The third is electrification, not only the rise in electric vehicles but the eventual electrification of heating and cooling systems and industrial processes.
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Solutions: make electrification valuable by offering incentives, creating low-cost, low-barrier financing options, and getting customer-facing weatherization and efficiency programs aligned around electrification.
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California is, unsurprisingly, leading the pack on building electrification, but word is spreading and more and more jurisdictions are beginning to investigate or implement electrification programs.
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Another three would boost heat pump deployment, establish a program to publicize and train a workforce for electrification, and integrate incentives for electrification into zoning law.
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The Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has generally been a bad actor in the electrification push, for obvious reasons: Electrification would mean lots less natural gas.
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Solutions: offer builders and contractors incentives, align permitting and policies around electrification, and create certifications and rewards for builders and renovators who do electrification well. 4.
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"China is absolutely taking the lead on electrification," she said, pointing to the city of Shenzhen as an example of China taking the lead in electrification.
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Both. You have autonomous driving coming, you have the environmental aspect, the electrification of our fleet and less congestion means less pollution, but also electrification does it as well.
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Often, policies that reward energy efficiency penalize electrification, for the simple reason that electrification — moving energy uses onto the grid — sometimes raises power consumption, at least in the short term.
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Whichever strategy (or strategies) prevail, it's clear that the big truck builders like Volvo, Scania, and Transpower (they're involved in the Siemens electrification trials) are as optimistic about electrification as startups are.
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"The launch marks the first real milestone in Ford's increased emphasis in electrification, and more importantly marks an increased effort by the legacy US automakers to be relevant in electrification," Levy said.
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And it's not as though Mazda is avoiding electrification altogether.
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"Long haul is not ready for electrification yet," she said.
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Cadillac is leading General Motors' electrification scheme with an SUV.
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They're all for efficiency, electrification, storage, and better power lines.
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The automotive industry's focus on electrification has accelerated in 22016.
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I can imagine central government policies supporting electrification and automation.
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These automakers aren't working on electrification solely for innovation's sake.
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Electrification may play a key role in closing that gap.
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The incident is a blow to Norway's flight electrification plans.
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Three trends are converging in transportation: electrification, autonomy, and sharing.
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"In surface transportation, it's probably electrification, we've got to basically rebuild the highway system that came from the Eisenhower plan and when we rebuild it, we should put in the backbone for electrification," DeFazio said.
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They work from the basis of the combustion engine toward electrification.
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Interestingly, the future of sports cars could be related to electrification.
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"One helpful analogy is to the history of electrification," she said.
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The charts above reveal two things about electrification of industrial heat.
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Advocates for rural electrification say solar "microgrids" can do much more.
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Still, electrification will be a major challenge for the German groups.
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Established auto players have made investments in autonomy and electrification already.
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It is not just high-speed rail that requires Caltrain electrification.
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FCA noted that these areas included connectivity, electrification and autonomous driving.
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Europe will also become a big part of its electrification drive.
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McDougall says he expects electrification to save money for the company.
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I don't remember any disreputable titles that glorified electrification and agriculture.
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But something else may contribute to the electrification of volcanic plumes.
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The production stoppage threatens to derail Harley-Davidson's bet on electrification.
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"COMMUNISM IS SOVIET power plus electrification," declared Vladimir Lenin in 83.
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But Deloitte says that electrification enables greater experimentation in form factors.
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Automakers seem more focused on electrification than testing new ownership models.
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The key to everything (coincidentally, my long-time obsession) is electrification.
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The people actually building the buildings rarely have much training in electrification, there are few incentives for them to get training, and there are few rewards for those who do make the effort to push electrification.
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Tesla has helped spur the biggest automakers to accelerate their electrification plans.
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We have moved the needle on the electrification of our transportation system.
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Thewes said the rollout of 5G technology, vital for electrification, was lagging.
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The electrification of the Hummer is not a signal of climate progress.
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In contrast to robot cars, venture capitalists say, electrification feels very real.
