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Porsche commissions MAN electric eTruck for green logistics at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen

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The truck is the first vehicle of this kind that has gone into series production in Germany. The electric 32-tonne truck will soon enhance the commercial vehicle fleet that Porsche uses for its production logistics in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The battery-powered eTruck is a MAN eTGM 18.360 4x2 LL.

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J.D. Power survey finds China consumers increasingly enthusiastic about new-energy vehicles; ongoing importance of subsidies; battery worries

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Source: Research for TRAN Committee: Battery-powered electric vehicles: market development and lifecycle emissions. Power in January to understand Chinese customers’ perception and desire for new-energy vehicles, has a total of 2,212 respondents across the country. Power China. in China in 2016. Click to enlarge.

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GE Durathon batteries successfully power underground mining scoop

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The battery is 25% smaller and 50% lighter than traditional lead-acid batteries, enabling more energy to be stored in a smaller space. The battery-powered scoop operates more effectively in extreme temperatures and requires no cooling and minimal maintenance.

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New lithium polysulfide flow battery for large-scale energy storage

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Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a new lithium/polysulfide (Li/PS) semi-liquid (flow) battery for large-scale energy storage, with lithium polysulfide (Li 2 S 8 ) in ether solvent as a catholyte and metallic lithium as an anode. Energy Environ.

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Wegmans’ Warehouse Operations Launches 50 Fuel-Cell Powered Pallet Trucks

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Wegmans, a supermarket chain leader, has launched a fleet of 50 hydrogen fuel cell-powered pallet trucks fitted with Plug Power’s GenDrive hydrogen fuel cell power units and fueled using Air Products’ hydrogen and hydrogen fueling station technology at its Pottsville, Pa. Dave Allar, Wegmans’ RSC maintenance manager.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

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Our power system and its management are one of the few examples of highly centralized vertical organizational integration remaining in our economy. The growth of supply chains and networks of organizations involved in production is common in many parts of the economy, but not electricity.

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3 EV Charging Station Business Models for 2023

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In 2022, the proportion of global car buyers who planned to purchase a fully battery-powered or hybrid EV passed 50% for the first time. Commercial real estate owners and landlords who lease space to other businesses, including retail stores and office space. Retail store owners. Hotel and hospitality property owners.