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MIT team develops approach to control dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

MIT researchers led by MIT Professor and colleagues at Brown University have developed an approach to controlling dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries. MIT graduate student Cole Fincher developed a way of making thin cells using a transparent electrolyte, allowing the whole process to be directly seen and recorded.

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MIT engineers create 2D polymer that self-assembles into sheets

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers which form one-dimensional chains. The new material is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities.

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MIT researchers develop optimized sulfidation separation process for rare earth and other key metals

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DECEMBER 19, 2021

New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power everything from phones to automotive batteries by making it easier to separate these rare metals from mining ores and recycled materials. —Antoine Allanore.

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MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

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MARCH 11, 2022

Now, a team of researchers at MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory has developed a way of achieving results that equal or surpass the durability of the coated surfaces, but with no need for any coatings. The findings are reported in an open-access paper in the journal Advanced Energy Materials.

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MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future suggests widespread autonomous driving at least a decade away

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JULY 27, 2020

The MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future has released a new research brief examining the future of autonomous vehicles.

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MIT Sequential Decomposition Synthesis process produces thin solid-state electrolytes without sintering

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JUNE 12, 2022

A team from MIT has developed a new approach to fabricating oxide-based solid-state electrolytes that are comparable in thickness to the polymer separators found in current Li-ion batteries without sintering: sequential decomposition synthesis (SDS).

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MIT study finds computational load for widespread autonomous driving could be a huge driver of global carbon emissions

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JANUARY 15, 2023

Realizing that less attention has been paid to the potential footprint of autonomous vehicles, the MIT researchers built a statistical model to study the problem. And their model only considers computing—it doesn’t take into account the energy consumed by vehicle sensors or the emissions generated during manufacturing.

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MIT team engineers yeast to be more tolerant to toxic byproducts, boosting biofuels production; “tolerance module”

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JUNE 27, 2021

To try to expand biofuels’ potential impact, a team of MIT engineers has now found a way to expand the use of a wider range of nonfood feedstocks to produce such fuels. The MIT researchers developed a way to circumvent that toxicity, making it feasible to use those sources, which are much more plentiful, to produce biofuels.

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MIT just released directions for commercializing perovskite solar cells

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Photo: Kyoto University An MIT-led team revealed a “guidebook” for how to tune surface properties of perovskites, a silicon alternative – here’s why that’s huge for solar. Enter the new breakthrough paper from a team of researchers led by MIT, in collaboration with scientists from around the globe.

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MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

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NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Back in 2005, before smartphones were generally available, MIT Professor Hari Balakrishnan was so fed up with commuting delays in Boston that he built a mobile system to monitor road conditions. He interviewed for a faculty position at MIT and knew immediately it was where he wanted to work, he says. In the final year of his Ph.D.,

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MIT team proposes SCR emission control for hybrid aviation turbines; reducing NOx by 95%

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Now, MIT engineers are proposing using an ammonia-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system that could result in an approximately 95% reduction in NO x emissions in exchange for a ~0.5% —Steven Barrett, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT and corresponding author. increase in block fuel burn.

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MIT, Stanford and Toyota Research Institute use AI to predict accurately the useful life of batteries

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MARCH 26, 2019

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) have discovered that combining comprehensive experimental data and artificial intelligence provide the key for accurately predicting the useful life of lithium-ion batteries before their capacities started to wane.

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MIT study finds materials risk exposure increases significantly with vehicle electrification

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JULY 17, 2021

Now, a study by a team from MIT’s Materials Systems Laboratory, with support from Ford, provides insight into how electrification is changing vehicle composition and how that change is driving supply risk vulnerability. Modern automobiles are built with more than 2,000 different compounds comprising 76 different elements.

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MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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Venti Technologies secures $8M in seed round for autonomous mobility for logistics, supply chain and transportation markets

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JULY 26, 2021

Venti provides autonomous systems such as tug-trailers for goods movement in manufacturing yards, warehouses, and logistics hubs; self-driving prime movers for the transport of shipping containers; and small luxury community transports. a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, as well as Xinxin Du, Ph.D.,

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MIT and Saudi Aramco augment existing collaboration; more energy research

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JUNE 23, 2012

MIT President Susan Hockfield and Saudi Aramco President and CEO Khalid A. Al-Falih signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, providing a framework that will greatly expand the research and education partnership between MIT and Saudi Aramco. Several elements of the MOU have been agreed to for implementation.

