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DOE seeking comment on draft $50M solicitation for new projects over 11 areas of interest to improve vehicle performance and decrease fuel consumption

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Further, alloying or coating pathways towards low-cost, effective passive films, have not been sufficiently explored in a sound and scientific way. Critical barriers exist for the implementation of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in electric drive vehicle applications. Characteristics.

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MidAmericans David Sokol, BYDs Wang, and company advisor Li Lu flew with Sokol from Detroit to Omaha so that Wang could meet Buffett in person. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill., The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year. executive who has studied BYD.

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