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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 team exploring using LOHCs directly on-board hydrogen-fueled trucks

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

A team of MIT researchers led by William H. Green, the Hoyt Hottel Professor in Chemical Engineering, is developing a technology that allows liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) not only to deliver hydrogen to the trucks, but also to store the hydrogen onboard. Their findings were recently published in the ACS journal Energy and Fuels.

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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. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and the senior author of the new study.

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MIT study finds Uber & Lyft increase congestion, decrease transit ridership and don’t affect vehicle ownership

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Researchers at MIT report that the entrance of transportation network companies (TNCs)—specifically Uber and Lyft, which together have a 98% share of the market—in cities led to increased road congestion in terms of both intensity (by 0.9%) and duration (by 4.5%); an 8.9% —Diao et al.

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DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program ( NEUP ) has awarded research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US. Source: MIT CANES. Concept of OFNP.

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MIT researchers significantly increase lifetimes of solid oxide fuel cells by changing pH

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

MIT researchers have found that changing the pH of the system can increase the lifetimes of a range of technologies including fuel cells. The MIT work essentially shows how to recover—and speed up—that ability by changing the surface acidity.

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MIT and Lamborghini file patent on new MOF material for supercapacitors

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The collaboration began three years ago when Automobili Lamborghini joined the MIT-Italy Program, and took a further step forward in 2017 with the launch of two research projects, one with Professor Mircea Dinc? At MIT, the Dinc? The research team began by investigating doubling the capacity made possible by new technology.

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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 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. This research was funded, in part, by the National Science Foundation and the MIT-Accenture Fellowship. The research appears in the January-February issue of IEEE Micro.

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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

Director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, and a MacArthur Fellow, and Saman Amarasinghe, Ph.D., a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, as well as Xinxin Du, Ph.D.,

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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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MAY 31, 2021

A new paper by an MIT team and colleagues in Singapore, China, Italy and Denmark, drawing on global data, finds that people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances to get there. —Paolo Santi, a research scientist at the Senseable City Lab at MIT and co-author.

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MIT study finds workplace charging and delayed home charging can mitigate electricity demand and cost

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MARCH 20, 2023

A new study by MIT researchers examines these risks and how they amplify or mitigate each other. Large-scale deployment of battery electric vehicle (BEV) and photovoltaic (PV) electricity technologies could raise electricity costs by increasing peak evening electricity demand and causing overgeneration of electricity during midday.

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NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Washington State University have developed a a process by which lignin can be selectively converted to jet-range aromatics at unprecedented carbon yields, providing a path toward a 100% drop-in sustainable aviation (..)

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MIT team finds aviation emissions’ impacts on air quality larger than on climate

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Researchers at MIT have determined that growth in aviation causes twice as much damage to air quality as to the climate. —lead researcher Dr Sebastian Eastham, from the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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MIT autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other: dynamic roboat structures

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JUNE 10, 2019

To further that vision, MIT researchers have given new capabilities to their fleet of robotic boats—which are being developed as part of an ongoing project—that lets them target and clasp onto each other, and keep trying if they fail. Moreover, the roboat notices if it has missed the connection, backs up, and tries again.

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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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Researchers say cubic boron arsenide best semiconductor material yet found

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JULY 24, 2022

Now, a team of researchers at MIT, the University of Houston, and other institutions have shown that cubic boron arsenide overcomes these two limitations of silicon as a semiconductor material. MIT researchers say cubic boron arsenide is the best semiconductor material ever found, and maybe the best possible one.

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ExxonMobil expands participation in MIT Energy Initiative’s low-carbon research; Mobility of Future study

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

ExxonMobil said extended its support of the MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) low-carbon energy research and education mission by renewing its status as a founding member for another five years. ExxonMobil first signed on as a member of the initiative in 2014.

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MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Researchers at MIT and the Ford Motor Company have found that depending on the location, lightweight conventional vehicles could have a lower lifecycle greenhouse gas impact than electric vehicles, at least in the near term. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. This is a significant advance.

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Volkswagen, BASF present “Science Award Electrochemistry” to Dr. Jennifer Rupp from MIT; solid-state batteries

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

The BASF and Volkswagen international “ Science Award Electrochemistry 2017” ( earlier post ) this year goes to Dr. Jennifer Rupp at MIT. Rupp is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge (USA) and affiliated to ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Dr. Jennifer L.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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AUGUST 15, 2016

A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Reed Faculty Initiatives Fund, and the MIT Energy Initiative. Needell, James McNerney, Michael T.

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MIT researchers developing LiDAR on a chip

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AUGUST 5, 2016

Our work at MIT’s Photonic Microsystems Group is trying to take these large, expensive, mechanical LiDAR systems and integrate them on a microchip that can be mass produced in commercial CMOS foundries. Our LiDAR chips promise to be orders of magnitude smaller, lighter, and cheaper than LiDAR systems available on the market today.

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MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

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JUNE 10, 2011

MIT and the IEA both have newly released reports exploring the potential for and impact of a major expansion in global usage of natural gas, given the current re-evaluation of global supplies. MIT: leaning toward conversion for light-duty vehicles. Earlier post.) I.e., on an energy basis at the point of use, the CO 2.

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MIT systems analysis identifies optimal vehicle platooning strategies

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

MIT engineers have studied a simple vehicle-platooning scenario and determined the best ways to deploy vehicles in order to save fuel and minimize delays. Platooning for heavy-duty trucks is on the cusp of market introduction. The findings may also apply to conventional long-distance trucking and even ride-sharing services.

