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The launch of Power2Drive South America Exhibition and Conference 2024 – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Renewable energies, energy storage and e-mobility play a central role in achieving climate protection targets. As efficient and environmentally friendly mobility solutions, electric vehicles have an important contribution to make to the energy transition.

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Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

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The company plans on being active throughout South America and identified EnergyX as a strategic partner capable of helping it enact its vision. MOBI, which closed the largest seed round for a startup in Bolivia at $1.38

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Ballard and HDF Energy sign development agreement for multi-megawatt fuel cell systems

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HDF Energy’s Renewstable power plant is a multi-MW baseload system enabling large-scale storage of intermittent renewable wind or solar energy in the form of hydrogen through the process of electrolysis as well as electricity generation using that hydrogen feedstock together with a fuel cell system.

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Redwood Materials Will Recycle Hawaiian Grid Batteries

Cars That Think

Lithium-ion battery recycling took a big step forward this week, as a Hawaiian utility announced it is undertaking one of the biggest examples of grid-storage recycling in North America to date. As such, it sets the stage for an expected rise in stationary battery storage recycling in the future.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The battery pack is comprised of 5,088 lithium-ion cells for a cummulative 35kWhrs of energy storage. These specifications sound strikingly similar to the electric drive and energy storage system found in the very impressive AC Propulsion eBox electric vehicles which also sport a 5,088 lithium-ion cell battery with 35kWhrs of capacity.

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Audi A1 e-tron: Extended Range Electric Vehicle for City Driving

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The Audi A1 e-tron was designed specifically for use in the metropolitan areas of Europe and North America and in the rapidly growing megacities of Asia and South America. A fully depleted battery can be recharged in approximately three hours from the 380 volt grid. Motor and power electronics. Battery pack.

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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—Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BNEF. The country’s growing battery metals supply chain, relatively clean grid and quality infrastructure favorably positions it among top lithium-ion battery countries. In BNEF’s 2027 rankings, countries in South America see the biggest declines, notably Brazil and Bolivia.

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