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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. We present an alternative option that addresses a lot of the challenges and seems to be a viable way in which hydrogen can be used in this transportation context. 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. Gordiichuk, P., Ichihara, T.

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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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MIT Electric Vehicle Team Launches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Into The World

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Everybody thought a fuel cell electric motorcycle was impossible, and a team of MIT students aims to prove them wrong. The post MIT Electric Vehicle Team Launches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Into The World appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining

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JULY 28, 2021

Now, oceanographers at MIT, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and elsewhere have carried out an experiment at sea for the first time to study the turbulent sediment plume that mining vessels would potentially release back into the ocean. —Thomas Peacock, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT and co-corresponding author.

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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. Funding would come from the $1.2-trillion

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

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

VTO’s Energy Efficiency Mobility Systems (EEMS) program conducts system-level research to improve mobility, affordability, and energy efficiency at the transportation system level. FTA improves public transportation for America’s communities through policy innovation, funding, technical assistance, and oversight.

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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. Expansion will likely be gradual and will happen region-by-region in specific categories of transportation, resulting in wide variations in availability across the country.

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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

John Hansman , an aeronautics and astronautics professor at MIT and director of the university’s International Center for Air Transportation. The research hinted at other logistical challenges, too, including transporting and storing hydrogen in an efficient way. asks Professor R. The first challenge is hydrogen production.

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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

More than half of all air-quality-related early deaths in the United States are a result of emissions originating outside of the state in which those deaths occur, MIT researchers report in a paper in the journal Nature. To make further progress, we should start focusing on road transportation and commercial and residential emissions.

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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 study finds stiffer roadways could improve truck fuel efficiency

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JUNE 12, 2020

Now, a study by MIT researchers suggests that small changes in roadway paving practices could reduce that efficiency loss, at little to no cost. of the future GHG emission of the whole transportation sector. The findings are detailed in a paper in the journal Transportation Research Record. This would potentially offset 0.5%

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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 Takes Deep Dive Into Dropping Lithium-Ion Battery Costs

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MARCH 27, 2021

A research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has taken a deep dive look into lithium-ion battery costs. MIT deep dive into lithium-ion battery […]. Grab your wetsuit and gear — we’re about to join them.

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

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JUNE 10, 2019

The city of Amsterdam envisions a future in which fleets of autonomous boats cruise its many canals to transport goods and people, collect trash, or self-assemble into floating stages and bridges. Several years ago, MIT and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) teamed up on the “ Roboat ” project.

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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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MIT-spin-off DERQ partners with Control Technologies to expand AI video analytics across US

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MARCH 26, 2021

DERQ , an MIT-spin-off with an award-winning platform powered by patented AI and predictive analytics, is partnering with Control Technologies Group (CT Group), one of the US’ largest distributors of traffic signal control and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) equipment, for a multi-year distribution agreement.

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MIT: hybrid cathodes could boost energy capacity of lithium-sulfur batteries

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MARCH 26, 2019

Researchers at MIT and in China are proposing a new class of dense intercalation-conversion hybrid cathodes by combining intercalation-type Mo 6 S 8 with conversion-type sulfur (HMSC) to realize a Li–S full cell.

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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.) These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g.,

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MIT study estimates ~7,500 early deaths per year in UK from PM2.5 from transport

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APRIL 19, 2012

concentration due to combustion emissions from (a) power generation; (b) commercial, institutional, residential, and agricultural sources; (c) industry; (d) road transport; (e) other transport; and (f) all UK combustion sources. exposure attributable to transport (as a whole) is BC [black carbon]. Annual average PM 2.5

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MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

MIT researchers have built a model to simulate long-range atmospheric transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). For emerging contaminants in the Arctic, we need to know more about their sources, environmental behavior, and transport pathways in order to regulate them more effectively. Friedman and Noelle E.

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MIT Researchers Solve Dendrites Mystery To Creating Smaller & Lighter Batteries

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NOVEMBER 26, 2022

A breakthrough regarding dendrites made by MIT researchers may finally open the way to the building of a new type of rechargeable lithium battery that is safer, lighter, and more compact than existing models, a concept that has been pursued by labs all over the world for years. The replacement of the liquid electrolyte between […].

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MIT, GE, Audi launch HubCab Project in New York City

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MARCH 13, 2014

MIT, in partnership with Audi and GE, has launched HubCab —a transportation tracking tool aimed at reducing commuting congestion, decreasing vehicle emissions and lowering the cost of mobility infrastructure. HubCab tracks more than 150 million taxi rides in New York City over the course of a year.

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MITEI Mobility Systems Center awards four projects for low-carbon transportation research

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AUGUST 20, 2020

In addition to becoming the center’s new co-director, Zhao will lead one of the MSC’s new projects to identify how Covid-19 has impacted use of, preferences toward, and energy consumption of different modes of urban transportation, including driving, walking, cycling, and most dramatically, ridesharing services and public transit.

