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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. General Motors LLC. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

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APRIL 25, 2014

General Motors is continuing its partnership with the US Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory for the EcoCAR 3 collegiate advanced vehicle technology competition. and will donate a Chevrolet Camaro to each one of the 16 universities that were recently selected for the exclusive competition. Colorado State University.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Through its venture capital fund BMW i Ventures, the BMW Group has taken a stake in Colorado-based Jetti Resources. Earlier this year, Jetti and the University of British Columbia (UBC) published the research that underpins Jetti’s technology in a paper in Acta Materialia.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

The newly selected projects are in five areas: energy storage; power electronics and electric motors (PEEM); advanced combustion engines; materials technologies, and fuels and lubricant technologies. Power electronics and electric motors (Area of Interest 2). University of Colorado Boulder. University of Connecticut.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

The T2145e electric motor coach undergoing final testing in Colorado. Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announced a $45-million order for its zero-emission powertrain systems from Faribault, Minnesota-based motorcoach supplier ABC Companies.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. Methane Mitigation Using Linear Motor Leak Recovery Compressor. Low-Cost Retrofit Kit for Integral Reciprocating Compressors to Reduce Emissions and Enhance Efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Earlier this month, GM outlined its electric path to zero emissions, and introduced SURUS—the Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS)—a fuel-cell-powered, four-wheel steer concept vehicle on a heavy-duty truck frame that’s driven by two electric motors. Earlier post.) Flexible cargo delivery systems.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Engineers at University of Colorado, Boulder have designed a new tiny robot that can passively change its shape to squeeze through narrow gaps. CU Boulder ] We’ve got a huge feature on the University of Zurich’s autonomous vision-based racing drones, which you should absolutely read in full after watching this summary video.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

Tyler Yadon, director of engineering at Lightning Systems, said that the vehicle will have a 257 kWh battery pack coupled with a 220 kW traction motor with a 2-speed transmission. And don’t forget, Lightning is located in Northern Colorado—so this project employs people locally and benefits the local community.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2013

Over the next three years, NREL engineers will work with teams led by Utah State University, Washington University, and Eaton Corporation to optimize utilization, life, and cost of lithium-ion batteries for electric-drive vehicles (EDVs) through improved battery management and controls.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA will place ten Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHV) with Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity project in Boulder, Colorado. The SmartGridCity project is the first fully functioning smart grid enabled city. Its goal is to provide increased grid reliability and energy use information.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

Imagen and its project team will develop a SiC-based compact motor drive system to efficiently control high power (greater than 500 kW), high performance permanent magnet electric motors operating at extremely high speed (greater than 20,000 rpm). Marquette University. Northeastern University. Opcondys, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

Among the recent investments, DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have supported more than $40 million in magnet, motor, and generator research. Industry partners that have joined to help advance CMI developed technologies include General Electric; OLI Systems, Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

Lightning Hybrids , a maker of hydraulic hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses ( earlier post ), released initial results from emissions testing conducted by an independent testing facility in Colorado of two medium-duty trucks upfitted with the Lighting Hybrids system. Fleets Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid'

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JULY 2, 2014

In 1989, HCI began blending various ratios of hydrogen and natural gas and testing them in an emissions laboratory at Colorado State University. In 1992, another testing project began, utilizing three General Motors pick-up trucks: one operating on gasoline, one operating on natural gas, and one operating on Hythane fuel.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% Colorado State. University. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system. Researchers from Colorado State University will develop a system.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The University of Illinois will conduct research to develop a composite plastic heat exchanger for a low temperature gas streams common in industry. Colorado State University. Iowa State University. Michigan State University. Temple University.

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JULY 12, 2012

Topping the award list is Ford Motor Company, with a $5.5-million Electromechanics - University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin will develop an at-home. Colorado State. University. Colorado State University will develop a vehicle-based natural. Ford Motor. Earlier post.).

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MAY 5, 2015

The new study is one of the first and most detailed investigations of emissions from fuel ethanol production, according to its lead author Joost de Gouw, a scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Son, Purdue University) Click to enlarge. Penn State and Purdue University researchers presented a paper on an investigation of ALICE propellants at the 45 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit earlier this month in Denver, Colorado. Three sizes rocket motors ranging from internal diameters of 0.75

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, (RASEI)—a joint venture with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory—will partner with Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. Toyota Motor Sales will supply 18 Prius PHVs for the two-year program.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

The amount of cobalt, copper, lithium, cadmium, and rare earth elements needed for solar photovoltaics, batteries, electric vehicle (EV) motors, wind turbines, fuel cells, and nuclear reactors will likely grow at a rapid pace in the upcoming years. Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex. —Sovacool et al.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. General Motors Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Households with plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) and smart meters actively managed how, when and where they charged their cars based on electricity rates but rarely took advantage of online feedback, according to a two-year study by a team at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute ( RASEI ).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Toyota Motor Sales USA is teaming up with the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, to launch a field study into plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in a smart grid environment.

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APRIL 22, 2010

2 buses to the City of Littleton, Colorado through Intermountain Coach in Colorado Springs. Sales to Wyoming and Colorado showcase that Azure products are not only going to busy urban centers, but are also being adopted in more rural locations that value air quality and fuel efficiency. The bus was sold by Atlas Bus Sales, Inc.

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EV Connect

APRIL 12, 2021

That wave of public sentiment is what pushed a company like General Motors to make the stunning announcement that it would phase out all gas-powered vehicles by 2035. It’s because of co-ops like Tri-State and its partners that towns like Meeker, Colorado — home to 2,300 people — have installed EV charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In addition to Sandia and NREL, the project team included Air Liquide, Boyd Hydrogen, the California Air Resources Board and Toyota Motor Corp. HyStEP initially will be used to accelerate commissioning of refueling stations in California. Eventually it could be used in other states as they develop hydrogen refueling networks.

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APRIL 1, 2009

The global market for rocket launches may require more stringent regulation in order to prevent significant damage to Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer in the decades to come, according to a new study by researchers in California and Colorado. Darin Toohey.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam sent between buildings at the University of Maryland. Lighthouse Dev in 2012. The 400 watts we were able to transmit was, admittedly, not a huge amount, but it was sufficient to brew us some coffee.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Increasing the voltage has made it possible to reduce the size of the electric motor and the number of Toyota FC Stack fuel cells, leading to a smaller, higher-performance Toyota Fuel Cell System, thereby reducing system costs. —Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Corporation President/CEO. Electric traction motor and battery.

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MARCH 26, 2013

Officials from DOE, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Ford Motor Company, and Dow Chemical launched the facility. Ford Motor Company. University of Texas at Austin. Colorado School of Mines. Earlier post.) Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. Lead organization. Description. Funding request.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Teaming with Ohio State University are PSRI, CONSOL Energy, Shell/CRI, and Babcock and Wilcox to accelerate this technology towards commercialization and deployment. DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE grant: $5,000,000). CO 2 Capture with Enzyme Synthetic Analogue.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Researchers at MIT, with colleagues at the University of Minnesota, have provided evidence and theoretical rate coefficients for new pathways in the low-temperature oxidation of hydrocarbons. Credit: ACS, Jalan et al. Click to enlarge. Their paper is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. —William Green.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Western Sydney University. My colleague at Western Sydney University's International Center for Neuromorphic Systems (ICNS), André van Schaik , gives a great example: the humble mosquito. Our robotic foosball table has so far made two trips from Australia to the mountains of Colorado. Top: Each motor has its own controller.

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