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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

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The partners will install and connect 100 V2G units at locations agreed upon by private and fleet owners of the Nissan LEAF and e-NV200 electric van. Currently if all 18,000 Nissan electric vehicles in the UK were connected to the energy network, they would generate the equivalent output of a 180 MW power plant. Earlier post.)

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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

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Tesla and its partner Octopus Energy Germany recently rolled out retail utility services in two large German states. Tesla Gigafactory site taking shape in Grünheide, Germany in June 2021. In Germany, the large industrial utility RWE started its own battery unit and is now operating small energy storage sites in Germany and in Arizona.

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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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That may be because one of the temptations of LEO is the ability of relatively cheap new hardware to do smaller jobs. When you make it programmable, you provide that hardware with some sort of remote connectivity so you can program it. Satellites are becoming smaller.

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Huawei’s smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales – ET Auto

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Even Germany’s Volkswagen will equip its China-made, China-bound Audi Q6L e-tron with Qiankun upon the car’s 2025 launch, in Huawei’s first deal with a foreign automaker, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Beyond China, Huawei could again find itself impacted by trade restrictions as the U.S.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

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“Six out of ten Porsche Taycan” ever delivered have a problem with battery management that affects and damages battery cells, requires replacement of cells and batteries, and is causing vehicle fires, according to a source working at Porsche’s headquarters in Zuffenhausen, Germany. Customers must charge the Taycan’s battery before to 50%.

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