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Tesla sponsors bilingual ‘Future of Energy’ exhibit at Terry Lee Wells Children’s Discovery Museum

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Tom Primeau, an operations manager for the Model 3 and Y battery and energy products, answered a different question: how can we assure a sustainable future? “The impacts of climate change are becoming real, you can see evidence of it with the wildfire smoke in the sky each summer in Reno, but there is something we can do.

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PG&E launches new $130M program to accelerate EV adoption in Northern and Central California; 7,500 chargers

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One in five electric vehicles in the United States plug into PG&E’s clean energy grid. The three-year program officially starts in 2018, and continues through 2020, with a budget of $130 million. To increase EV charging access to more customers, at least 15% of the chargers will be installed in disadvantaged communities.

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IBM Research launches 10y project to support China in transforming national energy systems; “Green Horizon”

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The collaboration will leverage IBM technologies such as cognitive computing, optical sensors and the internet of things all based on a Big Data and analytics platform and drawing on IBM’s deep experience in weather prediction and climate modeling. It now has an opportunity to lead the world in sustainable energy and environmental management.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. Unfortunately, between 2010 and 2020, only 18,000 miles of new transmission lines were added to the US grid.

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131. ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING IN THE 2020s

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Whether related to the stock market, presidential elections or climate, December is the month to make predictions for the coming year and decade. So what battery trends should we expect for the upcoming 2020-2030 decade? Automotive companies and their supply chain are inexorably transforming.