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

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Electric drive components must be reliable and provide long vehicle service equal to or better than conventional petroleum powered vehicles. Advanced Combustion Engine R&D. sizing passenger vehicle engines. pressure fuel injection, and higher pressure engine operation, for implementing the clean diesel combustion strategy.

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Hyundai Motor Group’s Supernal unveils eVTOL vehicle cabin concept at 2022 Farnborough International Airshow

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The team of engineers and designers utilized the automotive industry’s reductive design approach to create the light-weight interior cabin, which is made of forged carbon fiber. —Jaiwon Shin. Ergonomically contoured seats offer a cocoon-like environment for passengers.

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Qoros to unveil Model K-EV concept at Shanghai Auto 2017; Koenigsegg drive-line technology

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The Koenigsegg Regera combines a twin-turbo V8 combustion engine with three electric motors and battery power via Koenigsegg Direct Drive. The Koenigsegg Direct Drive transmission (KDD) was invented by Christian von Koenigsegg and developed for the Regera by the Koenigsegg Advanced Engineering team.

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DOE to issue $47M FY17 Vehicle Technologies program-wide funding opportunity

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The upcoming FOA may include the following areas of interest (AOI): Advanced Technology Battery Cell Development. Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Low Cost Carbon Fiber for Lightweight Vehicles. Emission Control Strategies for Advanced Combustion Engines.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

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The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L Rear view, with engine compartment with air intake labeled. kWh Li-ion battery pack. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5

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DOE to issue FY14 Vehicle Technologies program-wide funding opportunity announcement

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VTO focuses on a mix of near- and long-term vehicle technologies including advanced batteries, power electronics and electric motors, lightweight and propulsion materials, advanced combustion engines, advanced fuels and lubricants, and other enabling technologies. million barrels per day); and.

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Rocket Lab aces first Electron rocket launch from US soil

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About nine minutes later, the Electron upper stage reached low Earth orbit (LEO) and shut down its Rutherford Vacuum engine. Electron is the only rocket in the world to successfully reach orbit with structures built almost entirely out of carbon fiber composites. Rocket Lab’s workhorse rocket is relatively unique.

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