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Wright Electric & Columbia University Receive U.S. Department of Energy Award for Ultra-Lightweight Battery Development

CleanTechnica EVs

MALTA, NEW YORK — Wright Electric, in collaboration with Columbia University, is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Energy Award for Ultra-Lightweight Battery Development appeared first on CleanTechnica. continued] The post Wright Electric & Columbia University Receive U.S.

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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

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The bottom overall countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (21) Italy (22) United Kingdom (23) Hungary (24) Romania (25) Ireland (26) Poland (27) Lithuania (28) Greece (29) Malta (30) Cyprus. Meanwhile, Malta has very few DC chargers because, as a small island country, charging would rarely be necessary. Methodology.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase to about 3.5%, compared with 2% in 2018. g CO 2 /km), Malta (140.7 The mass increase was observed for all vehicle segments (small, medium, large regular cars, and SUVs) and for both gasoline and diesel cars. in 2018 to 1.3%

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How to Keep the Automotive Chip Shortage From Happening Again

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“The automotive supply chain is a very complicated animal,” said Bob O’Donnell president of TECHnalysis Research at an automotive technology panel held Monday at GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in Malta, N.Y. The move to battery electric vehicles presents a major chance to simplify the way the electronic systems in vehicles are designed.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase. Together with Estonia, Finland and Malta, these were the only countries where the average emissions of new cars decreased from 2017 to 2018. With around 150,000 registrations, sales of BEVs increased by 50% compared to 2017.

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ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

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Five EU member states don’t offer any incentives at all: Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland. Many of the new EU member states with a low ECV market share merely offer an exemption from the annual circulation tax for electric vehicles.

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DNV and Lloyd’s Register recertify Leclanché marine storage system with new 65 Ah high energy battery cells

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The latest generation MRS-2 is a modular and scalable lithium-ion battery system. It incorporates multi-layer safety measures from cell to system including its proprietary battery management system (BMS) which provides real-time access to battery status, performance and diagnostic data via a comprehensive user interface.

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