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Angela Belcher wins $500,000 2013 Lemelson-MIT Prize

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JUNE 4, 2013

MIT professor Angela Belcher has been named the recipient of this year’s $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, which honors an outstanding inventor dedicated to improving the world through technological invention. Earlier post.). Belcher’s technology has given rise to two companies.

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LLNL/MIT team creates ultralight, ultrastiff metamaterials; possible applications for automotive and aerospace

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JUNE 20, 2014

The new materials designed with additive manufacturing techniques exhibit high stiffness and low density, occupying a previously unpopulated area (upper left) of the Ashby material selection chart for Young’s modulus (stiffness) vs. density. Manufacturing Materials Weight reduction' Source: LLNL Click to enlarge. Zheng et al.

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Lamborghini presents electric super sports car design concept, developed in collaboration with MIT labs

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Automobili Lamborghini, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its new design concept for a future Lamborghini electric super sports car: the “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”, developed in collaboration with two MIT laboratories. Two MIT labs—the Dinca Research Lab, led by Prof. For this reason, the cooperation with Prof.

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MIT/Stanford team develops battery technology for the conversion of low-grade waste heat to power; TREC

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MAY 22, 2014

Researchers at MIT and Stanford University have developed new battery technology for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity in cases where temperature differences are less than 100 degrees Celsius. The new battery technology would take advantage of that temperature gradient at the industrial scale.

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Ford, MIT project uses LiDAR, cameras to measure pedestrian traffic & predict demand for new, on-demand electric shuttles

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JULY 27, 2016

Ford Motor Company and MIT are collaborating on a new research project that measures how pedestrians move in urban areas to improve certain public transportation services, such as ride-hailing and point-to-point shuttles services. The MIT research is being conducted by the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department’s Aerospace Controls Lab.

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XL Hybrids to display retrofitted hybrid Chevrolet 2500 Cargo Van at MIT Energy Conference

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MARCH 14, 2012

a company that has developed a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), will display a Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van fitted with the company’s hybrid technology at the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Conference Energy Showcase on 16 March.

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MIT researchers pursuing increasing human-vehicle collaboration

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MAY 6, 2013

Researchers at MIT are developing systems that could allow humans, robots and other autonomous vehicles to collaborate on everything from navigation to trip planning, and eventually pave the way for the operation of personal aircraft and driverless cars. Video: Personal Transportation System with Improved Plan Diagnosis.

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Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Daimler is becoming a new member of the MIT CSAIL Alliance Program. MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ( CSAIL ) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the world’s most important centers of information technology research. The new cooperation with the MIT ideally complements this.

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Contour Energy Systems Licenses MIT Carbon Nanotube Technology for Li-ion Battery Electrodes

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

has acquired a carbon nanotube technology that can significantly improve the power capability of lithium-ion batteries, through an exclusive technology licensing agreement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). —MIT Professor Yang Shao-Horn. Paula Hammond, Bayer Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT.

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MIT, Novogy team engineers microbes for competitive advantage in industrial fermentation; the ROBUST strategy

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AUGUST 6, 2016

Researchers at MIT and startup Novogy have engineered bacteria and yeast ( Escherichia coli , Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Yarrowia lipolytica ) used as producer microbes in biofuel production to use rare compounds as sources of nutrients. Resources. Joe Shaw, Felix H. Lam, Maureen Hamilton, Andrew Consiglio, Kyle Macewen, Elena E.

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MIT team develops first supercapacitor made entirely from neat MOFs, without conductive additives or binders

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Researchers at MIT have shown that a MOF (metal-organic framework) with high electrical conductivity—Ni 3 (2,3,6,7,10,11-hexaiminotriphenylene) 2 (Ni 3 (HITP) 2 )—can serve as the sole electrode material in a supercapacitor. We have a new material to work with, and we haven’t optimized it at all. —Mircea Dincă.

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Toyota to invest ~$50M to establish joint research centers at MIT and Stanford; intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will be investing approximately $50 million over the next 5 years to establish joint research centers at Stanford and MIT, focused on the research and development of intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies.

