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BMW updates BMW Connected with expanded services, device support and availability

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The personal mobility companion BMW Connected already comprises many functions designed to help users with their daily mobility needs. Using the Open Mobility Cloud as a basis, it connects touchpoints such as smartphones and smartwatches with users’ cars, thus weaving the car into their digital lives.

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IBM Teams With ESB ecars to develop EV smart charging IT system in Ireland

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IBM has teamed with ESB ecars to implement a fully integrated smarter charging IT system that will help manage electric vehicle public charge points, which are being rolled out across Ireland by ESB ecars. This project is bolstered by Ireland’s energy policy to increase sustainable energy use in the transportation sector by 2020.

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BT Group Converts Telecom Infrastructure to EV Chargers

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BT Group says more cabinets in Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland will be repurposed in the coming months—as many as 600 such conversions by the end of 2024. kilowatt AC connections that will each provide a full charge of a vehicle’s battery in 6 to 8 hours. Pricing information is also not yet available. government.

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ABB launches Terra 53 DC fast charger in NA; SAE Combo and CHAdeMO

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The Terra 53 SAE Combo version for the Americas will be available for delivery in November, with the dual outlet, multi-standard version available for delivery in early 2014. ABB was the first manufacturer in the world to meet both standards, launching the harmonized product in Europe last spring.

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International review study seeks to improve modeling for plug-in vehicle adoption

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The team reviewed models from 16 countries, including the United States, Germany, China, South Korea, the United Kingdom and Ireland. These studies modeled the decision factors that drive consumers to purchase PEVs: vehicle and energy prices, operating costs, available charging infrastructure and range, among others.

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myenergi Launches National Training Academy

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Our apprenticeships and internships are open to all ages and are available across engineering, finance, HR, facilities, and training and development. myenergi has already grown significantly, from just two employees in 2016 to more than 350 team members in the UK alone, with subsidiaries in Germany, Ireland, Australia and the Netherlands.

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QUB spin-out to commercialize to technique for production of MOFs; storage for natural gas vehicles

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Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Example of mechanochemical production of a MOF. Pichon et al. Click to enlarge.

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