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Mercedes-Benz has produced more than 1,000 eCitaro electric buses

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More than 1,000 units of the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro low-floor electric bus have rolled off the production line in Mannheim in the nearly five years since its start of series production at the end of 2018. In 2018, the eCitaro was initially launched as a solo bus with a battery capacity of up to 243 kWh.

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Three Major Sources of Funding for EV Charging at Convenience Stores and Truck Stops

Blink Charging

In the ongoing transition to electric vehicles (EVs), convenience stores and truck stops will continue to be important places for public EV charging. times more than in 2018. Businesses like convenience stores and truck stops are poised to take advantage of the current increase of EVs by installing public EV charging infrastructure.

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The X-Ray Tech That Reveals Chip Designs

Cars That Think

The same is true—with much higher stakes—for microelectronic chips: How can engineers confirm that what’s inside has truly met the intent of the designers? How can a semiconductor design company tell whether its intellectual property was stolen? This CPU was manufactured using 22-nanometer CMOS FinFET technology).

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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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Eos Z3 battery module Z3 battery modules store electrical energy through zinc deposition. The streamlined Eos Z3 battery module design features an aqueous electrolyte, bipolar electrodes, and a polymer casing. ACRO is a recognized leader in high-speed, custom-designed automated manufacturing systems.

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U Toronto and Fujitsu team use quantum-inspired computing to discover improved catalyst for hydrogen production

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Scaling up the production of what we call green hydrogen is a priority for researchers around the world because it offers a carbon-free way to store electricity from any source. DA is designed to solve fully connected quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems and is implemented on CMOS hardware. Choubisa et al.

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Nissan Frontier Sentinel pickup concept unveiled in São Paulo; two LEAF battery packs

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Nissan unveiled the Frontier Sentinel, a concept pickup truck designed by Nissan Brazil’s styling studio, at the 2018 São Paulo Motor Show. The concept is designed for rescue missions in all types of Brazilian terrain. The top part of the cargo bed has a deployable platform from which a drone can take off and land.

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Port of Los Angeles rolls out $82.5M hydrogen fuel cell electric freight demonstration; Toyota fuel cell technology

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million Shore-to-Store (S2S) project, more than a dozen public and private sector partners have teamed up for a 12-month demonstration of the zero-emissions Class 8 trucks and will expand the project to include five more hydrogen-fueled heavy-duty trucks, two battery-electric yard tractors, and two battery-electric forklifts. Under the $82.5-million