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Volkswagen Group of America gains 51 charging stations at IECC Silicon Valley Campus

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The chargers were installed as part of a grant issued to Volkswagen by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The IECC has two branches: Innovation Center California (ICC) and Engineering Center California (ECC). The upgraded charge park now features a combination of two DC Fast Chargers and 49 Level 2 AC Chargers.

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Spontaneous formation of hollow structures in alloy anode crystals can improve battery stability

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This work was performed at the Georgia Tech Materials Characterization Facility and the Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology, a member of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure, which is supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant ECCS-1542174).

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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Schuller at UC San Diego, which is supported in part by the Office of Basic Energy Science, US Department of Energy.

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