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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

Cars That Think

Paul Kohl, Georgia Institute of Technology At the battery seminar, Wright showed off a BAT300 test channel designed to convert a 400 or 800 volt direct current down to a 10 volt current for cell formation or cell testing. Battery companies have expended enormous effort on predictive modeling.” But important questions remain. “It

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through. The Valet program also includes an option of buying a Genesis without ever visiting a dealership. In Korean, Son-Nim translates to “Honored Guest,” which is how every Genesis employee is expected to treat every customer.

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

Georgia Chalvatzaki. What excites me is the idea of cheap and accessible hardware! The cheapest human-sized humanoids I’m aware of are in the $150K range (a long way from the olden days of $1M price tags)… But I’ll believe the price when I can actually buy one. Assistant Professor, Technische Universität Darmstadt. Will Jackson.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

They wanted to buy one or two trucks and test them for several years, and startup companies couldn’t stay alive that long. They said, “No, no, we buy a lot of power from the utility. Washington state has an abundance of power very cheap from all the hydro. Why do we buy the most expensive UL-listed charger on the planet?

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Report: EV factories may be leading utilities to dirtier decisions

Baua Electric

The Georgia Public Service Commission just this week approved utility Georgia Power’s plan to build three new methane and oil-burning plants, as well as to buy energy from sister company Mississippi power, delaying retirement of one of that company’s coal-fired plants, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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