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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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Hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles will reach cost parity with conventional vehicles as the price of hydrogen falls. Battery electric vehicles, meanwhile, will reach cost parity as battery prices drop. Overall, hybrid electric vehicles tend to be the lowest-cost powertrain. —David Gohlke.

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NREL report finds electrified heavy-duty vehicle powertrains could provide lower total cost of ownership than diesel under certain conditions

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Chad Hunter, lead author of the report and former NREL researcher. Understanding these indirect costs is critical to understanding the full economic implications of a shift toward zero-emission transportation. —Hunter et al.

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New DuraBlue ultracaps from Maxwell increase shock and vibration tolerance, energy and power capacity

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This enhanced shock and vibration tolerance is particularly important in the transportation market—especially mass transit—and in developing markets in which the road infrastructure might not be quite as smooth as in more developed ones, noted Chad McDonald, director of product marketing. —Chad McDonald.

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NREL study finds high-pressure hydrogen pipeline system could potentially make hydrogen cost-competitive with gasoline

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An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. However, owing to small scale and limited competition, dispensed hydrogen fuel prices currently are higher, averaging about $16.30/kg kg in California in the third quarter of 2018. —Penev et al.

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Nth Cycle says its electroextraction tech significantly reduces transportation costs for Li-ion battery recycling

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My co-founder Chad Vecitis, who’s now our VP of R&D, was a full-time professor at Harvard and actually developed this technology over 10 years ago. It is a significant cost to them to transport all of that mass when only 20% of it is valuable, so the real value we bring is a very effective, clean way to upgrade this material.

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Ioxus unveils 16V/58F iMOD ultracapacitor module series for alternative energy markets

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a manufacturer of ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer product markets ( earlier post ), unveiled its first 16V/58F iMOD series of ultracapacitor modules. —Chad Hall. Ioxus, Inc., It’s ruggedized to handle industrial environments.

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The Race for the Next-Gen Space Station

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It said that without a working station, “the nascent low Earth orbit commercial space economy would likely collapse, causing cascading impacts to commercial space transportation capabilities, in-space manufacturing, and microgravity research.” The competitors say they can head off delays and deliver on price. What is that? $50

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