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DAIHEN leverages WiTricity wireless charging technology for solar-powered mobility demo in Japan

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Partners since 2016, DAIHEN licensed WiTricity’s technology to commercialize wireless charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) and for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in factory and industrial settings. Wireless charging is essential to the future of mobility, whether that mobility happens on city streets or in factories.

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Cummins invests $24M in flow battery leader VoltStorage

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VoltStorage develops and produces commercial storage systems based on the particularly ecological vanadium redox flow technology for commercial and agricultural enterprises. In addition, product development of the iron-salt technology will be accelerated towards commercialization. Vanadium redox flow battery cell.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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The implementation of this industrial and commercial ecosystem will take place gradually between 2021 and 2024, replacing the production of new vehicles. RE-TROFIT: To extend significantly the life of vehicles. Groupe Renault is creating the REFACTORY in Flins, the first European circular economy site dedicated to mobility.

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Townsend-AllCell JV to commercialize battery passive thermal management technology

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AllCell Technologies, LLC and Townsend Ventures, LLC have formed a venture, Townsend-AllCell Technologies, LLC, to commercialize AllCell’s passive thermal management technology for advanced battery systems and packs. During resting or charging, the paraffin re-solidifies. Earlier post.).

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Sandia team develops GaN diode that is significant step toward protecting grid from EMPs

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An EMP can be caused by natural phenomena, such as solar flares, or human activity, such as a nuclear detonation in the atmosphere. First, they heat a commercially available gallium nitride wafer to around 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit and then add vapors that include gallium and nitrogen atoms.

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Tesla HVAC system still on the future products list: Elon Musk

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” In a 2020 earnings call, Elon Musk elaborated on Tesla’s plan to enter the residential and/or commercial HVAC market. “So taking all those things that we’ve learned and applying it to how may HVAC would be, and commercial HVAC would be just very exciting. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2022.

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Sion Li-S battery pack powers electric UAV on 11-day flight

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The Zephyr 7 is a solar/battery powered electric UAV with a wing span of 70 feet (22.5 This latest flight was undertaken in the Southern Hemisphere winter so the aircraft had to show it could remain operational through the longer nights, re-charge sufficiently in the shorter periods of daylight and cope with the harsher weather conditions.