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OSU wins Year 2 of EcoCAR 3 competition

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The team earned 880 out of 1,000 overall points, posted 11 first place category finishes, and placed top 5 in 30 out of 36 categories. The team has set the groundwork for continued development in Year 3 by demonstrating industry grade processes for embedded controls and software development. DENSO; Champlain Cable Corp.;

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BMW’s additional developments for iFE.18 electric racer; brake-by wire, rear-end and rear suspension

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The topic of sustainability also plays a major role in the development of the BMW iFE.18. The introduction of this system represents a big technological step for Formula E and, in this regard, takes it to the same level as Formula 1 and the LMP1 category in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The electronics on the BMW iFE.18

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Fisker’s debut SUV not on time by way of lingering device issues, record says

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Fisker is going through delays on turning in its debut electrical SUV to shoppers on account of issues integrating device into the cars, in step with community regular with the topic. The device is lately vulnerable to system defects, the community mentioned, estimating the problems may whip months to iron out.

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EcoCAR 2 winner OSU wins year one of North American EcoCAR 3 competition

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The judges decided that OSU showed all-around excellence in Year One, demonstrating a highly mature software development process, and as a result received a trophy, $10,000 and repeat winner bragging rights. The team earned a total of 937 points out of 1,000 and also took first place in the Communications and Project Management categories.

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New survey finds myths and misinformation about EVs are deeply embedded – Charged EVs

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But Charged regularly speaks with execs at electric utilities , as well as companies that provide charging management software , and while all acknowledge the challenges, to date none has expressed any concern about EVs “crashing the grid.” Upgrades to electrical girds are sorely needed, especially in the US (and not only because of EVs).

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New methodology for regionalized life cycle assessments

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Regional patterns of impact for the US electricity grid mix for five impact assessment categories. We then describe a methodology to couple regionalized impact assess- ment methods with regionalized inventories and use a new version of the open source Brightway software that directly includes GIS capabilities in the LCA calculation.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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The taskforce has taken recommendations from JARI and developed a draft concept of charging categories per power level, static charging (e.g., This is necessary before a determination of charging frequency can be standardize and should include the second and third harmonic possibilities.