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Audi introduces new A4 Avant g-tron; Audi e-gas offered as standard

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Audi installs the four cylindrical CNG tanks as a compact module in the rear end of the Avant. The second layer, a composite winding of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), provides for maximum strength. Their inner layer is a gas-tight matrix of polyamide.

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Solvay participating in Polimotor 2 carbon fiber reinforced polymer engine project

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Solvay is taking a “leadership role” in the development of the Polimotor 2 all-plastic automotive engine to be tested in a race car next year, demonstrating the company’s advanced specialty polymer technologies in light-weighting through metal replacement. Mustang engine, used a combination of carbon fiber, Torlon, epoxy, ceramic and metal.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

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The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L The ceramic brakes make a sound similar to sliding out on gravel, or swooshing through water. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5

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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. Conventional flow field structure. Konno et al. Click to enlarge.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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The CMU team seeks to develop novel ionomer-free electrodes to enable transformative improvements in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology. The system takes three main inputs: ambient air, water, and a sustainable energy source, and produces butanol with high selectivity.

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DOE to award up to $9M for Small Business programs in broad range of technologies including vehicles, biomass and hydrogen and fuel cells

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The FOA covers 8 broad topics—Vehicles; Biomass; Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies; Advanced Manufacturing; Buildings; Solar; Water; and Wind—and 30 subtopics aligned with Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs. Watt installed in a vehicle thermoelectric generator at high volume production.

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Volkswagen Group shows 3 hydrogen fuel cell concepts at LA Show: Audi A7 Sportback h-tron; Golf Sportwagen HyMotion; Passat HyMotion

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A photovoltaic array was installed at the site for this purpose. The core of each of these individual cells is a polymer membrane, with a platinum-based catalyst on both sides of the membrane. The protons migrate through the membrane to the cathode, where they react with the oxygen present in air to form water vapor.

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