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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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In addition to concerted research efforts, the Roadmap’s approach includes accelerating the transition of technologies from the lab to the marketplace, focusing on ways to manufacture competitively technologies at scale in the United States, and ensuring secure supply chains to enable domestic manufacturing.

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

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mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course layout that hosts two races each year on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule. The hybrid technology will include a motor, inverter, and electric storage device that will create energy recovery from the braking system. The current, third-generation IndyCar engines are DOHC 2.2-liter

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Cummins acquiring Efficient Drivetrains; accelerating electrification capabilities

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EDI’s hybrid-electric drivetrain systems, the EDI PowerDrive series, have traveled more than six million miles in fleet settings in the United States and China. Upon the addition of its fully-electric and unique four-mode hybrid powertrains, EDI will broaden Cummins’ electrification expertise and products.

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Hyundai Introduces New Tucson/ ix35 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle

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Metallic separators replace graphite, which is extremely difficult and expensive to manufacture. The metallic separators significantly reduce the cost of the fuel cell stack and simplify the fuel cell manufacturing process. 650 km (404 miles). Advances in modularization which simplifies final assembly. Hyundai Tucson/ix35 FCEV.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ 1 ] The average daily driving distance in the USA is 30 miles (48 km), so PHEVLERs are vehicles with at least 60 miles (97 km) of electric range.

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Two studies exploring battery costs for hybrids and plug-ins: LEESS, PHEV20, and PHEV40

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At the Department of Energy’s 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs combined annual merit review being held this week in Washington, DC, researchers presented results of two ongoing studies exploring the costs of three classes of battery packs: LEESS (Lower-Energy Energy Storage Systems—i.e.,

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Furthermore, the case for electric trucks and buses would seem to be an easy one to make. million miles. million miles, so the engineering that goes into making those vehicles be able to perform and last that long has to apply to the battery pack as well. Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions.

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