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Record-Breaking Energy News, World’s Biggest Electric Road Trip — CleanTechnica Roundup

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We’ve got another daily roundup of solar energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle news to share. In the realm of electric cars, it appears like. continued] The post Record-Breaking Energy News, World’s Biggest Electric Road Trip — CleanTechnica Roundup appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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VW Vehicle-To-Grid Is 15 Years Too Early, Except Maybe In Texas

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While I think that of the major vendors, VW is most likely to thrive in the transition to fully electric vehicles, its vehicle-to-grid offerings are so early that they are best thought of as an experimental platform.

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Li-ion maker A123 Systems sells Energy Solutions business to NEC for ~$100M; focus on micro-hybrids and transportation

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A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, is selling its grid storage business and other assets related to energy storage for telecom and IT data storage applications to NEC Corporation for approximately $100 million.

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Comparing The US & China On Climate, Economy, & Other Outcomes Should Be Deeply Humbling For America

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The narrative that Americans and many Europeans share about China and themselves is not aligned with observable reality, and the USA is in significant danger of economic decline even as the world improves.

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Opel bringing Ampera with special nav system and Meriva EVs to iZEUS project on intelligent electric driving and recharging

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These will ultimately include up to 30 vans (Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL) and some 90 electric cars (smart ed, Opel Ampera and Toyota Prius) for private transport. Opel is also bringing Meriva battery research vehicles to iZEUS as part of the project’s research into linking traffic and energy systems for intelligent driving.

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World’s largest 2nd-use battery storage starting up; Daimler, Mobility House, GETEC

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The first power units are already in the grid. The 13 MWh battery storage will put its full capacity at the disposal of the German energy market before the end of this year. The lifecycle of a plug-in or electric vehicle battery does not end after the vehicle’s operating life.

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EnerDel to Supply Batteries for Japanese Electric Bus Demo

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The project was initiated last April by Hokuriku Electric Power Company, which is headquartered in Toyama, in partnership with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. —Naoki Ota, COO for EnerDel.

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