platform, which also offers diesel, CNG, electric trolley, hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell variants. UTA and the University of Utah received a $5.4-million

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DEED advertising pays off

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We had a few donations from the community, but most of our funds came from a $3000 grant from Electrify America’s Normal Now.” A significant portion of the grant money went to printing 23,000 inserts that went out with city utility bills, with one side in English and one side in Spanish, Atherton explained.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S. He studied under Enrico Fermi , the physicist who created the world’s first nuclear chain reaction, and Edward Teller , the so-called “father of the hydrogen bomb.” to 4 volts. patent , shortly before his 100th birthday. After Goodenough earned a Ph.D. as a researcher.

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MIT proof-of-concept demo of ionic wind propulsion for aircraft

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In this way, the batteries supply electricity at 40,000 volts to positively charge the wires via a lightweight power converter. And in the 1970s, it reported claims that a hydrogen-powered aircraft could take to the skies by the end of the twentieth century.). EAD airplane design. a, Computer-generated rendering of the EAD airplane.

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