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Volkswagen launches PowerCo for global battery business; €20B investment; standard factories

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Looking ahead, further products such as major storage systems for the energy grid are planned. In building our first in-house cell factory, we are consistently implementing our technology roadmap. Standard factory. Following Salzgitter, the next cell factory is to be established at Valencia.

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NSF awards UCSD team $39M to improve integration of distributed energy resources into grid; EV batteries also

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The major driver for the project is the need to decarbonize the electrical grid, protect it from cybersecurity attacks and make it more resilient. We will be replicating the entire California power grid on one campus. It will also entail the construction of a new energy storage testing facility on the East Campus.

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Gogoro announces major partnership to help accelerate global expansion

Baua Electric

After a week full of major news , the company is back with perhaps its biggest announcement lately: a plan for a major partnership that will see the company greatly expand the use of its swappable battery standard. Many people think of Gogoro as an electric scooter company, but Gogoro is really more of an energy platform.

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PG&E launches new $130M program to accelerate EV adoption in Northern and Central California; 7,500 chargers

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Partnering with business customers and EV charging companies, PG&E will install 7,500 EV chargers at condominiums, apartment buildings and workplaces across Northern and Central California, including at sites in disadvantaged communities. One in five electric vehicles in the United States plug into PG&E’s clean energy grid.

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myenergis Insight Into the CMA Report and the EV Charging Market

My Energi

Without increased scrutiny, there could be further market centralisation, potentially leading to consumers’ homes not being properly future proofed as needed to deliver a truly smart and flexible energy grid. . Smart Charging. What is a zappi? to find out more about the myenergi product range click here.

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Energy 2030 outlines steps to double US energy productivity by 2030; spend $166B a year to net savings of $327B

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This investment would both reduce the amount of energy needed to run the American economy and the price of energy for US consumers, lowering overall energy costs by some $494 billion a year, according to the analysis. Apply innovative best practices to government buildings and vehicle fleets.

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

Cars That Think

Companies release foundation models both to push the state-of-the-art forward and to give developers a foundation on which to build products and services. The report notes that the variance between models is due to factors including model size, data center energy efficiency, and the carbon intensity of energy grids.