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December 2024
NREL Collaboration Could Realize Significant Energy Savings for Farm Tractors
A collaboration between NREL and Purdue University to create an optimized hydraulic system for farm tractors could increase their hydraulic efficiency by 50%.
November 2024
2024 Transportation Annual Technology Baseline Update Now Available
The one-stop shop for the latest transportation technology cost and performance data is back with even more data.
Interactive Playbook Helps Communities Boost Electric Vehicle Charging
As communities look for tools to navigate their electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure projects, NREL and the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation developed a one-stop shop playbook to help communities plan for their EV charging needs.
October 2024
NREL's Commercial Electric Vehicle Cost-of-Ownership Tool Is Best in Class—And Free
Researchers from NREL have released a new version of the Transportation Technology Total Cost of Ownership tool, known as T3CO—the most sophisticated open-source commercial vehicle TCO tool available today.
Biofuels and Batteries Gain From the System Dynamics Behind the Research
How do researchers examine the relationships between various factors within a given system, how they could change, and how those changes ultimately lead to different behaviors in the system over longer periods of time? The answers to those questions may lie within a sophisticated modeling method known as system dynamics.
September 2024
NREL Researchers Survey the State of Smart Charge Management Nationwide
Researchers from NREL and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory broke new ground by surveying the national state of smart charge management strategies.
Starting With Safety: NREL Approach Streamlines Early-Stage Battery Development
From current on-road vehicles to future electrified aircraft, the safety and reliability of energy storage systems is critical across battery applications.
NREL Selected To Design Next-Generation Power Inverters for US Combat Vehicles
NREL's world-class power electronics researchers are reimagining the propulsion system for U.S. military ground combat vehicles. Their new silicon carbide (SIC)-based inverter design will give military vehicles 200% greater range at a fourth of the size of predecessor technology.
NREL Experts Accelerate Electrification of Department of Defense Nontactical Fleets
As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to grow their share of the market, several federal agencies are transitioning their own fleets to EVs, too.
NREL Research Points Path to Higher Blends of Biodiesel
Barriers that are currently preventing the use of greater percentages of biomass-based diesel fuel blended into petroleum diesel have been identified, along with strategies to overcome them.
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Last Updated May 5, 2025