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US new light-duty diesel sales dropped slightly in 2016 to 280,000 units from 300,000 in 2015

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smaller than the some 300,000 added to the US vehicle parc in 2015, but still demonstrated resilience in a market that had 25% fewer model choices available. Similar to 2015, California was number one in the total number of diesel cars and SUVs followed by Texas and Florida. The 2016 increase in diesel sales was about 6.7%

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

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In 2015, AK Steel announced a $29-million project to enable production of the next-generation AHSS. NanoSteel has conducted on-going research and development at the company’s R&D laboratory in Idaho Falls to build upon that foundational technology. —NanoSteel CEO and president David Paratore.

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Phantom road study shows road noise degrades habitat

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A study by researchers at Boise State University in Idaho has found that road noise degrades habitat that is otherwise suitable, and that “ the presence of a species does not indicate the absence of an impact. Barber (2015) “A phantom road experiment reveals traffic noise is an invisible source of habitat degradation”, PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1504710112.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory Wireless Project, $150,000. El Centro, Calif.

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DOE Co-Optima researchers identify 6 high-potential blendstocks

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Farrell served as Co-Optima project leader from its early planning stages and 2015 launch through December 2018. —NREL Vehicle Technologies Program Manager John Farrell. Fellow leadership team member Robert Wagner of Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently assumed management responsibilities for the project.

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Argonne rolls out updated version of AFLEET alternative fuels and advanced vehicles analysis tool

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The Clean Cities program aims to support local actions to reduce petroleum use in transportation. In each of the propane-operated vehicle case studies, use of propane displaced well over a thousand gallons of diesel fuel per vehicle annually on average, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by several tons per vehicle annually.

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DOE researchers develop energy-efficient, cost-effective process to extract rare earth elements from scrapped magnets

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John Klaehn and Eric Peterson of DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory collaborated in an early phase of the research focused on chemistry, and Ananth Iyer, a professor at Purdue University, later assessed the technical and economic feasibility of scale-up. That’s a huge missed opportunity considering 2.2 Daejin Kim, Lawrence E. Powell, Lætitia H.

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