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They're very committed to next generation of vehicles in China with electrification.
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While BMW pushes into electrification, it's also expanding its car-sharing program.
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And that's even before any electrification other smaller automakers are readily pushing.
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Electrification is arriving far more swiftly for other types of large vehicle.
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Europe will also become a big part of the company's electrification drive.
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But China has advantages when it comes to electrification and connected cars.
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It is clear that increased electrification is bound eventually to cause upheaval.
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I have made the case for electrification before, and it's not complicated.
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In the second, two revolutions (23R) scenario, electrification and automation take off.
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The push into electrification is a particularly big challenge for the brand.
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The electrification of the rural south meant people started spending evenings indoors.
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And many buildings lack the electrical paneling necessary to accommodate full electrification.
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And I think electrification is the single biggest thing that's ever happened.
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Would it be a multi-brand strategy, would it be more electrification.
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Volvo's former performance brand Polestar has just entered the race to electrification.
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But Lamborghini's foray into electrification, the Sián FKP 20133, doesn't save fuel.
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When it comes to transportation, infrastructure rebuilding should also embrace vehicle electrification.
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Bolivia plans to use at least some of these for rural electrification.
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" "Hydroelectricity is an important part of this mix, particularly for rural electrification.
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"The Rural Electrification Act of the 21st century is broadband," she said.
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It's BNEF's first long-term forecast of electrification of city bus fleets.
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EVANS: SO AT THE SAME TIME THERE'S SO MUCH TALK ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION.
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Government plans call for 100 percent electrification of the country by 2022.
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The general expectation is that autonomy is intrinsically linked to vehicle electrification.
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The costs of electrification and automated vehicles could spur more alliance talks.
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Electrification should move full speed ahead no matter what happens with RNG.
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Mike Henchen is a manager with Rocky Mountain Institute's building electrification team.
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Manufacturing incentives: The Democrats link vehicle electrification to U.S. manufacturing and jobs.
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ABB intends to supply robotics, automation and electrification solutions for the project.
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Over his bed is a painting celebrating electrification in the Soviet Union.
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The oil and gas industry is also facing major issues from electrification.
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Luckily, thanks to electrification, the opportunities to develop new designs are abundant.
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So how can we get the electrification ball rolling in American homes?
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High-speed Web access is "the electrification of the 21st century," Banks added.
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A bigger problem, especially for sports-car firms, is the trend to electrification.
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Right now, it's this Caltrain electrification, because it goes right through my district.
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For automotive startups, autonomy is sort of out, electrification is sort of in.
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Of the companies mentioned by The SCMP, six are squarely focused on electrification.
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This year, she said, is "all about" electrification for the storied German automaker.
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"Long-term electrification is part of the solution," she said at the show.
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We believe electrification blends perfectly with autonomy when it comes to technology integration.
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This shift toward electrification is being driven by tighter regulations around the world.
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Our work will continue to focus on electrification as we monitor hydrogen's progress.
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The vehicle is a further step into the world of electrification for Polestar.
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FORD MOTOR CO EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN SAYS AUTONOMY, ELECTRIFICATION TWO BIGGEST TRENDS RESHAPING MOBILITY
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A move towards vehicle electrification would also cut down demand for catalytic converters.
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As a result, the group has pivoted to electrification in a major way.
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"We believe the trend towards electrification will only accelerate in 2020," he wrote.
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First, there is no scenario in which RNG is an alternative to electrification.
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"Many of these are beginning to consider electrification and the opportunity is tremendous."
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"But we do think there will be heavy electrification in the luxury segment."
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In particular Ford plans to spend $73 billion on electrification technologies by 2022.
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The electrification of transportation, basically, is the convergence of two core markets for us.
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So long as the electrification of personal transportation doesn't completely restructure the American Workday.
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A longer-term force that could turn automotive supply chains upside down is electrification.
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It's not just truck makers, auto builders want in on the electrification action too.
