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BASF announces winners of the open innovation contest on energy storage

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The winning concepts were: A molten air battery that uses a molten salt electrolyte at elevated temperature from Professor Stuart Licht at George Washington University. A novel rechargeable zinc battery from the research group of Professors Paul Wright and James Evans from the University of California, Berkeley.

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EV News: Springing ahead

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Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) carmaker VinFast brings jobs to North Carolina. Volvo C40 Recharge. Maserati EV concept. The Hyundai Seven Concept. Kia EV9 Concept. President Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act. Starbucks will install DC Fast chargers at locations along this route.

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BMW Announces National Adaptive EV Charging System Expansion

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Those vehicles come with the required hardware that provides access to the relevant regional electrical grid carbon data that allow ChargeForward to recommend ideal times to recharge.& There’s also an incentive scheme that rewards users for running with the concept. & There are certainly some good ideas here.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

Charged EVs

The Ioniq 5 was previewed in September 2019 by the Hyundai 45 Concept, a styling exercise that harkened back to the company’s very first car. Hyundai says a recharge from 10 percent to 80 percent will take just 18 minutes (under optimal circumstances). Heritage style. This allows large battery packs to be charged at 250 to 350 kW.

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Ohio State University Takes Top Spot at 2009 EcoCAR Competition with EREV Design

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The competition challenges university engineering students across North America to re-engineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions while retaining the vehicle’s performance and consumer appeal. One team, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, chose to design a Full Function Electric Vehicle.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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During such extreme events, the connected businesses will serve the entire community by providing refrigeration for medicines and perishables, power to recharge smartphones and laptops, a community kitchen, and a laundry, just to name a few essential services. In Adjuntas, even a pizzeria can become a critical emergency facility.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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North Carolina State. Jet Fuel From Camelina Sativa : A Systems Approach North Carolina State University will engineer the oilseed crop. will conduct a one-year “proof-of-concept seedling” program. thermoelectric energy converters to recharge the hot and. North Carolina State. University.

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