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

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Accelerated Development and Deployment of LowCost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Demonstrate the joining of steel to aluminum and aluminum to carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites using the existing spot welding infrastructure. West Virginia University Research Corporation.

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

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Developing cost-effective technologies to improve new vehicle fuel efficiency and achieve or exceed corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards of 144 gCO 2 /mi (61.6 Possible areas of interest for the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge include, but are not limited to: Development of low-cost, high-strength automotive aluminum sheet.

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ARPA-E selects 13 projects for $30M in awards to advance natural gas vehicle technologies

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Corporation. Eaton Corporation will develop an at-home natural gas. materials for low-pressure gas storage tanks using their computational screening tool. identification of low-cost, high-performance materials that will. speed the development of low-pressure natural gas tanks for. These low cost.

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