Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2024

It wasn’t much of a jump to make the connection that if we can melt steel chambers and vaporize them, we could melt rocks.” So it wasn’t much of a jump to make the connection that if we can melt steel chambers and vaporize them, we could melt rocks.”

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My Energi

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Earlier this week (11 December), the government announced that VAT relief on Energy Saving Materials (ESMs) in residential buildings will be extended to include home batteries, power diverters and water-source heat pumps from 1 February 2024. This is a major move and one that should be wholeheartedly commended.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Sweden’s Vattenfall is aiming to build an offshore, hydrogen-producing wind-turbine demonstrator in the same area. Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

OPTEL has partnered with test, inspection and certification specialist Bureau Veritas to create a comprehensive traceability service called V-Trace, which companies and government regulators can use to follow products through their supply chains, from extraction of the raw materials to final assembly.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

As EV sales grow, it is critical to establish local battery production and shorten supply chains. Britishvolt’s goal is to create domestic battery production all around the world, and the company is currently building its first cell factory in the UK. Battery “gigafactories” are under construction all over the world—and none too soon.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In moving forward on that, Fields said, Ford will focus on five key areas of innovation: mobility, autonomy, connectivity, customer experience and performance. Our vision for connectivity, it’s all about helping people stay connected. Our vision for connectivity, it’s all about helping people stay connected.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

BASF plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the company’s proposed integrated chemical production (“Verbund”) site in Zhanjiang, China. These will be the first production plants to come onstream at the site.

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Cars That Think

MAY 13, 2023

TSMC), which was already building a $12 billion fab in Arizona , upped the investment to $40 billion with a second plant. In addition to building two cutting-edge chip factories on a 4-square-kilometer megasite that could hold six more fabs, the company has pledged $50 million to 80 higher-education institutions in the state.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Billions of “intelligent objects” packed with sensors are connected to each other and to servers, capturing and exchanging, in real time, huge amounts of data. Well, not all of our planet: IoT does not connect us to seas and oceans. Just like webcams placed around the world, “those connected by WSense can also promote these sites.”

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Building off the demand stimulated by this activity, a number of manufacturers have started making premium, but still relatively cheap, SDRs. The Pi is connected to the SDR via a data link, and in turn the SDR is connected via coaxial cables to two directional TV antennas [right and left]. James Provost. James Provost.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2015

(QTI), a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, announced a strategic collaboration focused on connected car technologies. Volume of base charging unit (BCU) (pad and power supply). Weight of BCU (pad and power supply). Base-pad terminal voltage. Volume of vehicle charging unit (VCU) (pad and controller). Vehicle EMI constraints.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

Ford Motor Company unveiled its plans to transform its Dearborn facilities into a modern, green and high-tech campus to foster innovation and help drive the company’s transition to an auto and a mobility company. million square feet of work space will be rebuilt and upgraded into even more technology-enabled and connected facilities.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Harvesting the coldness of space for greener AC A passive, thin-film coating that takes heat from a surface—be that a solar panel, a building, or a car’s roof—and sends it off into space is the idea behind SkyCool Systems , based in Mountain View, Calif. It’s challenging in the energy field. It takes longer.” million financing round.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Subsequently, as the cell temperature increases, the reaction rates for the decomposition of the electrolyte increase, which can lead to the electrolyte breakdown and gas formation, resulting in pressure build-up in the cell.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2021

As it stands in for the driver, an AV operates in a connected world. Rather than a static practice, neural manufacturing is a framework that enables manufacturers to orchestrate connected, cognitive, and collaborative ecosystems. Neural Manufacturing in Context. Laksh Parthasarathy. Story by Laksh Parthasarathy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles. It marks a milestone of the company’s US$10-billion investment project announced in July 2018.

