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AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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APRIL 13, 2020

In the last decade, the industry standard has been represented by insertion materials for both anode and cathode, while recently alloy-forming materials with Li x Z (Z = Si, Sn, Sb, Bi) formula have emerged as viable, alternative anodes materials. An open-access paper on their work is published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Developing systems to enable lightweight, compact, and cost competitive hydrogen storage will help make hydrogen fuel cell systems competitive in a wide range of portable and stationary applications, and enable longer driving ranges for a wider variety of transportation applications. Currently, high-pressure (i.e.,

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MARCH 31, 2014

NexTech Materials will use its NO x sensing technology to develop a low-cost device capable of accurately quantifying NO x concentrations in the exhaust stream of diesel passenger cars and heavy duty trucks. Low-Cost, High-Energy Si/Graphene Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries. Pixelligent Technologies LLC. XG Sciences, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

VTO is focused on critical barriers identified by joint government/industry research that are either unique to or common among three major combustion strategies: (1) Low?Temperature Carbon Fiber or Lightweight Materials. Most critical is the cost of the carbon fiber. cost titanium structures; polymer?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $30 million in available funding ( DE-FOA-0001647 ), subject to appropriations, for research and development of low-cost hydrogen production, onboard hydrogen storage, and proton exchange membrane fuel cells to advance the widespread commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

While electric cars will remain the largest electric vehicle market for the foreseeable future in terms of battery demand and market revenue generation, most transport sectors are facing a transition. The new regulations are driving interest in e-fuels, ammonia, and hydrogen as the industry scrambles to find multiple silver bullets.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber.

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MAY 19, 2014

Potential high-value products from isolated lignin include low-cost carbon fiber, engineering plastics and thermoplastic elastomers, polymeric foams and membranes, and a variety of fuels and chemicals—all currently sourced from petroleum. Each product stream, however, has its own distinct challenges.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

These trucks haul 80% of goods in the United States and use about 28 billion gallons of fuel per year, accounting for around 22% of total transportation energy usage—presenting a significant opportunity for carbon emissions reduction and energy savings for a key segment of the US transportation sector. PPG Industries, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

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. Stanford University. Argonne National Laboratory. The Ohio State University.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

Project selections fall under three areas of interest (AOIs) as follows: AOI 1: Advanced Technologies to Mitigate Emissions from and Increase the Efficiency of Natural Gas Transportation Infrastructure. AOI 2: Process-Intensified Technologies for the Upcycling of Flare Gas into Transportable, Value-Added Products.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Some specific improvements which are of interest, but are not limited to, include: new low-cost materials, improvements in manufacturing processes, speed or yield, improved cell/pack design minimizing inactive material, significant improvement in specific energy (Wh/kg) or energy density (Wh/L), and improved safety.

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Hydrogen Fuel Range Vehicles 210

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JANUARY 21, 2016

This FOA contains a total of 11 Areas of Interest (AOIs) and focuses on advanced light-weighting; advanced battery development; low cost electric motor development; enabling technologies for high efficiency engines; and support for EV deployment and AFV workplace safety programs. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

Second, many newcomers to the e-bike industry just aren’t prepared to drop several thousand dollars on a brand-new concept, making this price range critical for many first-time e-bike shoppers. It’s hard to find a better combination of low cost and high performance anywhere in the e-bike market right now. The XP 3.0

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JULY 17, 2015

If PHEVs became the major form of transportation, the use of fossil fuels would be cut dramatically. Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Since some readers might read only one appendix, some information has been repeated.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

Second, many newcomers to the e-bike industry just aren’t prepared to drop several thousand dollars on a brand-new concept, making this price range critical for many first-time e-bike shoppers. It’s hard to find a better combination of low cost and high performance anywhere in the e-bike market right now. The XP 3.0

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