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Charlotte Douglas International Airport to buy 5 Proterra electric buses; 9th airport

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Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) has agreed to purchase five 35-foot Proterra Catalyst E2 electric buses and five 125 kW Proterra plug-in charging systems. By planning for scale now, CLT can utilize the charging infrastructure for a range of battery-electric powered service vehicles in the future.

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Amazon Vies for Nuclear-Powered Data Center

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When Amazon Web Services paid US $650 million in March for another data center to add to its armada, the tech giant thought it was buying a steady supply of nuclear energy to power it, too. gigawatts of nuclear energy, sits adjacent to the humming data center and had been directly powering it since the center opened in 2023.

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Mercedes-Benz receives world’s first internationally valid system approval for Level 3 conditionally automated driving

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As a result, the first customers will be able to buy an S-Class with DRIVE PILOT the first half of 2022, enabling them to drive in conditionally automated mode at speeds of up to 60 km/h (37 mph) in heavy traffic or congested situations on suitable stretches of highway in Germany. This is much more powerful than conventional GPS systems.

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Who’s Leading the Shift Away from Internal Combustion Engine Automobiles?

Clean Fleet Report

Which countries are leading the shift from internal combustion engine automobiles to EVs? billion package of tax breaks over four years to incentivize Chinese citizens to buy EVs and other greener cars. [Ed. Most EVs use lithium-ion batteries since they have a high power-to-weight ratio and long life. — Mike B.,

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J.D. Power launches EV Index; measuring roadblocks to EV adoption, parity to gas-powered vehicles

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Power has introduced the J.D. Power EV Index, an analytics tool to track the growing EV market in the United States. Each month, the index will arrive at one number (on a 100-point scale) to make it easy to understand the progress to parity of EVs with traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Availability.

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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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EVs like Teslas will be cheaper to produce than their internal combustion rivals by 2027

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Recent forecasts from BloombergNEF have indicated that electric cars and vans will likely be cheaper to produce than conventional, fossil-fueled powered alternatives by 2027, with smaller cars reaching the same threshold the following year. . By 2026, both EVs and internal combustion cars are expected to cost around €19,000 ($23,105.71).