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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in electric car charging company FreeWire

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Volvo Cars has acquired a stake in mobile EV rapid charging company FreeWire Technologies ( earlier post ) via the Volvo Cars Tech Fund. FreeWire is a San Francisco-based company that has been a pioneer in flexible fast-charging technology for electric cars. Freewire products currently offer Level 2 charging at 7.5

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Toyota and Lexus partner with WattTime to offer lower emissions EV charging program

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Toyota Motor North America recently entered into an agreement with environmental tech nonprofit WattTime to provide certain health and environmental impact data to Toyota and Lexus customers with eligible vehicles to enable them to find ideal charging times to reduce emissions when charging at home.

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A Peek at Intel’s Future Foundry Tech

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The advances include more dense logic and a 16-fold increase in the connectivity within 3D-stacked chips, and they will be among the first top-end technologies the company has ever shared with chip architects from other companies. The San Jose event, IFS Direct Connect, is meant as a sort of coming-out party for the new business model.

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Samsung Partners with Tesla and Hyundai for Deeper Home Connectivity

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Hyundai owners will be able to connect smart home devices to their vehicle’s infotainment system, allowing two-way control of in-home and vehicle functions. That will enable remote start, climate preconditioning, and the ability to monitor charging status.

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies Thermal Interface Material (TIM) used in series-production EV charging port

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has provided its Thermal Interface Material (TIM) elastomer for use in high-quantity series production of a EV charging port for a well-known car manufacturer. Behind the charging port cover, the vehicle displays a usual multi-pin connector for the charging cable, embedded in a plain plastic front.

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ABI Research: connected services for consumer and commercial EVs to reach US$378M in revenues by 2030

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Subscriptions of connected services for consumer and commercial Electric Vehicles (EVs), such as charging-station locator, eco-routing, and EV telematics, will grow 270% from 2020 to 2024, reaching 7 million subscribers by 2024, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research.

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Blink drops five new EV chargers including an LTE-connected, 55-inch display solution called Vision

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This morning at CES in Las Vegas, Global EV charging network Blink announced five new charging products for businesses and consumers. Blink’s latest charging tech includes everything from a residential charging cable to DC fast chargers designed to offer EV charging across global markets. Have a look.

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