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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. The full list of communities that will have EV chargers at Starbucks store locations along the route includes: Seattle, WA.

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Hybrid biomass flow battery stores electricity and produces valuable chemicals at the same time

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Rechargeable batteries store electricity in their electrode materials, while redox flow batteries use chemicals stored in tanks attached to the electrodes. Researchers have now developed a battery system based on a hybrid cell, which not only stores and provides electricity but also produces valuable chemicals in a flow system.

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Mercedes pay+ turns the car into a payment device; Visa technology

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Visa Cloud Tokens provide an additional layer of security as they help to protect and encrypt sensitive payment information by converting data and storing it securely. Examples of these digital services are connectivity apps that control comfort functions of the car, such as pre-air conditioning of the vehicle via a mobile device.

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FreeWire installs first battery-integrated ultrafast EV charger at ampm in California

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FreeWire Technologies announced the deployment of Boost Charger at an ampm fuel and convenience store in Lodi, California. Boost Charger easily connects with ampm’s existing infrastructure, allowing the system to be installed in hours without requiring expensive new grid power supply. a subsidiary of bp.

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

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RFBs use two liquid organic electrolytes separated by a membrane and stored in separate tanks. JenaBatteries plans to market the first RFB this year. RFBs store electrical energy in chemical compounds. The ion exchange between the two energy-storing electrolytes takes place through a membrane in the galvanic cell.

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DOE awards $125M to bring clean energy technologies to market

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million to 53 projects by 51 small businesses and entrepreneurs with phase II funding based on the initial success of their phase I awards, including follow-on awards to support projects closer to market. New CO 2 reduction processes are required to efficiently convert biogas, biomass and stored CO 2 to usable fuels. AV-Connect Inc.

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V2G company Nuvve participating in California’s wholesale energy markets to help balance the grid

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Nuvve began using the microgrid’s 5 MWh lithium-ion battery, which historically focused on the management of campus energy peaks, to bid into wholesale energy markets in June 2020. Nuvve plans to expand its footprint in California energy markets by leveraging V2G technology deployed via electric school buses and light-duty vehicles.

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