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The Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Volta Energy Technologies join existing investors Anzu Partners and the University of Minnesota. As part of ARPA-E’s REACT program, the University of Minnesota (UMN) developed an early stage prototype of an iron-nitride permanent magnet material. million in new financing. Background. 2019.165962.
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million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). This is the third round of ASSURE grants for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.
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Blackstone Technology GmbH may begin commercialization of 3D-printed solid-state sodium-ion batteries as early as 2025. million (subject to the grant decision becoming legally valid). The Zeiss company is contributing its extensive expertise in metrology and microscopy.
billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Indianapolis, IN.
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Clean Air Power, a leading developer of dual-fuel engine management systems for heavy-duty diesel engines, has begun a collaborative research project with Queens University, Belfast (QUB) to develop a dual-fuel combustion process for application in small-cylinder diesel engines used in the light-duty automotive market.
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million from State grant funds into capital facility improvements and purchase of additional advanced testing equipment for the Center. The BEST Test and Commercialization Center will offer testing from single cells to megawatt systems. NY-BEST will provide the initial investment of $6.9
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million grant to researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife Research to investigate potential discoveries for waste products used in lignocellulosic biofuel production, turning them into valuable agents used in producing commercial products such as biodiesel and asphalt binding agents. in Washington State and the University of Tennessee.
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