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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

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The new capital will be used to support FreeWire’s growth plans as the company accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing global customer demand, including high priority markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

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Mobilize launching first commercial V2G service starting in 2024 with Renault 5; France, Germany and UK initially

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In addition to reinjecting electricity into the power grid, the bidirectional charger supports a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function for powering electrical appliances directly from the car. A smartphone app used to program bidirectional charging, simply by setting the time when the vehicle is going to be used next and the desired battery level.

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ITOCHU and InSpec ally to offer services to build rechargeable battery production plants in North America; Japanese battery manufacturing equipment

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and Oregon-based InSpec Group will commence contract services for the construction of manufacturing plants for secondary batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries, and a range of ancillary facilities. As a result, ITOCHU concluded, the expansion of production capacity for secondary batteries has become essential in the market.

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New startup Romeo Power to develop and manufacture optimized EV battery packs

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Romeo Power , a Santa Monica, California -based startup will design and manufacture electric vehicle battery packs that the company says will outperform any battery systems on the EV market today. Co-Founder and CTO Porter Harris is a renowned battery engineer.

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EC proposes modernizing EU legislation on batteries to enhance sustainability and safety

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The European Commission is proposing modernizing EU legislation on batteries; this would be the first initiative delivered among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan. The proposal addresses the social, economic and environmental issues related to all types of batteries.

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Li-ion batteries from drones might find second lives in less demanding devices – Charged EVs

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Research in ACS Energy Letters shows the potential to improve batteries in aerial EVs that take off and land vertically. The research team developed a new electrolyte to address these challenges and said the “stressed out” batteries could also have second lives in lighter applications.

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Nuvera and DD DANNAR partner to develop mobile fuel cell power for diverse industries

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DANNAR manufactures the DANNAR Mobile Power Station (MPS), a configurable platform that serves as both a multi-purpose work utility vehicle as well as a mobile power supply. can provide up to a half Megawatt of energy storage in its high-capacity BMW lithium-ion battery packs. Nuvera is a subsidiary of Hyster-Yale Group, Inc.,