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Ricardo launches pre-production prototype of high-speed flywheel energy storage for off-road equipment

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Ricardo will introduce TorqStor—the latest generation of Ricardo’s high speed flywheel energy storage technology—at the CONEXPO 2014 show in Las Vegas as a pre-production prototype for OEM product integration.

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

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Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. General Motors LLC. Ford Motor Company.

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NYSERDA Commits $8M to Develop and Commercialize 19 New York Battery and Energy-Storage Technology Projects

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) will award $8 million to help develop or commercialize 19 advanced energy storage projects. million in cost-sharing by recipients for a total of $15.3 General Motors. Murray, Jr., million in funding. City University of New York.

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DOE awards $3.7M for high performance computing research at national laboratories for energy applications

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(dba Glass Dyenamics) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will use HPC- and Machine-Learning-Based Modelling to develop new electrochromic dyes for smart glass building windows with improved roll-to-roll manufacturability and low-cost. General Motors LLC. 3M Company. DOE award: $297,000. Element 16 Technologies, Inc.

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NGen Canada awarding $76M to 15 zero-emission vehicle projects

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This green, energy-effective process would be applicable to recycle black mass of all lithium ion-based batteries and the project aims to develop a mini plant to demonstrate the scalability of the process with an annual capacity of 20 metric tons of spent lithium-ion batteries. Lead: Damon Motors Inc.; Lead: Cummins Inc.;

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California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

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Vilupanur Ravi of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona will receive $95,000 to identify the most effective catalyst materials to lower capital and operating costs of hydrogen production. The technology has the potential to save energy and help the state achieve its bioenergy goals. Lee Huang of Eneron Inc.

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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.