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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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Volvo Cars, in cooperation with Starbucks Corporation, announced the first Starbucks stores where new electric vehicle (EV) chargers, powered by ChargePoint, will be available to customers and members of the public. Four chargers at the first Starbucks location in Provo, Utah (East Bay – University & 9 th , 979 S University Ave.)

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Citroën ë-Berlingo Van now available to order

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The Citroën ë-Berlingo Van is now available to order. The ë-Berlingo Van range, available from €30,500 excluding VAT, comes in 2 body shapes (size M 4.40m and size XL 4.75m) and 5 versions including a size XL crew cab. ë-Berlingo Van is available in 5 versions defined according to use.

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Navistar launches new medium-duty electric International eMV Series; in production and available to order

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The eMV is available in four different wheelbase options—217", 236", 254" and 272"—and features the Diamond Logic electrical system as standard equipment. Navistar has launched the new fully-electric medium-duty International eMV Series trucks.

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Researchers store hydrogen fuel in salts

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Researchers in Germany have developed a method to store and release highly pure hydrogen by the interconversion of readily available (bi)carbonate and formate salts in the presence of naturally occurring ?-amino amino acids. An open-access paper on their work is published in ACS Central Science.

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U-Haul buys another million gallons of renewable propane to sell at California stores

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U-Haul—the largest US retailer of propane—has purchased one million gallons of renewable propane to sell at its company-owned and -operated stores across California for the second year in row. to continue supplying the fuel at more than 60 propane-dispensing stores in the state. Earlier post.)

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JenaBatteries and BASF cooperate in the development of electrolyte for redox flow battery

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JenaBatteries, which has developed this technology based on a redox flow battery (RFB) with organic materials, has the first commercially available technology of this kind. RFBs use two liquid organic electrolytes separated by a membrane and stored in separate tanks. RFBs store electrical energy in chemical compounds.

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Revel, Fermata Energy, NineDot Energy launch first V2G system on NYC’s grid

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Unlike conventional EV chargers, Fermata Energy’s V2X bidirectional charging system can both charge EVs and safely send some of that battery-stored power back to the grid, supporting grid resilience. The V2G system currently operates with Nissan LEAF EVs and aims to incorporate more EV models as V2G technology becomes more available.

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