Electric Vehicles
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Electric Vehicles
Making Vehicle-to-Grid Technology a Reality in 2022
After a decade of slow growth in the U.S., we’re now seeing an acceleration curve for electric vehicle (EV) adoption, with major auto manufacturers like Ford, Tesla, and Volkswagen coming to market en masse with fully electric vehicles. In short, the EV market is really having its moment in America following President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment […]
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Electric Vehicles
U.S. Details $5 Billion Plan for EV Charging Network
The promise of a nationwide network of charging stations to serve drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) received a major boost on Feb. 10, with two federal agencies announcing nearly $5 billion has been earmarked to support such infrastructure. The U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation said the money will be made available under the new […]
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Technology
Move Over Lithium-Ion—There’s a New E-Bike Battery in Town
Remember dial-up internet service? How would you like to go back to waiting for minutes on end to connect to the internet? Short answer: you wouldn’t. Once you taste the ever-increasing internet connection speeds, you never want to go back to slower connections. It’s the evolution of technology. The same is about to happen for […]
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Press Releases
Emporia Energy Partners with BREK Electronics to Develop Bi-Directional EV Charger
LITTLETON, Colo. – (February 2, 2022) – This month, Emporia Energy, an energy management technology company specializing in affordable, energy-saving smart home products, and BREK Electronics, a power electronics company revolutionizing the industry with its innovative silicon-carbide-based inverter platform, announce their new partnership to develop a bi-directional electric vehicle charger. The development and licensing relationship […]
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Gas
Rolls-Royce Sets Megawatt Milestone for Hybrid-Electric Aircraft System
Bracing for explosive growth in the electrification of mobility, UK-based engineering giant Rolls-Royce is developing various all-electric and hybrid-electric drive systems for aircraft. At one of its most
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Commentary
Was 2021 the Year of EVs, Hydrogen, or Energy Storage? And What to Expect in 2022
If you’ve paid attention to the cleantech news cycle this year, you know it’s been a roller-coaster ride. I’ve been in the cleantech/energy transition sector for 20 years and wrote the first history on the term cleantech 15 years ago. I’ve seen the many ups and downs surrounding the industry. Today’s current playing field is […]
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Legal & Regulatory
The Billion-Dollar Bet on Electric Vehicles
President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Nov. 15, which allocates $550 billion in new spending over the next five years to improve U.S. infrastructure, including critical investments in the energy sector. These investments will cover power grid infrastructure, electric vehicles (EVs) and charging stations, renewable energy, nuclear power, hydropower, and […]
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Commentary
The Infrastructure Law Can Help America Catch China in the Clean Energy Race
President Biden’s signature infrastructure law aims to, among other objectives, propel America forward in transitioning to a clean energy economy. If its proposals are executed properly, I’m confident that it will succeed in that goal. The new law will help the U.S. catch up to countries like China, who have been beating America in the race […]
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Press Releases
StoreDot and Group14 Technologies Partner to Enhance Extreme Fast Charging Battery Technology with Lithium-silicon
WOODINVILLE, Wash. and HERZELIYA, Israel (Nov. 18, 2021) — Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer of the active material used in advanced silicon-carbon anodes, and StoreDot, the pioneer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology for electric vehicles, today announced a strategic partnership to leverage Group14’s proprietary lithium-silicon technology to accelerate time to market of StoreDot’s XFC lithium-silicon cells […]
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Electric Vehicles
Major EV Charging Hub Set Near New York City
A site touted as the largest electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in the U.S. is taking shape at an industrial park in New Jersey, just minutes from New York City. Power Edison, a New Jersey-based developer and provider of utility-scale mobile energy storage solutions, has partnered with Hugo Neu Realty Management and others to deploy […]