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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

The new capital will be used to support FreeWire’s growth plans as the company accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing global customer demand, including high priority markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

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SpaceX Starlink satellite internet tested in the field in Antarctica

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Instead, users are connected to the internet via space lasers that route their communications to and from ground stations in South America, Australia, New Zealand, and other nearby locales. Each Starlink V1.5 Simultaneously, NSF holds a sort of supervisory role over other aspects of SpaceX’s Starlink constellation.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Don’t worry about dodging puddles in your Prius! EVs have the highest car safety scores.

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Should Ioniq 5, Polestar 2 and Volvo XC40 EV Drivers be able use Tesla destination chargers?

EVolution

Not surprisingly, we couldn't find anything legal-ish online that sets out the ground rules for this kind of thing. So, no clear direction on whether using these spaces in the same ball-park as parking in a legally-enforceable disabled or parents-with-prams spot. So, why not just share the charging love?

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Green Car Congress

According to the group, an integrated climate change and clean energy policy framework should include: Clear short-, medium- and long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction objectives and targets, and comprehensive, enforceable legal mechanisms and timelines for delivering on these objectives and targets.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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Huawei has said it would not comply with such a request and believes that it cannot be legally forced to do so. The country banned new 5G equipment purchases from the company beginning this month and ordered that existing equipment be removed by 2027. Washington embarked on an intense campaign to block Huawei, and Ms.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

Drive Electric

PART A: INTRODUCTION About us Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand as part of the effort to decarbonise transport. The case for an EV Charging Strategy New Zealand is on the cusp of the biggest transformation in transport in over a century.

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