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Silicon battery technology company Group14 closes additional $214M for $614M Series C funding round

Green Car Congress

In conjunction with the recent $100-million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) ( earlier post ), the Series C funding will be used to build Group14’s second commercial-scale BAM-2 factory. Earlier post.) SCC55 is manufactured by a two-step process called Scaffold Prime.

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Phone switchboxes could power EV charging, claims UK telecom firm

Baua Electric

Porsche Taycan charging To be considered for EV charging, BT Group requires a cabinet to have a 100-amp power connection and be located within 80 meters (262 feet) of a parking sport designated for EV charging. by 2025, and the city of Seoul, South Korea, which is pushing for more than 200,000 public EV chargers by 2026.

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This electric supercar maker is launching a robotaxi service with Kia’s help

Baua Electric

Founded in 2009, Rimac Automobili has focused on building the most powerful electric hypercar. After CEO Mate Rimac’s BMW E30 gave out during a race, he set out to build a more reliable powertrain. That’s 30 seconds faster than the Tesla Model S Plaid (Porsche also just ran a 7:07:55 lap in a pre-series Taycan).

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Tesla India teams reassigned to other Asia-Pacific markets

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The team in India includes Sami Jain, who previously worked for Porsche on the legacy automaker’s electrification effort. Tesla shifted its other workers from India to focus on the APAC unit, including Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan. . The Tesla India team was reassigned to Asia-Pacific (APAC) and other markets.

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Tesla’s next Gigafactory location unknown, but all signs point toward India

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While there have been rumors of deep talks in Spain , numerous meetings with French government officials, and heavy speculation regarding a relationship with Canada, Indonesia, and South Korea, it is becoming overwhelmingly clear that all signs are pointing toward India, a location where Tesla has mulled a factory for several years.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

Green Car Congress

Plug-in models that will be fighting for market share include the BMW i8 and i3, the Audi e-tron, the Cadillac ELR, the Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive, and the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid. At the same time, a few geographic markets will continue to prepare for FCV introduction by building hydrogen stations. H2USA, the new U.S.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

Spy the back end at the wrong angle and it could be the lovechild of a Porsche 993 and Ford AU Falcon. We sampled Hyundai’s new Ioniq 6 ‘Electrified Streamliner’ (not a sedan, Hyundai insists) in South Korea ahead of its early 2023 Australian arrival. Catch it on a good angle and it’s bloody gorgeous.

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