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A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

Charged EVs

Another trick that can be done with a heat pump (in cabin heating mode, anyway) is to capture the waste heat from the traction inverter, motor, etc, extending the temperature range over which it can operate without resorting to a backup source such as a resistance heater.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. CSolPower, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico).