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SunPower ceases residential installations, lays off 1,000

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SunPower (Nasdaq: SPWR) just sent an email to its employees saying that it will “wind down” residential solar installations and lay off 1,000 employees. SunPower is one of the largest residential solar installers in the US. We are also reducing our workforce to better align our business with our new focus.

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Li Auto says it has installed over 200,000 home chargers for vehicle owners

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At the end of January, Li Auto had 272,475 cumulative deliveries and more than 70 percent of its owners had installed home chargers. The post Li Auto says it has installed over 200,000 home chargers for vehicle owners appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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GM EV Factory ZERO first US auto plant to install 5G technology

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General Motors announced that Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center, the company’s all-electric vehicle assembly plant, is the first automotive plant in the US to install dedicated 5G fixed mobile network technology. Factory ZERO is being completely retooled with a $2.2-billion

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ŠKODA AUTO launches production of MEB battery systems at Mladá Boleslav headquarters

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ŠKODA AUTO has started manufacturing battery systems for all-electric vehicles based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mladá Boleslav. In addition to ŠKODA vehicles, these will also be installed in MEB models made by Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT.

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US renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal

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Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. That’s more than the installed capacity of coal (207.15 Installed utility-scale solar capacity (104.61

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Zapgo receives £26 million to install EV chargers in the UK – Charged EVs

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The company’s target is to install a total of 4,000 rapid (50-99 kW) and high-power (>100 kW) chargers in underserved UK locations. “We Source: Zapgo The post Zapgo receives £26 million to install EV chargers in the UK – Charged EVs appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

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Ables Springs is Enel’s 17th renewables project in the state, where it has installed 3.8 Just over a week ago, Enel surpassed 10 GW of installed wind and solar capacity across the US and Canada and over 1 GW of installed utility-scale battery storage. ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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