Design, Energy and Environment

IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The team’s battery chemistry with the solid electrolyte can potentially boost the energy density by as much as four times above lithium-ion batteries, which translates into longer driving range. A lithium-air battery based on lithium oxide (Li 2 O) formation can theoretically deliver an energy density that is comparable to that of gasoline.

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Chartwell secures £320k Innovate UK Smart Grant to develop methanol-fueled vessel design

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

The grant will enable Chartwell and consortium partners—Boat Electric & Electronics and Engineered Marine Systems—to develop and test the feasibility of a market-first methanol-fuelled vessel design, with applications in the offshore wind, commercial workboat and leisure sectors.

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DOE issues request for information on materials that withstand harsh environments

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a request for information (RFI) about advances in components, systems, and products that can withstand harsh environments and extended service lifetimes. ( Very high temperature environments. DE-FOA-0002385 ). High mechanical wear / stress conditions. Alloy embrittlement conditions.

Environment

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Ricardo Energy & Environment launches real-world vehicle emissions monitoring service with individual vehicle identification in the UK

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2017

However, such mitigation measures are expensive to design and implement and, while street level air quality monitoring can highlight the problem in the form of the local hot spots at which exceedances occur, it does not provide information on which of the passing vehicles are the most polluting.

Environment

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Samsung Heavy Industries and Bloom Energy sign joint development agreement for SOFC-powered ships

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

Solid-oxide fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a part of Samsung Group, have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to design and to develop fuel cell-powered ships. The next class of ship to be submitted for design approval is the LNG carrier. SHI LNG carrier.

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ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

ion Ventures, a modern utility and energy storage infrastructure specialist, and LiNa Energy , a solid-state battery technology developer, concluded their first successful trial of LiNa’s proprietary solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform at an undisclosed location in South East England last week.

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Sodium Energy Batteries Battery

SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

—principal investigator Marina Kalyuzhnaya To do this, the researchers will tap into the natural propensity of methane-consuming bacteria living in extreme conditions to capture REEs from the environment. We do anticipate that it would have a lot of benefits environmentally and lower energy costs compared to what is currently used.

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IMO Environment Committee approves draft mandatory regulations to cut ship carbon intensity; technical and operational

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has approved draft new mandatory regulations to cut the carbon intensity of existing ships. This builds on current mandatory energy efficiency requirements to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping.

Environment

Environment Carbon 2008 2018

General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

General Fusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) kicked off projects to advance the commercialization of magnetized target fusion energy as part of a collaborative agreement. The results will hone the design of General Fusion’s demonstration machine being built at the Culham Campus, part of the UK fusion cluster.

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Fusion Energy Commercial 2002

Lyten introduces next generation Lithium-Sulfur battery for EVs; 3X energy density of Li-ion

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The technology is optimized for the electric vehicle market and is designed to deliver three times (3X) the gravimetric energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Under Department of Defense (DoD) test protocols, a LytCell prototype design has demonstrated greater than 1,400 cycles. C to as high as 60 ?C

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Li-ion Lithium Sulfur Batteries Battery

Teijin to partner with Fuji Design in carbon fiber recycling

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Teijin Limited has agreed to form a business alliance with Fuji Design Co., Fuji Design, which is operating a commercial plant partially subsidized by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, has been looking to expand the business by developing new applications for its technology.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Design 2018

Leclanché and Medha partner on high-energy battery packs for railroad and commercial vehicle markets

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

Medha Group, a supplier of vehicle traction systems and related electronics based in Hyderabad, India, and Leclanché SA, a provider of energy storage solutions, have agreed to market their technologies jointly in the railroad and commercial truck markets. The collaboration covers the European, Middle Eastern and African markets. Its ECE R100.2

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Leclanché introduces modular high-energy battery system for hybrid & fully electric trucks & buses

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

INT-39 Energy HV pack (INT-39 Energy) is a fully integrated product comprising Leclanché’s advanced M2 battery modules, powered by its high density and high life cycle 60 Ah graphite/NMC (nickel manganese cobalt oxide) Li-ion cells; and the company’s proprietary battery management system (BMS).