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Diesel is done (I hope) and, in its place, VW will focus on electrification.
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"GM has an industry-leading truck franchise and industry-leading electrification capabilities," Barra said.
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Aston Martin is calling the facility in St. Athan the company's "Home of Electrification."
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And universal electrification, a slogan beloved of politicians, is frequently less than it seems.
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Autonomy and electrification present enormous challenges that car companies aren't really built to tackle.
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Future SUVs "We're going to definitely see more electrification and light-weighting," Krebs said.
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Electrification has been one of the country's great successes over the past few decades.
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One could argue Musk was too successful in pushing his rivals to embrace electrification.
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We know that deep decarbonization is going to involve an enormous amount of electrification.
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Also, buses travel on fixed, predictable routes and are thus good candidates for electrification.
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I'm calling to urge you to voice your support of the Caltrain electrification project.
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This year's Geneva Motor Show illustrates the breadth at which electrification is taking hold.
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Barra's presentation adds new details to what was known about GM's aggressive electrification strategy.
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"They are looking at a lot of adjacencies around electrification, batteries," and so on.
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Most in the business doubt that the electrification drive will be completed on schedule.
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Also, allow building owners to monetize the grid and carbon benefits of electrification. 3.
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Existing reserves are dwindling and increased electrification means demand is likely to be strong.
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Electrification: Virtually every fully autonomous car company today is planning on an EV platform.
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Electrification and technology can create a truck that's incredibly capable and fun to drive.
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In both reports, it finds that electrification is the cheapest option for decarbonizing buildings.
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If other forms, like electrification, prove enduringly cheaper, there's no reason to pursue CCU.
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In 2018, Fiat Chrysler announced it would invest $10.5 billion in electrification through 2022.
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General Motors released the Chevrolet Bolt, and has said it will continue pursuing electrification.
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Diess later said that Musk and Telsa is demonstrating that moving towards electrification works.
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Large projects, like dam building or rural electrification, needed to be budgeted and constrained.
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That&aposs going to accelerate the transition because it increases the percentage of electrification.
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Speaking of which: How can the electrification of residential heating and cooling be accelerated?
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Electrification will mean greater demand for electricity and more importance placed on grid flexibility.
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President Franklin Roosevelt and the Rural Electrification Administration did it in 1936 with electricity.
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The only realistic prospect for reducing transportation sector emissions rapidly and substantially is electrification.
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And even if Donald Trump relaxes American emissions standards, this will not hold back electrification.
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" Lohscheller added that the company was "putting maximum effort into the electrification of our portfolio.
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Impending electrification means that the electricity sector is significant far beyond its direct emissions today.
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Until recently, Toyota was one of the auto industry's major hold-outs against full electrification.
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Steps to ensure that increased demand for power from electrification is met with clean energy.
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"There is a clear winner in electrification," Palihapitiya said in an interview Tuesday on CNBC.
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Like those competitors, Hyundai has been steadily increasing its interests in electrification across the board.
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Aston Martin is not alone in making a bold statement towards the adoption of electrification.
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Ford has diversified its electrification plans since announcing the $11 billion effort in 2018, too.
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Unfortunately, the push for electrification stagnated under CEO Harald Krueger, who resigned this past July.
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Their demise came as supermarkets expanded, but electrification of business vehicles is gathering pace anew.
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Options such as electrification, hydrogen, renewable gas and carbon dioxide utilization become much less costly.
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Following solar electrification in Madagascar, it was through aspirational mapping that women installed community toilets.
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In addition to capital investment, electrification is necessary for solving Caltrain's problem of poor frequency.
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Daimler is expanding its electrification plans to include Mercedes-Benz's successful line of commercial vans.
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The team will report to Ted Cannis, who has been named global director of electrification.
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Acquisitions could strengthen its remaining divisions - electrification, industrial automation, motion and robotics and discrete automation.
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That means the world needs to accelerate efficiency and electrification rates by about 10 times.
