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JULY 8, 2014

Electricity is stored in a 9.4 Via the integrated on-board charging componentry and the standard Porsche Universal Charger (AC), the battery can reach full charge within approximately two and a half hours when connected to a 240V power source. kWh lithium-ion battery. The number of units sold rose by 14% to almost 30,000 deliveries.

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JUNE 18, 2018

In the method, hydrogenation of the liquid organic hydrocarbon dibenzyltoluene via Clariant’s EleMax H catalyst allows hydrogen to be “stored”, while its dehydrogenation with EleMax D “releases” hydrogen on demand. Wolfgang Arlt, Prof. Peter Wasserscheid and Prof. Eberhardt Schlücker.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Volkswagen’s Gold Medal submission was evaluated through a global competition with companies in multiple business sectors by WEC’s independent Gold Medal Jury chaired by Dr. Joel Abrams, Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh.

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JUNE 23, 2014

In 2013, the Cummins-led team demonstrated a Tier 2 Bin 5 version of the engine on the dyno, and then on a vehicle, while development of the Tier 2 Bin 2 engine started. 2013) “Cold Start Concept (CSC): A Novel Catalyst for Cold Start Emission Control,” SAE Int. 6(2):372-381 doi: 10.4271/2013-01-0535. Weigert, E., Fuels Lubr.

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JANUARY 21, 2013

John Goodenough at the University of Texas at Austin and colleague Kyu-Sung Park have written a perspective paper on Li-ion batteries (LIBs), published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. More recently, at the University of Texas, Austin, Dr. Goodenough patented a new class of iron phosphate materials. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 23, 2016

UTA and the University of Utah received a $5.4-million Three of these will be used on route 2 in Salt Lake City and two that will serve the University of Utah campus (also in Salt Lake City). The NMC Li-ion battery pack in the electric Xcelsior stores up to 300 kWh, powering a 160 kW Siemens electric drive system. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 2, 2013

Researchers from the University of Minnesota report finding a new strain of cold-tolerant, lipid-producing yellow-green algae— heterococcus sp. DN1 was found to grow at temperatures approaching freezing and to accumulate large intracellular stores of lipids. DN1 —in the snow fields of the Rocky Mountains.

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MARCH 10, 2013

Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Benson (2013) On the importance of reducing the energetic and material demands of electrical energy storage.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Building on the EMIRAI 2 xDAS, which was introduced at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, the EMIRAI 3 xDAS features evolved technologies for human machine interface (HMI), driver sensing, telematics, and light control. The operator’s hand profile and motions are detected for simplified adjustment of air temperature and music volume. as required.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

from the previous high of 3,160,377 vehicles sold in 2013. from 2013 to 717,007 units. from 2013 to a record 73,500 units. from 2013 and a new high for the brand. To provide more convenient services in the digital era, Shanghai GM launched the Buick Aftersales Flagship Store on Tmall.com and the MyChevy online 4S store.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Scientists at the University of New South Wales (Australia) have developed a new bio-inspired method for carrying out chemical reduction—an industrial process used to produce fuels and chemicals. A report on their work is published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. McSkimming, A., Bhadbhade, M. and Colbran, S.

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MARCH 13, 2014

a 100% subsidiary of Nissan Motor Company, developed the analysis method in a joint R&D effort with Tokyo University, Kyoto University and Osaka Prefecture University. Penner-Hahn (University of Michigan) X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Nissan Arc Ltd., de Groot, Alexander Föhlisch, Alexei Erko, Uwe Bergmann, Vittal K.

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JANUARY 8, 2016

Building on the EMIRAI 2 xDAS, which was introduced at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show, Mitsubishi Electric developed the EMIRAI 3 xDAS with evolved technologies for human machine interface (HMI), driver sensing, telematics, and light control. Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America introduced its EMIRAI 3 xDAS concept car at CES 2016 this week.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Researchers at Michigan Technological University have developed a technique to grow aligned nanoforests of manganese dioxide nanorods with an optimal crystal structure (?-MnO The new materials may enable higher-performance redox capacitors. Typically, redox (chemical) capacitors have more energy and less power than the physical ones.

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APRIL 15, 2013

A University of Arizona-led international research team has developed a simple process for making lightweight plastics from elemental sulfur; the team has successfully used a new polymeric sulfur produced via the process as an electrode material for lithium-sulfur batteries. Battery cycling data for poly(S-r-DIB) (10 wt% DIB, C/10 rate).

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Although she enjoyed coding, she decided to pursue a degree in biology at Tsinghua University , in Beijing. She graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree, then went to the United States to pursue a doctorate at the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. STOPPING POACHERS. IEEE MEMBERSHIP.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

The fact that MXenes can accommodate ions and molecules in this way is significant because it expands their ability to store energy. In other words, we can now store more energy in smaller volumes, an important consideration as mobile devices get smaller and require more energy. —Michel Barsoum.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The battery storage system electrified by BMW i is sized so it can be placed in the basement or the garage of a detached house, where the stored energy can either be used for electrically-operated devices in the home or for charging the battery of an electric car.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Prins also collaborates with other technology partners such as Bosch, Continental and several technical universities. In October, a Prins technology paper presented at the 2013 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in London “Development of Dual Fuel technology: Prins Dieselblend-2.0 million tonnes in 2013—an increase of 9.4

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Now, researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and UC Berkeley have engineered yeast to convert cellulosic sugars and toxic levels of acetate together into ethanol under anaerobic conditions. The buildup of acetic acid also killed off much of the yeast. Click to enlarge. But it’s not because of one limiting step.

