Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. A transmission network contains webs of connections, which create a reliable, redundant power-supply system of massive scale. The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

Ford and State Farm are working together to improve the safety and overall cost of vehicle ownership by better matching price to risk. The exchange of information lowered the overall cost of vehicle ownership for many of the companies’ shared customers by better matching price to risk.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Volvo Cars, protective gravity sports gear manufacturer POC and Ericsson will present an innovative safety technology connecting drivers and cyclists at the International CES in Las Vegas next month. The total cost of bicyclist injuries and deaths is over $4 billion per year in the US (source: National Safety Council 2012).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

The plant will initially be able to build 100,000 PBVs a year with the capacity to increase production to 150,000 units annually in line with the growth of PBV market. When operation begins in the second half of 2025, the new PBV facility will build a mid-sized PBV, Kia’s first dedicated PBV model. Kia’s PBV future.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

In October 2021, Rock Tech announced its intention to build Europe’s first lithium converter in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. We not only want to invest in Romania, but also build up know-how, create jobs and work closely with local partners. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada. That converter is scheduled to start operations in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ricardo has won two UK Government-backed innovation competitions to develop novel solutions for heavy-duty vehicles focusing on improving efficiency and performance and reducing the cost of future electric trucks. Ricardo will be partnering with the University of Bath for both projects. of these are using cleaner propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 San Luis Potosí will build the BMW brand’s best-selling model series, the BMW 3 Series Sedan. production. Start of production is scheduled for 2019, with an annual production capacity of up to 150,000 units.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2022

For InCharge customers who utilize the fleet-focused In-Control OCPP software platform, the ICE-180 easily connects with In-Control to automate the process of collecting EV charging data. The ICE-30 is compatible with CCS and CHAdeMO connectors.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 18, 2024

Clark County records indicate that the Boring Company’s acquisition cost $7.2 The Review-Journal noted that the recently purchased site would be used to help connect the UNLV to the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC). miles of tunnels that connect the LVCC West Hall with the main campus. million to build.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

At CES 2015 in January, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Spatial, temporal … to make it truly valuable, we need to build it into the system. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario. —Weis et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

BrightDrop is an all-new business within GM offering commercial customers an ecosystem of connected and electrified products and services designed to improve the delivery of goods and services from the first to last mile. The new CAMI investments build upon other recent GM investments in Canada, including the recently announced nearly $1.03

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2022

WattEV’s TaaS model provides shippers and carriers access to battery-electric trucks at a per-mile rate, including charging, that is on par with the total cost of operating diesel trucks.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The advances include more dense logic and a 16-fold increase in the connectivity within 3D-stacked chips, and they will be among the first top-end technologies the company has ever shared with chip architects from other companies. The San Jose event, IFS Direct Connect, is meant as a sort of coming-out party for the new business model.

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 18, 2023

percent of connectors were not working correctly due to problems with network connectivity, broken plugs, unresponsive screens, and faulty payment systems. About 5 percent of the connectors had cables that were too short to connect to the EV’s charging port and, therefore, did not work. A total of 22.7

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

THE UK GOVERNMENT will introduce legislation to include electric vehicle charging points on all new-build homes and offices in England, it has been confirmed. The government first proposed the potential world-first legislation that all new-build homes would get charging points back in 2019. Will it be compulsory on older homes?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Ford is continuing to transform its global automotive business, accelerating the development and scaling of electric, connected vehicles, while leveraging its nameplates to strengthen operating performance and take full advantage of engineering and industrial capabilities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

The project will extend the Woodland Pipeline south from Enbridge’s Cheecham Terminal to its Edmonton Terminal to connect up with refineries and export pipelines in the Edmonton area. The project has an estimated cost of $1.3 Enbridge Inc. is proceeding with the construction of the Woodland Pipeline Extension Project.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

This connected and flexible system will be more efficient, and reduce costs for society. The strategy will identify concrete actions to apply the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle in practice and to use local energy sources more effectively in our buildings or communities. A greater direct electrification of end-use sectors.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Megapack project is also just one of a number of renewable energy projects being debuted in Australia, coming as a part of the Miles Labor Government Big Energy Build.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Rural Reimagined: Building an EV Ecosystem and Green Economy for Transforming Lives in Economically Distressed Appalachia. AOI 3: Reducing the Cost of DC Fast Charging Equipment. Technology & Design Innovations to Maximize the Reduction Effect on DCFC Unit Cost Economics (Max-REDUCE). . $5,222,326. AOI 2: EV Workplace Charging.

