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DOE to award $55.8M for advanced vehicle technologies; $35M for fuel cell and hydrogen

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Specific goals include the following: Cutting battery costs from their current $500/kWh to $125/kWh; Eliminating almost 30% of vehicle weight through lightweighting; and. Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW. Area of Interest (AOI) 5: Advances in Electrode and Cell Fabrication Manufacturing.

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Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

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High efficiency internal combustion engine. Heat recovery could also be achieved using the Ricardo split cycle engine, a novel internal combustion engine design that incorporates liquid nitrogen to capture exhaust heat and increase fuel efficiency. The Dearman engine. Compressed air engines (e.g.,