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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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IACMI is dedicated to overcoming these barriers by developing low-cost, high-production, energy-efficient manufacturing and recycling processes for composites applications. In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy.

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Ford favoring bulk-type solid-state battery for next-gen energy storage

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Ford is exploring a variety of “beyond Li-ion” solutions, including Lithium-sulfur, Lithium-air and solid-state lithium-ion batteries. A Li-air battery, with its air cathode, is a low-cost system, Anandan said. Li-sulfur is also a low-cost system due to the low cost of sulfur, also offers high energy density, Anandan said.

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32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

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million hours on Titan to a project led by ORNL with Ford and Convergent Science as co-investigators. This flexibility offers a high degree of freedom for design and engine manufacturers need to balance the cost of hardware testing with turn-around time and practicality for mass production. ORNL/Ford/Convergent.

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ALABC: 48V mild hybrids can meet emission targets with CO2 reductions of 15-20%

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Current mild-hybrid vehicle projects, in partnership with Ford and Hyundai/Kia, that utilize advanced 48V lead-carbon batteries, can reduce CO 2 emissions by 15-20%, according to the latest data from the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC), presented at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (25-28 January, Mainz).

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

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Ford Motor Company. This project will identify fuel properties that can be used to enable novel combustion strategies with low emissions of nitrogen oxides in an engine, and enhance existing models to capture the effect of additional key fuel properties on combustion. Ford Motor Company. The Pennsylvania State University.

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DOE awards $45M to 38 advanced transportation technology projects; $3M from the Army

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University of Michigan. The Ohio State University. Arizona State University. Mississippi State University. Ford Motor Company. ?This Johns Hopkins University. The Ohio State University. Michigan State University, Composite Vehicle Research Center. The Pennsylvania State University.

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UC Riverside CELF biomass pretreatment technology could cut cellulosic biofuel production cost by about 30%

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This development could mean reducing enzyme costs from about $1 per gallon of ethanol to about 10 cents or less, with an overall reduction in the cost of the production of cellulosic biofuels of 30% or more. a dry ton is equivalent in unit energy costs to oil at about $20?barrel. D” equals day. Source: UCR. Click to enlarge.