CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 27, 2023

Ford stated in September 2021 that it would establish Ford BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky and Ford BlueOval City in Tennessee, two large sites dedicated to producing EVs and EV batteries. Ford and SK On, a South Korean battery manufacturer, entered into a joint venture for the former location, and the two businesses recently […]

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MAY 26, 2022

Germany will invest up to €290 million to launch the Innovation and Technology Center for Hydrogen (Innovations- und Technologiezentrum für Wasserstoff, ITZ H 2 ), following the positive conclusion of a feasibility study (German only). The feasibility study for an innovation and technology center confirms the approach of the BMDV.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

The FCH2RAIL project, already launched in January 2021, is developing emission-free bi-modal trains, which combine normal track use and emission-free rail travel without overhead lines. The FCH2Rail consortium is developing a Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack and integrating it into a demonstration bi-modal train. Earlier post.).

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MAY 5, 2021

Parts support is provided by NFI subsidiary NFI Parts, North America’s largest parts supplier, with training offered by the industry’s only ASE-accredited training center, MCI Academy. The VIC now offers detailed virtual sessions to allow operators and drivers to increase their EV and AV training.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Spain-based global energy company Repsol and Talgo, a manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains, will promote a renewable-hydrogen-powered train, fostering emission-free rail transport in the Iberian Peninsula.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Alstom will manufacture , deliver and maintain until 2032 eleven Coradia Continental battery-electric trains for regional traffic on the Leipzig-Chemnitz route on behalf of VMS (Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen) and with the support of ZVNL (Zweckverband für den Nahverkehrsraum Leipzig), the two authorities responsible for this line.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. million over its first six years, CCAT is one of 10 regional USDOT University Transportation Centers nationwide.

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JULY 1, 2022

The company’s latest EV First Responder Training program will focus primarily on personnel in fire services, providing instruction and sharing of best practices on how to most effectively support emergency situations involving electric vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and Cadillac LYRIQ.

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JULY 27, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $60 million in funding for its largest-ever cohort of university-based Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs) , which assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers in reducing their carbon emissions and lowering energy costs, while training the next generation of energy-efficiency workers.

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APRIL 20, 2021

An innovative fuel cell system based on high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HTPEM) technology from Blue World Technologies ( earlier post ) is being constructed for testing at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Center in Aalborg, Denmark.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

Ford Motor Company has resumed production of the F-150 Lightning following a six-week shutdown to expand and retool the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center plant to triple manufacturing capacity of the electric truck. Training for 1,200 additional manufacturing employees will continue for three weeks. Components Plant and the Van Dyke (Mich.)

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JULY 29, 2021

Switcher locomotives are a type of engine for trains that carry goods from ports to nearby warehouses. Creating a fuel cell engine for these trains would potentially eliminate their emissions and provide a much-needed reduction in air pollution from the railways that serve California’s warehouses and ports. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 27, 2022

This is the first time in more than a decade that a Formula 1 power train will be built in Germany. The power unit will be built at Audi Sport’s Competence Center Motorsport in Neuburg an der Donau, not far from AUDI AG’s company headquarters in Ingolstadt. The project will be based at Audi Sport’s facility in Neuburg near Ingolstadt.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Pony.ai, a leading global autonomous driving technology company, plans to begin testing its autonomous vehicles in Tucson, Arizona, with trained safety drivers behind the wheel of the vehicles. The new Pony.ai operation is the first and only location in Arizona for the company.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Building on its commitment to grow an all-electric vehicle range, Ford has invested a further £125 million in its Halewood Plant, on Merseyside in the UK—increasing capacity by 70%—plus £24 million in the supporting E:PRiME product development center.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Currently still in series development, the Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) with hydrogen fuel cell drive train will be one of several vehicles visitors can experience as they are driven along the Blue Lane connecting the main exhibition grounds with other exhibition venues in the city center.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) Fuel Cell Business will supply and integrate fuel cell modules into a zero-emission train prototype as part of the FCH2RAIL project in Europe. On the remaining sections of the lines, diesel-powered trains are used. Where energy is available from overhead lines, the train takes the energy from them.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 20, 2024

Tesla is set to open a new distribution center in a 251-thousand-square-foot warehouse in Greenville County, South Carolina, as announced by the automaker this week. Tesla also operates a distribution center in Lathrop, California , near its Megapack factory.

