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Foxtron Demonstrates Its Results in Autonomous Driving Platform Research in Keelung in an Event Open to the General Public

published: 2021-10-12 10:04
Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, jointly funded by Foxconn and Yulon, announced that the company will unveil for the first time the result of an investigation based on its self-designed autonomous driving open platform along with ITRI’s autonomous driving sensing system software, from October 8 to 11 in the National Museum of Marine Science and Technology in Keelung, Taiwan. ...  more

SEIA Warns That Proposed 50-250% Duties on Module Imports from Southeast Asia Will Reduce PV Installations in the US by 18GW

published: 2021-10-11 9:30
The PV industry in the US is embroiled in a serious infighting over imports of PV products from China and Southeast Asia. With the enforcement of the Section 201 tariffs set to end in February 2022, a group of anonymous American solar enterprises are now lobbying the US Commerce Department to impose even higher tariffs on modules and cells from other countries, especially imports from Southeast Asia. ...  more

Cost for EV Battery Pack to Continuously Drop by More Than 87%

published: 2021-10-08 9:30
Lithium-ion battery is the component with the highest cost proportion for an electric vehicle. Generally speaking, li-ion batteries take more than a third of an EV's cost, or nearly 50%. However, according to the latest statistics,  between 2008 and 2021 , the costs of li-ion battery packs have  been falling  by as much as 87%. In the future, these costs are expected to keep falling. ...  more

Switzerland Releases New Robust and Durable High Speed Solar Configurable with Wind Turbines

published: 2021-10-08 9:30
The lack of shades from the flat high road surface, coupled with the endless stream of vehicles, and the significant level of insolation and wind, may become an optimal environment for the development of renewable energy. Energy Pier headquartered in Switzerland has provided a new power source for highways by utilizing a rooftop solar “footbridge” and wind turbines that can be used as pillars, which branches out a new distributed energy on traffic paths. ...  more

Indonesia Is All Set to Welcome the Fastest EV Charging Station in the World Courtesy of Desten, with a Five-Minute Charging Lasting for 500 km

published: 2021-10-07 15:05
Are charging issues difficult to resolve? The Indonesian market is set to welcome the fastest ultrafast charging solution in the world, via charging modules provided by Hong Kong-based startup Desten. Desten’s solutions are capable of charging EVs from zero to 80% full within a mere four minutes and forty seconds. ...  more