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Co-Optima 2018 Year in Review
Today’s cars are advancing at lightning speed: from electric vehicles to efficient internal combustion engines to automated vehicles. Transportation is changing. Although the fuel-economy ratings of today’s cars are dramatically higher than those of just 10 years ago, vehicles are rapidly approaching the limits of efficiency gains that can be achieved cost effectively with existing engine designs and conventional fuel formulas. Read More
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DOE Announces $59 Million to Accelerate Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Department of Energy Under Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes announced up to $59 million for new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. Read More
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Department of Energy Announces $80 Million Investment in Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 42 projects totaling $80 million to support advanced vehicle technologies that can enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, reduce our dependence on foreign sources of critical materials, and enhance U.S. economic growth. Read More
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Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Announces $68.5 Million for Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced up to $68.5 million in available funding for early-stage research of advanced vehicle technologies that will enable more affordable mobility, strengthen domestic energy security, and enhance U.S. economic growth. Read More
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Co-Optima 2017 Year in Review
While vehicles and fuels currently on the market get travelers from Point A to Point B, are there new options that could save fuel and money, while also delivering higher performance and cleaner air? Co-Optima research is exploring ways to do just that, with the science and engineering needed to create engines and fuels that work more effectively together. Read More
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Breakthrough Fuels-Engines R&D Offers Dramatic Boost in Fuel Savings, Economy, and Energy Security
There is great opportunity for American industry to develop fuel and engine technologies in tandem to achieve significant efficiency gains, and Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) is creating the science base to enable such development. Read More
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Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines: Breakthrough Research
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released two studies from the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative. The study, Fuel Blendstocks with the Potential to Optimize Future Gasoline Engine Performance, identifies eight representative high-octane blendstocks across five chemical groups that could be blended into gasoline for better performance. Read More
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BETO-VTO Joint Initiative Gathers Feedback and Guidance from Stakeholders in Fuel and Vehicles Industries
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), and national laboratories hosted a stakeholder listening day for the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) initiative on January 19 and 20 in Livermore, California. Read More
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Energy Department Announces Up to $7 Million for the Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines
Today, the Energy Department (DOE) announced up to $7 million for eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. Read More
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New Vehicle Initiative Aims to Make Fuel and Engines Work Together More Efficiently
Recently I had the pleasure of briefing members of Congress on EERE’s groundbreaking fuel-engine co-optimization initiative. The new, multi-year project combines previously independent areas of biofuels and engine combustion research and development (R&D) to design new fuels and engines that are co-optimized—designed in tandem to both maximize vehicle performance and carbon efficiency. Read More