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Honda tests next-generation INDYCAR internal combustion engine; full hybrid unit in 2024

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liter internal combustion component of the next-generation (4 th ) NTT INDYCAR SERIES hybrid power unit its on-track debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The hybrid technology will include a motor, inverter, and electric storage device that will create energy recovery from the braking system. Honda gave the 2.4-liter

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Bus maker Alexander Dennis to fit GKN Gyrodrive flywheel hybrid systems to 250 buses; partners on international development

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It will also be working closely with GKN to develop the technology for international markets. The electric flywheel technology is particularly suited to applications that demand high symmetric power transmission at continuous cyclic duty cycle.

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Electrovaya Partners on Approx. $7.5M Utility Energy Storage Demonstration

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is the energy storage partner for a utility demonstration project led by CEATI International Inc., The large-scale, multi-site, multi-partner initiative will demonstrate the capabilities, versatility and economics of utility-scale electricity storage based on Electrovaya’s modular Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery technology.

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DOE releases Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap; 44% reduction in manufactured cost for 300-mile EV pack by 2030

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The Workforce Development Track will educate the workforce, who can then research, develop, design, manufacture, and operate energy storage systems. The ESGC groups storage technologies into three focus areas: Bidirectional electrical storage (stationary and mobile). Chemical and thermal storage<>/p>.

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ARPA-E issues $100M OPEN funding opportunity announcement to support early-stage energy R&D

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Technologies for improved internal combustion engines and other engine types (e.g., Electric motors - transportation. Technologies for improved electric motors specifically for transportation applications. Non-battery storage for transportation. Engines - transportation.

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U of Illinois team models capabilities of hybrid-electric propulsion systems for general aviation aircraft

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We’re harnessing only a small fraction of that energy but we currently don’t have electrical storage systems that can compete with that. Both of these factors influence the weight allocation of battery and fuel systems, as well as the weight scaling imposed by internal combustion engine and electrical motor components.

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Researchers in China investigate use of coal as source of lithium

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Coal could become a major source of the metal lithium, according to a review of the geochemistry by scientists from Hebei University of Engineering in China published in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology.

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