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All-electric BMW iX and i4 first BMWs with 5G support

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An eSIM, or embedded SIM is a SIM card built into in a mobile device—cell phone, tablet, smartwatch—that allows connectivity to a cellular network without a physical, removable SIM card. The feature is being piloted in three cities in California: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose. eDrive Zones.

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A Peek at Intel’s Future Foundry Tech

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In an exclusive interview ahead of an invite-only event today in San Jose, Intel outlined new chip technologies it will offer its foundry customers by sharing a glimpse into its future data-center processors. 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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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. SunPower, San Jose, Calif.

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The US’s largest solar + battery storage project just came online

Baua Electric

million First Solar PV panels and 120,720 LG Chem, Samsung, and BYD long-duration energy storage batteries connected by 400 miles of wire. The project supplies power to the City of San Jose, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. It features a massive 1.9

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Intel unveils latest autonomous driving lab in Silicon Valley

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The announcement was made during the company’s first Autonomous Driving Workshop held in San Jose, California. Intel unveiled its Advanced Vehicle Lab in Silicon Valley, providing insight into the company’s R&D efforts underway on autonomous vehicles. The theme of the day was “the data-driven journey”.

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Continental showcasing autonomous driving control unit at CES

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This provides developers the ability to optimize software for the appropriate processing engine or to create their own hardware accelerators with the Xilinx programmable logic. At CES, Continental will showcase a highly flexible computing platform for automated driving systems and the processing of large amounts of data.

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Sprig Electric pairs Tesla Powerpack with rooftop PV system

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The pairing, installed by Sprig Electric at their corporate headquarters in San Jose, will cut the building’s total energy costs by 80-95%. The 500 kWh/250 kW Tesla Powerpack battery system is installed in the Sprig Electric parking lot and is connected to the grid and the PV system. MWh of energy and saved 4.94

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