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Tritium, Miller providing fast chargers and light-duty EVs for mining industry

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Tritium, a global developer and manufacturer of DC fast chargers for EVs, and Miller Technology , a supplier of mobile mining equipment for safety and productivity, are partnering to provide fast chargers and light-duty battery EVs for the mining industry. —Paul Summers, Miller Technology’s Lead Battery Electric Vehicle Engineer.

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Volvo Trucks to demonstrate Volvo VNR electric trucks in California in 2019; commercialize in NA in 2020

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Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS project. million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS project.

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BMW Group creates closed recycling loop for high-voltage batteries in China

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In light of the growing scarcity of finite resources and rising commodity prices, it is especially important to push forward with the circular economy, increase the percentage of reusable materials and reduce our dependence on raw materials. Alongside the BMW iX and BMW i4 models, the BMW iX3 also contributed to this increase.

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Audi locating high-voltage battery development center at Neckarsulm

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Now, development of complete high-voltage battery portfolios for fully electric vehicles is being predominantly settled at that location and gradually expanded for that purpose. A battery center for testing high-voltage storage technologies will go into operation by 2023. — Rolf Klotz, chairman of the Works Council.

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Daimler battery subsidiary Accumotive doubles the amount of employees to approximately 1,000

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More than ten will be fully electric passenger cars—throughout all segments, from the smart to the large SUV. Accumotive is producing drive batteries for electro- and plug-in hybrid vehicles and also batteries for the stationary Mercedes-Benz energy storage as well as for the 48-volt-system.

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Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

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As countries look to accelerate this transition, the modernization of power grids and integration of energy storage will also be increasingly important. Speeding up this shift will be vital to meeting climate targets.

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UPS-led SEUL consortium switches on smart-grid fleet charging solution in London; maxing out on EVs without expensive grid upgrades

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This is achieved with a smart-grid which uses a central server which is connected to each EV charge post as well as the grid power supply and the on-site energy storage. A key part of this initiative is the use of onsite energy storage batteries.

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