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USABC awards Cobasys $8.4M for the development of high-energy density Li-ion cells and packs for EVs

Green Car Congress

At the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, DC this week, Bosch engineers were present in the technology showcase to discuss their work with MIT on developing a cell with a goal of a specific energy density of 600 Wh/kg that also achieves the requisite power, life, safety and cost to enable mass EV adoption.

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Stowing is a “Beautiful Problem” that Amazon is Solving with Robots

Cars That Think

But then we realized that the end effector actually takes up a lot of space in the bin, and the whole point is that we’re trying to fill these bins up so that we can have a lot of stuff for sale on Amazon.com. My team sponsors research at MIT and at the University of Washington. Right now, though, the system doesn’t remember.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Expected deposits in 2009 and first sales in CA in 2010.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Stellantis Automakers like Stellantis, freely acknowledge that EVs are too expensive for most buyers, with Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares even warning that if average consumers can’t afford EVs as ICE vehicle sales are banned, “There is potential for social unrest.” Its e-Mustang has been subject to several recalls over the past year.

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