High-performance, low-cost electric machine could drive big energy savings
 With support from the Bosch Energy Research Network, U-M's Heath Hofmann conducts research that offers significant enhancements for machines used in such variable speed drive applications as hybrid electric vehicle propulsion.
Associated Press: Engineering experts hit safety culture in BP Oil spill
 BP and the oil industry drilling in the Gulf of Mexico lacked the proper safety attitude to handle the large risks of deep-water drilling, leading to the bad decisions behind the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
Post-doc fellow sought for PISET sustainable transportation project
 Researchers focused on efficiencies in integrated, multimodal transportation announce an opening for a post-doctoral fellow supported through the Energy Institute's Partnerships for Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies program. The fellow will work on SMART's "Consumer Uptake of Seamless Multimodal Mobility: Energy and Sustainability Implications" project.
Popular Mechanics: new CAFE standards could mean bigger, not smaller cars
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Aggressive new fuel-economy standards – 54.5 mpg across the fleet by 2025 – would seem to suggest that future cars will be smaller. 
