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Penske Truck Leasing joins CharIN to promote electric commercial vehicle charging standards

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Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization. Penske Truck Leasing Co.,

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Ongoing market rollout for SAE hydrogen fueling standards

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The event is the most recent example of a concerted effort to educate stakeholders and encourage the implementation of the SAE hydrogen fueling standards. The event is the most recent example of a concerted effort to educate stakeholders and encourage the implementation of the SAE hydrogen fueling standards. Earlier post.)

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Enhance Your Tech and Business Skills During IEEE Education Week

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The event highlights the array of educational opportunities, webinars, online courses, activities, and scholarships provided by IEEE’s organizational units, societies, and councils around the globe. Individuals can participate in IEEE Education Week by exploring dozens of live and virtual events. This event—to be held at 10 a.m.

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Tesla has begun its Cybertruck tour around China

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Cybertruck China Tour was really eventful on day 1 in all 8 locations across China. It isn’t entirely clear why the Cybertruck would be so hard to make road legal in China, though many point to strict pedestrian safety standards and the overall size of the vehicles as some potential reasons.

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Shanghai GM launches Chevrolet Sail 3; start-stop standard across all 5 variants

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The Sail 3, built on Shanghai GM’s new-generation small car architecture, is the first model in its class that comes standard with a start-stop system, which reduces fuel consumption by 3-5% in heavy traffic. Shanghai GM and Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) engineers developed the Sail 3. engines are available. Up to 5.7%

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Cabot Corporation launches ENTERA aerogel particles for use in thermal barriers for Li-ion batteries

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These higher energy batteries require more advanced thermal management solutions, including thermal barriers to mitigate thermal runaway, a rare event in which a battery cell overheats to dangerous levels and the heat propagates to neighboring cells within the module or battery pack due to malfunction or damage.

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CHAdeMO 3.0 released; first publication of new plug harmonized with China’s GB/T

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is the first publication of the next-generation ultra-high-power charging standard, being co-developed by China Electricity Council (CEC) and CHAdeMO Association with the working name “ChaoJi.” CHAdeMO Association has released the latest CHAdeMO protocol (CHAdeMO 3.0) CHAdeMO 3.0 IMG_20200204_162528-965x1024.jpg

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