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Ice particles bumping into ash particles also aids electrification, as does lava tearing itself apart.
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Should he be able to make yet more money off the electrification of African huts?
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As part of its ambitious electrification plans, every Volvo model will have a Recharge option.
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One direction, he said, is "electrification as the new prestige," a trend driven by Tesla.
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The electrification of transportation makes car-free commutes more palatable for more people, especially women.
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If utilities want large-scale electrification — as they, and we, and the whole world should!
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Here's a summary of who can benefit financially from electrification: We find electrification is cost-effective for customers switching away from propane or heating oil, for those gas customers who would otherwise need to replace both a furnace and air conditioner simultaneously, for customers who bundle rooftop solar with electrification, and for most new home construction, especially when considering the avoided cost of gas mains, services, and meters not needed in all-electric neighborhoods.
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It's just part of the company's bigger plan to invest 4.5 billion in electrification by 2020.
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If a deal is approved, ABB could concentrate on more profitable areas like electrification and automation.
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Doug Parks, GM's vice president of autonomous and electrification programs, oversees both Cruise and Super Cruise.
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Electric vehicles are a superb way to get people interested in slashing carbon emissions through electrification.
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China boasts full power access: it has just wound up the largest electrification programme in history.
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There were also all the new inventions, like electrification, and advances in medicine and surgery happening.
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"We have the challenge of having to set up the entire electrification afresh," he told reporters.
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Electrification has become a buzzword among automakers in recent years amid global concerns about climate change.
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SoftBank estimated the electrification drive could create a requirement for over 150 GW of additional power.
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The incentive was created by the Obama administration in 2009 to encourage automakers to embrace electrification.
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Mass electrification, from zero-carbon sources, could stimulate new industries and further decentralise the global economy.
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But it is not just better and cheaper batteries that are changing the economics of electrification.
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Sometimes vehicles will be too big and heavy to make them ideal candidates for full electrification.
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The new team will report to Ted Cannis, who has been named global director of electrification.
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The electrification efforts also help with long-term goals, including fielding reliable autonomous vehicles and fleets.
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But the threat of electrification has pushed it to accelerate its renewable natural gas (RNG) program.
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GM's own broad electrification strategy includes full size pickups, CEO Mary Barra said in late April.
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Testing an electrification route also helps meet demands from shareholders that they "future proof" their businesses.
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A political 'splash' So why has the pace of rural electrification been slow under successive governments?
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The electricity sector that powers our country is undergoing its most significant transition since mass electrification.
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"It's the wild, wild West when it comes to electrification," CJ Whelan said in an interview.
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Electrification of transportation is a key component of many state plans to meet air quality requirements.
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From there, electrification will be necessary, which will require substantial infrastructure investment at the federal level.
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However, electrification is projected to displace 7.3 million barrels a day of transport fuel that year.
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They do not take full advantage of the opportunity that electrification offers to rethink automotive design.
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In the vast majority of cases, they're also embracing electrification as one of several powertrain technologies.
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The thing is, Oregon is relying heavily on electrification of transportation and industry to reduce emissions.
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In justifying the closing of its Swindon factory, Honda said it wanted to focus on electrification.
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"The push for electrification is good, but we still need conventional [fuel economy] standards," Reichmuth said.
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The big picture: Automakers are split on the path to electrification, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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"Electrification of trucks is of top priority at Daimler," Daum said in a press statement Thursday.
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Longer term, demand for the red metal is expected to spike due to the electrification trend.
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When the electrification of Britain's railways began in the late 19th century, two systems were used.
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Couldn't a similar effort today do for renewable energy what the R.E.A. once did for electrification?
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In October, the automaker said all of the vehicles it produces by 2030 will incorporate electrification.
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Caltrain has already secured $1.3 billion in other funds and permits and approvals for the electrification.
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There is no denying that the opportunity and promise of electrification for some applications is emerging.
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The top-selling Macan "is of course a model line that we can imagine" for electrification.
