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MAN Diesel & Turbo partners with ABB to develop and commercialize new electro-thermal stationary energy-storage system

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MAN Diesel & Turbo Schweiz AG has signed a cooperation agreement with ABB Switzerland for the development, production and commercialization of a three-way energy-storage system. The heat and cold can be converted back into electrical energy on demand. The electricity flows into the grid and is distributed to consumers.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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The Audi e-gas plant can convert 6MW of input power. The e-gas plant only operates when there is too much electricity from renewable sources in the grid. The process to convert isobutene to isooctane is well-established. Nearly 80% of the Blue Crude can be converted into synthetic diesel using existing refinery technologies.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Importantly, Tesla is about to offer a converter that allows Teslas to use CCS charging sites. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. Finally, age.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Importantly, Tesla is about to offer a converter that allows Teslas to use CCS charging sites. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. Finally, age.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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In doing so the power electronics convert the direct current (DC) stored in the battery into alternating current (AC) and use this to drive the motor. Via a DC/DC converter it also supplies the vehicle’s circuitry with voltage of 12 V. The battery is then charged from the grid at a power level of 2.3