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Tesla launches $500 incentive for Powerwall battery orders

Teslarati

As per Tesla’s official website, customers who install and register their Powerwall batteries from this month until the end of October are eligible to receive a $500 rebate for each Powerwall that they operate. kWh, the Powerwall is able to provide homes with an uninterrupted power supply, even in the event of power outages.

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Chevrolet Performance previews eCrate package in converted 1977 K5 Blazer EV

Green Car Congress

The K5 Blazer-E is a functional proof of concept of the upcoming Electric Connect and Cruise package Chevrolet Performance plans to sell in the second half of 2021. During the virtual event, Chevrolet Performance will survey SEMA members interested in building their own electric projects to help finalize Chevrolet’s initial eCrate offering.

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New electronic module to safeguard self-driving vehicles against total failure of onboard electrical systems

Green Car Congress

Autonomous electric vehicles draw power from two sources: a high-voltage battery and, additionally, a conventional 12-volt battery that supplies the vehicle when idling or in high load situations while driving. Safety-critical systems such as brakes and steering can therefore be connected to two sources of power.

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New York City to invest $420M in electric vehicles and infrastructure; all-electric fleet by 2035

Green Car Congress

DCAS is in the process of finalizing a contract with a Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) vendor to supply many of these vehicles. Install at least 1,776 fast electric vehicle chargers spanning all five boroughs by 2030. Solar carports can fully power vehicles without a connection to the electric grid.

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The world’s largest solar farm just came online in China

Baua Electric

Photo: CGTN The world’s largest solar farm, in the desert in northwestern Xinjiang, is now connected to China’s grid. The world’s largest solar farm in Xinjiang is part of China’s megabase project, a plan to install 455 GW of wind and solar. The 5-gigawatt (GW), 200,000-acre solar farm is outside Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital.

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GKN to supply 500 electric flywheel hybrid drive systems to Go-Ahead Group for buses

Green Car Congress

The magnets are provided by GKN Hybrid Power’s MLC (Magnetically Loaded Composite) material which has the advantage of being both very low on eddy current losses and safe as there are no discrete magnets rotating at the very high rotor speeds of the flywheel to contain in the event of a failure.

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Maxwell Technologies introduces ultracapacitor-based backup power module for Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems

Green Car Congress

is introducing a 56-volt ultracapacitor module designed specifically to address the short-term ride-through and bridge power requirements of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems for mission-critical installations such as data centers, hospitals, factories and telecommunication facilities. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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