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Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

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The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Projections of future gasoline and electricity prices. Anticipated driving patterns.

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Volvo LIGHTS team helps facilitate authorization for public MDHD EV charging stations in California

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Prior to this modification, California utilities were guided by a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision established in 2010 that exempted light-duty vehicle charging station providers from being regulated as a utility but did not explicitly exempt medium- and heavy-duty charging station providers.

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Volvo Group Venture Capital invests in EV charging software company Driivz

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a global EV charging software company which has developed a platform for managing large charging networks for electric vehicles from end-to-end. As an example, EVgo, the largest public fast charging network in the United States, recentlyt signed a long-term agreement with Driivz.

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Added molecules allow metal-organic frameworks to conduct electricity

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Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Sandia National Laboratories have developed conductive metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)—MOFs with the ability to conduct electricity. The dotted white arrows illustrate the mechanism of electrical conductivity in these materials. Click to enlarge.

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Harvard team demonstrates new metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery; potential breakthrough for low-cost grid-scale storage

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Discharge mode is shown; the arrows are reversed for electrolytic/charge mode. Quinones are naturally abundant, inexpensive, small organic molecules, and similar to molecules that store energy in plants and animals. The Harvard metal-free organic–inorganic aqueous flow battery. Cell schematic. Huskinson et al. Click to enlarge.

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FHWA proposes rulemaking for states and municipalities to track and reduce GHG emissions

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( NPRM ) for states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A Discretionary Grant Program for Charging and Fueling Infrastructure will provide $2.5

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Developing standards for EV charging reliability

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Public EV charging sessions fail as much as 25% to 30% of the time, according to a group of industry stakeholders convened by SAE, and the reasons are not particularly well known. Currently, there is no industry-wide standard to categorize, log, report or analyze charging errors and common causes of failure.

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