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  • The startup helping P&G, Mercedes-Benz replace petrochemicals

    The startup helping P&G, Mercedes-Benz replace petrochemicals

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    New $57m funding round provides major boost to Twelve’s vision of ‘carbon transformation’ One of the most closely watched startups focused on creating materials and other products out of captured carbon dioxide has raised a sizable $57m Series A round of funding led by two VCs focused squarely on those value propositions, Capricorn Technology Impact…

  • Mercedes-Benz Teases Next-Gen MBUX UI With Radical New Hyperscreen

    Mercedes-Benz Teases Next-Gen MBUX UI With Radical New Hyperscreen

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    If it comes in-car infotainment systems, Mercedes-Benz arguable have among the greatest systems from the business with all the MBUX UI. Mercedes’s twin-screen infotainment installment for the instrument console and entertainment display is just one of the very flamboyant display setup’s in automobiles on the market. It functions exceptionally smoothly with crisp, high-definition images. The…

  • Grid Giants Contend for Dominance at the Distributed Edge [GTM Squared]

    Grid Giants Contend for Dominance at the Distributed Edge [GTM Squared]

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    SAN ANTONIO — The power grid company is more about integrating renewable energy and distributed energy sources at scale. Ask any grid seller at DistribuTech, the nation ’s annual utility industry trade show.  Just like years past, this year’s DistribuTech conference featured a dizzying variety of technology to monitor, manage and orchestrate electricity that’s progressively…

  • Is Alexa finally ready to become our car copilot?

    Is Alexa finally ready to become our car copilot?

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    We Have got Android Auto and CarPlay, but not a True Alexa Auto? For many years now I’ve longed for the heads up displays (HUDs) and infotainment systems that I’d see in my rental cars or from my friends’ rides that have built-in Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, and I’ve vowed that my next vehicle…

  • US Microgrid Market Slowed in 2019. PG&E Could Singlehandedly Reverse the Trend

    US Microgrid Market Slowed in 2019. PG&E Could Singlehandedly Reverse the Trend

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    The burgeoning U.S. microgrid sector is set to install less controllable capability this year than it did last year. But that drawback may establish a temporary blip, especially if a new attempt to back up the beleagured Northern California grid comes into fruition. The U.S. microgrid economy established a record with 666 megawatts of potential…

  • One Small Step for Sunrun, One Giant Leap for Virtual Power Plants [GTM Squared]

    One Small Step for Sunrun, One Giant Leap for Virtual Power Plants [GTM Squared]

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    When a Sunrun bid won in a February ISO-New England wholesale capacity auction, it was seen by many as a landmark moment for distributed solar-plus-storage.  While the win encompassed only 20 megawatts, it affirmed the distributed solar industry’s growing interest in the virtual power plant model, where networked solar-and-storage provides an array of grid services.  Nearly…

  • California Seeks to Shift Major Battery Incentive Toward Fire, Blackout Resiliency

    California Seeks to Shift Major Battery Incentive Toward Fire, Blackout Resiliency

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    Within its background, California’s Self-Generation Incentive Program has been the state’s primary driver for distributed solar energy systems. And, over the last half-decade or thus, behind-the-meter batteries.  Today California regulators are proposing a role for SGIP: giving backup methods that are battery-solar to those at risk of blackouts and wildfires.  On Wednesday, the California Public…

  • Solar Sh*tty: Tesla’s Latest Controversy Unearths New Fire Claims, Lawsuits & Safety Worries

    Solar Sh*tty: Tesla’s Latest Controversy Unearths New Fire Claims, Lawsuits & Safety Worries

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    It had been just about a week and a half that we reported about Walmart suing Tesla for faulty solar panels that it alleges caused fires at seven of its places. A couple of days later, Amazon joined the fray. The retail giant claimed its Tesla solar panels ignited and stated Tesla solar energy systems went…

  • In “Explosive” Lawsuit Walmart Sues Tesla Over Solar Panel Fires, Claims SolarCity Purchase Was A Bailout

    In “Explosive” Lawsuit Walmart Sues Tesla Over Solar Panel Fires, Claims SolarCity Purchase Was A Bailout

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    Until now, the public was only conscious of the extraordinary ability of Tesla cars to combust, which is at least when they aren’t currently smashing into random items while. It now seems that Tesla’s solar panels (a few may be unaware that several decades back, Elon Musk attempted to pivot Tesla to a solar energy…

  • Volvo and Uber’s self-driving production car hits the road

    Volvo and Uber’s self-driving production car hits the road

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    Volvo and Uber have staged the wraps off their production automobile capable of. The Volvo XC90 SUV base automobile is kitted out with Uber’s self-driving technician, meaning it’ll be ready to take to the roads from itself later on as a portion of Uber’s ride-hailing support. Volvo – founder of the three-point seatbelt – has…