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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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VTO research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. 500,000.

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DOE issues Notice of Intent for 2020 advanced vehicle technology research

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This area of interest includes three potential topics supporting VTO’s objective to improve system-level transportation efficiency, effectiveness and affordability. construction, mining, forestry, etc.). Technology integration.

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Chesapeake Energy to invest some $1B over 10 years to support natural gas demand, infrastructure and end-use technologies; $305M in initial investments in Clean Energy Fuels and Sundrop Fuels

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Deploy innovative and scalable GTL processes to convert natural gas into a room temperature, tank-ready, liquid transportation fuel that can be blended with existing supplies of gasoline and diesel or used as a stand-alone replacement product that is cleaner and more affordable. The convertible debt carries a 7.5% Sundrop Fuels.

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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The components to enable electric drive vehicles must be more affordable. The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?board competitive waste heat recovery technologies. based systems for waste?heat A typical example would be a light?duty Size Reduction. duty engines. durability).

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MIT researchers advancing development of supercritical water upgrading of heavy crude; lower cost, energy use and CO2

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Near and supercritical water (SCW), collectively termed hydrothermal water (HTW) in this review, have been successfully used for carbonization, gasification, liquefaction and upgrading of hydrocarbon resources including crude oils (with a specific emphasis on heavy oils and heavy fractions), microalgae, lignocellulosic biomasses, and wastes.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus RX 450h F Sport AWD

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The 4-wheel anti-lock brakes with ventilated discs were part of the regenerative charging system, an energy recovery process taking the usually wasted friction and heat from braking or coasting, and converting kinetic energy into stored energy. The shelf-like LED rear tail lights continue the L-shape design cue.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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million: ALD Technical Solutions is developing light-weight, easy-to-install, long-lasting, and cost-effective structural composite reinforcement system which will be installed and cured-in-place around existing Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced transmission lines to increase power capacity and power efficiency, and also decrease sag.

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