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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Ultra-Low Volume Change Silicon-Dominant Nanocomposite Anodes for Long Calendar Life and Cycle Life. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. The University of Texas at Austin.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. “DUSST”: NREL’s Low Maintenance Soiling Station, $50,000 Atonometrics Inc., Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., MetalTek International, Watertown, Wis.

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ARPA-E selects 13 projects for $30M in awards to advance natural gas vehicle technologies

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million award to engineer an adsorbed natural gas storage system utilizing a novel external framework and internal porous materials. Electromechanics - University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin will develop an at-home. Unlike current four-piston compressors, UT Austin’s. Earlier post.). Description.

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Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

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They want to have more data about maintenance costs and resale values before they take the plunge. This means that the hub motor can run at higher rpms - meaning lower internal gear reductions. Some cells are also available with an internal protection circuit to prevent over-discharge and short-circuit damage.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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In fact, if we exclude Cybertruck and Fremont Model 3 ramp costs, the revenue from Autopark auto margins improved slightly. Currently normalized worldwide cost per vehicle in Austin and Berlin are already very close to that of Fremont. When some of this is validated, we give it to our own QA drivers. Ashok Elluswamy: Yeah.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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