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MARCH 20, 2009

President Obama is making good on his promise to spearhead the EV revolution. It’s all part of the Obama administration’s plan get to 1 million plug in hybrids on the road by 2015. Obama At A Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, California - March 19, 2009. Tags: EV Economics Obama Energy. The new $2.4-billion

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JUNE 24, 2011

US President Barack Obama today launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in emerging technologies such as information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.

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MAY 24, 2009

President Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate Dr. Paul T. John Heinz III Professor in the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment at Yale University and also the Director of the Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Dr. Anastas , considered the ”Father of Green Chemistry“ is the Teresa and H.

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MAY 9, 2013

The Obama Administration is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies: Defense, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Earlier post.). Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation (DMDI).

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MARCH 30, 2012

The Big Data initiative is intended to: (1) advance state-of-the-art core technologies needed to collect, store, preserve, manage, analyze, and share huge quantities of data; (2) harness these technologies to accelerate the pace of discovery in science and engineering; and (3) expand the workforce needed to develop and use Big Data technologies.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant program was authorized as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to fund retrofits and replacements of the oldest, most polluting diesel engines, complementing the stringent emissions standards on new diesel engines that EPA promulgated in 2007.

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AUGUST 2, 2009

Christopher Knittel, of the UC Davis Department of Economics and Institute of Transportation Studies, developed a model to examine the technical relationship between vehicle weight, engine power and fuel economy—to which he refers as a production possibilities frontier (PPF)—and how this PPF shifts out over time. Knittel, 2009.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

The EPA recently announced it will roll back the Clean Power Plan, one of former President Obama's milestone efforts to fight climate change, and now the agency plans to axe another rule limiting emissions. Next on the chopping block is a regulation that limits emissions from large trucks and their components.

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MAY 24, 2011

In addition, the Memorandum directs executive fleets to achieve maximum fuel efficiency; be limited in motor vehicle body size, engine size, and optional equipment to what is essential to meet agency mission; and be midsize or smaller sedans, except where larger sedans are essential to the agency mission.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

At a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors from around the country, President Barack Obama yesterday laid out three measures intended to work in concert to boost biofuels production and reduce US dependence on petroleum. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). Earlier post.)

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JULY 21, 2016

Battery costs exceeded $500/kWh when President Obama launched his EV Everywhere Grand Challenge goal of making EVs that are as affordable and convenient for the American family as gasoline-powered vehicles, and low-cost, high performance batteries are a key component of the strategy to attain the President’s goal.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Ford Motor Company is investing $155 million at its Cleveland operations to build a new more fuel-efficient V-6 engine for the 2011 Mustang. liter Duratec 24-valve V-6 engine with Twin Independent Variable Valve Timing (Ti-VCT) delivers a projected 30 mpg US (7.8 The investment and jobs at Ford’s Cleveland Engine Plant No.

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MAY 28, 2015

Of these, 16 are vehicle-related, encompassing projects developing batteries, power electronics and improved combustion engine technology including on-board reformers, and two are specifically hydrogen fuel cell-related. Mainstream Engineering Corporation. Earlier post.) Select SBIR/STTR FY15 Phase 1 Release 2 awards. Organization.

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JULY 26, 2018

Sixteen states joined an effort this week to petition courts to review a rollback of an Obama-era regulation that capped the number of "glider" trucks, Transport Topics reported. Glider trucks are new bodies fitted with older diesel engines that predate emissions controls.

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MAY 2, 2017

Ronn Motor Group (RMG), the developer of the Scorpion exotic sports car featuring supplementary hydrogen fuel injection to improve the performance and fuel consumption of its gasoline engine ( earlier post ) announced a Regulation A+ Mini-IPO that gives anyone the opportunity to invest in its company.

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MARCH 22, 2012

For fiscal year 2012, applicants seeking BRDI funding must propose projects that integrate science and engineering research in the following three technical areas that are critical to the broader success of alternative biofuels production: Feedstock Development.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium and heavy duty vehicles have been revealed by US President Barack Obama. The heavy duty [.].

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MARCH 13, 2016

These are: Advanced internal combustion engine and powertrain systems. Engine thermal management. Engine friction reduction. Specific subtopics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Electrification of engine-driven auxiliaries/accessories. Predictive engine accessory and driveline controls.