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Seperately, ABB said it has also completed the divestment of two Shanghai-based electrification joint ventures.
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At the very least, states should assess electrification options when they are considering natural gas expansions.
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Siemens, based in Munich, Germany, is a technology company with interests in electrification, automation and digitalization.
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But in September 2015, a Bangladeshi company, ME SOLshare, introduced them to what it calls "swarm electrification".
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Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the Electrification Coalition is based in Colorado.
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As a result, the barriers to high-level autonomy and electrification may well become more easily surmounted.
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China and Thailand took 20 years to improve electrification rates from about 30-40% to 85-90%.
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Farsighted policy will seek to accelerate that process, achieving the enduring benefits of electrification that much sooner.
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Further down the road, he worries about the added costs of electrification to meet EU emissions targets.
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Ethiopia's "national electrification programme" calls for connecting 43% of the population to small solar systems by 24.
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Volkswagen has committed 9 billion euros, or more than $10 billion, on its "electrification" program so far.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to achieve universal electrification in India by the end of 2022.
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"Electrification is that clean sheet of paper," said Mckenna on the design for a hypothetically smaller Mini.
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Notably, all three scenarios heavily involve electrification of sectors and applications that currently run on fossil fuels.
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Between electrification, autonomy, car sharing, and ride hailing, the car industry is undergoing a monumental, unprecedented shift.
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"What we learned from this first cycle of electrification is people want really nice products," Farley said.
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Really, it would behoove Bugatti to combine both the four-door limo idea and electrification into one.
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After attempting to take an early lead in electrification, Ford is now something of an also-ran.
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The country's easternmost region is shaping up to play a lead role in the electrification of cars.
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Instead of electrification, German carmakers have been focused on selling cars to a booming market in China.
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"The European industry is moving rapidly towards electrification," Northvolt Chief Executive Peter Carlsson said in a statement.
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These involve smart investments in better service and one of the keys is the Caltrain electrification project.
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That same trend is going to continue at this year's CES, with a heavy emphasis on electrification.
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Carmakers aren't making questionable longterm technical predictions about autonomy or electrification just to garner a headline anymore.
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One example: efficiency programs reward reduced electricity consumption, even though in many cases electrification will increase consumption.
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And local governments, which control local building and energy codes, aren't clued in and don't support electrification.
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The government has asked Avinor to develop a program for electrification of all domestic aviation by 2040.
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Porsche plans to invest more than €6 billion ($7 billion) into electrification, which includes hybrids, by 2022.
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He believes electrification technology offers Infiniti a chance to inject more elegance and simplicity into automotive design.
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It was founded in 1916 as Starkstrom Aktiengesellschaft to advance the electrification of Germany by building infrastructure.
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India is proceeding with a massive shift in rural electrification from conventional grids to decentralized renewable sources.
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The third is the "EV grid" scenario, which takes the cleaner-grid scenario and adds vehicle electrification.
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As part of the New Deal, FDR created the Rural Electrification Administration, charged with electrifying rural areas.
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What they're saying: The companies' views on self-driving technology are also influencing their strategies toward electrification.
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But they may also expedite the electrification of other vehicles, like transit buses and long-haul trucks.
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It will be integrated into ABB's Electrification Products division, and ABB expects to retain the management team.
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The unveiling of the i4 concept builds upon earlier announcements from BMW to push deeper into electrification.
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Electrification can complement ICE to achieve the highest vehicle efficiency, bringing together the strengths of both technologies.
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Defunding the electrification of the Silicon Valley corridor has immediate consequences for the system's 22025,000 daily commuters.
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There are three big factors that make the difference in the cost of electrification for individual homeowners.
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The Rural Utilities Service — the successor to the Rural Electrification Administration — has subsidized internet connectivity since 103.
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"Electrification, connectivity and autonomous driving are the trends," said Ricky Hudi, a senior executive at Audi in Germany.
