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Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

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Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone.

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Tesla loses top attorney Lynn Miller to autonomous trucking startup

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After just over three years, she was promoted to Deputy General Counsel with the Silicon Valley-based electric car company. ” During her time at Tesla, Miller was a key part of Tesla’s legal team. . ” During her time at Tesla, Miller was a key part of Tesla’s legal team.

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10 ways Velotric’s electric bikes are built differently: Deep-dive on the Discover 2

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Velotric’s electric bikes stand out from all the other electric bike makers for more than just their eye-catching colors. Everything from component selection, design choices, embedded technology, and a lot more helps to create a unique and high-performing electric bike that separates itself from the competition.

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

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Their low cost and ability to start the engine at cold temperatures sets them apart in conventional and basic micro-hybrid vehicles, and as auxiliary batteries in all other automotive applications, according to the report. In full-hybrid vehicles, the stored energy is also used for a certain range of electric driving.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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The decentralized cloud would allow users to keep most or all their data on local devices, cutting out the middlemen now needed for hosting applications and managing transactions over the Internet. It’s built into Wi-Fi and has been included in all wireless cellular standards starting with 3G. The code is used in billions of devices.

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EDAG Showcases Latest Version of Light Car Concept EV at Geneva; Emphasis on Space Frame

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EDAG introduced the Light Car last year as an independent design concept for the electric-powered car of the future. The drive system of the EDAG concept consists of two Protean Electric (the spun-off automotive drive/generator applications business of PML Flightlink) wheel hub motors mounted in a double wishbone rear axle.

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Daimler Trucks unveils Mercedes-Benz fuel-cell concept truck, previews long-haul battery-electric truck; electrification strategy

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By the year 2022, Daimler Trucks’ portfolio in its main sales regions—Europe, the US and Japan—is to include series-produced vehicles with battery-electric drive. With the ePowertrain, Daimler Trucks plans to achieve synergies and economies of scale for all relevant vehicles and markets. ePowertrain.

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