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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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and Milwaukee and the Advanced Hydraulics group in Eden Prairie, Minn. The goal is to develop a production prototype for refueling stations that will retail for about one-tenth of the cost of currently available systems. The development project will be led by Eaton’s Innovation Center teams in Southfield, Mich.,

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Johnson Controls partners with UW-Madison on battery lab

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The research is intended to enable manufacturers to build systems that utilize battery power more efficiently. The UW-Madison partnership complements Johnson Controls’ existing partnership with UW-Milwaukee. The lab, called the Johnson Controls Advanced Systems Test Lab, will support research focused on vehicular and stationary energy.

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Lifecycle study finds that environmental impacts of silicon-anode Li-ion battery could be roughly comparable with conventional Li-ion battery

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For the study, the UW-Milwaukee team selected the metal-assisted chemical etching method for the SiNW synthesis due to its simplicity, low cost, and scalable advantages. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge.

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USABC awards $5.48M Li-ion PHEV battery technology development contract to Johnson Controls

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All cells will be built either in Johnson Controls Battery Technology Center in Milwaukee or its Li-ion manufacturing facility in Holland, Mich. The improved energy density is aimed at reducing cost, volume and mass.

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Harley’s electric moped stalled, so this 55 mph Chinese version ripped off the design

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But years later the Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer hasn’t shown us any more progress than a two-year-old prototype. That opened the door for others to try their hand at Harley’s design, and a Chinese motorbike manufacturer seems to have created a pretty decent copy of the design.

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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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The following have received advanced Odyne hybrid systems under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program: Milwaukee County took delivery of four work trucks in December 2011 and January 2012 that will be used throughout Milwaukee County to maintain traffic signals and street lighting. Manufactured by DUECO, Inc.

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US Army Awards CD Technologies $19M Contract for Development of Large-Format Lithium-ion Batteries

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This contract will allow C&D Technologies to establish a world class research and development facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including pilot production capability dedicated to large-format lithium-ion batteries, and will establish a domestic manufacturing base for C&D designed lithium battery systems. —Dr.