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Honda and Ford separately launching smart home demos

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will create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase that demonstrates Honda’s vision for sustainable, zero-carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electric vehicle. High-efficiency HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and Lighting System designed by UC Davis.

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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In addition to program in support of the coal and electric power industries, the center has expanded over time to address issues in carbon capture and management, electrochemical energy storage, biomass energy and biofuels, and other renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic and thermoelectric power. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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On top it has an angled rectangular housing receiving high voltage direct current (DC) cables connected to the battery pack and containing the inverter. The main components of the TPIM are the power board, DC bus capacitor, EMI filters, control and gate drive boards, sensors and busbar. and Davis, R. Click to enlarge.

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