Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Can wireless EV charging become an infrastructure player?

Wireless charging of electric vehicles — literally parking a vehicle over a concrete-embedded charging plate and magnetically connecting to a vehicle — is a niche mostly restricted to transit buses and yard tractors that pull containers around a distribution yard. 

But as the rollout of plug-in charging is slowed by infrastructure buildout and lack of timely energizing, the underground solution also known as inductive charging could expand to other uses.

Expensive approach with a swift payback

“We...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-wireless-ev-charging-become-an-infrastructure-player

Caterpillar and ORNL cooperate on methanol-fueled four-stroke R&D

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Caterpillar Inc. have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA, to investigate marine methanol-fueled four-stroke engines.

While methanol has been much in focus as a fuel for large, two-stroke powered oceangoing vessels, the availability of methanol-fueled four=strokes could see its adoption across a broad range of vessel types. ORNL, which categorizes the marine industry as a...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/caterpillar-and-ornl-cooperate-on-methanol-fueled-four-stroke-rd/

National labs, Wabtec partner to develop next-gen locomotive engine

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Rail technology provider Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) and scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/national-labs-wabtec-partner-to-develop-next-gen-locomotive-engine