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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. The three selected EEMS projects will conduct research that evaluates energy savings benefits from connected and automated vehicles. University of Virginia. Lead organization.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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The end of ownership usually results in used sales, which increases affordability and adoption. I am definitely invested in EV adoption and can connect with engineers and media because of my background in EV ownership and my master’s in mechanical engineering. He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

The end of ownership usually results in used sales, which increases affordability and adoption. I am definitely invested in EV adoption and can connect with engineers and media because of my background in EV ownership and my master’s in mechanical engineering. He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Non-strategic Elements having Secure Supply Chains A Virginia Commonwealth University led team will. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. Commonwealth.

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Eavesdropping on the Brain with 10,000 Electrodes

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Our goal: to listen in on the electrical conversations taking place among thousands of neurons at once in any given thimbleful of brain tissue. It paves the way for future brain-computer interfaces that may enable paralyzed people to communicate at speeds approaching those of normal conversation. Version 2.0 With version 3.0

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? When there is conversation, it is frequently combative , with local, state and federal officials fighting among themselves over who has the final say on what is going to be done, where and when.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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A high-speed network that connects computers, printers, and other peripherals in an office or building. The first version of Smalltalk was written as the result of a chance conversation between Kay, Ingalls, and Ted Kaehler, another PARC researcher. Xerox could not afford to have people think they were flakes.”

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