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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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Pinnacle Engines will electrify its four-stroke, spark-ignited, opposed-piston engine to improve fuel efficiency and reduce its cost. Electric motor-generators on each crankshaft will improve engine efficiency by modifying the piston dynamics and resulting combustion process. Georgia Tech Research Corporation.

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DOE awards $17M for vehicle technologies; batteries, PEEM, engines, materials, fuel

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The newly selected projects are in five areas: energy storage; power electronics and electric motors (PEEM); advanced combustion engines; materials technologies, and fuels and lubricant technologies. Power electronics and electric motors (Area of Interest 2). Batteries Engines Materials Motors Power Electronics' Earlier post.).

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Ford first automaker to use captured CO2 to develop foam and plastic for vehicles

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Ford Motor Company is the first automaker to formulate and test new foam and plastic components using carbon dioxide as feedstock. Novomer is commercializing a proprietary catalyst system that transforms waste CO 2 into high performance, low-cost polymers for a variety of applications, including foam and plastic that are easily recyclable.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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Ford Motor Company. This project will identify fuel properties that can be used to enable novel combustion strategies with low emissions of nitrogen oxides in an engine, and enhance existing models to capture the effect of additional key fuel properties on combustion. Ford Motor Company. drop-in replacement fuels). 3,500,000.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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Argonne National Laboratory’s team will develop an advanced catalyst for polypropylene (a widely used polymer in consumer and industrial products) synthesis that outperforms conventional catalysts. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. EcoCatalytic Technologies. Colorado State University. FeNix Magnetics, Inc. Idaho National Laboratory. 1,499,448.

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DOE awarding $19.4M to 22 advanced vehicle technologies projects; Mercedes-Benz, GM Li-S battery projects

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Two projects will research, develop, and use integrated computation materials engineering (ICME) techniques to develop low cost carbon fiber from a variety of feedstocks and precursors that can be used to make carbon fiber with less energy and lower cost. General Motors LLC. University of Maryland: College Park.

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DOE issues $10M incubator FOA for batteries, power electronics, engines, materials, fuels and lubricants

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Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Motors for Electric Traction Drives. VTO is seeking projects in this area not represented by, or similar to, current R&D projects at DOE) that focus on the following key barriers: Cost Reduction. The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?