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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. Area of Interest (AOI) 01a: Lithium Ion Batteries using Silicon-based Anodes-Research. Federal share.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

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approximately 45% peak thermal efficiency for light duty and greater-than 50% peak thermal efficiency for heavy duty). AOI 3: Demonstration Project for a Multi-Material Light-Weight Prototype Vehicle as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada. Alloy or Li metal anodes. Li/air and Li/S systems.

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EV Everywhere Blueprint outlines DOE technical and development goals for EVs for 2022

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President Obama announced the DOE “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” in March 2012 with the goal of enabling US companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years. Earlier post.).

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

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ion batteries is approximately four times too high on a kWh basis; current batteries are two to three times too heavy and large, and high? ion batteries are not intrinsically tolerant to abusive conditions. The components to enable electric drive vehicles must be more affordable. competitive waste heat recovery technologies.

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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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Hyundai begins rollout of Ioniq Hybrid, PHEV and EV; most efficient non-plug vehicle, most efficient EV in US; powertrain discussion

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kWh Li-ion polymer pack from LG Chem provides the energy storage. The high-voltage Li-ion battery package includes not only the energy storage system for the hybrid powertrain, but also a Li-ion 12V auxiliary battery; this packaging allowed Hyundai to remove the 50 Ah AGM battery, saving 26 lbs (12 kg) in the process.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Target energy density is 6-20 times that available state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries and at. Silicon Coated Nanofiber Paper as a Lithium-Ion Anode. Affordable Energy from Water and Sunlight. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Carbon Capture (5 projects). Direct Solar Fuels (5 projects).

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