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Universal Hydrogen announces $20.5M in Series A funding to build and test full-scale hardware for hydrogen commercial aircraft

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Founded in 2020 by aviation industry veterans Paul Eremenko, John-Paul Clarke, Jason Chua, and Jon Gordon, Universal Hydrogen is stitching together the end-to-end hydrogen value chain for aviation, both for hydrogen fuel and hydrogen-powered airplanes. Rendering of regional airplane with conversion kit and fuel capsules.

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IFP Energies nouvelles launches DriveQuant start-up in the connected mobility sector

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DriveQuant will also provide a mobile application that can be used as a white-label service and an SDK (Software development kit – iOS or Android) to facilitate the integration of driving analysis services in its customer solutions. The market for services associated with connected vehicles is expanding rapidly.

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Southern California Edison to buy 261 MW of energy storage projects; largest grid-connected storage purchase in US

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The fact that SCE far exceeded the minimum amount of energy storage they were ordered to purchase after comparing multiple solutions head to head demonstrates that energy storage can be competitive with other preferred resources on both performance and value, and that it’s now an integral part of the utility planning tool kit in California.

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Starlink Twitter account hints at growth & potential IPO [Opinion]

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SpaceX also released several versions of Starlink to fit different demographics, like Starshield , which provides internet connection to governments. Starlink’s Standard kit is even available at select Home Depot stores now. Elon Musk first mentioned plans for a Starlink IPO in February 2020.

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Volkswagen investing €3.5B in German plants for e-mobility and digitalization; MEB production, pilot plant for batteries and modules

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labor), the Board of Management announced that the Volkswagen brand’s German plants will develop and produce electric vehicles and components based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). As part of an agreement with its General Works Council (i.e., Earlier post.). The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D.

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BYTON partners with Aiqudo for Voice AI in its EVs

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Aiqudo (pronounced: “eye-cue-doe”) announced ahead of CES 2020 a partnership with premium electric vehicle manufacturer BYTON, bringing Aiqudo’s Voice AI platform to BYTON cars. Aiqudo’s Action Kit functionality will be offered to app developers through the BYTON developer portal.

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Internet of Things gets major distance boost from IBM and Semtech

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Over the next 15 years, the number of machines and sensors connected to the Internet will explode, creating what is called the Internet of Things (IOT). According to IMS Research, there will be more than 22 billion web-connected devices by 2020. These new devices will generate more than 2.5