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Tesla & North Platte Runza Partner To Bring 8 Superchargers To Nebraska

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Tesla and North Platte Runza are bringing eight Tesla Superchargers to Nebraska, The North Platte Telegraph reports. Josh Catlett’s family has owned the south Runza on Dewey and Leota Street for just over two decades. Catlett said he reached out to Tesla around three years ago, and although it took a bit of time, Tesla […].

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Georgia Tech team develops AI to read EV charging station reviews to find infrastructure gaps

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A team from Georgia Tech has developed an AI that can analyze user reviews of electric vehicle charging stations, allowing it accurately to identify places where there are insufficient or out-of-service stations. The electric vehicle charging market is expected to grow to $27.6 population greater than 50,000). billion by 2027.

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Holiday Weekend Reveals Future Charging Needs (Part 2)

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Now, I’m going to name one more and get into some important things we can learn about future charging needs. Ogallala, Nebraska Another thing I noticed was that Ogallala’s Electrify America station was full. In Part 1, I named several locations that had full stations at the beginning of Memorial Day weekend.

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EVgo builds public EV charging stations faster and cheaper using prefabrication – Charged EVs

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EV charging network operator EVgo has opened its first public EV charging station built using the company’s new prefabrication approach. Outside of Texas, EVgo plans to open prefabricated stations in Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina and California in 2024.

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Megawatt charging for trucks, beef-fat biodiesel, BYD EV platform: Today’s Car News

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A Portland site is a template for big-rig fast-charging, and open for public use. Biodiesel from beef fat will soon be mass-produced by a Nebraska joint venture. And BYD gives a top-level preview of its third-generation platform for electric vehicles. This and more on Earth Day, here at Green Car Reports.

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DOT and DOE announce nearly $5B over 5 years for new national EV charging network; $615M in FY2022

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The US Departments of Transportation and Energy announced nearly $5 billion that will be made available under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program to build out a national electric vehicle charging network. These corridors will be the backbone of the new national EV charging network. Massachusetts.

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Researchers discover potential path to improving samarium-cobalt magnets

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The scientists at first sought to test the limits of substituting iron for some of the cobalt, attempting to make a Sm-Co magnet comparable in strength to neodymium iron boron (Nd-Fe-B) magnets, which has a higher magnetic moment.

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