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Saft begins deliveries of first lithium-ion batteries produced by new Jacksonville plant

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Jacksonville, Florida. We are now ramping up production to the volume of cells a year we need to address the constantly growing demand worldwide from customers who require reliable, high performance energy storage solutions. Saft also received incentives from the state of Florida and the city of Jacksonville.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Enable smart charging and vehicle grid integration through solutions such as demand response, and other energy storage and load management strategies. Duke Energy. Eversource Energy. Florida Power and Light Company. Westar Energy. Charging infrastructure financing: Unlocking Up $4.5 Con Edison.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Red Line Westlake Rail Wayside Energy Storage System: Install wayside energy storage substation (WESS) at Westlake passenger station is at-grade level on the high-speed heavy rail subway Red Line. Broward County Transit, Florida: $2,000,000. Palm Tran, Florida: $320,000.

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

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So, right now, if you said, “Well, Josh, how quickly can you expand to the Tampa/St Pete, Florida area?” Josh : You can buy, lease, or finance the equipment from us. What’s the typical charging speed, and how much energy storage can you get per stackable unit? With us, it’s basically take it out of the box, plug it in.