Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

University of California San Diego nanoengineers, in collaboration with researchers at LG Energy Solution, have developed a battery that combines a solid-state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode. The initial rounds of tests show that the new battery is safe, long lasting, and energy dense. —Darren H. Tan, lead author.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

Diakont’s team members for this program includes project leader Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and LifeLast. The project is to develop a cost-effective and efficient smart structural coating deposition system and advanced high-end technology tools to inspect and rehabilitate gas distribution pipelines.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

ARPA-E’s new program, Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems (RANGE) ( earlier post ), aims to accelerate widespread EV adoption by dramatically improving driving range and reliability, and by providing low-cost, low-carbon alternatives to today’s vehicles. University of Houston. Princeton University.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

Clemson University will develop a lightweight, multi-material passenger vehicle body structure, addressing challenges in joining dissimilar materials. SUNY University @ Stony Brook. Penn State University. Penn State University. University of California, San Diego. University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Utah State University. Montana State University.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Recently, a team of engineers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) have described a new artificial microfiber made from liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) that replicates the tensile strength, quick responsiveness, and high power density of human muscles. "We seconds, and a power density of 400 watts per kilogram.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

In partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, University of California at San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the J. Pond ecology has a major impact on algal health and productivity, yet very little is known about the impacts of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $15 million for three projects aimed at reducing the production costs of algae-based biofuels and bioproducts through improvements in algal biomass yields. Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., MicroBio Engineering, Inc. MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Solid ion conductors made of affordable, easily produced materials could replace today’s mostly liquid electrolytes and expensive fuel cell parts, helping create a next generation of batteries and fuel cells that are low-cost, durable, and more efficient. Iowa State University. —ARPA-E Director Dr. Ellen D.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 16, 2023

EPFL ] This video details the creation of the Dingo, a low-cost robot quadruped designed and built by Alexander Calvert and Nathan Ferguson as a capstone engineering project for the bachelor of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at Monash University. Total cost is about $1,300 AUD. GitHub ] Thanks, Michael! (iii)

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

University of Maryland. The University of Maryland is developing a highly efficient and cost-effective hybrid-electric turbogenerator suitable for powering narrow body aircraft such as the B737. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. University of California, San Diego. Marquette University.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 8, 2023

Such a discovery, if confirmed, could open pathways to a range of applications including lossless electric transmission , high-efficiency electric motors , maglev trains , and low-cost magnets for MRI and nuclear fusion. However, the caveats attached to today’s announcement are substantial. We’ve made an open-door policy.

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Charged EVs

JULY 1, 2024

There are 50 Wildcat people now working on this project exclusively, and we’ve got a partnership with McGill University, with a really sharp team led by Professor Jinhyuk Lee. From a performance standpoint, it’s made from mostly abundant and available low-cost materials. We see DRX as a breakthrough for the battery industry.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2017

Scientists at Rice University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have predicted and created new two-dimensional electrocatalysts—low-cost, layered transition-metal dichalcogenides (MX 2 ) based on molybdenum and tungsten—to extract hydrogen from water with high performance and low cost.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

O 4 (LNMO) are appealing as high voltage, high capacity, environmentally friendly, and low cost cathodes for use in numerous markets. This work was funded by the DOE Office of Science and a UC San Diego Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Collaborators Award. —Ulvestad et al. —Ulvestad et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Hamid Mohsenian-Rad of University of California, Riverside will receive $95,000 to determine the optimum balance of active and reactive power in plug-in electric vehicles to achieve lower energy costs and improve power distribution networks. The project aims to increase the generation of clean, low cost, efficient energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

The projects are funded through ARPA-E’s two newest programs, Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) and Accelerating Low-cost Plasma Heating and Assembly (ALPHA), which both seek to develop low-cost technology solutions. University of Missouri, Lehigh University, and Evapco). Colorado State University.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

SG Biofuels opened its Jatropha Genetic Resource Center (GRC) to further accelerate profitable, large-scale production of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable source of feedstock for biofuel. It can be effectively grown on abandoned lands that are unsuitable for other crops.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

SDG&E is a regulated public utility that services San Diego and southern Orange counties. SDG&E said the study results confirm the viability of electricity as a clean and low-cost transportation fuel and validate the increased efficiencies of plug-in hybrid technology. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

The project team expects this research to result in an optimized materials and processing solution that will significantly reduce component costs for a critical SOFC subsystem. DOE: $2,500,000 Non DOE: $625,149 Total: $3,125,149 (20% cost share). The University of South Carolina. The Tennessee Technological University.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

For B2U, NREL’s repurposing cost calculator is available for free to download , enabling users to explore the effects of different repurposing strategies and assumptions on economics. Laboratories, Universities, Future Repurposers, and other Third Parties. —Mike Ferry, Center for Sustainable Energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Ohio State University. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Iowa State University. University of Pittsburgh. Penn State University Park.

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Baua Electric

JULY 1, 2024

There are 50 Wildcat people now working on this project exclusively, and we’ve got a partnership with McGill University, with a really sharp team led by Professor Jinhyuk Lee. From a performance standpoint, it’s made from mostly abundant and available low-cost materials. We see DRX as a breakthrough for the battery industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

nLiten Energy Corporation of Mountain View will receive $95,000 to prove the feasibility of growing thin-film three-dimensional solar cells using self-assembled nanowires onto a low-cost substrate. This technology would increase efficiency and lower production costs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

The selected projects consist of leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and government, and will facilitate sharing expertise and technologies. Low-cost one-step syngas to distillates. University of California, Davis; UOP LLC; Virent Energy Systems; and Washington State University.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $405,328; Total: $1,905,328. ION Clean Energy Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. These selections include: General Atomics – San Diego, CA – up to $2.1 PPG Industries, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

With computational modeling, Genomatica’s researchers examine all possible biological pathways to create target chemicals from various low-cost, renewable feedstocks. Genomatica was founded in 2000 by research scientists from the University of California at San Diego. Genomatica is based in San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Binghamton University (State University of New York). Tesla Motors, Inc.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Smartville currently has a pilot project up and running at the University of California San Diego. Because nowadays, battery pack chemistries are moving toward low-cost, low-supply-risk raw materials, such as shifting from NCM to iron phosphate. The OEMs might see little to negative value in recycling only.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

at FAA’s National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research ( NEXTOR ) at the University of California, Berkeley, to evaluate an airline’s fuel efficiency relative to both the mobility (straight-line passenger miles between origin and destination) and access (airports served and/or flight frequency) it provides.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. San Diego, Calif.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Cornell ] Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed soft devices containing algae that glow in the dark when experiencing mechanical stress, such as being squished, stretched, twisted or bent. UCSD ] Thanks, Liezel! Skydio drones will do an excellent job of keeping you in frame, whatever happens.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Development of a Low-cost and Hardware Friendly Instantaneous Waveform Measurement Technology for Distribution System, $1,000,000. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia). Beam Suntory, Inc. Clermont, Kentucky).

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