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General Motors acquires battery software startup ALGOLiON

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General Motors has acquired substantially all the assets of Israel-based battery software startup ALGOLiON Ltd. ALGOLiON has developed cutting edge battery analytics and prediction software that will help General Motors deliver great performing EVs for our customers. for an undisclosed sum.

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GM acquires battery software startup ALGOLiON

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General Motors Co. announced that it acquired Israel-based battery software startup ALGOLiON Ltd. The acquisition might help General Motors with battery development for full-electric vehicle production. In 2020, General Motors claimed its new battery would catch up or surpass Tesla’s cell technology.

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Tesla unlikely to build new factories for ‘one or two years’: report

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Pandjaitan also said Musk was “very frank” in statements regarding new factories, adding that the automaker wanted to avoid going bankrupt like General Motors (GM) and Chrysler did back in 2009. Elon Musk takes Prime Minister of Israel for a ride in a Tesla Cybertruck What are your thoughts? million sales for the year.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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We will work together to overcome strategic, political, and technical barriers, accelerate the production of zero emission vehicles and increase economies of scale, to make the transition faster, lower cost, and easier for everyone. —COP 26 Declaration. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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StoreDot demonstrates 100 miles of charging in 5 minutes with pouch cell

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Israel-based StoreDot, a manufacturer of extreme fast charging battery technology for electric vehicles, publicly demonstrated its ability to charge a full-scale EV cell with enough energy for 100 miles in just 5 minutes. A Tesla 4680-like cell replicated on mass-production line by Israel’s StoreDot.

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Market Forecast Projects Cumulative 1.7M PHEVs Globally by 2015, 36% in the US

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China, with its strong push for the production of electric vehicles, will be a close second with just over 540,000 PHEVs sold during the same period, according to the report. Hurst anticipates that Toyota, General Motors, and Ford will together account for three-quarters of the world market for PHEVs by 2015.

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New Legislation Would Require Half of US New LDVs in 2012 to be Alcohol Flex-Fuel, 80% by 2015

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1476 ) is co-sponsored by Representatives Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD-6), Bob Inglis (R-SC-4), Steve Israel (D-NY-2), and Allyson Schwartz (D-PA-13). At Congressional hearings in December, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler committed to making 50% of their new cars flex fuel vehicles by 2012. The Open Fuel Standards Act ( H.R.

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