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Last year, automakers spent $226 million — a 47 percent increase from 2012 — on electrification and autonomous vehicle technology.
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Ford's European electrification strategy is in line with its plans for North America to focus largely on hybrids.
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Significantly, most of the new production vehicles being launched at CES this year use some form of electrification.
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"Code requirements, redevelopment opportunities, fleet electrification, grid modernization work—those are generational projects," says Hand, the transportation consultant.
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We are committed to electrification, so from 733 all new Volvo car models will include an electric motor.
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Fortum Charge & Drive has long been working with the taxi industry to enable electrification of the taxi fleet.
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When it comes to electrification, most automakers are spending the majority of their research-and-development dollars internally.
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Engineers are trying to come up with ways to decarbonize air travel, and electrification is a promising prospect.
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"Today's agreements with CATL and LG Chem demonstrate how we will reach our ambitious electrification target," he added.
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But the triple revolution is basically autonomous vehicles, electrification of vehicles and ride sharing or fleet-operated vehicles.
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Electrification projects in the west of England and in Hull were cancelled last month due to cost overruns.
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The EV tax credit was created by the Obama administration in 210 to encourage automakers to embrace electrification.
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If Mr Diess is serious about leading the car industry's charge on electrification, the latter will be unavoidable.
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Like other teams in the series, Mercedes sees Formula E as a place to stress test electrification systems.
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Electrification will happen not necessarily as full battery‑electric vehicles but in combination with other forms of power.
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Volvo created the Polestar brand to show off how performance and electrification will work together in the future.
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Despite many electrification claims by other automakers, Smart is on the forefront of abandoning gasoline and diesel engines.
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GM's cost-cutting measures have happened in parallel with its investments and commitments to electrification and autonomous technology.
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Other provisions include: Using the tax code to incentivize efficiency and electrification in new homes and commercial buildings.
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Why it matters: Carmakers are pooling resources to make expensive bets on electrification, automated vehicles and shared mobility.
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GM recently said it plans to make its luxury brand Cadillac the lead brand for its electrification efforts.
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" Durheimer also mentioned, although Bugatti skipped electrification for the Chiron, "that doesn't mean we abandon this topic forever.
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The storied 228 will not be immune from Porsche's electrification plans and that could be a good thing.
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Such rapid electrification, often using fossil fuels, may look like the cheapest way to bring power to everyone.
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These big dollars toward electrification mean even more when big industry players get behind the alternative fuel option.
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The team in Corktown will be led by Sherif Marakby, Ford's vice president of autonomous vehicles and electrification.
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The mass electrification that is expected to ensue should eventually help Ms Aitchison's kitchen and communications in Lalibela.
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With that, the electrification of the motorcycle industry will become another facet of the transformation of global mobility.
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And whole new and hitherto unimagined industries sprang up with the arrival of the railways, telegraphy and electrification.
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The company is going "all-in" on electrification, said president of global markets Jim Farley earlier this year.
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Here's the bottom line: transportation electrification is a really good idea, and electric vehicles are a superior product.
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"If we have autonomous cars, electrification, we are here to serve the public and sell automobiles," said Scarpelli.
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What's next: "I don't anticipate a significant change in Volkswagen's strategy on electrification of their fleet," Lindland said.
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Bruce Nilles is a managing director at Rocky Mountain Institute, where he has started a building electrification program.
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"Mass electrification offers great promise, but it also introduces fresh complexity into the energy system," Maher-McWilliams added.
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"We're looking for similar solutions across the globe," said Mike Tinskey, Ford's global director of electrification and infrastructure.
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Rural electrification boosters insisted that hard-working farmers urgently needed electricity, but initial demand was less than expected.
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The electric Transit will not be related to the Rivian van, said Ted Cannis, Ford's director of electrification.
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The electric Transit will not be related to the Rivian van, said Ted Cannis, Ford's director of electrification.
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Other global automakers are planning to shift away from internal combustion engines towards electrification in the coming years.
