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Better Place, China Southern Grid sign strategic agreement on battery switching; Guangzhou accord to encourage production of EVs with switchable batteries

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Better Place and China Southern Power Grid Co. The Guangzhou accord calls for the municipal government to encourage local car manufacturers, such as Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group, to produce electric cars with switchable batteries. —China Southern Grid Chairman Zhao Jianguo.

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Rice team develops thermal nano-oil with high thermal conductivity and good insulation properties

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Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused mineral oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat. of h-BN in mineral oil enhanced thermal conductivity by nearly 80%; at 0.01 The team found that 0.1

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Indian Oil plans to install 10,000 electric vehicle charging stations By 2024

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In the next three years, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) aims to install 10,000 electric vehicle charging stations and develop plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its activities, according to the IOC chairman. The state-owned refinery has declared that it will double its capacity by using clean electricity from the grid.

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Looking Ahead: What’s Coming in the EV Industry 2022 and Beyond

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Adoption of EVs by consumers, governments and automobile manufacturers has passed the critical turning point. In 2022, the focus for utilities will include expanding the grid so it will be ready to produce the power needed to charge the explosion of EVs on the road over the next decade. Progress toward V2X.

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CMU, Ford, Drexel study suggests Chinese more receptive to adopting BEVs than Americans, regardless of subsidies

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While our consumer preference estimates point to greater potential for mainstream adoption of BEVs in China than the US, the electricity grid in China is more emissions-intensive than that of the U.S., —Helveston et al. Methodology.

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Study Finds That Tripling US LDV New Fleet Fuel Efficiency by 2035 Through Evolutionary Change is Ambitious But Doable

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DeCicco’s analysis shows that optimizing internal combustion engines plus rising adoption of grid-free hybrids will enable new fleet fuel economy (unadjusted) to reach 52 mpg (4.52 The study, “A Fuel Efficiency Horizon for US Automobiles”, was prepared for The Energy Foundation. L/100km) by 2025 and 74 mpg (3.18

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Cal Energy Commission adopts report outlining how state transforming transportation system to meet climate goals

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The PEV market continues to grow in California with 20 models of full battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles offered by almost every automobile manufacturer to California consumers. Integrating EVs with the grid. Greater attention to vehicle and electric grid integration will be needed as well. Oil-by-rail.