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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Through this partnership, SpinLaunch will develop, integrate, and fly a NASA payload on the company’s Suborbital Accelerator Launch System to provide valuable information to NASA for potential future commercial launch opportunities. and managed at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. University of Washington. Stanford University. The Ohio State University. Pratt & Whitney.

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DOE selects eight integrated biorefinery projects for up to $15M total in funding

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(Baltimore, Maryland)—Thermochemical Recovery International (TRI) will study and improve feedstock and residual solids handling systems targeted to commercial pyrolysis and gasification reactors. TRI’s work in these systems will promote feedstock flexibility and enable the processing of low-cost feedstock to enhance IBRs’ economic viability.

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DOE to award more than $55M to 31 projects for plug-in and efficient vehicle technologies; Delphi receives $10M to further GDCI

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Nineteen projects are aimed at reducing the cost and improving the performance of key PEV components. Fuel efficiency improvements in passenger vehicles and commercial trucks. Development of Low-cost, High Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet (Area of Interest 1). Description. Alcoa, Inc. Ford Motor Company. Eaton Corp.

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DOE to award $49.4M for advanced vehicle technologies research; meeting Tier 3 emissions

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The new program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000991 ) ( earlier post ), was announced by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at the Washington Auto Show. Area Of Interest (AOI) 1: Development of Low-Cost, High-Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $49.4 Click to enlarge.

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Local Motors 3D printing a Strati at NAIAS; announces two micro-factories to open

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Made from a carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic material by SABIC, the current model of the Strati takes approximately 44 hours to print 212 layers. Gone are the days of an economy of scale in order to introduce and commercialize a technology. and one at National Harbor, just outside Washington DC.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. Accelerated Development and Deployment of LowCost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3).

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