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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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The study considers five different powertrains (internal combustion engine, hybrid-electric, plug-in hybrid-electric, fuel-cell-electric, and battery-electric) and 12 cost components (purchase cost, depreciation, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repair, taxes, registration fees, tolls and parking, payload capacity and labor).

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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For some areas of neutron-assisted research, such as the investigation of advanced Li-ion batteries, this is crucial.). FIE-TAX: Fixed-Incident-Energy Triple-Axis Spectrometer. TAX: Triple-Axis Spectrometer. Neutrons, on the other hand, can obtain an appreciable scattering signal from light elements.