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Renewables

Race to Real Zero gets speed wobbles as Fortescue dumps US factory, changes tack on electric rail
Fortescue says any suggestion it is off-track on Real Zero “is simply incorrect,” as it adjusts its US plans around Trump and goes back to the drawing board on Infinity Train.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 9, 2025

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla has been using high-energy nickel 4680 batteries for months
Tesla has been putting prototypes of its energy dense, high nickel 4680 cells into vehicles for some months, Elon Musk says.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 30, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla EV battery research breaks one million miles, and the implications are huge
Tesla is one step closer to producing a one million mile battery with applications from “robo-taxis,” to vehicle-to-grid, to long haul trucking.
Bridie Schmidt

Sep 13, 2019

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Storage

‘Second-life’ EV batteries could drive low-cost storage sector
According to BNEF, used electric vehicle batteries will amount to 29 GWh by 2025.
Ian Clover

Aug 26, 2016

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Electric Vehicles

BMW reveals home energy storage system using i3 EV battery packs
BMW unveils a new systems that allows EV owners to use their old battery pack in their homes when they upgrade their car with a new battery pack.
Tom Moloughney

Jun 23, 2016

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Study: “second-life” EV batteries to offer 1TWh capacity by 2030
The reuse of batteries originally built for electric cars can offer up to 1000 GWh storage capacity worldwide by 2030.
Adilya Zaripova

Apr 8, 2016

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Connected Energy & Renault partner in second-life EV battery energy storage tech
Connected Energy and Renault are partnering together for the creation of second-life electric vehicle battery energy storage technologies.
James Ayre

Feb 16, 2016

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