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ALTe To Unveil Prototype Range Extended Electric Powertrain for Retrofits at Work Truck Show

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Held in conjunction with the 46 th Annual NTEA convention in St. Louis, MO, the event will run from 9-12 March 2010. Designed to replace a base V-8 internal combustion engine powertrain, the REEP system’s patented technology improves fuel economy from 80% to 200%. —John Thomas, CEO of ALTe LLC.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies (DE-FOA-0002197, earlier post ). Project description. Federal share.

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Yes, Automakers Stand To Benefit From Installing Public EV Charging Stations

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million plug-in electric vehicles on U.S. Transitioning the U.S. to electric vehicles (EVs) is a massive undertaking. It requires a big-picture perspective on every piece of the puzzle that needs to be in place for it to work. The Coming Demand for Open, Accessible Charging At the end of 2020, there were roughly 1.4

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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These innovations are intended to help reduce costs and improve the performance of next generation storage technologies, which could be applied in both plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company and Arbin Instruments will develop a. Lead organization. Description. Research Center.