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The L.A. plan unveiled by multistakeholder Transportation Electrification Partnership calls for crafting policy details over the next year.
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"We think there's a very good business," said Sherif Marakby, Ford's vice president for autonomous vehicles and electrification.
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The rest will be hybrids, as Volvo plans to offer some form of electrification in all its models.
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"I don't believe off-grid electrification is a stop-gap," said Jamie Evans, director of partnerships with d.light.
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We are committed to electrification, so from 2019 all new Volvo car models will include an electric motor.
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"China has for a long time been very committed to electric vehicles and the electrification," Lampe-Önnerud said.
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It's fairly popular already, and with investment in electrification, the trip could be made nearly an hour faster.
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But as the RMI report shows, for new construction homes, electrification is both lower-carbon and lower-cost.
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Ford executives said the company was trying to offer electrification options on as many of its vehicles as possible.
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There were several factors that brought all of these disparate actors together to embrace electrification en masse this year.
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The commission late last year directed the utilities to submit plans to spur vehicle electrification in their service areas.
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At CES 2018, the emphasis was still electrification, with flashy EV launches from the likes of Byton and Fisker.
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INDUSTRIAL MONEY Automakers have been ploughing funds into battery production and development, a key battleground in their electrification ambitions.
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"The oil and gas industry are undergoing major disruption from electrification and renewables," said Bernadette Cullinane, of Deloitte Consulting.
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AC's ubiquity dates from the so-called "war of the currents" that accompanied electrification in the 1880s and 1890s.
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But that, says BCG's Mr Whittaker, could be the oil market's "last hurrah", giving a final push to electrification.
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While the Mazda EV is actually happening, it was the concept cars at the show that really embraced electrification.
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S&P SAYS FUTURE RATINGS WILL DEPEND ON NEW GROUP'S ABILITY TO TURN AROUND FCA'S EUROPEAN OPERATIONS, ACCELERATE ELECTRIFICATION
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VW AG CEO Herbert Diess last year said his company is committing about $10 billion through 2023 to electrification.
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"We have a lot of experience in electrification," Joe Hinrichs, Ford's president of automotive operations, said on the call.
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It is diesel's disgrace and decline, executives and analysts say, that has finally set the stage for mass electrification.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to meet these electrification goals by installing record amounts of renewable energy.
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"Electrification presents exciting opportunities for businesses like BP and we see possibilities to expand and complement our business offerings."
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State governors, and not the federal government, are emerging as the leaders on vehicle electrification and automated vehicle deployments.
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The electrification of transport could give Chinese carmakers and suppliers a chance to change from also-rans into champions.
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"Copper is king for this electrification trend taking over the global economy," said Matt Gili, Nevada Copper's chief executive.
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But the combined challenge of electrification and autonomy is stretching Western incumbents enough that some, maybe many, will snap.
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"We're going to place utmost priority on electrification and advanced safety technologies going forward," Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo said.
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More than 60 percent of the country commutes by diesel buses or trains, which provides another opportunity for electrification.
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Caltrain Electrification would support over 22019,600 Americans, not only in California, but in states including Utah, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
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In the past three centuries, we've only really seen three such inventions: the steam engine, electrification, and information technology.
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As BDC says, California's "goals, utility incentives, policies, programs, and metrics" are not well-aligned to achieve building electrification.
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As for its plans around electrification and autonomy, these reflect the goals set by many of PSA's automaker rivals.
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The extent of its electrification effort, including details on specific new and redesigned models, has not previously been disclosed.
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Westinghouse Electric — a pioneer in areas including electrification, nuclear power, commercial radio and home appliances — initially sponsored the competition.
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Toyota has done plenty of work in the field of electrification, most notably with its lineup of Prius hybrids.
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As electrification and autonomy have come to dominate the story around transportation, car design has fallen into a crisis.
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Some argue that we should be doubling down on vehicle electrification instead, but it's not an either or proposition.
