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New Alliance Including Eaton, IBM, AECOM, and Beiqi Foton to Advance EVs in China

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NESTIA, the New Energy Sustainable Transportation International Alliance, includes Eaton, AECOM, IBM, vehicle manufacturer Beiqi Foton Motor Co., lithium-ion battery manufacturer MGL and electric motor provider Broad Ocean. Tags: China Electric (Battery) Fleets Heavy-duty. —Joe-Tao Zhou, president of Eaton in China.

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Better Place Debuts EV Services Platform and Partners at Frankfurt Motor Show

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Better Place introduced its electric vehicle (EV) services platform at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in conjunction with Renault’s unveiling of the Fluence ZE Concept with Quickdrop (switchable) battery system and an expanded agreement with Renault, committing both companies to a volume of at least 100,000 electric cars in Israel and Denmark by 2016.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation will receive $2 million to share costs in a US Department of Defense vehicle-to-grid demonstration project at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, in the western Mojave Desert region that includes parts of Kern, San Bernardino and Inyo counties. The award includes a $652,664 match-funding requirement.

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World Bank/PRTM study finds global value chain shift resulting from vehicle electrification could favor China from technology and supply chain perspectives

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This is largely due to China’s strength in batteries and motors. This raw material dominance, along with China’s relative labor cost advantage, has resulted in an emerging extended supply chain in motor technology and production. China’s recently announced plan to invest RMB 100 billion (US$15.3 Integrated Charging Solutions.

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Kia reveals PBV concepts, roadmap and strategy at CES 2024 | Autocar Professional

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Kia has presented this future vision alongside a multi-phase plan that aims to see PBVs revolutionize the mobility industry while helping to advance Hyundai Motor Group’s ambitions in robotics, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), and autonomous driving.

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Renault Unveils Four Concept EVs and Quickdrop Battery Switch System; Commits to 100,000 EVs with Better Place

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At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault unveiled four Lithium-ion battery electric concept vehicles that provide a preview of Renault’s range of production electric vehicles to be released from 2011 on: Twizy ZE Concept (city car); Zoe ZE Concept (compact car); Fluence ZE Concept (5 passenger sedan); and Kangoo ZE Concept (electric van).

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v.

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