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Volkswagen launches PowerCo for global battery business; €20B investment; standard factories

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Looking ahead, further products such as major storage systems for the energy grid are planned. In addition to Europe, PowerCo is also already exploring the possibility of further gigafactories in North America. Following Salzgitter, the next cell factory is to be established at Valencia. —PowerCo CEO Frank Blome.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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The remarkable advantage for BMW customers in using BMW i3 batteries as a plug and play storage application is the ability to tap into an alternative resource for residential and commercial backup power, thus using renewable energy much more efficiently, and enabling additional revenues from the energy market.

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New E3SM exascale modeling system for earth simulation released to scientific community

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The E3SM project will soon convert to an “open development” project. Earth system simulation involves solving approximations of physical, chemical and biological governing equations on spatial grids at resolutions that are as fine in scale as computing resources will allow.

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BMW, Ford, Honda to Form New EV Charging Company

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Ford, Honda, and BMW have announced plans to create a new “vehicle-to-grid company” that’s aimed at standardizing vehicle charging via a singular platform. The service also seeks to return excess energy to the electrical grid, effectively converting EVs into publicly shared batteries.

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