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MARCH 24, 2015

The All-Electron Battery stores energy by moving electrons, rather than ions, and uses electron/hole redox instead of capacitive polarization of a double-layer. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Engineers at The Ohio State University have developed a new welding technique—Vaporized Foil Actuator Welding (VFAW)—that consumes 80% less energy than a common welding technique, yet creates bonds that are 50% stronger. A diagram showing vaporized foil actuator welding, a technique developed at The Ohio State University.

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DECEMBER 8, 2014

OXIS Energy is the lead partner in a collaboration with Lotus Engineering, Imperial College London and Cranfield University to develop a Lithium-sulfur vehicle battery and Energy System Controller (ESC). Further, the ESC will utilize 90-95% of the stored energy.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a new lithium/polysulfide (Li/PS) semi-liquid (flow) battery for large-scale energy storage, with lithium polysulfide (Li 2 S 8 ) in ether solvent as a catholyte and metallic lithium as an anode. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 20, 2013

Later, when power demand is high, the stored air is released back up to the surface, where it is heated and rushes through turbines to generate electricity. The world’s two existing compressed air energy storage plants—one in Alabama, the other in Germany—use man-made salt caverns to store excess electricity.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

The brake energy recovery system converts the vehicle’s kinetic energy into stored energy by compressing nitrogen gas in a storage device called an accumulator. This stored energy is then released during acceleration to reduce the energy required from the engine to propel the vehicle. OSU evaluation. Low-speed cycle. CO 2 (g/mi).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2013

The key is a stretchy polymer that coats the electrode, binds it together and spontaneously heals tiny cracks that develop during battery operation, said the team from Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Nature Chemistry , 17 October 2013 doi: 10.1038/nchem.1802. Resources.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Those solutions store packets inside a FIFO before authentication, significantly increasing latency. CRATON development platform will be available at early 2013. For security, all received packets are authenticated at minimal and fixed latency. CRATON supports wide temperature range of -40 °C to +85 ºC. Sonics, Inc.,

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APRIL 23, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a multidisciplinary team at the University of Michigan $1.2 The process and the results were described in an open access paper published in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials in 2013. Earlier post.). Resources. U-M MOF Database Jacob Goldsmith, Antek G. Wong-Foy, Michael J.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) report in the journal Angewandte Chemie their development of an enhanced platinum catalyst for the steam reforming of methanol to release hydrogen. The hydrogen, in turn, is then reacted with carbon dioxide to make methanol and water, thus allowing it to be stored as a liquid.

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JUNE 19, 2014

Lightning Hybrids tested two vehicles: a 2013 Ford E450 6.8-liter Hydraulic pumps/motors and an accumulator (power storage unit) are added to gasoline, diesel, propane or CNG engines to store braking energy and use the captured energy to accelerate the vehicle, significantly saving fuel and brakes and cutting emissions.

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JUNE 24, 2013

University of Wisconsin-Madison invests $5 million+ in new institute for materials. Moreover, the DOE Basic Energy Sciences (BES) Program has an active university and national laboratory research portfolio in Predictive Theory and Modeling, with 19 awards made in FY 2012. Harvard debuts database of 2.3

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JUNE 29, 2016

The ADEPT project is led by Ricardo in a research partnership including the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC); Controlled Power Technologies (CPT); Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies UK Ltd; Ford Motor Company and the University of Nottingham. The final results will be presented at the UK’s LCV2016 event on 14-15 September.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Many local devices that can either generate electricity, like rooftop solar panels, or store energy, like electric cars, are expected to help reduce the costs of the traditional system, especially as intermittent renewable energy provides a bigger fraction of our energy use. PIs: Ram Rajagopal, Civil and Environmental Engineering; June A.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Using only the energy stored in the battery, the ELR will deliver a GM-estimated range of about 35 miles (56 km) of pure electric driving, depending on terrain, driving techniques and temperature. Abell and Jingjing Li (2013) Characterization of Joint Quality in Ultrasonic Welding of Battery Tabs. foot-long (1.6 Resources.

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MARCH 29, 2013

A team at the University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei) has developed hollow porous SiO 2 (silicon dioxide, or silica—e.g., As an alternative, silica (SiO 2 ) has been considered to be the anode material of LIBs because of the analogous advantage of storing a large quantity of lithium and low discharge potentials.

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JUNE 26, 2013

coli bacteria, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School have devised a new way to make targeted precursors of high-octane biofuels. Silver (2013). By rerouting the metabolic pathway that makes fatty acids in E.

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