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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be

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Swiss-US battery energy storage specialist Energy Vault (NYSE: NRGV) built the 220 MW/440 MWh grid-tied Reid Gardner Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Moapa, Nevada, 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. It’s a two-hour energy storage system that stores and dispatches excess wind and solar power.

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AECOM awarded contract to build Faraday Future’s $1B N American EV manufacturing plant

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AECOM has been selected to construct the $1-billion, 3-million square foot electric car manufacturing plant for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The current demolition work includes the digging of water retention pools to store water for compaction and use in the building’s cooling towers.

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Reynolds buys startup to spice up DMS used-car acquisition generation

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AutoVision has 10 workers, whom Reynolds plans to store, consistent with a Reynolds spokesperson. Outlets obtaining older automobiles will be capable of virtue the AutoVision generation to behavior actual value determinations the usage of customizable and adaptive marketplace pricing algorithms.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

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Though we’re still several years away (at least) from robots taking the wheel, some cities in America—Las Vegas, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, to name a few—have already seen self-driving vehicles in action. In fact, from 2014 to 2016, battery prices fell by 50 percent, allowing EVs to gain some traction.

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BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). This makes it possible to take advantage of flexible electricity pricing that varies depending on the time of day.

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VinFast Still Kicking and Planning to Show Vehicles at CES

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But the ultimate goal is for VinFast to become a globally recognized EV manufacturer offering competitively priced vehicles. To that effect, the brand will be putting products on display in Las Vegas next week for CES 2024. At the very least, it’ll offer a glimpse of what might be in store for American car buyers.

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Electric Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept pickup truck revealed at CES

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Ram Trucks, the US truck arm of global automaker Stellantis , took the wraps off what it called the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept truck on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Those are a lot of electric motors that can be eliminated to cut prices for cost-conscious fleet managers.

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