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3-year, $75.7M eRamp power electronics research project launches at Infineon

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In Germany, the Technical University of Dresden and West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau are also participating in research. The Project eRamp is co-funded by grants from ENIAC Joint Undertaking and from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia und the UK. Manufacturing Power Electronics'

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Tesla confirms significant detail regarding V4 Supercharger

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When the first units were installed in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, Teslarati reached out to the first users and found exclusive details regarding the V4 stalls. All charging units are universal and can be used by any EV user.” EV charging units (16no. ultra-rapid V4 superchargers (350kw) & 20no.

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Study shows hybrids and EVs to drive lithium and cobalt demand by a factor of 10 to more than 20

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A new study by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands, with colleagues at the University of Freiburg (Germany) and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, shows that climate policies can strongly increase metal demand.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. This duo, alongside Timothy Lipman of the University of California, Berkeley , and Alec Brooks of AC Propulsion , laid the foundation for vehicle-to-grid power. None evolved into a large-scale system.

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Video Friday: Co-Expression

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RoboCup German Open : 17–21 April 2024, KASSEL, GERMANY AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024 : 22–25 April 2024, SAN DIEGO, CA Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE ICRA 2024 : 13–17 May 2024, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS Enjoy today’s videos!

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Video Friday: Uncrewed

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Amazon ] Using GPT3, Ameca answers user-submitted questions for you in the first installment of Ask Ameca! In a new article published in Nature, scientists from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Aix-Marseille University (France) describe how insects detect gravity. Its name is Bluebell.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K. argue that, “Focusing solely on electric vehicles is slowing down the race to zero emissions.”