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Elektromotive Lands EV Infrastructure Deal with KAUST in Saudi Arabia

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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ( KAUST ), a new graduate-level research university located in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, has commissioned UK-based Elektromotive to install 150 Elektrobay charging stations across its campus by September 2009—one of the largest single EV infrastructure deals so far.

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50 by 20: Wireless EV Charging Hits Key Benchmark

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Impressive,” says Duc Minh Nguyen , a research associate in the Communication Theory Lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ( KAUST ) in Saudi Arabia. Nguyen is the lead author of several of papers on dynamic wireless charging, including some published when he was working toward his PhD at KAUST.

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Elektromotive to make breakthrough in Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia is probably the last place you’d expect to see a concerted shift towards emission free motoring - after all, the Kingdom is the world’s leading oil producer and exporter.

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UK, Saudi team shows hydrocarbon wax is a viable, safe medium for on-board hydrogen storage

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Similarly, rechargeable organic liquids—used to store hydrogen in a liquid carrier form—must be handled with great care as several react violently with strong oxidants, have fire and explosion hazards and, in certain cases, carry toxicity concerns from occupational exposure.

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Argonne researchers advancing new class of selenium sulfide composite cathodes that could boost Li-ion energy density 5x

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New composite materials based on selenium (Se) sulfides used as the cathode in a rechargeable lithium-ion battery could increase Li-ion density five times, according to research carried out at the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Earlier post.). 160 mA·h/g -1. 135, 8047 doi: 10.1021/ja402597g.

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