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Western Governors pledge to create electric vehicle charging network

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The governors of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to create a unified regional electric vehicle plan to allow electric vehicles to recharge and travel easily along the 5,000 miles of freeways in the western region. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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BMW and Nissan partner to deploy dual fast chargers across the US

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BMW and Nissan are partnering to offer public DC Fast charging at 120 locations across 19 states in an effort to support Nissan LEAF and BMW i3 customers and to promote increased adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) nationwide. Additionally, these chargers are compatible with the Nissan EZ-Charge cards.

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The Case for EV Charging in Every City - Big or Small

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The future of electric vehicle infrastructure is here, but adding charging stations to rural communities across California is just one step toward. That makes charging station availability crucial. However, the need for a widely available electric vehicle infrastructure charging network only grows more urgent with each year.

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Polymer-graphene nanocomposites as high-rate “green” electrodes for Li-ion batteries

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graphene nanocomposites as high-rate cathode materials for rechargeable lithium batteries. graphene nanocomposites by galvanostatic charge?discharge A team of researchers from the US and China have developed novel polymer?graphene Their cathodes contained 60 wt % active material (polymer or polymer?graphene

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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DigiCollect LLC (New York, New York). High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000. Brooklyn, New York). Development of Rechargeable Energy Dense Long Cycle-life Zinc/Copper Oxide Batteries, $250,000. Urban Electric Power (Pearl River, New York).

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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This effort will build on Austin Energy’s existing Smart Grid programs by creating a microgrid that will initially link 1,000 residential smart meters, 75 commercial meters, and plug-in electric vehicle charging sites. Public Service Company of New Mexico. Solid State Batteries for Grid-Scale Energy Storage. 12,392,120. .

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JCESR team identifies new mechanism hampering Mg-ion batteries; unforeseen reactivity

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Rechargeable magnesium batteries are of great interest as potential “beyond Li-ion” systems for extended electric vehicle range. Because magnesium is divalent, it can displace double the charge per ion (i.e., Mg 2+ rather than Li + ). As an element, magnesium is more abundant than lithium, and more stable. Earlier post.)

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