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Tesla batteries, EPA comments, Hyundai and Kia plug-in availability: Today's Car News

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Tesla buys a company that builds ultracapacitors. Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said electric cars are "not grounds for concern" at the EPA—yet highway safety and car prices are. Hyundai and Kia aim to avoid the dreaded "compliance car" label with their EV sales—barely. We investigate the hesitation.

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Johnson Matthey and Plug Power partner on next-generation electrolyzer technology for green hydrogen

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Under the MoU, the companies will develop a roadmap to accelerate the joint development of high-performance electrolyzer technology with improved durability, increased performance, and greater energy efficiency than systems available today. Johnson Matthey has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Plug Power.

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Ford confirms construction of Rouge EV center to be home of electric F-150; production by mid-2022

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The electric F-150, which is undergoing tens of thousands of hours of torture testing and targeting millions of simulated, laboratory and real world test miles, will be more powerful than any F-150 available today and deliver commercial and personal customers the lowest expected lifetime total cost of operation among F-Series trucks.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk reiterates FSD licensing offer for other automakers

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) suite may attract a lot of skepticism from critics, but the fact remains that it is one of the most advanced driver-assist systems available for consumers today. Driver-assist systems are widely available today. They also tend to only be available on freeways.

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Electrify America registered 1.45M customer EV charging sessions in 2021 compared to 268,000 in 2020; 41.4 GWh delivered

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By comparison, the company recorded 268,000 customer EV charging session in 2020. The company dispensed 41.4 The largest, open ultra-fast DC charging network features up to 150 kilowatts (kW) and 350 kW chargers, some of the fastest speeds available today. Electrify America provided 1.45

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Modular SMR hydrogen producer BayoTech receives $157M investment

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The company is developing systems capable of producing 5,000 kg, 10,000 kg and 30,000 kg of hydrogen per day. Bayotech provides modular hydrogen generation systems using energy-efficient steam methane reformers (SMR). Current containerized BayoTech systems produce hydrogen at a rate of 200 kg H 2 , 500 kg H 2 and 1,000 kg H 2 per day.

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PG&E and Ford collaborate on bidirectional electric vehicle charging technology in customers’ homes

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Additionally, PG&E expects to learn more about the overall customer experience to help inform future collaborations as this emerging technology becomes more readily available. Today, we are seeing breakthrough opportunities at the intersection of the energy and transportation industries.

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