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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Porsche will be the primary customer for the green fuel.

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Group14 Technologies begins construction of second commercial-scale silicon battery materials plant

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Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, has begun construction of a second commercial-scale US Battery Active Materials (BAM-2) factory in Moses Lake, WA, in support of domestic efforts to advance the electric vehicle (EV) market.

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Tesla India teams reassigned to other Asia-Pacific markets

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The Tesla India team was reassigned to Asia-Pacific (APAC) and other markets. The team in India includes Sami Jain, who previously worked for Porsche on the legacy automaker’s electrification effort. Most of Tesla’s employees in India were tasked to focus on the company’s efforts in Dubai and other Middle-East markets.

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Alpine Says A110 Successor Will Come to United States, Outlines Expansion Plan

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The brand is now fleshing out plans to expand into our market, stating that it hopes to begin U.S. Rumor has it that the vehicle will play host to a battery pack sized just shy of 80 kWh and that the engineering team is hoping to create a rival of the all-electric 718 Porsche has been developing. operations by 2026.

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Infineon and XAIN to collaborate on bringing blockchain into the car

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The goal of the collaboration is to test possible applications and develop suitable ones to market maturity. A first demonstrator shows how access rights, e.g. for car sharing, can be granted decentrally with a smartphone app. It shows how access rights can be granted decentrally, swiftly and securely by means of a smartphone app.

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Silicon battery technology company Group14 closes additional $214M for $614M Series C funding round

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The growing importance of market-ready, transformational battery technology to power the electrification of everything has given rise to a wave of interest from strategic, financial and impact investors in commercial manufacturers of silicon battery technology such as Group14. Earlier post.)

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JATO Dynamics: 17% of new passenger car registrations in Europe in April were electrified

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This represents the lowest monthly level since the 1970s, and the worst result among the big three markets: China, USA-Canada, and Europe. For instance, in Scandinavia, citizens were granted more freedom of movement, thus registrations fell by 37%, the lowest decrease. Their market share remained stable at approximately 37%.

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