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SMUD running EV charging pilot program with BMW, Ford and GM

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SMUD, the US’ sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, announced the Managed Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Pilot, a new electric vehicle program with BMW of North America, Ford and General Motors. Managed EV Charging will make it easier for customers to switch to an EV.

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Toyota to debut 2 BEVs, 1 PHEV for US this year; says research shows BEVs & PHEVs have similar environmental benefits

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Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) plans to debut three new electrified models—two BEVs and a PHEV—in the US market this year. At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions.

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

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Looking ahead, further products such as major storage systems for the energy grid are planned. In addition to Europe, PowerCo is also already exploring the possibility of further gigafactories in North America. Following Salzgitter, the next cell factory is to be established at Valencia.

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BMW begins Phase 2 of ChargeForward Program with PG&E to study advanced electric vehicle charging; results from Phase 1

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In an effort to further understand and expand the possibilities of smart charging for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), BMW of North America announced a second phase of its BMW ChargeForward program. Earlier post.) Phase One Findings.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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The remarkable advantage for BMW customers in using BMW i3 batteries as a plug and play storage application is the ability to tap into an alternative resource for residential and commercial backup power, thus using renewable energy much more efficiently, and enabling additional revenues from the energy market.

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

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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.

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15 Graphs That Explain the State of AI in 2024

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The report notes that the variance between models is due to factors including model size, data center energy efficiency, and the carbon intensity of energy grids. In 2022 (the most recent year for which the Index has data), 70 precent of new AI PhDs in North America took jobs in industry.