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DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

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Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with Enhanced Cycle Life and Energy Density Performance. art Lithium Sulfur and Lithium Air Battery Cells. Development of a High-Rate Lithium-Air Battery using a Gaseous CO 2 Reactant. Scalable Ultra Power-Dense Extended Range (SUPER) Inverter.

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Technical review outlines challenges for both batteries and fuel cells as basis for electric vehicles

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They begin by observing that the EU’s goal of 95 gCO 2 /km fleet average emissions by 2020 can only be met by means of extended range electric vehicles or all-electric vehicles in combination with the integration of renewable energy (e.g., can be realized at low cost, the authors suggest. wind and solar).