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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

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At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries.

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

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Pacific International Lines (PIL) have joined Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd as global container carriers participating in the solution. Using blockchain smart contracts, TradeLens enables digital collaboration across the multiple parties involved in international trade.

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Mercedes-Benz presents autonomous Future Truck 2025 research vehicle; “Highway Pilot”

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The Highway Pilot is comparable to an autopilot system in an airplane—probably the most advanced form of autonomous mobility in existence today, the company noted. Mercedes-Benz will unveil the complete study of the Future Truck 2025 at the International Commercial Vehicle Show (IAA) in September.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Combined with a novel transient commutation current injector, this switch will transfer power to a separate solid-state device, interrupting the current in event of a fault. Gas tubes switch without mechanical motion by transitioning the internal gas between its ordinary insulating state and a highly conductive gas plasma.

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Tech: Another Day, Another Battery Breakthrough

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The company is already working on scaling up the size of the battery with multi-layer cells on the path to building a commercial-size battery pack. The tests were conducted “on commercially relevant sized single-layer prototype battery cells under real-world automotive test conditions at room and high temperatures (25°C and 45°C), 3.4