Green Car Congress
JUNE 18, 2012
The new ultra-light transmission with a carbon fiber housing held up to the Le Mans endurance test covering a distance of 5,151 kilometers in all four vehicles with no problems, the company said. Power from the Motor Generator Unit accelerates the carbon-fiber flywheel, which runs in a high vacuum. The engine is a 3.7-liter
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
Other awards included funding for renewable energy resources, industrial and building energy efficiency, a modernized electricity grid, cleaner fossil fuels, and the next generation of nuclear power. Companies that had previously received DOE SBIR or STTR funding were eligible to apply for the Phase III grants.
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2010
Grant applications are sought to develop new magnetic materials to allow low cost, easily manufacturable permanent magnets with energy products comparable to what is commercially available today with sintered magnets at temperatures up to 240°C. The strength of the current NeFeB PMs is weakened significantly as temperature rises.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. The car can refuel during periods of low demand on the grid, and if equipped with a bi-directional charger, can actually replenish the grid with excess energy gleaned from a renewable resource. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. slow charge.
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2009
billion); environmental management ($6 billion); loan guarantees for renewable energy and electric power transmission projects ($6 billion); grid modernization ($4.5 billion); carbon capture and sequestration ($3.4 Alternative fueled vehicles pilot grant program: $300 million. billion); basic science research ($1.6
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