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

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Support mobility technologies such as connected and automated vehicles, as well as innovations in transit. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Optimization and Evaluation of Energy Savings for Connected and Autonomous Off-Road Vehicles. Project description. Federal share.

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Aclima partnering with Google to map outdoor air quality with Street View vehicles

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As a pilot, in August 2014, Aclima instrumented three Google Street View vehicles to perform a month-long system test in the Denver metro area during the DISCOVER-AQ study conducted by NASA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sample output from the Denver pilot. Click to enlarge.

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EIA: planned capacity additions to US crude oil pipeline infrastructure should relieve Cushing bottleneck

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With added flows into Cushing from the north and west, and limited pipeline capacity to move crude from Cushing to Gulf Coast refineries, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil has traded at a substantial discount to crudes such as Louisiana Light Sweet and Brent. Flanagan South is currently scheduled to be online in mid-2014. Pony Express.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

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Leland is gradually losing his vision due to a congenital condition called retinitis pigmentosa , which slowly kills off the rods and cones that are the eyes’ light receptors. They used a light-sensitive material—selenium­—to create a device in the twenties called the optophone. The technique was known as musical print.