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IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

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IONITY , the joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with Audi and Porsche that is developing and implementing a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for EVs across Europe ( earlier post ), has formed initial strategic partnerships for the realization of its HPC network.

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Nissan has more than 550 electric taxis on European roads

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To power its pioneering franchise, CEO Örs Lévay has installed seven quick chargers within the city. In total, there are 80 electric taxis and counting in Estonia, while in Lithuania, Nissan is poised to deliver its first eight electric taxis to the Smart Taxi Company, based in the country’s capital, Vilnius, for late 2015.

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SpaceX delivers truckload of Starlink dishes to Ukraine, as promised

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Otherwise, the only explanation is that SpaceX is continuing a sort of unplanned field test that began with the island nation of Tonga and is attempting to connect Ukrainian Starlink users to distant ground stations using communications lasers installed on a new generation of satellites. First, the dishes require quite a lot of power to run.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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The machines are already generating electricity at scores of installations, and the company’s backers include some of the biggest names in tech investing, including Bill Gates and Vinod Khosla. The company is one of a growing group targeting grid-scale applications, particularly for solar installations.

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11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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As a bonus, the tech onboard the balloons runs on solar power. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has put a new set of supercomputers into operation to power the next generation of modeling. The components are for startup NuScale , whose design promises to drastically reduce cost and installation time. Now, the U.S.

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