RUEIL-MALMAISON, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Groupe PSA (Paris:UG): Le 27 septembre 2018, le Groupe PSA et Punch Powertrain annoncent leur intention de créer la co-entreprise « Punch Powertrain PSA e-transmissions » qui produira la future génération de transmissions électrifiées e-DCT à partir de 2022. De conception révolutionnaire, la boîte de vitesses e-DCT en configuration 48V, équipera les futurs… Continue reading Le Groupe PSA et Punch Powertrain annoncent le projet de création d’une co-entreprise pour les futures transmissions électriques du Groupe
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IONITY Launches First 10 Ultra-Fast Charging Stations
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Toyota to Supply its Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology to Caetanobus SA in Portugal
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Ford, Lyft, and Uber to Share Data to Improve Urban Mobility
The partnership gives mayors unparalleled access to road traffic data, allowing them to make better planning and investment decisions as shared and autonomous mobility arrive in their cities. Photo courtesy of Ford. Ford Motor Company, Uber, and Lyft have announced a commitment to SharedStreets, a new data platform designed to make it easier for the private sector to work with cities around… Continue reading Ford, Lyft, and Uber to Share Data to Improve Urban Mobility
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Uber to pay $148 million to settle data breach cover-up with U.S. states
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will pay $148 million for failing to disclose a massive data breach in 2016, marking a costly resolution to one of the biggest embarrassments and legal tangles the ride-hailing company has suffered. The Uber application is seen on a mobile phone in London, Britain, September 14, 2018.… Continue reading Uber to pay $148 million to settle data breach cover-up with U.S. states
Uber commits $10 million to sustainable transportation
Uber is putting $10 million behind sustainable transportation over the next three years. As part of the fund, Uber is donating $250,000 to SharedStreets, a nonprofit organization focused on creating a shared standard for public streets and data sharing. Lyft, also in the name of environmental impact, invested millions of dollars in carbon offsets earlier… Continue reading Uber commits $10 million to sustainable transportation
Uber makes $10M bet on bikes and transit
Ride-hailing giant Uber, which helped jumpstart the ongoing revolution in mobile technology and urban transit by popularizing a new way to move about cities, has decided cars aren’t always the best way to get around. In a blog post, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced a three-tiered plan to support sustainable mobility by reducing congestion, supporting… Continue reading Uber makes $10M bet on bikes and transit
Renault plans Europe’s largest battery storage network
Renault utility storage network to deploy used electric car batteries in France and Germany
European electric-carmaker Renault plans to build the continent's largest stationary battery storage network next year using old electric-car batteries.
Renault announced on Tuesday that it will install used (and some new) electric car batteries in three locations: two Renault factories in France, and the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Germany.
The company says the battery storage network will be expanded gradually over time.
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By 2020, Renault says the network will deliver 70 megawatts of power and store at least 60 megawatt-hours of energy storage to smooth out supply from solar and wind power to make them available at peak times when consumers need it.
The stationary battery storage network will use batteries from 2,000 of the company's European electric cars—the Renault Zoe and Twingo and the Nissan Leaf, among others—built into containers.
The network will comprise used batteries from the cars as well as some new electric-car batteries that have been inventoried as replacement packs for older models but never sold.
Renault Zoe and Kangoo ZE electric cars on the Outer Hebrides
Inside the containers, the batteries will be installed on racks. Each container will also include charge controllers and battery monitoring systems.
Once built, the batteries will provide enough power for 5,000 homes.
The system is designed to target a weak spot in the grid, where power consumption exceeding supply has often compromised the stability of the grid.
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“One of the main challenges when it comes to increasing the share of renewable sources in the energy mix is to manage the discrepancies between electricity consumption and electricity production at a given moment,” Nicolas Schottey, Renault’s director of new energy business, said in a statement.
“Our energy stationary storage system solution helps to compensate for those gaps: it delivers its energy reserves at the exact moment an imbalance occurs in order to mitigate its effects,” he said.
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The system was originally planned to be even bigger, with up to 100 megawatts of storage, but Renault alludes to potential future expansion under the existing plan.
Renault says its goal is to create Europe's largest stationary energy storage system to encourage the growth of renewable energy sources on the grid.
The network will be operated by Renault partner Mobility House.