Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Lucid Connected Home Charging Station L2 is the easiest and best option to have for EVs, as it can provide a full overnight charge for nearly all EVsall but those with the largest battery packs. Conceived in 2009 and 2010 by a group of Japanese companies, CHAdeMO was first rolled out for the U.S. in the 2011 Nissan Leaf.

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JULY 5, 2025

Videos of violations, on the other hand, are stored securely and linked with DMV records to issue tickets to vehicle owners. Watchdog groups are not convinced that this type of technology won’t be subject to mission creep. The system continuously streams footage but only stores clips when a violation is likely.

New York

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MAY 17, 2023

Volvo Group is the first truck manufacturer to launch an Augmented Reality (AR) safety app for electric trucks, designed specifically to support first responders in an emergency. For Mack electric trucks, the AR features will be added during June 2023.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

The steel is now being delivered to the first customer, the Volvo Group. The hydrogen gas used in the direct reduction process is produced by electrolysis of water with fossil-free electricity, and can be used directly or stored for later use.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is a central element of the digital transformation process at the BMW Group. The BMW Group already uses AI throughout the value chain to generate added value for customers, products, employees and processes. The BMW Group’s AI applications should be implemented so they work responsibly.

BMW

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JANUARY 8, 2019

The Volkswagen Group is establishing a Group company for energy offerings and charging solutions, underlining its strategic goal of becoming a leading provider of sustainable mobility. Elli Group GmbH , with headquartered in Berlin, is to develop products and services connected with energy and charging for the brands of the Group.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Elli, the Volkswagen subsidiary that manages all activities related to charging and energy for the Group in Europe, the Elia Group and its start-up re.alto signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Berlin. The Elia Group is a key player in electricity transmission in Europe.

Grid

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JUNE 6, 2018

Seven-Eleven and Toyota entered into a basic agreement in August 2017 regarding considerations toward energy conservation and carbon dioxide emission reduction in store distribution and operation. The Seven & i Group is currently addressing five key issues, one of them being non-wasteful usage of products, ingredients and energy.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Scuderi Group, Inc., According to the agreement, Scuderi Group will build and install the power generation units at the Association’s San Juan headquarters and adjoining elderly care facility and at other locations around the island include buildings in Trujillo Alto, Ponce, and Maunabo. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

Puerto Rico

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APRIL 22, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group has developed smartphone-EV pairing-based performance adjustment technology which allows users to customize primary functions through a smartphone application—an industry-first innovation. —research fellow JeongSoo Eo from Hyundai Motor Group.

Hyundai

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JULY 24, 2020

As this proportion grows, however, the basic dilemma associated with these renewable energy sources remains: first, electricity cannot always be supplied when it is required and second, on sunny days and in high-wind conditions, there is often a lack of capacity for storing the energy generated.

Audi

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Summit Agricultural Group, a diversified agribusiness operator and investment manager with operations in the United States and Brazil, has created Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS), a new business platform that will develop the world’s largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Green Plains Inc. Green Plains Inc. Fergus Falls, Minn.

North Dakota

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JANUARY 8, 2015

The California Independent System Operator (ISO), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) unveiled a comprehensive roadmap to assess the current market environment and regulatory policies for connecting new energy storage technology to the state’s power grid.

Energy Storage

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APRIL 9, 2020

Volkswagen Group Components and the start-up Shanghai DU-POWER New Energy Technical Co., —Thomas Schmall, CEO of Volkswagen Group Components. When connected to the low-voltage grid, the station becomes a permanent charging point without the additional cost and effort required for a comparable fixed quick charging station.

China

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JUNE 23, 2020

BMW was the first to integrate iPod in their vehicles, first to offer wireless CarPlay and now first to introduce support for BMW Digital Key stored securely in Apple Wallet for iPhone. The BMW Group was quick to recognize the potential of smartphones as digital keys—if done correctly. The Digital Key specification 2.0

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

Daimler’s moovel Group and the Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG (SSB) are launching a new mobility service in Stuttgart. The platform has been developed by the moovel Group GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG, with locations in Stuttgart, Hamburg and Berlin as well as in Portland, Oregon.

Portland

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JULY 29, 2014

UK transport operator Go-Ahead Group has ordered 500 electric flywheel Gyrodrive systems from GKN Hybrid Power for use in buses. Useable stored energy is 1.2MJ, with peak power of 120kW. The Mk4 eFES has a separate inverter so that the flywheel and inverter combination connect directly to the vehicle’s DC bus. Earlier post.).

Hybrid

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AUGUST 29, 2017

UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. The E-STOR technology developed by Connected Energy uses second-life batteries from Renault electric vehicles.

Connect

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APRIL 29, 2019

The pilot deployment of autonomous transport systems and other logistics innovations will help us to optimize intralogistics processes and thus safeguard the future viability of BMW Group Aftersales logistics. The AutoBox pilot project is part of a series of autonomous transport systems currently used at various BMW Group locations.

