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Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

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Audi of America is offering qualified customers who purchase or lease a 2021 Audi e-tron or e-tron Sportback a subscription to Arcadia at no additional charge for up to five years. Arcadia connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. 2021 Audi e-tron.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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Fastned raises €12.3M in 10 days for expansion of European fast charging network

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In recent months Fastned invested in new grid connections and the purchase of faster chargers with a charging power of up to 350 kW. In the past year, the portfolio has been expanded with a large number of locations in Germany and Belgium. —Bart Lubbers, co-founder of Fastned.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. Based on our precious metals recycling, we pioneered industrial-scale battery recycling in 2011 in Belgium.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

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Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. Based on our precious metals recycling, we pioneered industrial-scale battery recycling in 2011 in Belgium.

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Pike Research ranks ChargePoint, DBT as top EV charging equipment supply companies

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The new Pike Pulse Grid for EVSE manufacturers. To be included in the Pike report, the EVSE companies had to: sell EVSE units as individual products, not EVSE provided by an automaker with its PEV; be a manufacturer, not just a service provider that purchased hardware from other companies; manufacture Level 2 chargers—i.e.,

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