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Czech government, ?EZ sign MOU on $2.4B, 40GWh gigafactory; ?EZ lithium mine project progressing

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JULY 29, 2021

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) and majority state-owned energy group ?EZ The document sets forth the basic conditions for the establishment of the factory and is a prerequisite for agreements with other potential investors, including automakers and battery manufacturers. ? The Ministry of Industry and Trade and ?EZ

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MIT researchers developing algorithms to predict more accurately which cars are likeliest to run red lights

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers at MIT are devising algorithms for more accurately estimating driver behavior at road intersections—i.e., The MIT team designed the algorithms to maximize true positive rates while keeping false alarm rates below a 5% threshold. Earlier post.).

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FluoRok launches with £3M of funding to pursue direct synthesis of fluorochemicals

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JULY 6, 2023

FluoRok’s technology changes this paradigm, enabling for the first time the bypassing of toxic HF production to manufacture fluorinated materials directly from raw minerals (fluorite, CaF 2 ) or fluorinated waste streams. Additionally, intrinsic process safety facilitates the reshoring of fluorochemcial manufacturing to the UK.

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Stanford, CMU, MIT team reviews challenges to practical implementation of solid-state Li-ion batteries

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JULY 26, 2017

A team from Stanford, Carnegie Mellon University, and MIT recently published an open-access paper in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society reviewing the practical challenges hindering the development of solid-state Li-ion batteries. However, there remain a number of unresolved issues precluding commercialization at this point.

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Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

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MARCH 27, 2021

Now, a study at MIT has for the first time analyzed and quantified how bubbles form on these porous electrodes. The work is described in the journal Joule , in a paper by MIT visiting scholar Ryuichi Iwata, graduate student Lenan Zhang, professors Evelyn Wang and Betar Gallant, and three others. —Beta Gallant.

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MIT researchers develop angle-selective solar thermophotovoltaic system for power generation without using mirrors to concentrate sun’s heat

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

Researchers at MIT have found a way to use thermophotovoltaic devices—solid-state devices that use the sun’s heat, usually concentrated with mirrors, to generate electricity directly—without mirrors to concentrate sunlight, potentially making the system much simpler and less expensive. similar to the greenhouse effect).

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MIT team improves liquid metal batteries for grid-scale storage; lower operating temperature, cost

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at MIT have improved a proposed liquid battery system that could enable renewable energy sources to compete with conventional power plants. Earlier post.).

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New KIT process could triple manufacturing speed of electrode foils for Li-ion batteries

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new manufacturing process for the batch-wise coating of Li-ion battery electrode foils that they say can boost the conventional processing rate by about a factor of three to 100 meters per minute. The electrode manufacturing process. Batteries Manufacturing'

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MIT team devises approaches for practical carbon-nanotube-coated carbon fiber; stronger, more electrically conductive

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MAY 20, 2013

MIT scientists demonstrated two approaches for growing CNTs on carbon fiber without degrading the fiber strength. Researchers at MIT have demonstrated two approaches for producing carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber’s strength. Credit: ACS, Steiner et al. Click to enlarge.

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MIT team developing 1MW motor for electric aviation

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JUNE 10, 2023

A team of MIT engineers is developing a 1MW motor that could be a key stepping stone toward electrifying larger aircraft. As designed, the MIT electric motor and power electronics are each about the size of a checked suitcase weighing less than an adult passenger. The project is sponsored by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).

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MIT team discovers new family of materials with best performance yet for oxygen evolution reaction; implications for fuel cells and Li-air batteries

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

MIT researchers have found a new family of highly active catalyst materials that provides the best performance yet in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water-splitting—a key requirement for energy storage and delivery systems such as advanced fuel cells and lithium-air batteries. Source: MIT. Grimaud et al.

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MIT study finds significant economic and environmental benefits from designing US LDVs to use higher octane gasoline (98 RON)

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MAY 29, 2014

In a companion study to an SAE paper presented in April ( earlier post ), researchers at MIT have quantified the net economic and CO 2 emissions benefit that could be obtained by utilizing 98 RON gasoline in light-duty vehicles, based on reasonable assumptions for possible refinery changes and the evolution of the LDV fleet.

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Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. manufacturing that is required for inexpensive direct. Reece et al. Click to enlarge.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Unifrax, a manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, introduced its Battery Advisory Board, which will meet regularly to provide strategic guidance as Unifrax grows its battery portfolio and enters the silicon anode market with its new SiFAB Silicon Fiber Anode Battery Technology. Earlier post.).