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Fully Electric Energy Hybrid Batteries

Toshiba develops new magnetic material that delivers improved motor energy conversion efficiency

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Toshiba’s new material greatly boosts motor energy conversion efficiency when it is used as the wedges in a motor, particularly in a medium to large induction motor. Toshiba says that its material can be installed at minimal cost with no need for design changes. Any advance that can improve their efficiency promises major benefits.

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Conversion Motor Motors Motoring

Stena Bulk unveils concept vessel design for electric, modular hybrid bulk carrier: InfinityMAX

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk unveiled its concept InfinityMAX hybrid bulk carrier design for zero-carbon, multi-modal shipping. The ultra-flexible, zero-emissions design has been created in response to the huge challenges that the global shipping industry must overcome in the coming decades.

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Kawasaki Heavy taps Corvus Energy for batteries for first all-electric tanker

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has selected Corvus Energy to supply the energy storage system (ESS) for the first zero-emissions electric “e5 tanker” currently under construction for Asahi Tanker Co., The battery-powered vessel was designed by e5 Lab Inc., of Tokyo, Japan.

All-Electric

All-Electric Energy Batteries Battery

EV Connect introduces flexible EV charging solution designed for fleets

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

As a lead customer, the City of Porterville now leverages the EV Connect Fleet solution for advanced capabilities such as real-time charger and vehicle data, automatic and manual charging prioritization, and energy management to help mitigate on-peak energy costs.

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Connect Connected Fleet Charging

ARPA-E awarding $10M to 8 projects studying low-energy nuclear reactions

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced $10 million in funding for eight projects working to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. Earlier post.)

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New UK energy strategy pushes new nuclear; up to 8 additional reactors

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2022

The design of the UK EPRs that will be built at Hinkley Point C represents a major development on previous PWRs, making them amongst the safest and most efficient civil nuclear power generators ever designed. The UK EPR design also marks significant progress towards sustainability.

Energy

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DOE awards $3.7M for high performance computing research at national laboratories for energy applications

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded $3.7 Selected projects will use HPC to address complex challenges, from improving additive manufacturing processes to increasing the lifecycle energy efficiency of jet-engine components to improving the performance of materials used to convert CO 2 into high-value chemicals and products.

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DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

The US Department of Energy is funding a demonstration of Sunvapor ’s solar steam and thermal battery technology to lower further the Carbon Intensity (CI) of the renewable dimethyl ether (DME) produced by Oberon Fuels at its Maverick Innovation Center in Brawley, California.

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Solar Gas Fuel Energy

Oxis Energy to supply Li-S batteries to luxury yacht project

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Yachts de Luxe (YdL) of Singapore has placed a commercial 10-year worldwide contract with OXIS Energy valued at $5 million to build the world’s first luxury boat to be powered by Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery cells and battery systems technology. The objective is to achieve a range between 70 and 100 nautical miles at cruising speed.

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Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare earth-bearing mineral that is in increasingly high demand across the globe for its use in the green energy and tech industries. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design. Bayan Obo in 2006. 0c01313.

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California Energy Commission awards Sierra Northern Railway team nearly $4M to demonstrate hydrogen switching locomotive; H2RAM

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative.

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Sierra Hydrogen California Energy

Ballard signs MOU with Global Energy Ventures for development of fuel-cell-powered hydrogen carrier C-H2

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Artist rendering of Global Energy Ventures’ fuel cell-powered C-H 2 Ship, to be powered by a Ballard system as it transports compressed green hydrogen. GEV will be responsible for design approvals, development, financing, and operation of C-H 2 Ship, along with integration of the required power system. Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen Global Mariner Fuel

New safety test environment for high-speed flywheels for energy storage systems; new high-speed imaging techniques

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JULY 7, 2015

The Ricardo-led FlySafe research collaboration—involving a range of leading industrial and academic partners including the University of Brighton’s Centre for Automotive Engineering—has delivered an innovative flywheel safety test environment to enable the development of next-generation flywheel energy storage systems.

Energy Storage

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Adden Energy launches with technology license from Harvard to scale solid-state battery technology for EVs

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Adden Energy, Inc., Primavera Capital Group led Adden Energy’s seed round, with participation by Rhapsody Venture Partners and MassVentures. It also features high energy density and a level of material stability that overcomes the safety challenges posed by some other lithium batteries. —Luhan Ye, now CTO of Adden Energy.

