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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

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Site assessments and the permitting process are underway, and groundbreaking is expected to occur in the spring of 2020. For example, GM plans 19 different battery and drive unit configurations initially, compared with 550 internal combustion powertrain combinations available today.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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Most major economies should aim to implement fuel economy standards, as part of a comprehensive fuel economy policy package, by 2015, with strong fuel economy improvement targets for 2020 and even out to 2030. Lower costs are ultimately passed on to consumers and reduce the overall cost of achieving energy security and climate change goals.

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P G & E Plugs Drive

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But Marc Geller, vice president of the San Francisco Electric Auto Association , believes car companies just do not want to incur the high cost of altering a 100-year-old practice of building cars with gas-fueled engines. The technology is available today. Become a Partner today. This could be done immediately.”

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

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The 6-GHz band, the lowest-frequency microwave band available today, is the only one capable of 100-kilometer hops, making it indispensable. The FCC partitioned the band in 2020, allocating 3.7 Those ubiquitous sideways-facing dishes on towers and buildings are fixed?microwave microwave antennas. GHz for 5G mobile data.

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Stanford scientists identify new Li-B-S solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance

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S system also has a low elemental cost of approximately 0.05 Some of the best solid electrolytes available today are made with rare elements like germanium, a kilogram of which costs about $500. S system may exhibit even wider thermodynamic electrochemical stability windows of 0.63 USD/m 2 per 10 ?m Sendek, Evan R.

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Volkswagen’s Electrify America supplement discusses ZEV charging investments in disadvantaged California communities

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Regardless of infrastructure, ZEV cost of ownership is and will continue to be a barrier to adoption for low-income consumers, as more than 95% of ZEV vehicle models projected to be on the market between now and 2021 are projected to sell for $30,000 or more.

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School Transport Goes Electric

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The Challenge When Sunnyvale’s school buses began to show the typical signs of aging the repair costs began to exceed the cost of purchasing new vehicles. Since the deployment in September 2020, SSD personnel have driven more than 16,000 electric bus and car miles.