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

million award ( earlier post ) from the Department of Energy (DOE) to support expansion of its power electronics engineering capabilities as well as the establishment of a new manufacturing operation in Kokomo, Indiana. Delphi Electronics & Safety outlined its plans to implement an $89.3 With an $89.3

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MARCH 21, 2011

Among the statements and agreements emerging from President Obama’s official visit to Brazil and meeting with President Dilma Rousseff were overall support for the US supporting “ the rise of Brazil as a global power ” as well as an agreement to launch a Strategic Energy Dialogue between the two countries.

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APRIL 2, 2018

The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong. Obama’s EPA cut the Midterm Evaluation process short with politically charged expediency, made assumptions about the standards that didn’t comport with reality, and set the standards too high.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

On 19 December, President Obama signed into law the $636.3-billion Tags: Batteries Bio-hydrocarbons Biobutanol Electric (Battery) Engines Fuels Hybrids Plug-ins Policy Power Electronics Power Generation. billion Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R.

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AUGUST 27, 2010

In an article posted on the Donovan Law Group website, Brian Donovan, attorney, marine engineer and CEO of Renergie, Inc. Unfortunately, GCCF, with the complete political and financial support of the Obama administration but without any legal authority for doing so, circumvents many of the rights provided to oil spill victims under OPA.

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APRIL 23, 2009

President Barack Obama previewed a pioneering plug-in hybrid truck project this week developed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in collaboration with the Eaton Corporation and Ricardo plc. The battery system was designed to supplement engine power and also provide power to operate the utility truck boom.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2018 he was in the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation ’s Leaders Africa program. While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering, he worked as a Shell intern in 2009.

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JULY 30, 2010

The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year. Due to what it termed “ strong public interest ” in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors will increase US production capacity of the Volt by 50%, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Scientific and engineering software applications capable of running on HPC platforms are a prime area of interest. To fulfill its national security missions, LLNL applies its HPC modeling and simulation capabilities to both engineering and scientific problems.

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MARCH 22, 2012

The funding is targeted to support first-of-its-kind engineering, design certification and licensing for up to two SMR designs over five years, subject to congressional appropriations. Promoting a sustainable nuclear industry in the US also requires cultivating the next generation of scientists and engineers. Earlier post. ).

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

The 400 MW, 65-year old plant was shuttered in 2014 in response to low natural gas prices and the onset of strict environmental regulations promulgated by the Obama Administration. Bechtel will be responsible for the engineering and procurement for the balance of the plant, and the installation, construction and commissioning of the facility.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

The announcement incorporates the acquisition of biofuel blends into regular Department of Defense (DOD) domestic solicitations for jet engine and marine diesel fuels. The Navy will seek to purchase JP-5 and F-76 advanced drop-in biofuels blended from 10 to 50 percent with conventional fuels.

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OCTOBER 19, 2015

James Dyson, founder and chief engineer of the eponymous manufacturing and technology company, told USA Today in an interview that Dyson plans to build a major battery factory and also plans to use Sakti3’s technology to improve the battery life on its cordless vacuums and to deliver new products.

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JUNE 12, 2009

UK-based Langford Performance Engineering has integrated a 30 kW Capstone C30 liquid fueled microturbine as a range extender into a series plug-in hybrid version of a Ford S-Max people carrier—a seven-seat crossover vehicle—in the United Kingdom. The Whisper Eco-Logic microturbine extended range electric vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 9, 2009

The funds were provided by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA), signed by President Obama on 17 February, and can be used to support clean diesel projects and loan programs to address the nation’s existing fleet of more than 11 million diesel engines.

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MARCH 16, 2016

—Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. UPS was one of the initial 13 leading companies to take the Obama Administration’s American Business Act on Climate Pledge, committing to reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity 20% by 2020.

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

—Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. UPS was one of the initial 13 leading companies to take the Obama Administration’s American Business Act on Climate Pledge, committing to reduce greenhouse gas emission intensity 20% by 2020.

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JULY 13, 2023

Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. At Lincoln Lab, in order to solve problems, we had to bring physics and chemistry together with engineering,” he said during an interview in 2016. Nobel Laureate John B.

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AUGUST 13, 2012

These projects include the development and validation of modeling tools to deliver higher performing carbon fiber composites and advanced steels, as well as research into new lightweight, high-strength alloys for energy-efficient vehicle and truck engines. Predictive Engineering Tools for Injection?Molded Lead organization.

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