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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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MIT Energy Initiative launches 3-year study on future of transportation; technology, fuel, infrastructure, policy, and consumer preference

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APRIL 11, 2017

As part of MIT’s five-year Plan for Action on Climate Change, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has launched a major study—“Mobility of the Future”—to explore how consumers and markets will respond to potentially disruptive technologies, business models, and government policies.

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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). The carbon nanotube technology that we’re adding to our IP portfolio has broad market implications. 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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MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has concluded that fundamental changes are needed in the US energy-innovation system. The study was carried out at the MIT Industrial Performance Center and involved faculty and students from nine MIT departments. Business as usual is unsustainable over the long run.

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DOE, DOT collaborate to improve public transportation efficiency and effectiveness using data and technology

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The recipients of the cooperative research grants are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Chattanooga Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA), and Utah State University. The MIT team will improve public transportation service quality, ridership, and energy efficiency by designing a Transit-centric Smart Mobility System platform.

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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 study finds shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of key rare earth elements

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MARCH 9, 2012

The study by researchers at MIT also points out that production of the two metals has been increasing by only a few percentage points per year.the availability of REEs appears to be at risk based on a number of factors. Historically, much lower levels of market concentration have harmed manufacturing firms.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT. The study team of MIT faculty, researchers, and students focused on five main. The outlook for vehicle ownership and travel, with a focus on the world’s two largest LDV markets: the US and China.

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MIT study concludes V2G-enabled electric commercial trucks could offer lower total operating cost than conventional diesel fleet

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

After running the numbers for various scenarios in which trucks are parked at slightly different times overnight, the MIT team found that businesses could earn roughly $900 to $1,400 per truck per year in V2G revenues in current energy markets, representing a reduction of 7 to 11% in vehicle operating costs. Los Rios, J. Goentzel, K.

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

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JULY 6, 2023

In May, Professor Véronique Gouverneur was at MIT to deliver the Buchi Lectures in Organic Chemistry.) Fluorinated compounds comprise a significant proportion of all chemicals produced today, with an estimated 20% of all marketed drugs and approximately 30% of agrochemicals. Resources Gouverneur Group, University of Oxford

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MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

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JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. Credit: Chen et al., 2011 Click to enlarge.

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Amogy, Skansi and SEAM to explore ammonia as fuel for offshore supply vessels

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MAY 22, 2023

Founded in 2020 by four MIT PhD alumni with a shared vision, Amogy aims to enable the decarbonization of the heavy-duty transportation sector. The first focus of this collaboration is a possible retrofit of Amogy’s proprietary ammonia-to-power system on one of Skansi’s existing vessels, allowing it to operate with zero emissions.

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Study concludes US CAFE regulation can accelerate EV market penetration

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JULY 9, 2017

In a new study, a team from the University of Central Florida and MIT has found that the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards is an effective policy solution that does increase the adoption of EVs, whether it is implemented alone or in conjunction with another policy such as government incentives. —Sen et al.

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MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

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JANUARY 3, 2017

A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time.

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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. F of warming.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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JULY 21, 2021

On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. From IBM's perspective, a new and vast market quickly turned into an ugly battleground with many rivals. With that, the preeminent U.S. IBM CEO Frank T.

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Derq introduces first automated safety performance monitoring at TRB Annual Meeting 2023

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Derq, an MIT spin-off and provider of real-time artificial intelligence (AI) analytics solutions for intelligent roads and connected vehicles, released at the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 102 nd Annual Meeting an industry-first Automated Safety Performance Monitoring solution to help agencies with safety scoring and prioritization across various (..)

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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JUNE 10, 2011

” The MIT report said that natural gas should be seen as a “ bridge ” to a low-carbon regime, rather than as the ultimate long-term solution itself. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Source: IEA.

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

MIT team exploring using LOHCs directly on-board hydrogen-fueled trucks

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

MIT study finds Uber & Lyft increase congestion, decrease transit ridership and don’t affect vehicle ownership

DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

MIT researchers significantly increase lifetimes of solid oxide fuel cells by changing pH

MIT and Lamborghini file patent on new MOF material for supercapacitors

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

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

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

MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

MIT study finds workplace charging and delayed home charging can mitigate electricity demand and cost

NREL, MIT, WSU team develops process to convert lignin to aromatic blendstock for 100% sustainable aviation fuel

MIT team finds aviation emissions’ impacts on air quality larger than on climate

MIT autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other: dynamic roboat structures

MIT study finds materials risk exposure increases significantly with vehicle electrification

Researchers say cubic boron arsenide best semiconductor material yet found

ExxonMobil expands participation in MIT Energy Initiative’s low-carbon research; Mobility of Future study

MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

Volkswagen, BASF present “Science Award Electrochemistry” to Dr. Jennifer Rupp from MIT; solid-state batteries

MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

MIT researchers developing LiDAR on a chip

MIT and IEA reports take different views of the future of natural gas in transportation

MIT systems analysis identifies optimal vehicle platooning strategies

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

MIT Energy Initiative launches 3-year study on future of transportation; technology, fuel, infrastructure, policy, and consumer preference

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

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

MIT researchers conclude fundamental changes in the US energy-innovation system are needed to meet challenges of climate change and energy supply

DOE, DOT collaborate to improve public transportation efficiency and effectiveness using data and technology

MIT team developing 1MW motor for electric aviation

MIT study finds shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of key rare earth elements

MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

MIT study concludes V2G-enabled electric commercial trucks could offer lower total operating cost than conventional diesel fleet

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

MIT study concludes that absent climate policy, coal-to-liquids could account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050

Amogy, Skansi and SEAM to explore ammonia as fuel for offshore supply vessels

Study concludes US CAFE regulation can accelerate EV market penetration

MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Derq introduces first automated safety performance monitoring at TRB Annual Meeting 2023

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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