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Octillion to supply high-density batteries to FNM for 1,000 electric trucks for beverage maker Ambev

Green Car Congress

FNM recently entered into a contract of technical and industrial cooperation with Agrale , the only 100% Brazilian vehicle manufacturer. FNM was formed in late 2019 and has its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The Danfoss Editron drivetrain systems feature a 250-kW motor with an Eaton multi-speed transmission.

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Pitt partners with Powdermet to develop rare-earth-free electric motor with MnBi permanent magnets

Green Car Congress

In a 2019 paper published in Acta Materialia , Ames researchers described their efforts in optimizing the composition of the MnBi material: MnBi is an attractive rare-earth-free permanent magnetic material due to its low materials cost, high magnetocrystalline anisotropy (1.6? Jensen, Wei Tang, Xubo Liu, Alexandra I. 2019.10.003. Darsell, J.;

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Ford, Cummins and others break with industry to support strong EPA truck rule

Baua Electric

The EPA is currently finalizing new rules to limit truck emissions, and a group of manufacturers including Ford, Cummins, BorgWarner and Eaton has broken with the industry to support the upcoming “Phase 3” heavy duty emissions rules, while the rest of the industry, led by Volvo and Daimler, continues to lobby against them.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

The first was that there’s been some great building automation systems, energy management systems developed for large commercial and industrial customers—Siemens, Johnson Controls, Schneider. So, we developed an energy monitoring device, which we launched in the spring of 2019. That was the first opportunity we saw.

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