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DOE issues RFI on advanced thermal insulation for cold/cryogenic compressed gas on-board fuel storage

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) has issued a request for information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0001420 ) on advanced thermal insulation for sub-ambient temperature alternative fuel onboard storage systems. The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas. Background.

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DOE to issue $56M funding opportunity for vehicle technologies in January

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Dissimilar metal joint systems are limited to aluminum, steel, magnesium, and carbon fiber composites. Alternative Fuel Vehicle Workplace Safety Programs. Workshops will include site tours showcasing facilities that have been properly designed/upgraded for AFV code-compliance and safety.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot. We have different alternative fuels in our program such as CNG and LPG, we are working on some synthetic fuel.

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