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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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Other emerging applications for stationary storage include serving remote communities, increasing facility flexibility, increasing the resilience of interdependent networks, and facilitating the transformation of the power system. $80/kWh Chemical and thermal storage<>/p>. Flexible generation and controllable loads.

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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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Lux Research: the $40,000, 200-mile-range EV is the biggest coming growth opportunity for energy storage in transportation

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Analysis by Lux Research suggests that the market space represented by the emerging lower-cost, 200-mile-range EV will be the biggest coming growth opportunity in electric storage for transportation. Comparable vehicles are expected from Volkswagen Group and Nissan.

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4 companies jointly propose $8B green energy initiative for LA area; Wyoming wind, Utah storage, transmission

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The project would require construction of one of America’s largest wind farms in Wyoming, one of the world’s biggest energy storage facilities (compressed air energy storage, CAES) in Utah, and a 525-mile electric transmission line connecting the two sites.

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

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The same sensitivities were studied with a series hybrid-electric drivetrain. They found that current technology allows a parallel hybrid configuration to achieve a maximum theoretical range of approximately 175 n mile. a) parallel and b) series drivetrain models. Unfortunately, the actual combustion process is very inefficient.

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Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

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The bus, which can operate about 70% of the time on electricity, has an electric range of about 7 kilometers (4.3 Volvo Electric Hybrid drive system. Electric motor/generator (I-SAM). ESS (Electrical Storage System). Diesel engine. Power electronics. Charging interface onboard. Charging interface off-board.

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