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

Green Car Congress

DOE received more than 160 applications for 2019 TCF funding, with project teams engaging more than 90 different partners across multiple diverse disciplines. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Madison, Wis.

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

Cars That Think

According to market research company NPD Group , the pandemic helped increase e-bike sales by 145 percent from 2019 to 2020, more than double the growth of traditional bikes. Even in bike-saturated Europe, e-bike sales jumped by 23 percent in 2019. Hub motors are relatively affordable, low-maintenance, mass produced by the millions.