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Norway is rapidly adopting electric vehicles

Apurba Sakti, MITEI research scientist, says that a combination of policies and incentives has accelerated the transition to EVs in Norway.
May 7, 2019 In the media Yale Climate Connections

Cobalt for 500,000 electric cars could be harvested from the oceans

Strings of plastic balls dangled in the ocean could harvest enough cobalt for hundreds of thousands of electric car batteries. The heavy metal is a key battery ingredient, but onshore reserves are running low. So engineers from MIT want to mine it from brine.
May 3, 2019 In the media New Scientist

Mass researchers find a way to produce biofuels 'greener'

Isobutanol has been hailed as a possible green replacement for fossil fuels like gasoline, but producing it has proven difficult and costly. In a paper in Nature Communications, researchers from MIT and WPI show how a novel process may make producing this and other biofuels more economical.
April 18, 2019 In the media Boston Herald

Engineers develop concept for hybrid heavy-duty trucks

Researchers Daniel Cohn and Leslie Bromberg have developed a concept for a new hybrid, flex-fuel truck concept that runs on gasoline. This alternative has potential to drastically reduce the gas emissions of traditional diesel trucks.
April 8, 2019 In the media Science Daily

MIT professor's quest to solve the worlds battery needs

A profile on Professor Yet-Ming Chiang, founder of six companies (including three battery startups) on his life-long passion for batteries and MIT.
April 1, 2019 In the media Quartz

Carbon capture is a policy problem, not a technology problem

Learn about the politics behind carbon capture technology in a recent interview with MITEI Research Scientist Howard Herzog on local NPR station WCAI.
March 31, 2019 In the media WCAI NPR

Don't expect car ownership to become obsolete

An opinion piece in Bloomberg on generational driving trends cites a working paper by MIT professor Christopher Knittel and MIT alumna Elizabeth Murphy, both members of the upcoming Mobility of the Future report.
March 27, 2019 In the media Bloomberg

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