Transportation

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Currently still in series development, the Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) with hydrogen fuel cell drive train will be one of several vehicles visitors can experience as they are driven along the Blue Lane connecting the main exhibition grounds with other exhibition venues in the city center.

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MAY 10, 2012

The Technische Universität München (TUM), for years an established partner of the BMW Group, will also be included in the cooperation between BMW Forschung und Technik GmbH and EURECOM. The increasing application of connected driver assistance systems induces a higher level of complexity in the vehicle IT on-board architecture.

BMW

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NOVEMBER 20, 2014

All three incorporate a fourth-generation, 100 kW LT PEM (Low Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell stack developed in-house by Volkswagen Group Research at the Volkswagen Technology Center for Electric Traction. The Group is already at work on its fifth-generation version, said Prof. Audi A7 Sportback h-tron. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 The BMW Group is investing around $1 billion in the new plant and creating at least 1,500 new jobs. For paint overspray separation in the spray booth, BMW Group chose dry separation using the EcoDryScrubber.

BMW

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MAY 27, 2021

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. The future of transportation will require more data connections and sophisticated analysis than ever before. —Johan de Nysschen, chief operating officer at Volkswagen Group of America. This joint project is the first of its kind for Volkswagen globally.

Transportation

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JANUARY 1, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is hosting a pitch event, ARPA-E’s Battery/Storage Exposition, on 14 January 2021, from 1:00-3:00 pm EST. This event will feature pitches from a select group of ARPA-E teams developing energy storage technologies.

Energy Storage

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Volkswagen plans to connect its production facilities in Chattanooga (TN), Puebla and Silao (Mexico) with the global Industrial Cloud initiative from the Volkswagen Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS). This approach is comparable to an app store. —Johan de Nysschen, Chief Operating Officer, Volkswagen Group of America.

Mexico

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JULY 27, 2020

New partner companies will be able to connect with Volkswagen plants and to contribute their own software applications for optimizing production processes to the Industrial Cloud. The Volkswagen Group expects significant efficiency and productivity gains at its plants. At the same time. This way, everyone will benefit.

Industrial

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MARCH 28, 2019

The BMW Group has launched its High Performance D3 IT platform—a key milestone on the BMW Group’s roadmap to highly and fully automated driving. The BMW Group has been applying the Data-Driven Development approach for a couple of years. The net useable data rate is approx. D3 Platform storage capacity of more than 230 PB.

BMW

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MARCH 9, 2012

Supplied by a Mitsubishi Group affiliate, the MiEV power BOX will be offered as a dealer option for the company’s i-MiEV and MINICAB-MiEV EVs. When connected to a fully-charged 16.0 It has been designed mainly to power household electrical appliances either when away from home or in an emergency.

i-MiEV

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The BMW Group is introducing multi-contract Plug & Charge functionality to its line-up. DCS develops public charging solutions for automotive OEMs and fleet operators; since the beginning of 2019, DCS has been part of the mobility joint venture between the BMW Group and Daimler AG. In October 2021 bp followed as third shareholder.

Plug-in

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Element One is designed to fly 4 passengers for 500 km to 5000 km (311 miles to 3100 miles ) depending on whether hydrogen is stored in gaseous or liquid form. France alone offers a network of more than 450 airfields but only 10% of these are connected by regular airlines. We will simply connect the remaining 90%.

Hydrogen

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MARCH 6, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced 16 major US employers and two stakeholder groups have joined the Workplace Charging Challenge ( earlier post ), while another 3 US corporations have joined the National Clean Fleets Partnership.

Charging

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FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Both groups will combine their expertise in order to design and propose energy storage solutions that guarantee the reliability of electrical grids for isolated sites and areas where access to power is limited. AREVA will provide the Greenergy Box , an energy storage solution made with an electrolyzer and fuel cell. Click to enlarge.

Energy Storage

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

With the parking payments function, upon arrival in a parking zone, the vehicle automatically detects whether the service is available and displays the payment function if the parking zone is recorded by one of the connected providers. The BMW Group cooperates with the Parkopedia platform to process the payment of parking fees.

BMW

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AUGUST 7, 2017

moovel Group, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, has acquired all of Familonet GmbH based in Hamburg. In Germany, the mobility app moovel—available to download free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store—combines local public transport, the carsharing provider car2go, mytaxi, rental bicycles and Deutsche Bahn.

Google

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APRIL 10, 2022

A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. The Porsche Home Energy Manager monitors energy and power consumption.

Grid

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JUNE 9, 2021

—Todd Eckert, Ford truck group marketing manager. Maverick has standard FordPass Connect with embedded modem and Wi-Fi for up to 10 devices, while standard FordPass makes it easy to find the truck, check fuel level, lock and unlock the doors, and start or turn off the vehicle—all from a phone.

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