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November 2017
Germany Puts on a Show for the Industrial Market
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Having spent the last three days at SPS IPC Drives in Nuremberg, I’m once again blown away by the scale and organisation of a German event. The exhibitors filled 11 halls in Nuremberg’s Messe and it was attended by many tens of thousands of engineers. Despite the huge numbers, everything run like clockwork f
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11/30/2017
Elon Musk Built the World's Largest Battery in 100 Days On a Dare
Elon Musk Built the World's Largest Battery in 100 Days On a Dare
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

One time, I bet a friend I could finish an entire pizza. Elon Musk just bet an entire continent that he could build the world’s largest battery. Basically the same, right? The genesis of this challenge was a Twitter exchange between Musk, the real-life Iron Man and CEO of Tesla, and Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of Au
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11/27/2017
Shell Plans to Deploy Quick-Recharge Stations by 2019
Shell Plans to Deploy Quick-Recharge Stations by 2019
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

We’ve spilled buckets of digital ink about “range anxiety,” the biggest roadblock to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Royal Dutch Shell and a coterie of automakers may have finally ended this insidious ailment ... by 2019. Shell and IONITY – a joint venture between BMW, Daimler, Ford, and Volkswagen
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11/27/2017

This Company Uses Turkey Poop for Biofuel
This Company Uses Turkey Poop for Biofuel
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

To paraphrase Ian Malcolm from Jurassic Park, this is one big pile of @#*&. When you’re gorging on Thanksgiving turkey, you probably don’t give much thought to what becomes of the bird’s droppings. Why would you? I’d say turkey poop ranks alongside religion and politics for “undesirable dinner conversation.
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11/22/2017
UPS to Convert 66% of its NYC Delivery Trucks to Electric
UPS to Convert 66% of its NYC Delivery Trucks to Electric
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

What can brown do for you? Howzabout switching to alternative energy? In the land of Yankees, Metropolitans, and Seinfeld. UPS and Unique Electric Solutions LLC (UES LLC) will work to convert the famously wood-hued delivery trucks from diesel to electric. Unique Energy Solutions’ system will feature a 225kW S
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11/21/2017
Tesla's New 200K Roadster Goes 620 Miles Between Charges
Tesla
Tesla's New 200K Roadster Goes 620 Miles Between Charges
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Tesla has set a new record for electric vehicles with its next-gen Roadster, with a ludicrous 620 mile range between charges. But all this muscle won’t come cheap – the new Roadster will set you back $200,000. The company actually revealed the Roadster alongside its brand new electric big rig, no slouch, itself, with a range of 500 miles. And while both wi
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11/20/2017
Flexible Rubber Film Generates Electricity When Stressed
Empa
Flexible Rubber Film Generates Electricity When Stressed
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have created a new material that generates electricity when stressed, with a wealth of potential applications in the energy harvesting and wearable sectors. According to Empa, the flexible rubber film – made of po
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11/16/2017
iOS Update Boosts Wireless Charging Rate by 50%
Apple
iOS Update Boosts Wireless Charging Rate by 50%
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Consumers have a shaky relationship with iOS updates (including claims of planned obsolescence), but this is the coolest perk I’ve ever seen -- iOS 11.2 makes iPhone X and 8 wireless charging 50% faster. The latest iOS software update boosts the wireless charging rate from 5 w to 7.5 w, and you won’t nee
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11/15/2017
Lamborghini Develops
Lamborghini
Lamborghini Develops "Self-Healing" Electric Concept Vehicle
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Lamborghini is aiming to deliver the “sports car of the future,” and in collaboration with MIT, they’ve developed their new concept vehicle, the “Terzo Millennio.” This “electric super sports car” includes many of the usual bells and whistles like regenerative braking, and to maximize the car
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11/13/2017
Intel and AMD work together to develop thin, light laptops with good graphics capabilities
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

There’s no doubt the big news in tech this week was Intel announcing that it would incorporate AMD graphics technology in its processors. The two companies have had a fierce rivalry that goes back decades, so this week’s announcement came as a bit of a surprise. Intel has worked closely with Nvidia in the pa
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11/10/2017
Germany to Debut World's First Hydrogen Trains in 2021
Alstom
Germany to Debut World's First Hydrogen Trains in 2021
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

The world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger trains are set to debut in Germany in 2021. And while they won’t break any speed records – chugging along at a top speed of 140 kilometers per hour (87 mph) – they’ll set new standards for clean mass transit. The Coradia iLint trains – a collaboratio
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11/10/2017
Generating Heat From Paved Surfaces
Generating Heat From Paved Surfaces
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

A professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio has received a large grant to develop a technology that generates energy from hot pavements. Much like incandescent bulbs, the thermal energy generated from paved surfaces is normally wasted, dispersed as heat –
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11/09/2017
Ford Partners With Chinese Automaker to Bring Electric Cars to China
Ford
Ford Partners With Chinese Automaker to Bring Electric Cars to China
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

As part of its mandate to electrify 70% of its Chinese sales by 2025, Ford has signed a joint venture with China’s Zotye Auto. The rebranded “Zotye Ford Automobile Co.” will bring electric cars to the world’s most egregious polluter. As explained by CNET, foreign automakers who wish to open shop in
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11/08/2017
House Bill Would End $7,500 Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
House Bill Would End $7,500 Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Plan on buying an all-electric or hybrid vehicle? Make haste to your local dealer – a bill under consideration in the House would gut the $7,500 EV federal tax credit by December 31st. The proposed bill by House Republicans would ax the EV federal tax credit to pay for a slew of tax cuts. As explained by A
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11/07/2017
New Technology Could Recharge Electric Cars in Five Minutes ... Maybe
New Technology Could Recharge Electric Cars in Five Minutes ... Maybe
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Lately, we’ve discussed a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in six minutes and charging cellphones in seconds. Howzabout recharging an electric car in five minutes? “Range anxiety” is the single biggest concern with electric and hybrid vehicles, and this (very understandable) fear is closely linked with recharge times. You
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11/03/2017
Solid State Electrolytes Could Solve Li-ion Safety Worries
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Researchers working independently at universities on the opposite side of the globe have made progress in making Li-ion batteries safer and more efficient by replacing liquid electrolytes with solids. As the launch of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 showed, although we rely heavily on Li-ion batteries, they are by no
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11/02/2017
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