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Volvo partnership will recycle EV batteries into energy storage

Teslarati

As the world transitions to sustainable transportation through electric vehicles (EVs), some are considering ways to reduce EV battery waste. One such company includes Volvo, which has announced a partnership to recycle old EV batteries into new energy storage systems. This represents a key opportunity for OEMs like Volvo Group.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management.

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

The shipping containers, which house a Frankenstein-like assortment of machine parts—motors repurposed from Volvo truck engines, giant tanks of compressed air, huge silos of piping hot sand—are produced by a company called Cheesecake Energy. Getting a 100 percent decarbonized grid is nothing but an optimization problem.”—Matthew

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

Driivz

They weigh more than 10,000 pounds and include tractor-trailers and other freight trucks, school and public transit buses, delivery trucks, utility vehicles (including waste disposal), construction vehicles, and shuttles. What do we mean by MHDs ? Delivery vans, commercial-use vans, and pickup trucks are considered light-duty vehicles.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

Cars That Think

Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan boldly proclaims that electric vehicles will reach price parity with internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles by 2025. EV owners should be urged to charge at night to save not only money and the power grid but “ the world ,” a news headline cries out. Join the crowd.