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Greenlots and Volvo Trucks partner on first installation of chargers for Volvo LIGHTS electrified trucking project

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Greenlots’ SKY platform is built for scale and designed to deliver a charging solution that meets Volvo Trucks' electric fleet's unique requirements and is optimized for cost and power. The open standards-based charging approach built into Greenlots' platform enables Volvo to future-proof its investments in the charging infrastructure.

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Tokyo Tech team demonstrates visible-light photoelectrochemical water-splitting with cobalt-enhanced TiO2

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have demonstrated the first visible-light photoelectrochemical system for water splitting using TiO 2 enhanced with cobalt. This process is carried out in electrochemical cells that contain an anode and a cathode submerged in water, which are connected through an external circuit.

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Connection Machine Joins All to All to Optimize Better

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In the latest such effort, engineers at University of Minnesota have come up with way to encode these problems onto a chip built using standard CMOS circuits. But unlike others, it manages to connect all 48 spins to each other. In the past few years, such all-to-all connections have proven to be key to quickly tackling many problems.

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Buick commits to all-electric portfolio by end of decade; unveils Wildcat EV concept

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Buick also unveiled the Wildcat EV concept—an expressive vision of the brand’s new design direction as it transitions to an all-electric future. Buick’s new logo, use of the Electra naming series and a new design look for our future products will transform the brand. —Duncan Aldred, global vice president, Buick and GMC.

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BMW’s ReachNow installing Light & Charge locations in Seattle; 100 chargers at 20 new public sites

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ReachNow, the mobility services division of the BMW Group, Woodland Park Zoo, and the City of Seattle celebrated the successful installation of the first of 20 Light & Charge electric vehicle (EV) charging locations that will more than double the number of Fast Chargers publicly available in Seattle. million investment by the BMW Group.

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SAIC-GM Connectivity Strategy 2025 lays out roadmap to cloud-based connectivity, autonomy

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SAIC-GM, GM’s Chinese joint venture with SAIC, announced its Connectivity Strategy 2025, which lays out a roadmap for its connectivity development from 2017 through 2025. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer. 2020: Promote connected vehicle (V2X) technology to make mobility safer.

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2023 Toyota Mirai adds Teammate with Advanced Park and Optional Advanced Drive on Limited Grade

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Hill Start Assist Control, standard for both grades, allows smooth, safe takeoffs from stops on hills. The second-generation Mirai introduced a new lighting signature for a Toyota sedan, with long, narrow headlights that sweep rearward into the fenders. The Toyota Safety Sense 2.5+ (TSS 2.5+) system comes standard on all 2023 Mirai.

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