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DOE launches Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative; awards $23.5M to 5 more manufacturing R&D projects

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The CEMI announcement was made at the ribbon cutting of the Department’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a new advanced manufacturing facility to reduce the cost of carbon fiber. The selected project recipients and DOE funding request are: Projects Selected for Award Negotiations in March 2013.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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DOE to issue $56M funding opportunity for vehicle technologies in January

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VTO supports a broad technology portfolio aimed at developing and deploying advanced highway transportation technologies that reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, while meeting or exceeding vehicle performance and cost expectations. per pound of weight saved. Open Topic/Exploratory Research.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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This makes it possible for the waste heat from the electrical drive components to be made available to the interior of the Q7 e-tron quattro. An outer skin made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) encases the inner aluminum shell. lb) of gas allows for a range of more than 500 kilometers (310.7 kilograms (1.3

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DOE announces $58M in funding for advanced vehicle technologies

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This AOI will help promote the use of PEVs to reduce dependence on petroleum and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. This AOI is focused only on facilities with EPACT defined natural gas, propane, and hydrogen vehicle refueling infrastructure. per pound of weight saved.

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