Sun.Mar 06, 2016

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BMW Group developing self-driving robots for supply logistics; recycled BMW i3 batteries for power

Green Car Congress

BMW is developing and testing a self-driving robot at the BMW Group’s Innovation Park in Wackersdorf. This center is the logistics hub for material management and just-in-sequence supply to BMW Group sites in ten different countries. Wackersdorf is also home to the cockpit production for several plants. The self-driving robot maneuvers underneath roller containers with parts, picks them up and moves them through the logistics hall.

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Nissan: your electric car is the fuel station of the future (video)

Green Car Reports

Electric-car charging infrastructure is a problem that vexes advocates, policymakers, and car companies. An adequate network of charging stations is key to mass adoption of electric cars, after all. But what if everyone has been looking at the problem from the wrong angle? DON'T MISS: Will Nissan Leaf Offer Autonomous Driving Just Like A Tesla?

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Ceres Power scales up “Steel Cell” SOFC fuel cell production capability with Innovate UK funding

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UK-based Ceres Power Holdings, a spin-out from Imperial College, has completed a manufacturing scale-up project that enables high volume production capability for its Steel Cell solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) fuel cell technology, a key step towards mass market commercialization of its unique fuel cell technology in response to growing market opportunities.

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