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APRA-E awards WUSTL $2M to develop predictive battery management system for plug-in vehicles; targeting more efficient use

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A team of engineers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) will receive $2 million from the US Department of Energy’s ARPA-E to design a predictive battery management system for lithium-ion batteries to guarantee their longevity, safety and performance. The School of Engineering & Applied Science is providing $1.2

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Co-optimization of Vehicle Specification and Routing to Improve Commercial Transportation System Efficiency and Reduce Deadheading. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). WestSmart EV@Scale: Western Smart Plug-in Regional Partnership for Electric Vehicle (EV) Adoption and Infrastructure at Scale. PACCAR Inc.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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This project will be the first commercial deployment of articulated fuel cell buses in the US. St Louis Metro Transit will receive funds to replace older model diesel buses with battery electric city transit buses in the St Louis region. CUMTD will produce hydrogen on-site partially from renewable sources.

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DOE to Award $41.9M in Recovery Funds to Spur Growth of Fuel Cell Markets

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million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to 13 projects to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of fuel cells and to create jobs in fuel cell manufacturing, installation, maintenance, and support services. Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis, MO). Plug Power, Inc. Plug Power Inc. million. .

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Fuel cell market receives funding boost

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Anheuser-Busch in St Louis, MO. Will accelerate fuel cell use in commercial markets and demonstrate a one-watt consumer electronics power pack. Plug Power, Inc in Latham, NY. . - Polyfuel, Inc in Mountain View, CA. Will deploy 23 fuel cell systems as battery replacements for a fleet of electric lift trucks.

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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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400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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These innovations are intended to help reduce costs and improve the performance of next generation storage technologies, which could be applied in both plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Washington University in St. Louis will develop a predictive. optimize the operation of commercial-scale hybrid electric.