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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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Teslarati

JUNE 21, 2023

Stellantis and Foxconn plan to supply SiliconAuto chips to the automotive industry by 2026. Our goal is to build vehicles that seamlessly connect with our customers’ daily lives and deliver class-leading capabilities years after they leave the assembly line. Stellantis will use the semiconductors made by SiliconAuto.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

is looking to spend US $1 billion to build a nickel processing plant in Ontario, which would be North America’s largest once it is completed. Canada Nickel is valued at around US $166 million, and it plans to seek funding from both the Canadian and Ontario governments to help build the plant.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Unlike the state of things in mid 2021—when crimps in the semiconductor supply chain cropped up in big ways—supply and demand have become much less of a mismatch. industrial concerns from falling victim to similar semiconductor supply chain snafus in the future. The aim of Washington’s $50 billion expenditure is to prevent U.S.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In addition to the CASE (Connected-Autonomous-Shared-Electrified)-driven transformation of the industry, a combination of additional internal and external factors is piling on complexity. Additionally, Ford has just announced a ‘resizing’ in plans to build a $3.5 The United Auto Workers strike in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles. It marks a milestone of the company’s US$10-billion investment project announced in July 2018.

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Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2024

Inside the controller maker’s nondescript buildings are a series of laboratories and manufacturing halls where R&D and production occur. The company designs and builds controllers, essentially the brains of an electric bike, as well as other electronic components used in e-bikes and e-scooters.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It didn’t turn to climate-change investments until 2020, and, since then, a quarter of new investments have been targeted on climate tech. The next iteration is the chief financial officer/supply chain office splitting off a chief sustainability officer. Tell me about your other climate tech investments so far.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

We want to predict where we need to build the next electric charging station.”. 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. This is good for the grid. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

The services will be accessed using enhanced mobility and connectivity technologies from Ford vehicles. Those challenges take us to remote areas where we can use advanced vehicle and connectivity technologies to change people’s lives and make the world a better place. —Bill Ford, executive chairman. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. These high-flying, low-tech aircraft are already in use for surveillance, hovering at 18,000 to 27,000 meters to track drug runners.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

James Provost The point of the Turing Pi is to replace the mess of network cables, boxes, and multiple power supplies that are the invariable by-products of trying to build a cluster from standard Raspberry Pi's. The Turing Pi provides centralized power and a built-in Ethernet switch to connect the modules.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

The plan is to offer a portfolio of high-tech, affordable vehicles for the Indian market by introducing “a range of products from B SUV to C SUV as well as compact cars”, he added. “We The facility will develop connected, new-age, and local mobility solutions.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

While I’m happy to praise automakers for building a good car, industry activities in regard to vehicular connectivity and data procurement are things I would oppose on moral grounds. Tech firms and media companies have leveraged data harvesting into vast fortunes.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 22, 2022

Taiwan tech company Foxconn about to start Electric Vehicles. The company also clarified the plan to build for automotive customers rather than selling to customers under its brand.” In August it brought a chip plant in Taiwan in a move to supply future demand for auto chips.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 25, 2021

Just six companies —BYD, CATL, LG Energy Solution, Panasonic, Samsung SDI, and SK Innovation—were responsible for supplying 87 percent of batteries and battery metals in passenger EVs in the second half of 2020. Old Tech, New Tricks. CATL), now the world's largest battery company, supplies LFP packs for Tesla's Model 3 Standard Range.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

De says the aim is to offer a high-tech, affordable portfolio of products for the Indian market. “We The JV partners announced that it aims to introduce advanced and futuristic technologies and new-age mobility solutions while enhancing local sourcing by establishing a solid supply chain.

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Blink Charging

AUGUST 18, 2023

The National Association of Home Builders lists these top trends at multifamily residences: environmental sustainability, opportunities for reduced energy costs, high-tech devices like smart thermostats, and wi-fi throughout the entire building.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

That range is a testament to Lucid’s obsessive pursuit of efficiency: The Air uses the same 2170-format cylindrical cells (supplied by Samsung SDI) as many EVs, but ekes out more miles via superior battery management, compact-yet-muscular power units and slippery aerodynamics. Everyone is competing for a limited supply,” says Ryan Castilloux.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The machines are already generating electricity at scores of installations, and the company’s backers include some of the biggest names in tech investing, including Bill Gates and Vinod Khosla. Welcome to Fusion City, USA At Helion Energy, workers build a section of the company’s Polaris fusion reactor.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. There are significant challenges to integrate this ‘digital thread’ across different manufactured technologies and across the supply chain.

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