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MIT and National Research Foundation of Singapore Launch Project on New Models and Tools for Future Urban Transportation

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Research Foundation of Singapore launched a new project to develop new models and tools for the planning, design, and operation of future urban transportation. Advanced transportation science models, optimization and simulations; and. Performance assessment and 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. In 2007, Belcher co-founded Siluria Technologies, which converts lower-value methane gas into high-value liquid transportation fuel.

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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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AUGUST 29, 2013

Annual average concentrations of fine particulates from US sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources. Source: MIT.

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MIT simulations suggest nanostructured topological materials could increase thermoelectric efficiency threefold

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JANUARY 21, 2018

MIT researchers have discovered a way to increase the efficiency of thermoelectric materials threefold by using “topological” materials, which have unique electronic properties. The amount of energy that can be generated depends on the particular transport properties of the electrons in a given material.

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Ford kicks off new automated driving research projects with MIT and Stanford University

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Building on the capabilities of the automated Ford Fusion Hybrid research vehicle unveiled last month ( earlier post ), Ford is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford University to research and to develop solutions to some of the technical challenges surrounding automated driving. —Greg Stevens.

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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. The study, he says, is both “interesting and useful.”.

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

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JANUARY 10, 2023

The new dashboard features create an automated safety performance scoring framework and tools, which draw from the safety and traffic insights the platform collects and generates on a real-time and continuous basis for Derq’s customers.

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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. Join MITEI’s Mobility Systems Center, its newest Low-Carbon Energy Center.

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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.

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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. Bubble growth and departure are ubiquitous phenomena in gas-evolving reactions, which govern the overall energy and mass transport. As a result, there were substantial changes of the transport overpotential.

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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. This line of research might really turn transportation on its head. People who study these systems only look at efficiency metrics like delay and throughput. —Sertac Karaman.

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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. —Ken Washington, vice president of Research and Advanced Engineering at Ford.

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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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MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy

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AUGUST 25, 2014

The human health benefits associated with improvements in air quality related to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions improvements can offset 26–1,050% of the cost of US carbon policies, depending upon the type of policy, according to a new study by a team from MIT. precursors through 2030. —Noelle Selin, co-author.

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Megawatt Electrical Motor Designed By MIT Engineers Could Help Electrify Aviation

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JUNE 10, 2023

Aviation’s huge carbon footprint could shrink significantly with electrification. To date, however, only small all-electric planes have gotten off the ground. Their electric motors generate hundreds of kilowatts of power. To electrify larger, heavier jets, such as commercial airliners, megawatt-scale motors are required.

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MIT team discovers two mechanisms at work in Li dendrite formation

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Researchers at MIT have carried out the most detailed analysis yet of lithium dendrite formation from lithium anodes in batteries and have found that there are two entirely different mechanisms at work. Above Sand’s capacity, transport-limited dendritic lithium grows at the tips and can easily cross the separator to short the cell.

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MIT Energy Initiative announces 2014 seed grant awards

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MARCH 30, 2014

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) announced its latest round of seed grants to support early-stage innovative energy projects. Computational tools for catalyst design: The ability to convert methane gas directly to liquid methanol at often-remote recovery sites would significantly alter the storage, transport, and use of the gas.

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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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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. This opportunity allows all parties to work together in pursuit of a decarbonized shipping industry.

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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

MIT Electric Vehicle Team Launches New Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle Into The World

MIT, Scripps study examines behavior of midwater sediment plumes from deep-sea nodule mining

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

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

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

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

MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

MIT Professor’s IoT Sensors Make Roads Safer

MIT study finds stiffer roadways could improve truck fuel efficiency

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

MIT Takes Deep Dive Into Dropping Lithium-Ion Battery Costs

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

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

MIT-spin-off DERQ partners with Control Technologies to expand AI video analytics across US

MIT: hybrid cathodes could boost energy capacity of lithium-sulfur batteries

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

MIT study estimates ~7,500 early deaths per year in UK from PM2.5 from transport

MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

MIT Researchers Solve Dendrites Mystery To Creating Smaller & Lighter Batteries

MIT, GE, Audi launch HubCab Project in New York City

MITEI Mobility Systems Center awards four projects for low-carbon transportation research

MIT and National Research Foundation of Singapore Launch Project on New Models and Tools for Future Urban Transportation

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

MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

MIT simulations suggest nanostructured topological materials could increase thermoelectric efficiency threefold

Ford kicks off new automated driving research projects with MIT and Stanford University

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

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

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

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

MIT systems analysis identifies optimal vehicle platooning strategies

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

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

MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy

Megawatt Electrical Motor Designed By MIT Engineers Could Help Electrify Aviation

MIT team discovers two mechanisms at work in Li dendrite formation

MIT Energy Initiative announces 2014 seed grant awards

MIT researchers pursuing increasing human-vehicle collaboration

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

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