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IDTechEx: buying an autonomous electric car will feel more like buying a laptop than a car

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Source: IDTechEx What are the main concerns when buying a laptop? The real computation power in modern and future vehicles will be used to drive autonomous systems. Modern smartphones, on the other hand, have chips that use a 4nm process, with smaller processes offering more computing power. This is where laptops come back in.

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J.D. Power and Motorq collaborate to measure real world EV battery health

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Power and Motorq , a leading connected vehicle analytics and infrastructure company, have announced a strategic alliance to provide the automotive industry with insights based on connected vehicle data. Power validation that will give potential buyers confidence in the health of the EV battery.

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Infineon buys Wolfspeed Power for $850M cash; power semiconductors for electromobility

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Infineon Technologies AG has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Wolfspeed Power and RF division of Cree. The deal also includes the related SiC wafer substrate business for power and RF power. Wolfspeed is a premier provider of SiC-based power and GaN-on-SiC-based RF power solutions. Earlier post.)

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Southern California Edison to buy 261 MW of energy storage projects; largest grid-connected storage purchase in US

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The selection was part of a larger contracting for 2,221 MW of power from diverse new resources. The 2,221 megawatts will represent roughly 10% of SCE’s current total customer peak usage and is enough to power about 950,000 average homes. The companies named to provide storage systems, the resource types and the amounts are: Seller.

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Neste to offer public electric vehicles charging service at its stations in Finland

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Neste is introducing public high power charging (HPC) at its service stations in Finland for light- and medium-duty electric vehicles. Neste MY Renewable Charging adds another option to Neste’s portfolio of solutions in Finland for supporting the transition to low-emission transport.

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Here’s how – and why – EVs and solar are connected

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And conversely, owning photovoltaic panels also has a bearing on whether a homeowner buys an electric vehicle, but not as strongly. Read more: This modular off-grid solar EV charger can be installed in just four hours Photo: Tesla To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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Ford and Automatic Labs working together to support connected-car solutions

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While Automatic’s device has been available in Apple and Best Buy stores since last year, this is the first time the company has teamed up with an auto manufacturer to experiment with its in-vehicle entertainment and communications system. Ford’s powerful in-car technology makes working with Ford highly valuable for us.

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