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Tesla launches Event Data Recorder Resources to help owners access vehicle data

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This was made possible by the launch of the company’s Event Data Recorder (EDR) Resources, which provides owners with the software and hardware they need to retrieve pertinent information from their electric cars. . These data are then stored in the vehicle’s Restraints Control Module (RCM).

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Karma Automotive’s flagship store now accepts Bitcoin as form of payment

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Karma Automotive, the Southern California-based creator of luxury electric vehicles and high-tech incubator, is using its flagship company-owned store in Newport Beach, Calif., to help further its shareholder’s expertise in blockchain technology by accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment. —Karma CEO Dr. Lance Zhou.

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Massachusetts electric school bus delivered power back to grid for 50+ hours over the summer; V2G

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This is the first time an electric school bus has been leveraged as an energy resource by the regional utility National Grid in New England and among the first instances in the United States that an electric school bus has supported the electric grid in this way.

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Santa Clara VTA partners with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to charge 34 electric buses with solar-powered microgrid

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In the event of an extended power outage, such as a public safety power shutoff, electricity stored in the microgrid’s battery storage system can provide back-up power at VTA’s Cerone bus yard to allow the agency to continue operating battery-electric buses, serving riders and providing emergency transport if needed.

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What is energy storage?

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Growing demand for renewable energy, an aging electrical grid, costly grid infrastructure improvements, and increasing extreme weather events will require increased energy flexibility to help the grid balance intermittent supply with responsive demand.

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Rolls-Royce mtu Kinetic PowerPack approved for renewable diesel

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Because HVO fuel is produced from renewable resources, its production, transportation, and combustion generate only about as many greenhouse gases as were absorbed by the plants during biomass growth. Part of the energy stored in the flywheel is used to drive the generator that begins producing electrical power.

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ORNL researchers use blockchain to increase electric grid resiliency; Grid Guard

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Our system helps determine in near real time whether a fault was triggered by a cyberattack or induced by natural events. This saves energy and reduces the space needed to store data. This allows rapid recognition of when and how settings were changed, whether those changes were authorized, and what caused them.

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