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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Develop fluorine containing carbonate solvents that will allow existing lithium ion batteries to operating above 4.5 Develop advanced microscopy and spectroscopy tools to understand and optimize the oxygen evolution that impacts the performance of current lithium ion cathodes.

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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kWh Li-ion polymer that can recharge in less than three hours with a Level-Two charger. Hyundai will initially offer the Sonata Plug-in Hybrid in the ZEV states—California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—in 2015. kWh Li poly pack.

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