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Lucid Motors partners with luxury department store for test drives

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In a somewhat unique approach to getting prospective customers into its cars, Lucid Motors is teaming up with luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue to offer test drives and marketing displays at the company’s department stores. “Over the weekend, we introduced the future of automotive excellence at our New York Flagship.

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Porsche demos grid balancing capability of group of Taycan EVs with cloud-based pooling system

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A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. —Dr Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW.

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HYBRIT JV planning to begin building demo plant for fossil-free steel in 2023

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Parallel consultations on the future plant are being launched at two sites in Sweden: the Vitåfors industrial estate in Gällivare Municipality, where LKAB has mining operations, and the Svartön industrial estate in Luleå, where facilities including SSAB’s steel mill and LKAB’s ore port are located. We want to build the plant in Norrbotten.

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Soletair demo plant produces renewable hydrocarbon fuel from CO2 captured from the air

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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. The produced dry hydrogen gas is stored into two 350 l composite cylinders. —Professor Jero Ahola of LUT.

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Schaeffler demo vehicle hits 2020 CAFE targets without electrification; 15% cut in fuel consumption; 48V hybrid system for 2025

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Schaeffler Efficient Future Mobility North America demo vehicle in Detroit. At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Schaeffler highlighted its range of fuel-efficiency technologies and systems in the form of its current demonstration vehicle: Efficient Future Mobility North America. Click to enlarge.

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Injection of hydrogen into the German gas distribution grid from power-to-gas demo plant

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The system worked as planned, so much so that we will go into trial operation in the very near future ahead of final commissioning at the start of 2014. —Michael Riechel, Member of the Board of Thüga AG. By the end of 2016, the partners will have gained experience of how the system works under real-world conditions.

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Tesla’s new Model 3 inventory for the US seems practically sold out

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Amidst reports that some Tesla stores have already sold their respective demo units, the company’s website and community trackers now hint that new Model 3 inventory units are practically sold out in the United States. Earlier this month, reports also emerged suggesting that Tesla has started selling demo vehicles as well. .