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Vale joins Boston Metal Series B; developing MOE for emissions-free steel

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FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Boston Metal, an MIT spin-off working to commercialize molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) for emissions-free metals and alloys production, announced that Vale and Energy Impact Partners have joined its Series B fundraising, closely following a $50M close announced in January. Background.

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SES begins pilot production of solvent-in-salt electrolyte for hybrid Li-metal batteries

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

The pilot production line is capable of synthesizing SES’s proprietary solvent and manufacturing a high-concentration solvent-in-salt electrolyte formulation designed specifically for SES’s hybrid Li-Metal batteries for automotive use.

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MIT team develops approach to control dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries

MIT engineers create 2D polymer that self-assembles into sheets

MIT researchers develop optimized sulfidation separation process for rare earth and other key metals

MIT, Brookhaven team develops simple method for stabilizing interfaces in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future suggests widespread autonomous driving at least a decade away

MIT Sequential Decomposition Synthesis process produces thin solid-state electrolytes without sintering

MIT study finds computational load for widespread autonomous driving could be a huge driver of global carbon emissions

MIT team engineers yeast to be more tolerant to toxic byproducts, boosting biofuels production; “tolerance module”

MIT just released directions for commercializing perovskite solar cells

MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

MIT team proposes SCR emission control for hybrid aviation turbines; reducing NOx by 95%

MIT, Stanford and Toyota Research Institute use AI to predict accurately the useful life of batteries

MIT study finds materials risk exposure increases significantly with vehicle electrification

MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

Venti Technologies secures $8M in seed round for autonomous mobility for logistics, supply chain and transportation markets

MIT and Saudi Aramco augment existing collaboration; more energy research

Angela Belcher wins $500,000 2013 Lemelson-MIT Prize

LLNL/MIT team creates ultralight, ultrastiff metamaterials; possible applications for automotive and aerospace

Lamborghini presents electric super sports car design concept, developed in collaboration with MIT labs

MIT/Stanford team develops battery technology for the conversion of low-grade waste heat to power; TREC

Ford, MIT project uses LiDAR, cameras to measure pedestrian traffic & predict demand for new, on-demand electric shuttles

XL Hybrids to display retrofitted hybrid Chevrolet 2500 Cargo Van at MIT Energy Conference

MIT researchers pursuing increasing human-vehicle collaboration

Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

Contour Energy Systems Licenses MIT Carbon Nanotube Technology for Li-ion Battery Electrodes

MIT, Novogy team engineers microbes for competitive advantage in industrial fermentation; the ROBUST strategy

MIT team develops first supercapacitor made entirely from neat MOFs, without conductive additives or binders

Toyota to invest ~$50M to establish joint research centers at MIT and Stanford; intelligent vehicle and mobility technologies

Czech government, ?EZ sign MOU on $2.4B, 40GWh gigafactory; ?EZ lithium mine project progressing

MIT researchers developing algorithms to predict more accurately which cars are likeliest to run red lights

FluoRok launches with £3M of funding to pursue direct synthesis of fluorochemicals

Stanford, CMU, MIT team reviews challenges to practical implementation of solid-state Li-ion batteries

Study finds the wettability of porous electrode surfaces is key to making efficient water-splitting or carbon-capturing systems

MIT researchers develop angle-selective solar thermophotovoltaic system for power generation without using mirrors to concentrate sun’s heat

MIT team improves liquid metal batteries for grid-scale storage; lower operating temperature, cost

New KIT process could triple manufacturing speed of electrode foils for Li-ion batteries

MIT team devises approaches for practical carbon-nanotube-coated carbon fiber; stronger, more electrically conductive

MIT team developing 1MW motor for electric aviation

MIT team discovers new family of materials with best performance yet for oxygen evolution reaction; implications for fuel cells and Li-air batteries

MIT study finds significant economic and environmental benefits from designing US LDVs to use higher octane gasoline (98 RON)

Researchers from MIT and Sun Catalytix develop an artificial leaf for solar water splitting to produce hydrogen and oxygen

Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

Vale joins Boston Metal Series B; developing MOE for emissions-free steel

SES begins pilot production of solvent-in-salt electrolyte for hybrid Li-metal batteries

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