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Stellantis, Foxconn to form JV to develop breakthrough digital cockpits and personalized connected services

Green Car Congress

The combination is intended to position Mobile Drive at the forefront of global efforts to deliver a new frontier of in-cabin information and entertainment capabilities, seamlessly connected inside and outside the vehicles in which they are installed. —Carlos Tavares, Chief Executive Officer at Stellantis.

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BMW updates BMW Connected with expanded services, device support and availability

Green Car Congress

The personal mobility companion BMW Connected already comprises many functions designed to help users with their daily mobility needs. Using the Open Mobility Cloud as a basis, it connects touchpoints such as smartphones and smartwatches with users’ cars, thus weaving the car into their digital lives.

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Tesla Superchargers get Starlink internet, increasing station accessibility

Teslarati

He noted that it was the first Starlink dish he’s seen in person, and it was located at a 250kw Supercharger V3 site. . There was also WiFi signal being broadcast called “Tesla,” hinting that the company may intend to offer free internet connection through the Starlink dish. .

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Watch the world’s first artificial energy island being built [video]

Baua Electric

Princess Elisabeth Island will be an electricity grid at sea that will connect offshore wind farms to the Belgian mainland and also serve as a hub for future interconnectors with the UK and Denmark. Princess Elisabeth Island is expected to be fully connected to all wind farms and the mainland by 2030. Get started here. –ad*

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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

Baua Electric

Dutch-Norwegian offshore solar company SolarDuck , Italian investment fund Arrow Capital, and Italian developer New Developments are jointly developing the Corigliano project, which will be in the Gulf of Taranto off the Calabrian coast of Corigliano-Rossano: SolarDuck is a spin-off of Damen Shipyards, a major shipbuilder in the Netherlands.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

Baua Electric

Katie Jackson, the president of National Grid Ventures, which runs National Grid’s interconnector business, said: As we deploy more wind power to meet our climate and energy security targets, connections to our neighboring countries will play a vital role [in] increasing [the] security of supply and reducing prices for consumers.

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