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FLO providing workplace charging solutions to GM across the US

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Parking lot at GM Arlington Assembly in Texas. Arlington currently assembles the Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, GMC Yukon, Yukon XL, Chevrolet Suburban and Chevrolet Tahoe for markets in 32 countries across the globe, making it the most export-heavy manufacturing site within GM.

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UTA study indicates air contamination near fracking sites result of operational inefficiencies, not inherent to the extraction process

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A study led by chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself. —Kevin Schug. Zacariah L. Taylor, Doug D.

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ARPA-E Begins Reviewing Second Round of Concept Papers for Transformational Energy RD

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ARPA-E expects to issue an additional FOA in the near future. Separately, ARPA-E will hold a “ Power Technologies ” public workshop on 10 February in Arlington, Va. ARPA-E will use this information to shape the scope and focus of potential future programs. This event is closed to the media.

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Wallbox introduces Quasar 2 next-generation bidirectional home charger at CES 2022

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With Blackout Mode, users are able to use their EV battery to power their home in the event of a power outage. Wallbox announces the North American version of Supernova, specifically designed for the US market and estimates pre-series production to begin during Q4/2022 in Wallbox’s factory in Arlington, TX.

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Environmental Charter High School Gets Solar; Greenius Goes EcoMedia

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The on-stage banner heralding the ribbon cutting event @ ECHS. Alison Diaz, ECHS Founder and Executive Director, with Assemblyman Bradford of the school's 51st District share the joy of Friday's event. EcoMedia President and Founder, Paul Polizzotto, addressing the audience at the ECHS ribbon cutting event.

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US Navy-led study of ultracapacitors finds Skeleton outperforms Ioxus, Maxwell, JM Energy for transient load applications

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Within such an architecture, the UC is the element that may be utilized to sink and source power quickly, at the leading or falling edge of a transient event. Future testing will include repetitive pulsing that will be used to compare the amount of energy lost as heat for each cell due to their ESR. —Nybeck et al. Charles N.

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Toyota Connected’s ‘Cabin Awareness’ concept uses new tech to detect occupants

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The autonomous-vehicle company is testing the technology in its fleet of Toyota Sienna AutonoMaaS (Autonomous Mobility as a Service) ( earlier post ) minivans at its headquarters in Michigan and will soon begin testing in public AV deployments in Arlington, Texas, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, with additional deployments coming in late 2022.

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