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DOD awards EaglePicher $22M under DPA Title III to expand Li-ion production capabilities; 250 Wh/kg

Green Car Congress

Most of our military''s current rechargeable portable power requirements and some critical energy-dependent weapons being developed and fielded for the future use these cells. We are delighted to take part in an investment that is critical to our national defense. Batteries'

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

Green Car Congress

Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen (or Electrons); Organism: anaerobe and aerobe; Product: Oil for biodiesel. This project will develop a process to combine an anaerobic carbon dioxide-fixing microbe in one stage with an aerobic oil-producing microbe in a second stage. Sion Power Corporation. PolyPlus Battery Company.

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Smith Electric trucks go stateside

Green Cars News

It can be recharged in six hours. It is produced in North America by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, based in Kansas City, Missouri. Missouri is a growing leader in exciting new battery technology, making it an ideal partner for all-electric vehicle manufacturing.”.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. More Recharging Detroit The future of the U.S. will be competing for the same finite supplies of oil and gas.

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