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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs

Charged EVs

We believed in the technology, and we’ve focused on building that tech, and that’s what the last seven years were all about. How do you increase grid reliability, and how do you manage the peak hours? A lot of stuff is minimalized in our case, and also cleaner in how we produce the vehicles. That’s been the biggest challenge.

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Aqua Metals is building a more sustainable battery recycling ecosystem

Charged EVs

Aqua Metals has developed a process that it says is much cleaner, more efficient and more cost-effective. But the start of a cleaner way of recycling is that you grind them up and separate the materials, and you create this material called black mass, which looks like a black sandy material. They all came from mined materials.

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Using modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

We believed in the technology, and we’ve focused on building that tech, and that’s what the last seven years were all about. How do you increase grid reliability, and how do you manage the peak hours? A lot of stuff is minimalized in our case, and also cleaner in how we produce the vehicles. That’s been the biggest challenge.

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How HummingbirdEV uses modular platforms and micro-factories to lower the cost of commercial EVs – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

We believed in the technology, and we’ve focused on building that tech, and that’s what the last seven years were all about. How do you increase grid reliability, and how do you manage the peak hours? A lot of stuff is minimalized in our case, and also cleaner in how we produce the vehicles. That’s been the biggest challenge.

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Green Motorsports: The Indy 500 Greens Up Its Act

Clean Fleet Report

Capstone : One of the biggest competitors we have is the status quo: no one gets fired for buying electricity from their local utility. So we let them know there is a less expensive and cleaner option. CFR : Other than the clean power source, what else do you sell on?

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will receive funding to execute a second phase of its electric bus program to install charging infrastructure (on-route & charging bank for depot chargers) and buy electric buses. VIA’s use of 100% renewable grid power ensures the battery electric buses will truly be zero emissions.

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