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Incat Tasmania selects Wärtsilä solutions for battery-electric lightweight Ro-Pax ferry

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Technology group Wärtsilä will power the biggest battery electric ship yet built with its battery-electric propulsion system and waterjets. The order with Wärtsilä was booked in July 2023. The uniquely designed vessel will be fully battery powered, with e-motor driven Wärtsilä waterjets as the main propulsors.

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Production of 100th GILLIG battery-electric bus

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Cummins and GILLIG announced the production of the 100 th GILLIG battery-electric bus built since the two companies began partnering on the heavy-duty transit vehicle. GILLIG is currently booking new bus orders into 2023. Earlier post.) The milestone bus will be delivered to Metro Transit in St. Louis, Missouri this month.

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Adamas Intelligence: record 286.2 GWh deployed onto roads in passenger EV batteries in 2021; up 113% y-o-y

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GWh of passenger EV battery capacity was deployed onto roads globally in 2021—a 113% increase over 2020—as battery-electric vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sales surged year-over-year, according to Adamas Intelligence. BEV/PHEV) sold with Panasonic cells had a battery pack capacity of 58.4

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FREYR Battery announces public offering of 13,500,000 ordinary shares

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Norway-based FREYR Battery plans to make a public offering of 13,500,000 of its Ordinary Shares, without nominal value, in an underwritten registered public offering. Credit Suisse, BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley are acting as book-running managers for the offering.

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Ford re-opens order books for Mach-E; higher range, lower pricing; all standard range models with LFP packs

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Ford is re-opening its order banks for the all-electric Mustang Mach-E as completed plant upgrades support production ramp in the second half of 2023, with feature improvements including increased range for standard range battery models to a targeted EPA-estimated range of 250 miles for RWD and 226 miles for eAWD. Earlier post.)

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Van Hool introduces new A range of electric buses; battery-electric, fuel cell (hydrogen) and trolley

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The Van Hool A12 Battery Electric is the first vehicle in a completely new range of buses in four different lengths (12m, 13m, 18m and 24m) equipped with exclusively zero emission powertrains: battery-electric, fuel cell (hydrogen) and trolley. —Filip Van Hool, CEO of Van Hool NV.

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Recycling Lead-Acid Batteries Is Easy. Why Is Recycling Lithium-ion Batteries Hard?

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By James Morton Turner, an environmental studies professor at Wellesley College and author of the forthcoming book "Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future." He published the lead op-ed in the journal Science’s special climate change issue last month (June 24, 2022).

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