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FedEx Express doubles and diversifies all-electric fleet with 24 new units; adding more than 4,000 new, fuel-efficient vehicles in total

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These vehicles will be studied to help evolve all-electric vehicle technology and to establish a foundation of understanding on utility grid needs by modeling impact of future all-electric vehicle growth on the shared energy grid. —Keshav Sondhi, manager of Asset Management for FedEx Express Global Vehicles.

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

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Generative AI investment skyrockets While corporate investment was down overall last year, investment in generative AI went through the roof. Since training these models typically requires vast resources, Industry now makes most of them, with academia only putting out a few.

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BMW, Ford, Honda to Form New EV Charging Company

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The scheme could be one way of addressing concerns that modern power grids couldn’t endure widespread electric vehicle usage while helping to position the involved companies in an industry that’s being heavily incentivized by the government. The companies are hoping to sell the concept as a way to help “decarbonize” the energy grid.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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The 8 BREAKERS projects will work to develop new direct current (DC) devices to better manage power by eliminating electrical faults, improving efficiency and reaction times, and potentially enabling greater proliferation of energy storage and renewable resources. Eaton Corporation, DC Wide Bandgap Static Circuit Breaker – $3,760,000.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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The smart EV charging platform recognizes the driver, initiates the session with the optimum energy utilization, monitors the battery charge in the vehicle, concludes the session when the vehicle is charged, and bills the driver based on their agreed-upon terms. . Implementing USEF enables large-scale deployment of smart energy grids.

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Microsoft Predicts Weather for Individual Farms

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In the study, the researchers examined how radiation predictions made with DeepMC can be used to predict energy generation on a commercial solar farm, but Kumar says he can also imagine the model being used more generally by energy grids to predict how much energy people will use.

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