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EV Central

MARCH 1, 2023

Instead, Tesla laid out the building blocks for a new family of more advanced and affordable models that will form the foundations for the brand as it strives to build 20 million cars annually by 2030 – in turn surging past traditional brands such as Toyota and Volkswagen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

VTO-funded research has reduced the cost of advanced batteries by 75% since 2008, and nearly every plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) on the road today uses VTO-developed battery technology. In addition, building on prior research, VTO has identified opportunities to significantly increase the power density of electric drive systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2019

A total of 42 charging sites, all powered by renewable energy, will be installed at roadside service centres connecting Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane, plus destination charging in Far North Queensland, Tasmania and Perth. The funding will support the first phase of the $50.2-million

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 27, 2022

A pair of ambitious startups, AST SpaceMobile and Lynk Global, also started building new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks designed to reach conventional 5G cellphones outside terrestrial coverage. Satellite connections are still plenty useful, though. Splashy announcements of. The first services won’t be that slick, though.

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Cars That Think

JULY 14, 2023

In order for hydrogen to be a viable source of clean energy, the cost of electrolysis needs to be much lower. Sharaf Alsharif, a researcher at the Oldenburger OFFIS Institute for Information Technology in Oldenburg, Germany, believes digital twins could help bring down the cost of clean hydrogen production.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As per a recent report, The Boring Company has submitted a proposal to build the North Miami Beach Loop, a 6.2-mile Similar to The Boring Company’s other projects like the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop, the cost of the Miami tunnels is quite attractive. mile transport tunnel system in Miami, FL.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

a Canadian mid-stream company, and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners formed a 50-50 joint venture to build a crude oil rail loading facility in Edmonton, Alberta, called the Alberta Crude Terminal. Kinder Morgan is proposing to construct a 16-inch pipeline to connect its North 40 Edmonton Terminal to Keyera’s Edmonton Terminal.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2021

Just about every device you own is probably available with Internet connectivity. needs Internet connectivity is up for debate. Connectivity usually comes at a premium, and it also usually involves buying a brand new whatever it is, because new hardware and software and services are required.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Fermata Energy: Fermata provides a complete solution that lets electric vehicles receive power from and provide power back to the grid and to buildings by integrating software, hardware options and knowledge, turning electric vehicles into energy storage assets that combat climate change, increase resilience and dramatically lower cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

in conjunction with the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta, announced a multi-billion dollar plan to build a landmark new net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex. Connection to Air Products’ existing Alberta Heartland Hydrogen Pipeline network for enhanced reliability and phased decarbonization of the entire network.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 19, 2023

Electricity Distribution Businesses (EDBs) are facing significant demands for new connections because of decarbonisation. Costs associated with connecting to networks can be prohibitive for investment in public charging (more on that below in Part B.2 However, if an EV charger is retrofitted this cost more than doubles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The close dialog between the main players is also intended to speed up previously lengthy and complex planning and application processes for network connections. The use of their own infrastructure usually offers advantages in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO), as no additional operator is involved.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 11, 2022

The subscription platform supports fleet owners with vehicle distribution, service, telematics, software services, charging, connectivity management, and lifecycle management. Its predictive nature is designed to decrease the total cost of ownership and maximize the fleet’s uptime. . FleetOS as Rivian’s Recurring Revenue.

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EV Connect

JULY 20, 2021

We talked about Siyi’s path to EV Connect, her role as a project manager, technology innovation and more! How did you hear about EV Connect? I found EV Connect to be the perfect company to solve this hairy, deep-rooted industry challenge. What is your favorite thing about working at EV Connect? The freedom to explore.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that the installation of electric car chargers for new buildings in England will be mandatory from 2022. “We will require new homes and buildings to have electric vehicle charging points,” Johnson told the annual conference of the Confederation of Commerce and Industry (CBI).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

InventWood LLC will contribute to the decarbonization of buildings and enable built structures to store significantly greater amounts of carbon by scaling up a game-changing wood material, MettleWood, that is 60% stronger than construction grade steel but 80% lighter, much less expensive, and far more sustainable. Award amount: $12,000,000).

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