Energy

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Designing Disaster-Proof EV Infrastructure

Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

As these incidents become increasingly prevalent, EV manufacturers and stakeholders must design resilient systems and frameworks to withstand such events, especially in disaster-prone areas. Features such as alternative energy sources, backup power systems and energy storage solutions must be present in these locations.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced $29 million in funding for 14 projects as part of the Galvanizing Advances in Market-aligned fusion for an Overabundance of Watts (GAMOW) program, which is jointly sponsored by ARPA-E and the Office of Science–Fusion Energy Sciences (SC-FES). Earlier post.). University of California, San Diego.

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New hydrogen storage material could enable smaller, cheaper, more energy dense systems for vehicles; Kubas binding

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MAY 20, 2019

It could enable the design of tanks that are smaller, cheaper, more convenient and energy dense than existing hydrogen fuel technologies, and significantly out-perform battery-powered vehicles. A paper on their work is published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. —Morris et al.

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Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

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AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. However, urban environmental design often neglects life cycle GHG emissions.

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Emissions Environment New York City New York

DOE launches new high performance computing initiative to develop materials for severe environments: HPC4Mtls

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new high-performance computing (HPC) initiative to help US industry accelerate the development of new or improved materials for use in severe environments. —US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry.

Environment

Environment Energy Maintenance Industrial

Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Wearable devices, like nearly every other piece of tech, need energy. Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery.

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Volkswagen just teased us with design details of the new Transporter van

Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

Photo: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Volkswagen just shared the first design details of the seventh generation of BEV and PHEV Transporter van – here’s what we learned. For now, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is releasing design details only, and spec details are sparse. Subscribe and save here. Subscribe and save here.

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Transportation Design Solar PHEV

California Energy Commission awards $2M to Symbio H2 Central Valley Express heavy-duty fuel cell truck project

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2022

The California Energy Commission (CEC) selected Symbio, Michelin, and Faurecia along with GTI and other industry partners, to develop and demonstrate a hydrogen-fueled, regional-haul Class 8 truck, as major contributors to a state-supported hydrogen mobility project.

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General Fusion advances with fabrication of at-scale fusion vessel trial ring

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Construction of General Fusion’s demonstration machine, which is being built at the UK Atomic Energy Agency’s Culham Campus, advanced significantly with the fabrication of an at-scale fusion vessel trial ring by Sheffield Forgemasters. The vessel is designed to be modular, made up of 11 steel rings bolted together on site.

Fusion

Fusion Affordable Commercial Design

DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $35 million to 11 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Submarine Hydrokinetic And Riverine Kilo-megawatt Systems (SHARKS) program. These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design.

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Mariner Universal Grid Water

Quantum Energy to supply 5,000 EVs to Green Drive Mobility | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

MAY 30, 2024

Quantum Energy Limited has formed a strategic partnership with Green Drive Mobility, a pioneering company in electric mobility solutions. As per the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Quantum Energy will supply 5,000 of its meticulously designed EV 2W, Bziness, to Green Drive Mobility. Director at Quantum Energy.

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TTTech Auto and Infineon design fail-operational architecture for Level 3 and 4 highly automated driving

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

With a fail-operational system design, car manufacturers lift the safety of their highly automated vehicle to aviation standard in a cost-efficient manner. Infineon and TTTech Auto, with the participation of TTTech Group, will continue their collaboration to enable Level 4 and Level 5 automated driving.

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Drive System Design optimizes in-house tool to identify best electrified propulsion systems for e-mobility applications

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JUNE 4, 2021

Drive System Design (DSD), a company specializing in the rapid engineering and development of electrified propulsion systems and associated technologies, has made significant enhancements to the latest generation of its proprietary Electrified Powertrain Optimization Process ( ePOP ). —Lee Rogers, Senior Engineer at Drive System Design.

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Rhombus Energy Solutions announces UL 1741-SA certification of 125kW bi-directional EV charger

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MARCH 10, 2021

Rhombus Energy Solutions announced the certification of its bi-directional 125 kilowatt (kW) DC fast charger to the Underwriter Laboratories 1741-SA standard. UL 1741-SA is UL’s Standard for Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy Resources.

