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Argonne study finds BEVs can have lowest scheduled maintenance costs, but highest cost of driving

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Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, with colleagues from Lawrence Berkeley, Oak Ridge, and National Renewable Energy labs, and the University of Tennessee, have published a comprehensive analysis of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for 12 sizes of vehicles ranging from compact sedans up to Class 8 tractors with sleeper cabs.

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Northwestern team develops new approach to catalyst design using SPBCL and DFT; new HER catalyst 7x more active than Pt

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Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new approach for creating new catalysts to aid in clean energy conversion and storage. It is a major challenge in catalysis to uncover structure–performance relationships that drive the design and optimization of high-performance/low-cost catalysts. —Professor Chad A.

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A $275 Bus Ticket to the Hamptons

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Those who spring for one of seven premium seats, which cost $275, can also ride with a pet (for an additional fee). Each bus cost about a million dollars to buy and outfit, said Chad Scarborough, the founder of the Jet.) which supplied the two buses being used for the new transit service.

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COVID-19 Forced Us All to Experiment. What Have We Learned?

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On top of the damage it has wreaked on human lives, the pandemic has brought increased costs to individuals and businesses alike. In terms of travel time, the strike produced a net benefit to the system because the one-off time costs of the strike were less than the enduring benefits for this minority of commuters.

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UCR team finds adding even small amounts of tin to Si-based anode greatly improves charge capacity and cycling stability

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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found that adding tin nanoparticles—even in small amounts—to a silicon-based anode provides significant improvements in performance in terms of both charge capacity and cycling stability.

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Wisconsin, GLBRC researchers use chemical genomics to engineer IL-resistant yeast to improve biofuel production

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and colleagues have engineered a new strain of the yeast S. Since removing residual ionic liquid after deconstruction is an added step incurring added expense, the new strain by itself could lower the costs of making biofuels.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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He's currently a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute , where he specializes in the history of technology. James Cortada It became a commodity business not only because of the chips and the operating system, but because other companies were able to put it all together at a lower cost than IBM.

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