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XPeng unveils slate of new technologies: ADAS, flying car, supercharging, robotics

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will deliver deep information fusion in a 3D drivable space. Supporting this supercharging network, XPeng will also launch power storage facilities in both piles and mobile vehicles. Its visual perception network has been upgraded from 2D detection to 3D, with multiple-target recognition, classification and positioning.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that. in layman’s term, would state that conversion of one form of energy to another — in this case the primary energy sources (natural gas, oil and coal) to electricity — is not 100% efficient.

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