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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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The US Department of Energy will award more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of a range of advanced vehicle technologies. Increased availability of low cost carbon fiber can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel economy. Eaton Corporation.

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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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This includes improving “beyond lithium-ion technologies” that use higher energy storage materials, and developing and commercializing wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors that offer significant advances in performance while reducing the price of vehicle power electronics. Eaton Corp. National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

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