An electric vehicle battery for all seasons
Many owners of electric vehicles worry about how effective their battery will be in very cold weather. Now a new battery chemistry may have solved that problem.
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Enhancing fuel cell lifespan via catalyst selection
A research team led by Professor Yong-Tae Kim (Department of Material Science and Engineering and Graduate Institute of Ferrous and Energy Materials Technology) and Ph.D. candidate Sang-Hoon You (Department of Material Science ...
May 12, 2023
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World's first realistic simulated driving environment based on 'crash-prone' Michigan intersection
The first statistically realistic roadway simulation has been developed by researchers at the University of Michigan. While it currently represents a particularly perilous roundabout, future work will expand it to include ...
May 1, 2023
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Recycled aluminum offers energy, emissions and electric vehicle battery range savings
Scrap aluminum can now be collected and transformed directly into new vehicle parts using an innovative process being developed by the automotive industry, in particular for electric vehicles. Today, the Department of Energy's ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Environmental and economic benefits of overhead cable line technology to power trucks
Electrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for more than 140 years. They've electrified bullet trains in Japan and Amtrak railways that connect Washington D.C and Boston. Now the United States, Germany, ...
Apr 14, 2023
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Critical metal needs rise while cars, trucks decarbonize
As automobile electrification speeds up, the world faces an overwhelming need for critical metals and minerals to make atmosphere-saving electric vehicles possible.
Apr 11, 2023
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Use of layering-charged polymers in battery technology could boost EV range 10-fold
The electric vehicle market has been experiencing explosive growth, with global sales surpassing $1 trillion in 2022 and Korea's domestic sales exceeding 108,000 units. Inevitably, demand is growing for high-capacity batteries ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Simulated terrible drivers cut the time and cost of AV testing by a factor of one thousand
The push toward truly autonomous vehicles has been hindered by the cost and time associated with safety testing, but a new system developed at the University of Michigan shows that artificial intelligence can reduce the testing ...
Mar 22, 2023
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Cascading failures in urban traffic systems tied to hidden bottlenecks
Transportation systems in urban settings are vulnerable to a variety of factors including weather, traffic congestion, and special events. Bottlenecks, in particular, can cause major problems and lead to cascading failure ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Careful planning of EV charging station placement could lessen or eliminate need for new power plants, study shows
National and global plans to combat climate change include increasing the electrification of vehicles and the percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources. But some projections show that these trends might require ...
Mar 15, 2023
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