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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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One initiative, SuperTruck II ( earlier post ), will award $80 million to four projects to develop and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks. Michigan State University. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy. Drive Oregon.

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Road Test: 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe 3LT

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Chevrolet made the radical decision to have the 2021 Corvette, or C8 as aficionados call it, become a mid-engine sports car, abandoning the front engine design that began when the first Corvette rolled off the line in Flint, Michigan, on June 30, 1953. Let the sunshine in. Powerful and Responsive. Designed to slip through the air.

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DOE to award more than $55M to 31 projects for plug-in and efficient vehicle technologies; Delphi receives $10M to further GDCI

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The Army will also test and evaluate fuel-efficient tires resulting from projects at its facilities in Warren, Michigan. Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Michigan State University. Ford Motor Company. 10,000,000.

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