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LAS VEGAS, — Today, Michael Hu, President of 2050 Motors, Inc. (OTCQB:ETFM), announced the signing of an MOU to sell ten percent (10%) of 2050 Motors equity stock to Yancheng Municipal State-Owned Asset Investment Group, Co. Ltd. (YMSIG), an investment and property development company founded by the Yancheng Municipal Government. Earlier this year, YMSIG also purchased Jiangsu Aoxin New Energy

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PARIS (Bloomberg) — European Union officials in Brussels can now shuttle between policy meetings without burning fuel, thanks to a new fleet of electric-powered taxis made in China. Shenzhen-based BYD Co. was the big winner in the city’s first tender for emission-free taxis in the EU’s de facto capital, beating Renault and Nissan. Of the 50-car order for battery-powered taxis,

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David Prendergast and Liwen Wan, scientists working in the Theory of Nanostructured Materials group at the Molecular Foundry, a DOE nanoscience research facility hosted by Berkeley Lab, have run a series of computer simulations that dispel a long-standing misconception about Mg-ions in the electrolyte that transports the ions between a batterys electrodes. The catch for multivalent ions is that their

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Linear Technology Corporation today reported quarterly revenues of $371.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, ended September 28, 2014, increased $5.6 million or 1.5% over the previous quarter’s revenue of $365.4 million and increased $30.7 million or 9.0% over $340.4 million reported in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Net income of $129.5 million decreased $0.3

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They had us at microbial nanowires, but apparently some scientists have been skeptical of research showing that a mud-loving bacteria called Geobacter can produce electricity and conduct it through tiny wires, much in the same way that copper wire conducts electricity. If you can imagine low cost, tunable, biodegradable, self-assembling components for electronic devices, then you can imagine some of

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Compared to the often-clunky infotainment systems of conventional cars, the 17-inch touchscreen in the Tesla Model S is a breath of fresh air. So how did Tesla do it? A teardown of the Tesla Model S computing systems show more in common with smartphones and tablets than your traditional car, and that explains a lot. In less than a decade,

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Solar power news keeps getting better. Stem and Kyocera Solar have joined forces to provide both solar panels and an intelligent energy storage system. Stem says that up to 50% of an energy bill can be based on peak charges. The company’s advanced battery storage and predictive analytics help customers to avoid buying electricity when it is most costly. The

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Projects allocated under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer programme are taking shape and boosting renewable energy infrastructure in the country. Moncada Energy Group, through its South African subsidiary, has commissioned the largest thin-film solar power project. The Solar Capital De Aar 3 project has a total installed capacity of 85.26 MWp and will supply electricity to Eskom, South

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Arguments and counter-arguments between China and the US over the anti-dumping duties on solar photovoltaic modules continue as China aims to block an attempt by the US Department of Commerce to expand the scope of the duties. The Department of Commerce had earlier asked industry stakeholders to comment on a proposal that would see anti-dumping duties levied on modules assembled

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The new Indian government has delivered on its promise to enhance the solar power capacity addition targets under the ambitious National Solar Mission announcing revised guidelines for capacity allocation. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy recently released revised guidelines for auction of solar photovoltaic power projects with a significant hike in overall capacity. As per the revised target (pdf),

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