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Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Study Announced

Is America ready for rechargeable cars? Teams of researchers at the University of Michigan and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will explore this question and others with $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's offices of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability and Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy. U-M's Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute will coordinate efforts among several university departments, industry partners such as General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and DTE Energy, and PNNL.

Watch a video of the PHEV project kickoff announcement featuring remarks by Gary Was, director of MMPEI, Kevin Kolevar, assistant secretary for electricity delivery and energy reliability at the U.S. Department of Energy, Jon Wellinghoff, commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Jud Virden, deputy associate laboratory director for energy science and technology at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

"Lithium-Ion 'Live'" on Autoline Detroit

Watch "Lithium-Ion 'Live'" on Autoline Detroit with John McElroy
July 29 - Ann Marie Sastry, U-M Professor of Mechanical, Biomedical and Materials Science and Engineering and Director of the Energy Systems Engineering Program, and other experts discuss the research, development and eventual delivery of lithium-ion batteries that can help break America's addiction to oil.

TechKnow Forum Video - Alternative Fuel Cars: So What's the Plan?

Watch streaming video from the June 12, 2007event. Presenters include Lawrence D. Burns, Vice President of Research & Development and Strategic Planning, General Motors; David E. Cole, Chairman, Center for Automotive Research; Nancy L. Gioia, Director, Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs, Ford Motor Company; Mark Goodstein, Executive Director, Automotive XPrize; and Chuck Gulash, Vice President of Research and Materials Engineering, Toyota Technical Center.

Symposium: Energy Science, Technology & Policy: Facing the Challenge

There are few contemporary challenges facing humankind today more threatening than the unsustainable nature of our current energy infrastructure. Every aspect of present-day society is dependent upon the continuing availability of clean, affordable, and flexible energy resources.

In response to these challenges, the University of Michigan has set forth an Initiative on Energy Science, Technology, and Policy and established the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute.

This two day symposium, organized by the Office of the Vice President of Research and the MMPEI, brings together many influential people from government, industry and academia to present their views on science, technology and policy topics in the energy field.

Hybrid Vehicles

Comcast Newsmakers, January 7, 2007