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Volkswagen launches PowerCo for global battery business; €20B investment; standard factories

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With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. The Volkswagen Group is bundling its global battery activities in the European company (SE) PowerCo. Looking ahead, further products such as major storage systems for the energy grid are planned.

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Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix

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His analysis found that if electrolyzed hydrogen were to be produced using a 2020 US electrical grid mix, its use would be associated with approximately 2.5x the global warming potential (GWP) as direct use of fossil-derived jet fuels. But that perspective doesn’t include all of the energy needs throughout the fuel’s life cycle.

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IBM and ZSE team on Central European e-mobility project; “green highway”

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(ZSE), the largest distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, on a smart energy “feasibility” study that will help prepare the capital city Bratislava for electric vehicles (EVs). —Guido Bartels, General Manager of IBM's Global Energy and Utilities Industry.

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GM Opens New Global Battery Systems Lab

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The new Global Battery Systems Lab will lead GM’s global advanced battery engineering resources and expedite the introduction of electrically driven vehicles, including the Chevrolet Volt, as well as plug-in hybrid and hybrid-electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. The Global Battery Systems Lab spans 33,000 sq.

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

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In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources.

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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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New E3SM exascale modeling system for earth simulation released to scientific community

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Pictured here is global E3SM simulation showing eddy activity. Earth system simulation involves solving approximations of physical, chemical and biological governing equations on spatial grids at resolutions that are as fine in scale as computing resources will allow. Source: E3SM. Click to enlarge.

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