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OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

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OptiFuel Systems has signed a Collaboration Agreement with the Argentina Ministry of Transportation through Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (FASE). Argentina has prioritized government and public investment to grow the share of freight shipped by rail throughout the country. Then there was the challenge of new technology.

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Enel acquires eMotorWerks to provide grid balancing solutions and tap into US e-mobility market

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Through the JuiceNet platform, these facilities can be remotely controlled and aggregated for grid balancing purposes relying on unidirectional and bidirectional (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) electricity flows. Enel has installed around 5,000 charging stations in Italy, Spain, Romania, Greece, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

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Country’s Ministry of Mines announces lithium discovery

Electric Vehicles India

The Ministry of Mines once said the government is taking some aggressive steps to secure lithium-bearing minerals from Australia and Argentina in order to strengthen the new technology’s critical minerals supply chain. They are actually extensively utilized in electricity garage structures and electric-powered vehicles.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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Most of the world’s lithium comes from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Australia and China, but American resources being developed by new entrants into this market have set up the state of Nevada to become the key venue and proving ground for game-changing trade in this everyday mineral. This really is disruptive technology.

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Opinion: Why Lithium Will See Another Price Spike This Fall

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Electrical Grid Connections. While future demand from the automotive industry is significant, the real game changer for the lithium industry may be electrical grid storage. Grid storage is designed on a variety of scales, each with a different price point. Demand Response: A Wild Ride. It aims to be at capacity in September.

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2 Teslas, the Pan-American Highway, and an extreme adventure

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“We slept in off-the-grid cabins with solar power (so no charging!), When I did my research, there was not a lot of charging stations for our route from Mexico to Argentina. In several places, we tried to charge it and the Tesla didn’t charge because it sensed that the grid was not okay.”

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Extreme E: myenergi Desert X Prix Round Up

My Energi

Desert X Prix Roundup – Hispano Suiza Xite Energy powered by myenergi! Three further events will follow later in the year at locations in Greenland, Brazil and Argentina. The Crazy Race was really intense – having Jenson on the outside of me on the grid was incredible.