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China built the first electric car designed exclusively for ride-hailing

The Verge

The vehicle is an adorable green hatchback called the D1, and it was developed by Didi Chuxing, the top ride-hailing company in China that notoriously defeated Uber in 2016 , and BYD, one of the leading electric vehicle manufacturers. The paint job is described as “avocado green,” which is similar to Didi’s shared bikes.

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Recycle Your Rechargeable Batteries!

Tech Soup

Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Tags: Green Office GreenTech GreenTips. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.

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How to Get Long Life Out of Laptop and Cell Phone Batteries

Tech Soup

I got to talking last week with Kiera Butler of Mother Jones magazine about the best ways to keep the rechargeable batteries in laptops and mobile phones healthy and long-lived. Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months. How well do you maintain your mobile batteries?

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BasiGo secures $4.3 million in seed funding to accelerate mass transit EV adoption in Kenya

TechCrunch

Jonathan Green is the startup’s other co-founder. Bhattacharya’s experience in the EV space is expansive, having been a technology leader in rechargeable (lithium-ion) batteries for more than 12 years. Mobility startups can be equitable, accessible and profitable.

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Here are the biggest announcements from Volkswagen’s battery event

The Verge

This will finally make e-mobility affordable and the dominant drive technology.”. This will allow green electricity from the solar energy system to be stored in the vehicle and fed back into the home network if needed,” the company said. Mobile, fell apart after the small startup became insolvent. Two-way charging.

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EV startup BasiGo debuts in Nairobi after $1 million pre-seed funding

TechCrunch

Bhattacharya is not new to the field of electric vehicles, having been a technology leader in rechargeable (lithium-ion) batteries for more than 12 years. BasiGo’s other founder, Jonathan Green, has over the past 15 years helped companies deliver renewable energy technologies to users in Africa.

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Gogoro strikes deal with Yadea and DCJ to build a battery-swapping network in China

TechCrunch

Gogoro positions itself as a turnkey solution for other electric mobility companies, and its own brand was a way to develop its charging infrastructure and reputation. Known for its electric scooters, Gogoro moves toward its future as a mobility platform. It took many years, but we were getting ready in the biggest way possible.”.

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