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DOE awarding $19.4M to 22 advanced vehicle technologies projects; Mercedes-Benz, GM Li-S battery projects

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These projects enable smaller, safer, lighter weight, and less expensive battery packs that ultimately will make electric vehicles more affordable. Oregon State University. ICME Low Cost Carbon Fiber (Area of Interest 2). Research multiscale integrated computational approach to assess new carbon fiber precursors.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Drive Oregon. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2 Plug In America. Federal funding. PPG Industries, Inc. 2,212,519.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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The institute will also provide the manufacturing communities with easy and affordable access to real-time analytic tools, infrastructure, and industrial applications. Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oregon State U.; LanzaTech; Materia; SEVA; TowerJazz; Small: Able Industrial Products Inc.; Missouri U. of Virginia; Virginia Tech; U.