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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). Plug In America.

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24M emerges from stealth mode with new semi-solid Li-ion cell; <$100/kWh by 2020

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Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. By 2020 our battery costs will be less than $100 a kilowatt-hour (kWh). Semi-solid” refers to a material that is a mixture of liquid and solid phases—e.g., Earlier post.).

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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In 1984, the low-cost Macintosh from Apple Computer Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Ivan E. The issue is no longer 1950—a standard 6-by-10-cm mouse could now have dozens of buttons—but human factors, and the experts have strong opinions. Cupertino, Calif., Sutherland built it in 1962 as a Ph.D.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Representatives Henry A.

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