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Jeep says a $25,000 Renegade EV is coming to the US, but can it deliver?

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would welcome a low-cost electric Jeep. Mahalak owns six dealerships in Ohio, Michigan, and Florida. Jeep Recon electric SUV (Source: Stellantis) “If it’s inexpensive and competitive with all the other the little EVs in that price class and that size class, obviously I’m up for it,” he told Automotive News.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. University of Michigan. University of Michigan. 250,000.

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DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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The selected projects support the Department’s SOFC program by helping to mature the technology for commercial use to efficiently generate low-cost electricity. Preliminary Design and Techno-Economic Analysis of MWe-Class Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Systems. MW-Class SOFC Pilot System Development. Instrumentation and controls.

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

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AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Low-Cost Rare-Earth Free Electric Drivetrain Enabled by Novel Permanent Magnets, Inverter, Integrated Design and Advanced Thermal Management.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics. UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

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DOE’s Manufacturing Institute to award $35M to support R&D in recycling, reuse and remanufacturing

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Traditional R&D project proposals can cover all four material classes, including plastics. REMADE envisions awarding approximately $35 million in support of these projects, with a minimum 50% cost share required from each team. Michigan State University, Sealed Air. REMADE Institute membership is not required.

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DOE awarding up to $4.6M to four projects for advanced hydrogen storage materials

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to develop new low-cost hydrogen sorbents that have high hydrogen sorption capacities that exceed the “Chahine rule” (roughly 1 wt% H 2 uptake per 500 m 2 g ?1 The University of Michigan of Ann Arbor, Michigan, will receive up to $1.2M Texas A&M University of College Station, Texas, will receive up to $1.2M

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