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Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University open joint battery research center; focus on Li-metal and solid-state

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Hyundai Motor Group announced the inauguration of its Joint Battery Research Center with Seoul National University (SNU). This is the first time that a research facility specializing in electric vehicle (EV) batteries has been built within Seoul National University. million EVs by 2030. million EVs by 2030. trillion (US$7.4

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How This Startup Cut Production Costs of Millimeter Wave Power Amplifiers

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Diana Gamzina is on a mission to drastically reduce the price of millimeter-wave power amplifiers. The amplifiers can cost as much as US $1 million apiece because they’re made using costly, high-precision manufacturing and manual assembly. Department of Energy national lab operated by Stanford University.

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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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Eaton Corporation will develop an affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles, utilizing existing natural gas sources in the home and innovative compressor technology. Innovative heat exchanger technology will improve efficiency and cut cost dramatically. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.).

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DOE awards $56M to 21 concentrating solar power projects; $8M for reducing soft costs of rooftop PV systems

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The research projects, conducted in partnership with private industry, national laboratories and universities, support the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative, a collaborative national effort to make solar power cost-competitive with traditional energy sources by the end of the decade. CSP awards. Click to enlarge. Competition.

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Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

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Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University.

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How Are EVs Part of Environmental Justice?

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For starters, those with the least income are unlikely to be able to afford to purchase a new car, let alone a Tesla. A January 2023 study from the University of Michigan found that “more than half of the lowest-income U.S. Meanwhile, the cost of EVs continues to go down. households (an estimated 8.3

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OZEV Plug-in Car Grant reduced December 2021

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There will now be £500 off the cost of a motorcycle, and £150 off mopeds, with a price cap on vehicles of £10,000. The government says that it is “refocusing its vehicle grants on the more affordable vehicles and reducing grant rates to allow more people to benefit, and enable taxpayers’ money to go further.”.

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