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Ilika completes US$19M equity placement to support solid-state battery commercialization

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This equity placing will be used to purchase manufacturing equipment which Ilika will install in its selected fab for it to be operated on demand. The company has secured commercial partnerships with a portfolio of blue-chip companies including Asahi Kasei, Shell, Applied Materials, Toyota and Murata Manufacturing.

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Adgero signs €3.5M deal with ultracap manufacturer Skeleton for road freight KERS

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million (US$4-million) distribution agreement to ensure modules from ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies, are part of its Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) for road freight. Under the deal for 2016 and 2017 Adgero will purchase hundreds of SkelMod units in a deal worth approximately €3.5 Adgero has signed a €3.5-million

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Why Are Modern Vehicles So Much Bigger?

The Truth About Cars

Safety standards have required the implementation of systems that often won’t fit into older/smaller designs and loopholes in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have resulted in manufacturers sizing up models to exploit regulatory blind spots. This changed in the following decade. Here’s an example from The Washington Post.

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Pike Research ranks ChargePoint, DBT as top EV charging equipment supply companies

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The new Pike Pulse Grid for EVSE manufacturers. The 14 electric vehicle charging equipment manufacturers in this Pike Pulse report all offer Level 2 units to residential and commercial customers, with many also offering Level 1 equipment and DC charging. Click to enlarge. million units in 2020.

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HARMAN acquiring Red Bend Software and Symphony Teleca for growth in connected vehicle space

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HARMAN International announced the acquisition of Israel-based Red Bend Software, a leading provider of software management technology for connected devices, and over-the-air (OTA) software and firmware upgrading services. Under the agreement, HARMAN will purchase Symphony Teleca for a base purchase price of $780 million.

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LG Chem to establish new electrolyte production plant in Michigan

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LG Chem was awarded one of Michigan’s first-in-the-nation battery cell manufacturing credits, as well as a US Department of Energy grant of $151.4 SB LiMotive recently purchased Cobasys, a nickel metal hydride battery firm based in Orion. million to support its Michigan operations.

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

Baua Electric

Geely Conserving owns dozens of alternative manufacturers, together with Volvo, Polestar, Lotus, Lynk&Co, and LEVC, have its ride-hailing app to compete with Didi (Chinese language Uber), personal model for EV taxi production (Cao Cao Auto), SpaceX-like satellite tv for pc plans, personal 7nm auto chip production, plans to promote 3.65

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