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BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-Fi to the Driveway

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Before I met BMW’s iVision Dee at a press preview event in Germany— prior to a public reveal at CES in Las Vegas last week—I’d never seen a car blush, let alone had one make me blush. With 40 percent of the cost of every BMW EV tied up in batteries, the new cells should cut BMW’s battery costs by 50 percent at the pack level.

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BMW’s iVision Dee Brings Sci-Fi to the Driveway

Cars That Think

Before I met BMW’s iVision Dee at a press preview event in Germany— prior to a public reveal at CES in Las Vegas last week—I’d never seen a car blush, let alone had one make me blush. With 40 percent of the cost of every BMW EV tied up in batteries, the new cells should cut BMW’s battery costs by 50 percent at the pack level.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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To the homeowner, the daily cost of operating the water heater is less than US $2 (assuming a rate of about 15¢ per kWh). But to the utility, the cost of electricity is highly variable, from a nominal 4¢ per kWh to over $100 per kWh during annual peak periods. kilowatt-hours. Our projects have yielded some promising results. “A