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FREYR to collaborate with Honeywell on battery manufacturing, deploying energy storage solutions

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Honeywell and FREYR Battery signed an agreement pursuant to which FREYR will, subject to viability, leverage Honeywell’s leading technology offerings, including integrated automation, field instrumentation and security integration solutions in FREYR’s manufacturing process. —Tom Einar Jensen, FREYR’s Chief Executive Officer.

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Thomas Built Buses has delivered 200 Proterra-Powered electric school buses

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Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America and subsidiary of Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), announced the delivery of TBB’s 200 th Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus to Monroe County Public Schools in Indiana.

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ExxonMobil invests $15M in University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute; renewable energy, battery technologies and power grid modeling

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ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change. This research will complement ExxonMobil’s recently announced partnership with FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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Nissan to be carbon-neutral by 2050; 100? of new vehicle offerings in key markets to be electrified by early 2030s

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“Life cycle” includes raw material extraction, manufacturing, use, and the recycling or reuse of end-of-life vehicles. Nissan anticipates increased collaboration with the energy sector to support the decarbonization of power grids; and.

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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

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Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. Aggressive legislation, technological advances, and production scale have helped push the U.S. of what the U.S.

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SwRI opens Energy Storage Technology Center

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Southwest Research Institute has opened a new Energy Storage Technology Center , bringing its diverse scientific research, development and evaluation of energy storage systems under one roof. Manufacturers want to develop better batteries and systems more cost-effectively.

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Volkswagen Group presents technology roadmap for batteries and charging

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The Volkswagen Group presented its technology roadmap for batteries and charging up to 2030 today on its first “Power Day”. This will finally make e-mobility affordable and the dominant drive technology. This will finally make e-mobility affordable and the dominant drive technology. —Thomas Schmall.

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