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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility launch electric retrofit of commercial vehicles; Renault Master kit first

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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility , a Grenoble-based company specializing in the conversion of commercial vehicles to electric power, have signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership for the development and commercial operation of a retrofit kit, the first of its kind in the French LCV market.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps that will be needed to connect a net-energy-gain “fusion core," once it is ready, to a deployable, commercially attractive fusion system. Fusion power cannot be realized without vacuum pumps. University of California, San Diego. Colorado School of Mines.

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ARPA-E to award $10M to third SEED cohort

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Awards may support exploratory research to establish viability, proof-of-concept demonstration for new energy technology, and/or modeling and simulation efforts to guide development for new energy technologies. These breakthroughs enable a paradigm shift for the feasibility of AlN in next-generation power electronics. Phoenix Tailings.

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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The people in this room are America’s best hope” in the race to unleash the power of clean energy, she said. When it’s cold, the carbonates thicken, which lowers the power of the battery. Emily Waltz Mining leaves behind piles of waste after the commercially viable material is extracted. But no pressure,” she quipped.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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The selected projects, led by universities, national laboratories, and the private sector aim to develop commercially scalable technologies that will enable greater domestic supplies of copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements, and other critical elements. Phoenix Tailings. Colorado School of Mines. from gangue minerals.

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Sanctuary’s Humanoid Robot Is for General Purpose Autonomy

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Despite a recent successful commercial deployment of the teleoperated system at a store in Canada (where it was able to complete 110 retail-related tasks), Sanctuary’s end goal is way, way past telepresence. For example, Phoenix is not currently walking, and instead is mobile thanks to a small wheeled autonomous base.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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For WPT [wireless power transfer], essentially the customer does not have to do anything except park the vehicle in the right spot. The taskforce has taken recommendations from JARI and developed a draft concept of charging categories per power level, static charging (e.g., Source: J2954. Click to enlarge.