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QM Power and University of Kentucky demonstrate 50 kW/liter electric motor; DOE 2025 power density goal

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QM Power and the SPARK Lab at University of Kentucky shared the combined results of a large-scale, multi-objective design optimization study, and lab testing of a prototype motor designed to meet the 2025 power density goals set by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Ionel, FIEEE, who serves as the inaugural L.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Charlotte, NC Aiken, SC. Develop and deploy up to 100 electric vehicles, such as “Ampere” (Ford Transit Connect EV), “Faraday” (Ford F150 EV conversions), Step Vans, and “Newton” medium-duty trucks. West Virginia University (NAFTC).

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The Man Behind Hydrail

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the Charlotte suburb he calls home. In 2004, the Centralina region (the Greater Charlotte metro area, which straddles the North CarolinaSouth Carolina border) was designated as a non-attainment area for ozone under the Clean Air Act. program at the University of Pisa in Italy, the ancient university where Galileo taught.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Electric Power Research Institute (Charlotte, North Carolina). Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia).

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). York University , Prius, Hymotion, November 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada).

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Junkyard Find: 1976 Chevrolet G20 Chevy Van

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It has a very mild conversion, including an aftermarket sunroof and map lights. Here's a 1980-1981 University of North Carolina Charlotte parking sticker. This one appears to have received a sliding door swap from a Sportvan or Rally, because it has a window. It had 76,950 miles on the odometer in the fall of 1985.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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