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BASF launches $10B Verbund project in China

Green Car Congress

The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the increasing needs of various growth industries in the southern China market and throughout Asia. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles. Earlier post.)

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myenergi | Celebrating 5 years of Tech Innovation

My Energi

myenergi | Celebrating 5 years of Tech Innovation. . We founded myenergi in 2016 as a partnership between two friends – electronics engineer Lee Sutton and marketing afficionado Jordan Brompton. We’re delighted to announce our fifth anniversary milestone! We’ve taken risks, overcome obstacles and learnt from our mistakes.

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BASF launches $10B Verbund project in China

Green Car Congress

The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the increasing needs of various growth industries in the southern China market and throughout Asia. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles. Earlier post.)

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BASF to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes plants at new $10B Verbund site in Zhanjiang

Green Car Congress

As part of the company’s plan to implement a comprehensive smart manufacturing concept at the Verbund site based on cutting-edge technologies, the new plants will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles. Ltd (BIG), BASF’s new wholly-owned subsidiary, has been officially founded.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it. Market watchers have seen a parade of “just about there” moments for vehicle-to-grid technology. This is good for the grid.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

This isn’t the connection utility that lets you run some phone apps through the car’s screen; Android software actually powers the interfaces for phone, navigation, and other functions—including truly excellent voice recognition. The overall impression we took away was of riding in a very expensive, very high-tech automotive running shoe.

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Volvo EX30 tops Mini in Europe as low-cost EV’s sales surge in May

Baua Electric

After only five months on the market, the Volvo EX30 topped BMW’s Mini in Europe’s small premium segment as sales continued surging. Volvo EX30 (Source: Volvo) Starting at around 36,000 euros ($38,500), Volvo’s EX30 is one of the most affordable EVs on the market. The cheapest and smallest Volvo EV is off to a hot start.