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50-mpg new cars, Hyundai Santa Fe PHEV, Fisker in Wisconsin, Nio battery swapping: Today’s Car News

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Fisker and Foxconn have confirmed that they’re in talks with Wisconsin as the potential manufacturing location for Fisker’s $30,000 electric vehicle—although a series of broken promises from Foxconn could get in the way.

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Johnson Controls funds two research projects with U Wisconsin to enhance fuel efficiency of start-stop vehicles and next-gen EVs

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Johnson Controls will fund two multi-year research projects at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) aimed at enhancing the fuel efficiency of start-stop and next-generation battery-electric vehicles. The AGM battery in start-stop vehicles must be able to restart the engine many times during a typical day of driving.

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Foxconn brings EV battery production to two U.S. states

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Foxconn, the iPhone manufacturer that bailed out Lordstown Motors from bankruptcy, announced that it would build electric vehicle batteries in Wisconsin and Ohio on Thursday, hoping to take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act that incentivizes domestic cell manufacturing. The post Foxconn brings EV battery production to two U.S.

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Stretchable Batteries Make Flexible Electronics More So

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The stretchable battery is gaining momentum in the electronics industry, where it might one day serve as an energy storage medium in fitness trackers, wearable electronics, and even smart clothing. A battery that only flexes would feel uncomfortable to wear.” Pikul and others around the world are now working on batteries that stretch.

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Johnson Controls endowing University of Wisconsin System for energy storage research

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is endowing a professorship, research labs and graduate studies in energy storage at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The lab will be housed in the new Wisconsin Energy Institute under construction on the UW-Madison campus. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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Odyne Systems, LLC has delivered seven trucks featuring the Odyne plug-in hybrid propulsion system to utilities and municipalities throughout Wisconsin. Marshfield Utilities, serving the city of Marshfield, Wisconsin took delivery of its first Odyne hybrid truck in 2009. The Richland Center unit of Wisconsin Public Power, Inc.

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GM advances Dealer Community Charging Program

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GM marked the official launch of its Dealer Community Charging Program with the installation of the first community charging stations in Wisconsin and Michigan. An EV driver in a Chevrolet Bolt EUV pulls up to a new GM community charging station in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Participating dealers are eligible to receive up to 10 19.2

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