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Corporate EV Alliance calls for US standards ensuring interoperable chargers

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A coalition of major businesses, including Amazon, Siemens, DHL and Uber, sent a letter to officials from the Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and General Services Administration calling for programs and standards that ensure interoperability and open access at publicly funded electric vehicle charging stations.

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Oshkosh Corporation unveils Volterra platform of electric fire and emergency vehicles

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Oshkosh Corporation’s Fire & Emergency segment unveiled the Volterra platform of electric vehicles with the introduction of two new trucks under the Pierce Manufacturing and Oshkosh Airport Products brands. —John Pfeifer, Oshkosh Corporation President and CEO. The Volterra platform uses Oshkosh’s parallel-electric drive train.

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Mazda Commits To Using Tesla’s North American Charging Standard

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Mazda Motor Corporation is the latest automaker to announce an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (“NACS”) for charging ports on the company’s battery electric vehicles. Mazda will drive adoption of NACS to provide customers with a broader range of charging options.

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Cabot Corporation launches ENTERA aerogel particles for use in thermal barriers for Li-ion batteries

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Global specialty chemicals and performance materials company Cabot Corporation launched its new ENTERA aerogel particles portfoli o. Aerogel has emerged as aperformance-enabling thermal barrier material that is enabling EV manufacturers to meet critical industry safety standards.

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Yamato Transport and CJPT to study standardization and commercialization of cartridge batteries for battery swapping

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Yamato Transport and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) will begin studying the standardization and commercialization of replaceable and rechargeable cartridge batteries. Level electricity demand: Replacement batteries can be recharged while vehicles are in operation, reducing peak electricity demand.

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Agreement reached to standardize swappable batteries for electric motorcycles

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The Swappable Battery Consortium for Electric Motorcycles has reached an agreement to standardize swappable batteries and replacement systems, allowing battery sharing and paving the way for increased adoption of electric motorcycles in Japan. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Yamaha Motor Co., Suzuki Motor Corporation and Yamaha Motor Co.,

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Nikola Corporation to unveil novel battery cell technology; 500 Wh/kg on production cell

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Nikola Corporation said that it has developed a new battery that has a record energy density of 1,100 Wh kg -1 on the material level and 500 Wh kg -1 on the production cell level—including casing, terminals and separator—more than double current lithium-ion battery cells.