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Electric Vehicles

GM to Refocus Autonomous Driving Development on Personal Vehicles; Combining Cruise and GM Tech Teams, Cutting Robotaxi Development

General Motors plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on a path to fully autonomous p…

Electric Vehicle Charging

CEC Approves $1.4B Plan to Expand Zero-Emission Transportation Infrastructure

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $1.4-billion investment plan that accelerates progress on the state’s electric vehicle (EV) charging and…

Electric Vehicle Battery

Stellantis and CATL to Invest up to €4.1B in Joint Venture for Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant in Spain

Stellantis and CATL will invest up to €4.1 billion to form a joint venture that will build a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plan…

Battery

Australia’s Batteries Surf Revenue Wave on Back of Volatile Power Prices

Investments in battery storage within Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) are increasingly profitable due to higher power price volatility and c…

Electric Vehicles

Volvo Begins Autonomous Operations for DHL Supply Chain in Texas

Volvo Autonomous Solutions (VAS) and DHL Supply Chain have launched autonomous operations in the United States. The operations will be enabled by the purpose-bu…

Electric Vehicles

EPA awarding $735M to assist in purchase of 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that 70 applicants across 27 states, three Tribal Nations, and one territory have been tentatively select…

Solar Technology

Expandable Solar Roof Rack Adds 1 KW of Off-Grid Charging for EVs

US startup DartSolar says its new roof rack attachment for electric vehicles adds up to 20 miles (32 km) of additional range per day.Los Angeles-based DartSolar…

Solar project

Australia’s CIS Tender 1 to Deliver 2.75 GW of Solar

Australia’s Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) Tender 1 will add 2.75 GW of solar generation to the National Electricity Market (NEM), with 12 of the 19 successf…

Efficiency Research

Inside the Heart of the Magnetocaloric Heat Pump of the Future

Researchers at Ames National Laboratory are have reportedly cracked the code for the energy efficient, refrigerant-free magnetocaloric heat pump of the future. …

United States

Delaware Gives Onshore Nod for US Wind

Image: RenewsUS Wind has received state permits to connect its offshore wind power to the regional electrical grid in Sussex County, Delaware.Delaware Departmen…

Energy Storage Project

Polar Night Energy Launches Heat-To-Power R&D Project

Polar Night Energy is developing a new Sand Battery with Power to Heat to Power (P2H2P) capabilities, allowing stored heat to be converted back into electricity…

Wind Farm

Australian State Looking for Partner on 2 GW Transmission Project to Grid-Connect Offshore Wind

VicGrid, an agency of the Australian state of Victoria, has invited expressions of interest from potential partners who will help build and operate a 2 GW trans…

Electric Vehicles

“Heaviest Road Going Electric Truck in the World:” First Electric Road Train Takes to Australian Roads

New South Wales based Janus Electric has announced the start of operation of Western Australia’s first electric road train, a converted Volvo truck pullin…

Electric Vehicles

Chinese NEV Sales Surpass Million-Mark Again, Take 52 Pct of New Car Market

Source: NioSales of new electric vehicles in China hit 1.277 million in November, the fourth consecutive month to surpass one million units sold.According to pr…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Australian Retailer Moves Into EV Charging, Signs Network Deal With UK Provider

UK’s EV charging hub operator Gridserve has started its international expansion and is venturing into the Australian market, thanks to a partnership with …