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Li-ion battery pack prices rise for first time, to $151/kWh

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Lithium-ion battery prices have been dropping for so long that industry players and pundits tend to factor ever-cheaper cells into their predictions, and many have made (dubious) comparisons to Moore’s Law, one of the core tenets of the computer industry. The results from @BloombergNEF 's 2022 lithium-ion battery price survey are out.

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Recovering Residential Solar Industry Prepares for Wildfire Season — With Batteries

GreenTechMedia

Residential solar installers are gearing up for a surge of demand for battery storage products as the critical California market swings from a COVID-19 shutdown straight into wildfire season. ” SunPower begins installing Equinox solar-battery systems. Texas is another area,” SunPower CEO Tom Werner told GTM.

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How Williams Advanced Engineering built “the world’s most extreme battery”

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Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) has been a battery supplier to the Formula E electric racing championship since 2014. WAE Principal Engineer Glen Pascoe recently discussed the challenges of creating a battery that can power Extreme E’s enormous Odyssey 21 racer in some of the most extreme locations on Earth. “In

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Lifecycle Maintenance: Prolonging Truck Efficiency Through Comprehensive Care

The Environmental Blog

Log Care For Better Performance Much like tracking diet and exercise goals, recording maintenance history helps optimize truck performance and makes troubleshooting simpler when issues arise. Colder months call for antifreeze and battery checks. Warmer weather demands inspection of cooling and AC systems.

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Ford reveals F-150 Lightning trim levels, EV charging option

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CEO Jim Farley recently told Automotive News that demand for its new EVs has turned out to be two to three times what the company expected, adding that it has logged almost 200,000 reservations for the F-150 Lightning. The company has now announced that its e-pickup will be available with two battery sizes and four trim levels.

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How predictive AI is helping smooth the path to net zero

Smart Energy International

Continuously changing demand patterns Whilst the further transitions towards net-zero have to be applauded, it does disrupt both the supply side and the demand side of the energy system. Electric vehicles (EVs), residential solar, and electric heating are all continuously changing demand patterns.

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Ford Pro delivers preproduction units of new E-Transit van to selected fleet customers

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Ford Pro Intelligence delivers solutions that connect to the vehicle wirelessly to help businesses manage fleets with real-time vehicle insights such as charge event monitoring, vehicle tracking, state of charge, range, charge history and logs, charging/battery settings and alerts, and departure preconditioning.