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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

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Multifunctional Battery Chassis Systems. Stanford University will develop a battery that becomes a structural component of the vehicle chassis that protects the batteries in the event of a collision. Today’s batteries are independent of the vehicle’s structure and require heavy protective components. Solid state.

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Daimler investing >€7B in next 2 years in green tech; fuel cell plug-in, BEV architecture; 48V

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At its TecDay event in Stuttgart, Daimler said it will invest more than €7 billion (US$7.9 Shortly, smart will be the only automaker worldwide to offer its entire model range both powered by internal combustion engines or operating on battery power. billion) in green technologies in the next two years alone.

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