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Navistar launches new medium-duty electric International eMV Series; in production and available to order

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Navistar has launched the new fully-electric medium-duty International eMV Series trucks. The eMV is available in four different wheelbase options—217", 236", 254" and 272"—and features the Diamond Logic electrical system as standard equipment. The DC Fast Charge station option provides up to 125 kW of power.

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Volvo teams with Starbucks to install EV charging network at U.S. locations

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Volvo Car USA and Starbucks are partnering to establish the first public electric vehicle charging network at numerous U.S. The charging stations, powered by ChargePoint, will be installed at up to 15 stores along a 1,350-miles corridor from Seattle to Denver. Volvo slates 2030 as its year to go fully electric. “We

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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A key element of this change is the conversion of production micro-grids from an alternating current (AC) to a direct current (DC) architecture—“Industrial Smart DC Grids”. The event will be accompanied by an exhibition with examples of sustainable and green projects in the global production organization of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Volkswagen’s ID.3 debuts for the European market

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3 is the first Volkswagen based on the newly developed, modular electric drive matrix – abbreviated to MEB. models will also be exclusively available with fully electric drive. The 12 V DC electrical system is simultaneously supplied with low voltage by a DC/DC converter. kW (AC) and 50 kW (DC).

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Coritech Services orders Ideal Power’s bi-directional battery converters for DoD vehicle-to-grid program

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All the energy runs through, and is temporarily stored in, a high-frequency AC link consisting of an inductor and capacitor. It also provides buck/boost voltage conversion, bi-directional power transfer, and multiport applications with any combination of independently-controlled AC and DC power ports.

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Quick drive of the Passat HyMotion hydrogen fuel cell hybrid

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kWh lithium-ion battery pack (from the Jetta Hybrid), which stores the kinetic energy recovered from regenerative braking; assists in the starting phase of the fuel cell; and adds a dynamic boost to the maximum acceleration of the Golf SportWagen. The hydrogen is stored in the tanks at a pressure of 700 bar (10,150 psi).

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ARPA-E announces $98M in funding for 40 OPEN projects; two opposed-piston engines projects receive $10M total

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Advanced Magnet Lab (AML) is developing a reliable, contact-free current transfer mechanism from a stationary to a rotating electrode to allow direct current (DC) electrical machines, motors, and generators to achieve unprecedented power and torque density. Georgia Tech Research Corporation.

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