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Electreon and ASPIRE to launch electrified roadway demo in Utah

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Electreon’s in-motion (dynamic) wireless charging technology will be installed in ASPIRE’s research test track in North Logan, Utah, in summer 2022 to showcase the company’s technology for the first time in North America. Utah test track. Earlier post.).

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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The partnership will also work to enhance workplace charging efforts at public power utilities, study the impacts of EVs in public power communities, and share insights regarding infrastructure installation and EV interaction with the modern grid. Utah Valley Hospital. Technology innovation. Southern Company: Georgia Power.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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(Lynnwood, Washington) will develop engineering methods and best practices for developing more cost-effective and flexible anchoring technology. The smaller size, higher efficiency, and simpler system design will significantly reduce the installation cost of ocean power systems while improving transmission efficiency and grid integration.

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Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

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The story begins with a company in Utah called Raser Technologies. VIA was focused on fleet sales and a low cost of ownership. The math worked out (per VIA) that after eight years of use, fleet customers would save roughly a third on ownership costs. This sort of topic is the very reason Abandoned History exists.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. American Superconductor will develop a new, low-cost. advanced low cost and efficient thermal storage for solar and. University of Utah.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.