Energy

Energy Energy Storage Fleet Grid

DOE reports say cumulative investment in hydrogen, nuclear and long-duration energy storage must increase to $300B by 2030

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a set of reports— Pathways to Commercial Liftoff —that provide guidance for bringing advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen and long-duration energy storage into the commercial mainstream.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Hydrogen Energy Clean

NAWA Technologies begins production of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube material for energy storage systems

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

The process has demonstrated the ability to grow up to more than 200 micrometer long VACNT double-sided simultaneously on a 30 cm wide aluminum foil, and to selectively grow VACNT on the foil—essential for advanced electrode designs and production efficiency.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Carbon Production Energy

Loop Energy fuel cell range-extended yard truck in operation

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2017

Designed around Loop Energy’s patented eFlow technology to optimize air flow inside the fuel cell, the company’s range extender (REX) is combined with an electric battery system to deliver superior vehicle performance in various operating environments, as well as improved durability and cost benefits.

Range

Range Fuel Energy Extended Range

IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

Chartwell secures £320k Innovate UK Smart Grant to develop methanol-fueled vessel design

DOE issues request for information on materials that withstand harsh environments

Ricardo Energy & Environment launches real-world vehicle emissions monitoring service with individual vehicle identification in the UK

Samsung Heavy Industries and Bloom Energy sign joint development agreement for SOFC-powered ships

ion Ventures and LiNa Energy conclude successful test of solid-state sodium-nickel battery platform

SDSU-led project to design bacteria that extract rare earth elements in DARPA EMBER project

IMO Environment Committee approves draft mandatory regulations to cut ship carbon intensity; technical and operational

General Fusion and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) announce collaborative agreement to advance commercial fusion energy

Lyten introduces next generation Lithium-Sulfur battery for EVs; 3X energy density of Li-ion

Teijin to partner with Fuji Design in carbon fiber recycling

Leclanché and Medha partner on high-energy battery packs for railroad and commercial vehicle markets

Leclanché introduces modular high-energy battery system for hybrid & fully electric trucks & buses

Toshiba develops new magnetic material that delivers improved motor energy conversion efficiency

Stena Bulk unveils concept vessel design for electric, modular hybrid bulk carrier: InfinityMAX

Kawasaki Heavy taps Corvus Energy for batteries for first all-electric tanker

EV Connect introduces flexible EV charging solution designed for fleets

ARPA-E awarding $10M to 8 projects studying low-energy nuclear reactions

New UK energy strategy pushes new nuclear; up to 8 additional reactors

DOE awards $3.7M for high performance computing research at national laboratories for energy applications

DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

Oxis Energy to supply Li-S batteries to luxury yacht project

Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

California Energy Commission awards Sierra Northern Railway team nearly $4M to demonstrate hydrogen switching locomotive; H2RAM

Ballard signs MOU with Global Energy Ventures for development of fuel-cell-powered hydrogen carrier C-H2

New safety test environment for high-speed flywheels for energy storage systems; new high-speed imaging techniques

Adden Energy launches with technology license from Harvard to scale solid-state battery technology for EVs

Designing Disaster-Proof EV Infrastructure

DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

New hydrogen storage material could enable smaller, cheaper, more energy dense systems for vehicles; Kubas binding

Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

DOE launches new high performance computing initiative to develop materials for severe environments: HPC4Mtls

Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Volkswagen just teased us with design details of the new Transporter van

California Energy Commission awards $2M to Symbio H2 Central Valley Express heavy-duty fuel cell truck project

General Fusion advances with fabrication of at-scale fusion vessel trial ring

DOE awarding $35M to 11 projects for hydrokinetic turbine development; ARPA-E SHARKS

Quantum Energy to supply 5,000 EVs to Green Drive Mobility | Autocar Professional

TTTech Auto and Infineon design fail-operational architecture for Level 3 and 4 highly automated driving

Drive System Design optimizes in-house tool to identify best electrified propulsion systems for e-mobility applications

Rhombus Energy Solutions announces UL 1741-SA certification of 125kW bi-directional EV charger

DOE reports say cumulative investment in hydrogen, nuclear and long-duration energy storage must increase to $300B by 2030

NAWA Technologies begins production of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube material for energy storage systems

Loop Energy fuel cell range-extended yard truck in operation

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