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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Fabrication and Testing of Solid-solution Strengthened Corrosion Resistant Alloys For Service in Molten Fluoride Environments, $625,000 Haynes International, Kokomo, Ind. MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Throughout 2014, Tesla Motors fortunes will have tongues wagging (and international car buyers salivating) as the brand becomes a global phenomenon. The luxury internal combustion engine (ICE) motorcycle market may be growing in both the United States and Europe, as well. presence in Indianapolis. Earlier post.).

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Enable smart charging and vehicle grid integration through solutions such as demand response, and other energy storage and load management strategies. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. National Grid. General Motors. Hawaiian Electric. Hawai`i Electric Light. Maui Electric. Kansas City Power & Light. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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In April, Axion Power International Inc received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC lead-carbon batteries for use in an all-battery-powered switcher locomotive. The battery-electric NS-999, “under the long hood”. Source: NS. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) PbC battery. Click to enlarge. 25 MWh PowerCube. Earlier post.)

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

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We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. At the cabinet end, we have an advantage over plug-in charging because one of the key power transfer stages in the power electronics is an isolation transformer, an air-gap transformer, which is protecting the vehicle from the grid and vice-versa.