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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

Green Car Congress

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). MIT will work with the U.S. MIT will work with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire on the project. DOE Investment: approximately $650,000.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. The only other similar alternative is hydrogen and the economics on those cars are even worst so far. Marketing consulting by ACS.