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

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The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Enovix Corporation. Marquette University. Exelon Corporation. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Group14 Technologies Inc.

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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology vying to establish international center for solid-state batteries

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Some of the industry leaders attending the conference include Ford (attending remotely), Swiss company LafargeHolcim, Garmin International, Caterpillar Inc., Naval Air Systems Command, Solvay of Belgium, Collins Aerospace, L3Harris Technologies, 3M and Parker-Hannifin Corporation. Each university received $15,000 of the planning grant.

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Lightning Hybrids releases initial emissions testing results for medium-duty hydraulic hybrids

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Lightning Hybrids tested two vehicles: a 2013 Ford E450 6.8-liter The testing was completed at the SGS Environmental Testing Corporation dynamometer facility in Aurora, Colorado. The essence is to replace a diesel-powered GMC 4500 shuttle with gasoline Ford E450s upfitted with the Lightning Hybrids system.

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DOE Announces Up to $13M in Funding for Six Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls RD Projects

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected six cost-shared University Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls research and development projects totaling up to $13 million in DOE funding, subject to annual appropriations. The following projects were selected for award negotiation and will be cost shared at a minimum of 20%.

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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

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A few years ago, Martin Ford published a book called Architects of Intelligence , in which he interviewed 23 of the most experienced AI and robotics researchers in the world. Beyond the financial limits of scaling to ever larger neural networks, there are also important environmental considerations.

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Secretary Chu Forms Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future; Focus on Nuclear Waste

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He is currently president and director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and director of The Center on Congress at Indiana University. He has served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. John Rowe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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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. —Dan Ford. Kyocera Professor of Ceramics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Co-founder, A123Systems, Inc.

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