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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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Ultimately, SpinLaunch’s Orbital Accelerator will accelerate a launch vehicle containing a satellite up to 5,000 miles per hour using a rotating carbon-fiber-arm within a 300-ft diameter steel vacuum chamber. First orbital test launches are planned for 2025.

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MAHLE Powertrain and White Motorcycle Concepts developing fully electric 3-wheeled motorcycle for police, emergency first responders

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MAHLE Powertrain is working with White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) to develop a fully electric three-wheeled motorcycle suited to the requirements of police, emergency first responders and last-mile delivery fleets. The V-Duct applied in the WMC300FR 3-wheeled hybrid bike.

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Diakont part of ARPA-E program REPAIR program for pipelines

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The project is to develop a cost-effective and efficient smart structural coating deposition system and advanced high-end technology tools to inspect and rehabilitate gas distribution pipelines.

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DOE issues FOA for up to $4M for development of advanced H2 storage systems and materials

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The FOA includes the following topics: Topic Area 1: Reducing the cost of compressed hydrogen storage systems. A vehicle that achieves a fuel economy of 60 miles per kilogram of hydrogen (i.e., kWh per kilogram H 2 ) to meet a 300-mile driving range goal. Currently, high-pressure (i.e.,

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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miles in passenger vehicles and 435,000 miles for heavy?duty Carbon Fiber or Lightweight Materials. VTO is seeking projects that address the major challenges to developing and commercializing carbon fiber composites for lightweight structures. Most critical is the cost of the carbon fiber.

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DOE announces $30M in funding for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies

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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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ARPA-E awarding $33M to 10 projects for natural gas pipeline retrofitting: REPAIR

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REPAIR teams will develop technology that enables gas utilities to update their distribution systems at low cost and continue to reliably service commercial and residential gas delivery needs nationwide. More than 60,000 miles of cast iron and bare steel gas distribution pipelines are still in service.

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