Current Transportation News

TRACC Opens Its Doors for Business

March 5, 2008 — Argonne National Laboratory, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), has announced the opening of the Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center (TRACC). More...

Argonne Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Experts to Present Research at 23rd Electric Vehicle Symposium

November 30, 2007 — Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory's Transportation Technology R&D Center will present 11 papers during the Electric Vehicle Symposium-23 that will be held in Anaheim, Calif., from Dec. 2-5. More...

Argonne Teams with Industry to Promote PHEV R&D

Nov. 12, 2007 — The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has teamed up with several industrial partners, including some of America's largest automakers, to promote research and development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). Plug-in hybrids could revolutionize the automotive industry because, unlike conventional hybrid cars, they have the potential to run largely on electricity. More...

Argonne's Don Hillebrand Discusses Transportation Research Online

Nov. 2, 2007 — Audio interview given by Dr. Don Hillebrand discussing transporation research at Argonne. More...

Argonne helps China Create Cleaner Beijing for 2008 Olympics

Oct. 8, 2007 — The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is working closely with Chinese scientists and policy makers toward the goal of creating a cleaner Beijing and developing sustainable technologies for the 2008 Olympic Games and beyond. More...

Argonne Receives Cost-shared DOE Grants to Improve Light-vehicle Fuel Efficiency

August 30, 2007 — Two Argonne-based research-and-development projects have been selected to receive grants from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of an effort to improve the fuel efficiency of light-duty vehicle engines while promoting collaboration between researchers in government labs, universities and industry. More...

Nano-Boric Acid Makes Motor Oil More Slippery

August 3, 2007 — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have begun to combine infinitesimal particles of boric acid — known primarily as a mild antiseptic and eye cleanser — with traditional motor oils in order to improve their lubricity and by doing so increase energy efficiency. (More...)

Argonne's HybridFest 2007 Presence Generates a Buzz

July 31, 2007— Argonne National Laboratory's booth at the recent HybridFest 2007 in Madison, Wisconsin (July 21–22), attracted interest from consumers, the media, and industry representatives alike. The booth featured prototype plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), research vehicles, and components, not to mention the expertise of Argonne engineers at the forefront of PHEV research. (More...)

Practical On-board Hydrogen Storage is Goal of New Argonne Research Project

June 19, 2007 — Solving one of the biggest problems in commercialization of fuel-cell-powered automobiles is the goal of a new $1.88 million research project on on-board hydrogen storage at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory. The Argonne research will investigate nanostructured polymeric materials as hydrogen storage adsorbents. Developed through an earlier collaboration between Argonne and the University of Chicago, the new polymer adsorbent material has shown great promise in preliminary tests. The new project funded by DOE will seek further improvements in storage capacity and an in-depth understanding of hydrogen-polymer interactions. (More...)

PSAT Wins Federal Laboratory Consortium Award

June 12 , 2007 — Argonne ’s Powertrain System Analysis Toolkit (PSAT) has been awarded a 2007 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer by the Federal Laboratory Consortium. This award recognizes laboratory employees who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring a technology developed by a federal laboratory to the commercial marketplace. (More...)