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Glencore orders full fleet of Epiroc battery-electric mining equipment for Onaping Depth nickel and copper mine in Canada

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Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations (INO) has ordered a full fleet of Epiroc battery-electric equipment for use at the Onaping Depth Project in Ontario, Canada. Traditionally, mining machines are diesel-powered, though more and more mining companies are adding battery-electric machines to their fleets. Scooptram loader.

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Tesla Model Y to replace over half of Dartmouth Dept of Safety and Security’s fleet

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Dartmouth College’s Department of Safety and Security (DoSS) is replacing its fleet of Ford Explorers with the Tesla Model Y. The initiative is part of the college’s transition to electric vehicles, and it is expected to be implemented in the coming weeks and months. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Caltech’s SSPD-1 Is a New Idea for Space-Based Solar

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On one side are the antennas that transmit the power, and on the flip side are our custom CMOS chips that are part of the power-transfer electronics. The second part of this experiment—really a stretch goal—was to demonstrate that ability to point the beam to the right place on Earth and see whether we picked up the expected power levels.

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Tesla teases 3 next-gen vehicles in Master Plan Part 3, all in different segments

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On its recently-shared Master Plan Part 3, Tesla teased three new vehicles with its next-generation platform, including a compact car, a commercial/passenger van, and a bus. In Master Plan Part 3, Tesla revealed that the Model 2 will have a 53 kWh battery pack using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells.

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EV charging is changing, Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS

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As we transition, our fleet will include a mix of port configurations.” Ford found unexpected enthusiasm for the idea of its F-150 Lightning serving as backup power for homes during outages, which caught the public’s attention despites all sorts of caveats.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk hints that he’s working on a “Master Plan Part 3”

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently revealed something extremely exciting: he is currently working on Master Plan, Part 3. Master Plan, Part 2 came ten years later, a time when the company was already producing the Model S and Model X. This does not mean to say that Elon Musk’s Master Plan, Part 3, would be ill-timed, however.

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Bombardier (now Alstom) to convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power

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Bombardier Transportation (now part of Alstom) introduced a variety of green innovations to reduce CO 2 emissions and pollution in the railway sector. With 2,473 AGC train cars in operation today, the AGC is the largest regional fleet operated in France.