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Advancing Quantum Science: Hausi Müller’s Journey

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Müller Employer: University of Victoria, in British Columbia, Canada Title: Professor of computer science Member grade: Life senior member Alma maters: ETH Zurich and Rice University, in Houston “I felt like a kid in the candy store,” says Müller, a software engineering professor at the University of Victoria , in British Columbia, Canada.

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Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy

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In Viva housing cooperative, Riksbyggen, Volvo, Göteborg Energi and Johanneberg Science Park have created a unique system in which energy from solar panels on the roofs of the apartment buildings is stored in batteries that previously powered electric buses on route 55. IRIS is a Light House project, financed by EU HORIZON 2020.

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Endesa develops prototype charger enabling electric vehicle to return power to the grid; hoping for deployment by 2020

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Endesa, Spain’s largest utility, has developed a prototype V2G (Vehicle to Grid) charger that enables electric vehicles to return stored power to the grid. The company projects that the technology could be a reality in 2020, and would allow electric vehicle users to sell surplus energy.

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Volkswagen intends sales of 150K e-cars by 2020; 100K ID, ID SUV; >1M in 2025; more on MEB

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Volkswagen intends to sell 150,000 e-cars—of which 100,000 will be the ID and ID SUV—by 2020, according to Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management, E-Mobility division. The power electronics are effectively a link that controls the flow of high-voltage energy between the motor and the battery.

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Volkswagen Group Components and DU-POWER establish JV for flexible quick-charging stations in China

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Volkswagen Group Components and the start-up Shanghai DU-POWER New Energy Technical Co., Series production of the flexible quick charging stations is currently scheduled to start in the second half of 2020. The built-in battery pack can store a buffer of energy meaning that it can be disconnected from the grid.

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Volkswagen Group sets up new group company for energy and charging: Elli

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the first model based on the modular electric toolkit (MEB) in 2020, the company will successively roll out a large number of solutions that private and commercial e-mobility customers need now and in the future—ranging from hardware to charging, additional digital services and complete advice packages. —Thorsten Nicklaß.

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Volkswagen introduces near-series design study of the MEB-based flexible quick charging station at Geneva

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Connected to the grid or even off-grid, the station can charge up to four electric cars simultaneously, based on the principle of a ‘power bank’, two with DC quick charging. The charging station can be used as interim storage for eco-power; however, when connected to the mains power grid, it becomes a permanent charging point.

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