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Transphorm closes $25 Million in Series D funding

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a private investment fund managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Foundation Capital and Lux Capital. Inefficient electric power conversion results in lost energy that costs the United States economy $40 billion a year and is equivalent to the output of 300 coal plants.

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Group of European Companies Call for Deeper CO2 Cuts of 30% by 2020

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The joint declaration states “ There is no high-carbon low-cost future for Europe ” and calls on the EU to consider increasing its greenhouse gas reduction target to drive low carbon investment, saying: Climate action will boost economic growth and create new jobs.

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EV gameplan: Strategic tie-ups, fund raising, the way forward | Autocar Professional

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Skoda not only leads Europe’s largest car maker Volkswagen Group’s operations in India, it also steers the low-cost vehicle architecture projects, for both internal combustion engines (ICEs) and electric vehicles (EVs). In this context, Zellmer’s frequent trips underline the country’s importance for future growth.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. Costs are also falling due to classic economics. How does the US deal with local and state economies with high carbon economies and little renewable resources?

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. Modern system-on-chip designs can accelerate product development for performant and low-cost chip functionality.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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There is no meaningful limit to the size of the economy. In the same way that Google search has the sort of firewall, it’s very difficult to compete with Google because people are constantly doing searches, and clicking, and Google is getting that feedback loop, it’s the same with Tesla, but at a scale that is difficult to comprehend.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range.

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