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DOE to award almost $20M to new research and development projects for advanced vehicle technologies

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Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Low Cost Carbon Fiber for Lightweight Materials. Projects will develop and integrate a suite of computational tools that can accurately predict precursors for low cost carbon fiber. Battery500 Seedling Projects.

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New stable Fe3O4/C composite material for conversion electrode in solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Fe 3 O 4 , also known as magnetite, is a low cost, environmentally benign metal oxide that can undertake a reversible conversion reaction with Li + ions … which results in a theoretical capacity of 924 mAhg ?1 Considering 3d-transition metal oxides, among iron oxides ?-Fe Fe 2 O 3 and Fe 3 O 4 have received great attention. Resources.

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

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Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Low Cost Carbon Fiber for Lightweight Vehicles. Specific emphasis will be given to concepts that support future transportation scenarios allowing for the efficient movement of people and goods in a way that minimizes energy consumption.

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Kawasaki, Subaru, Toyota, Mazda, and Yamaha partner on producing, transporting, and using carbon-neutral fuels, including hydrogen

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The company is currently conducting verification tests for transporting large-quantity, low-cost hydrogen to Japan produced from Australian lignite. The engine’s connected system, which was newly introduced during development before the SUZUKA S-Tai, has been improved to be able to process and analyze more data.

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DOE seeking comment on draft $50M solicitation for new projects over 11 areas of interest to improve vehicle performance and decrease fuel consumption

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Applicants must articulate how output from this research will be made broadly available to the scientific and engineering community, and how the results can be used to support future development of high performance automotive die-casting alloys. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. Steel (Mild, HSLA, AHSS, or Boron automotive alloy).

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Toyota pops the hood on the technology of the fuel cell Mirai at SAE World Congress

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The papers provide technical details on the high performance fuel-cell (FC) stack; specific insights into FC separator, and stack manifold; the newly developed boost converter; and the new high-pressure hydrogen storage system with innovative carbon fiber windings. For the FCHV-adv, Toyota had used aerospace grade carbon fiber.

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DOE announces $58M in funding for advanced vehicle technologies

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Secretary Moniz also announced that two innovative projects at CALSTART and the National Association of Regional Councils will receive $3 million to develop systems that help companies combine their purchasing of advanced vehicles, components, and infrastructure to reduce incremental cost and achieve economies of scale.

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