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MARCH 5, 2023

The investment agreement provides for the City of Changzhou to build the new hydrogen innovation center and manufacturing facility in the Changzhou Hydrogen Valley. Westport is focusing on China for this manufacturing expansion as China leads the world in hydrogen investment and infrastructure development.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

4 SUV climbing, Volkswagen’s program seeks to enhance consumer access by helping its 50-state dealership network establish the underlying EV infrastructure, such as upgraded service centers and high-capacity chargers. With sales and reservations for the all-electric ID.4 4 and all Volkswagen electric models in the years to come.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

The company will work on training new job skills through its own training centers at its Energy Parks, as well as through its partnerships with different universities in the area. Of these, 1,000 will be direct employment opportunities. Due to the abundance of sun and wind in the Iberian Peninsula, the International.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Alstom and the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, the Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and the energy company Engie have signed plans for a pilot project to test the Coradia iLint, a passenger train powered by hydrogen fuel cells ( earlier post ), for the first time in the Netherlands.

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JULY 30, 2022

Its launch will further enhance the deployment and service efficiency of NIO Power in Europe, bringing a better ownership experience for European users.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Audi is establishing a high-voltage battery development center at the Neckarsulm site. With that strategic decision, Neckarsulm will become a center of competency for a key electromobility technology. A battery center for testing high-voltage storage technologies will go into operation by 2023.

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JULY 5, 2023

NIO officially opened its new 1,500 square meter Innovation Center in Berlin, Germany. In response to the need for software that’s central to the user experience, the Berlin Innovation Center will be responsible for the development of new technologies and its respective localisation, testing and validation in Europe.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

The $1-million project will assist in the development of an Energy Storage Workforce Innovation Center, which will serve as a training center based in the Midwest.

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Manufacturer Energy Storage Batteries Battery 186

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). —Pierre Duret of DI2S Consulting & Training and former director Powertrain and Sustainable Mobility, IFP School (France). DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France.

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MARCH 24, 2021

The new vans also include proprietary telematics and analytics software, which will aid with route optimization, driver training and vehicle efficiencies. DHL also began piloting four electric tractor-trailer vehicles in the Los Angeles market, to haul goods to and from the DHL LAX Gateway and local service centers. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

This year’s report , published by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) , has an expanded chapter on responsible AI and new chapters on AI in science and medicine, as well as its usual roundups of R&D, technical performance, the economy, education, policy and governance, diversity, and public opinion.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Alfa Laval received an approval in principle (AIP) on 4 November 2021, based on extensive solution testing at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Center. Alfa Laval has been testing boiler operations with methanol since early 2021 at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Center, where engine combustion tests with methanol are also underway.

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MARCH 4, 2022

The main emphasis is on a complete redesign of the development process, making it interdisciplinary, focused squarely on software, customer requirements and SSP (Volkswagen’s electric platform of the future), and centered on functions rather than individual components. In the 1990s, vehicle development centered primarily on components.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Led by Associate Professor Iain MacGill, the team comprises Scientia Professor Rose Amal AC, Professor Sami Kara, Professor Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou and Dr. Rahman Daiyan, from the ARC Training Center for The Global Hydrogen Economy (GlobH2E), with local and global industry partners including Deloitte, Baringa Partners and MAN Energy.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

Lion has worked closely with the district to train staff in vehicle operation and maintenance, both on-site at its transit yard and at Lion’s nearby Sacramento Experience Center where the vehicles are also serviced.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The training for these workers will also take place locally at the new Elizabethtown Community and Technical College BlueOval SK Training Center. Ford and SK Innovation broke ground today in Glendale, Kentucky, on a battery factory that will create 5,000 new jobs.

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MAY 21, 2022

The Volkswagen Group will invest a total of €21 billion in Lower Saxony up to 2026 and make the federal state Germany’s center for electric mobility. Emden is thus the first high-tech site for electric mobility in Lower Saxony. Apart from the ID.4, 4, Emden will make another model—the AERO B—next year.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have developed a new method for training those tracking systems. Generally speaking, the more road and traffic data available for training tracking systems, the better the results. student Brian Okorn took a different approach, using unlabeled data to perform scene flow training.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

As part of the delivery, Lion will provide a one-time training to Amazon and the drivers who will operate the trucks upon delivery of the vehicles. They will also establish a maintenance program for the trucks, as part of Lion’s expanding network of Experience Centers. —Marc Bedard, CEO and founder of Lion.

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