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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. The Pennsylvania State University. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices. Eaton Corporation. Grantee Description.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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BREAKERS projects include: Drexel University, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913. Drexel University aims to design a significantly more efficient, fast, low-cost, compact, and reliable circuit breaker for medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) power system.

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DOE to award more than $55M to 31 projects for plug-in and efficient vehicle technologies; Delphi receives $10M to further GDCI

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Michigan State University. Stanford University. University of Pittsburgh. State University of New York. University of Maryland. Eaton Corp. This project will develop new catalysts to demonstrate a minimum of 90% conversion efficiency of engine produced NO x during portions of the FTP test near 150 °C.

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Volkswagen Group talks EV charging standards, electrification strategy

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One of approximately twenty VW Golf blue e-motion prototypes under test in the United States, with Eaton’s 50kW DC Quick Charger, at Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Laboratory, near San Francisco. Click to enlarge. In terms of cost it is not so viable, and a diesel engine is already so efficient. ”.

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