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DOE issues RFI on advanced thermal insulation for cold/cryogenic compressed gas on-board fuel storage

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All current light‐duty FCEVs being released use 700 bar ambient compressed hydrogen storage systems (CHSS) onboard the vehicle. as well, and not solely for light‐duty vehicles. The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas. Background. fleets, buses, etc.)

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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. Accelerated Development and Deployment of LowCost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Description.

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

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MOVE projects aim to engineer light-weight, affordable natural gas tanks for vehicles as well as to develop natural gas compressors that can efficiently fuel a natural gas vehicle at home. Electromechanics - University of Texas at Austin. The University of Texas at Austin will develop an at-home. while driving down cost.

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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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Development of Low-cost, High Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet (Area of Interest 1). Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Description. Ford Motor Company. 10,000,000.

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DOE awarding $33M for carbon-neutral hybrid electric aviation

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Zero-carbon Ammonia-Powered Turboelectric (ZAPTurbo) Propulsion System; $2,652,778. The Zero-carbon Ammonia-Powered Turboelectric (ZAPTurbo) Propulsion System is a very high efficiency and light weight turboelectric system that uses green ammonia as both a fuel and a coolant via regenerative cooling. Fuceltech Inc.

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