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JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

nuTonomy , developer of software for self-driving cars, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the City of Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation that authorizes nuTonomy to begin testing its growing fleet of self-driving cars on specific public streets in a designated area of Boston.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The unique properties of fluorine-containing materials make them suited for use in high-energy battery environments and provide stability in all modes of operation. Fluorine additives and co-solvents enable increased energy per mass of battery while ensuring safety.

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JULY 27, 2016

The project will introduce a fleet of on-demand electric vehicle shuttles that operate on both city roads and campus walkways on the university’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus. The electric vehicles are small enough to be able to navigate the campus’s sidewalks, while still leaving plenty of room for traditional pedestrian traffic.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

a startup developing innovative solid-state battery systems for use in future electric vehicles (EVs) that would fully charge in minutes, announced the grant of an exclusive technology license by Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) and a seed round financing of $5.15 Adden Energy, Inc.,

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JUNE 29, 2016

Kiessling Transit, a Massachusetts-based transportation company, is ordering 32 more hydraulic hybrid buses equipped with Lighting Hybrids’ Energy Recovery System (ERS) for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. The ERS is a patented, parallel hydraulic hybrid system that has no electric batteries. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The vast majority of the funded projects are for battery-electric buses and infrastructure; two projects are receiving a total of $3.2 Transitioning the fleet to all electric will eliminate emissions from diesel buses and emissions from shipping diesel fuel by barge 900 miles from Seattle. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

million to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts for Phase II of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery recycling contract. Other materials recovered from the shredded batteries, including steel, graphite, and plastics, can also be recycled, thus benefiting the environment and improving the overall business model.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

KLD), developers of high-performance electric motor technology ( earlier post ), was selected by the State of Texas to receive $2.8 The company will leverage the funding to accelerate the commercialization of its high-performance electric drive system, execute its expansion strategy and introduce its products to new markets.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Relying almost exclusively on oil for transportation hurts our air, our health, and our environment. In addition to California, the ZEV states are Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont. Massachusetts: $2.9 For the average driver, every tank of gas burned costs $18.42

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The study was independently reviewed by expert representatives from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Argonne National Lab, and thinkstep to establish conformance with International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the globally recognized benchmark for standard setting. million US homes.

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JULY 17, 2020

Structurally and Electrochemically Stabilized Silicon-rich Anodes for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

The plates employed a unique method of adding low-cost alloy elements into the molten steel, resulting in the dispersion of highly conductive metal inclusions throughout the steel, thereby delivering the needed electrical conductivity. As a result, this material has been adopted in parts for the fuel cell of Toyota’s Mirai fuel cell vehicle.

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JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. R&D areas of interest included, but were not limited to: Cell manufacturing and quality control. FuelCell Energy Inc.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

A Stanford University research team is designing a high-efficiency wireless charging system using magnetic resonance coupling ( earlier post ) to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. feet away with an efficiency of up to 97%. The coils are placed a few feet apart. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

These magnetic powders will enable lower cost and energy efficient magnetic refrigeration and HVAC chillers, as well as other clean energy applications such as electric vehicle motors and wind turbine generators. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Idaho National Laboratory. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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MARCH 20, 2015

South Coast Air Quality Management District is replacing 11 on-road drayage trucks (model year 1991-1995), nine school buses with compressed natural gas (CNG), and one school bus with a battery-electric vehicle. Massachusetts. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Ventures, Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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JULY 9, 2022

Zadeh received an electrical engineering degree from the University of Tehran in 1942. That enabled him to be financially independent when he came to the United States to enroll in graduate school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. Zadeh Date of Birth Feb. New York City, summer of 1944 Patents One U.S.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. the Environment.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Study complex material structures on the nanoscale to identify key features for their potential use as materials to convert solar energy and heat to electricity. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. University of Massachusetts. Center for Interface Science: Hybrid Solar-Electric Materials (CIS:HSEM). $15.

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MAY 31, 2016

Ceder also has an appointment at UC Berkeley’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and all the co-authors are also affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where some of the work was done. If we’re ever to all drive electric vehicles, there’s no way a cobalt-only technology can make it.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Natural gas turbines generate more than a third of the country’s electricity, supplying power to consumers across America. The drive for higher fuel efficiency and higher core power of gas turbines used in electric power generation and aircraft propulsion requires higher peak operation temperatures in the hottest sections.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

As one example in the opening plenary panel session, Peter Darbee, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation described the opportunity and challenges from his utility’s point of view. The impact from plug-in electric vehicles on the grid could be very substantial. kW—about three times the load.

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MARCH 27, 2015

The controller continuously monitors the engine’s operating conditions as well as the external environment, and uses an on-board computer to determine the most efficient course of action during real-world operation. The SuperTruck’s AC system runs entirely off the electricity powered by the hybrid system.

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MARCH 10, 2022

The president of the Massachusetts Hydrogen Coalition will also be speaking of the hydrogen & fuel cell developments in the Northeast. On the morning of Thursday, 31 March, there will be tours of the Shell heavy-duty hydrogen refueling station at the Port of Long Beach which fuels zero-emission fuel cell electric trucks.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 30, 2010

The second round was focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels (electrofuels); much higher capacity and less expensive batteries for electric vehicles; and carbon capture. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. The grants will go to projects in 17 states.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cornell University.

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JUNE 24, 2014

The centers selected for the second round of funding will help lay the scientific groundwork for fundamental advances in solar energy, electrical energy storage, carbon capture and sequestration, materials and chemistry by design, biosciences, and extreme environments. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. FY 2014 EFRC Awards.

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MARCH 23, 2019

Heat exchangers are critical to efficient thermal energy use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, nuclear reactors, transportation, petrochemical plants, waste heat recovery, and many more. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. General Electric Company, GE Global Research. The Boeing Company.

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APRIL 20, 2024

He was a theoretical guy, on leave from the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a stint at the nearby research-and-development company Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line.

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AUGUST 3, 2015

Sentoff (2015) “Hybrid-Electric Passenger Car Carbon Dioxide and Fuel Consumption Benefits Based on Real-World Driving” Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01203. 2011) “Development of a modal emissions model for a hybrid electric vehicle,” Transp. The vehicles under study were a conventional and hybrid Camry).

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Earlier post.) DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). (DOE DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932).

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The aim of the University of Alaska-Anchorage and University of Massachusetts-Amherst study will be to investigate the impacts of lithium extraction on the hydrologic environment in Latin America. The BMW Group has commissioned two US universities to conduct a scientific analysis of water consumption in the lithium extraction process.

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