Intersections – Winter 2019 | Argonne National Laboratory

In this issue, DOE’s Michael Berube highlights the ways Argonne is advancing American mobility. This issue also reveals Argonne’s new tool for modeling freight, its cutting-edge grid research, and its leadership in DOE’s latest vehicle competition.

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Argonne set to oversee the Department of Energy’s new vehicle competition for college students

Argonne’s 30 years of success managing advanced vehicle technology competitions for the US Department of Energy has just been underscored with the announcement of The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge.

March 18, 2019 | Transportation, Vehicle Technologies, EcoCAR

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Argonne supports grid advances through pioneering energy storage and sensor research

With 20,000 power plants, 200,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, 60,000 substations and 3 million miles of power line, the nation’s electrical grid is perhaps the largest and most complex machine ever assembled.

March 18, 2019 | Grid Modernization, Transportation, energy storage

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Broadening our systematic understanding of mobility

Argonne speaks with Michael Berube, the acting deputy assistant secretary for transportation in DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, about the future of mobility.

March 18, 2019 | Modeling and Simulation, Batteries and Fuel Cells, Transportation

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New tool simulating freight movement quantifies impacts of e-commerce and tech on transportation

E-commerce, fast internet and disruptive technologies are ushering the U.S. into an age of great convenience and speed. Citizens can order products from wherever, whenever, and receive them in a matter of days or even hours.

March 18, 2019 | Transportation, mobility simulation, mobility