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Volvo boosts range of medium-duty electric trucks to up to 450 km with new batteries

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Volvo Trucks is now introducing new, more powerful batteries for its medium-duty electric truck range (the Volvo FL and Volvo FE Electric). The new batteries offer 42% extra energy capacity and can as a result deliver up to 450 km (280 miles) total range from one charge. tonnes.

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Electrify America unveils its first application of megawatt-level energy storage

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They have some of the fastest charging speeds available today at up to 350 kW (Hyper-Fast), depending on the charger. For example, at 350kW, capable EVs can recharge up to about 20 miles of driving range per minute of charging. The new chargers feature the latest charger innovations and design.

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Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

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MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. The team operated the flow battery at room temperature over a range of flow rates and reactant concentrations and found the maximum power density of 0.795 W cm ?2. Credit: Braff et al. Click to enlarge.

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T&E finds city e-truck charging could cut road freight emissions by 22% in 10 years; requires €28B for charging infrastructure

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These trips could be covered today by electric trucks, ?thanks thanks to new models currently coming to the market with about 300 km range (enough to cover nine trips out of ten). —“Unlocking Electric Trucking in the EU: recharging in cities”. Electric trucks are clean, cheaper to run and available today.

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Tesla Model S Plaid is the quickest charging EV tested by Car and Driver to date

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Overall, the Plaid was able to complete its charging session in 38 minutes, which was about 19% quicker than the 2021 Model S Long Range Plus. . This was particularly impressive since the 2021 Tesla Model S Long Range Plus was the previous vehicle with the highest average charging rate that Car and Driver tested.

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Tritium, Miller providing fast chargers and light-duty EVs for mining industry

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At 175kW of output, the RT175-S can provide 171 kilometers (106 miles) of range to an EV in as little as 10 minutes. As a result, the Relay is the most environmentally-friendly, safe and efficient light-duty mining vehicle of its kind available today. Tritium provided RT175-S fast chargers to BMA for the project.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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While EVs have many devotees, they also have a large number of critics who cite range anxiety as a barrier to transportation electrification. The team found that the vast majority of cars on the road consume no more energy in a day than the battery energy capacity in affordable EVs available today.

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