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China also has aggressive targets and incentives for vehicle electrification, which could help Tesla with its larger global goals.
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The source of this phantom electrification could be the decay of volcanic radon, an odorless and colorless radioactive compound.
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Of course, we also have to accelerate the electrification of our vehicles, another way to reduce pollution from cars.
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One of the beneficiaries of electrification will be tires, with multiple positive tailwinds: cars are driven more each year.
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Yes, but: There are still barriers to widespread building electrification, from regulatory hurdles to limited support from utility programs.
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"Incremental shift in electrification should also favor BWA given their turbocharger leadership and growing alternative powertrain portfolio," Kelley wrote.
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Low electrification rates "hamper Africa's development," the United States Agency for International Development said in a report last year.
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The energy connections business provides electrification and automation products to the oil and gas, mining, utility and marine industries.
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"Ultra-fast charging is at the heart of BP's electrification strategy," said Tufan Erginbilgic, chief executive at BP downstream.
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First, there's the big boom in electricity demand that is expected to come with electrification of transportation and industry.
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If utilities want America to choose electrification, they need to get off their asses and help make it happen.
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And if it fails, it relegates the move toward electrification to the trudging march that it has been so far.
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If the world moves to electrification and electric vehicles, the entrepreneur says his company can handle that transition as well.
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The companies will apply Subaru's all-wheel-drive technologies and Toyota's vehicle electrification technologies, Toyota said in a statement. bit.
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It was pitched as both a cost-saving move and one that will help the companies scale their electrification plans.
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This new bus is expected to take advantage of the electrification and autonomous driving capabilities being introduced under that label.
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It will also include banking and finance companies such as SBI, Bank of Baroda, Indian Bank, Rural Electrification Corp. Ltd.
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Zellmer will talk about Porsche's push into electrification, digital services and even flying cars while onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility.
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Whether Ford's bet on electrification will pay off is far from certain, as its earlier sales serve to remind observers.
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Sherif Marakby, who heads up Ford's autonomous vehicles and electrification division, has been appointed CEO of Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC.
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Electrification of delivery vehicle fleets already makes sense from a cost perspective, but there are currently few options, he notes.
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But while other firms fret about electrification and autonomous technology, Morgan is thriving by ignoring the established rules of carmaking.
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For big planes flying long-haul routes, full electrification may never happen, although hybrid systems would reduce their fuel consumption.
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Earlier this month, the World Bank also approved a $375 million loan to Ethiopia to fund a national electrification project.
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Further, past big technological jolts — the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, electrification, the Green Revolution in agriculture, etc.
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Power Finance Corp Ltd and Rural Electrification Corp are two major state financial institutions that lend mainly to electricity generators.
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In March, it said it would spend over 30 billion euros on the electrification of its vehicle portfolio by 2023.
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As the car world shifts toward automation and electrification, it's fair to wonder about the allure of the Italian marque.
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At Ford, as at rivals, the electrification of vehicles will merge with efforts to develop vehicles that can drive themselves.
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"We think plug-in hybrids have a bigger role to play, particularly in this transitional phase of electrification," he said.
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Tavares and a company spokesman clarified that electrification will be an option on all the automaker's vehicles by that time.
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And when the private market won't build essential infrastructure, public investments like the New Deal's rural electrification help fight poverty.
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Transportation electrification coupled with the continued transition to clean energy sources promise a much better future for all of us.
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Obstacles to electrification could also strain the European Union's plan to become "carbon neutral" by 2050 to combat climate change.
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Combining localization and electrification, "we want to triple our volume within the next five years at a minimum," Krueger said.
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Harbour Air is sharing the costs of their foray into electrification with magniX, an electric powertrain company founded in Australia.
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"So it makes more sense to now connect solar to the grid" to meet the country's electrification goals, she said.
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Sylvester, a former General Electric executive, will also be responsible for the electrification business in ABB's biggest market, it said.
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It models the carbon and financial impacts of large-scale vehicle electrification in Colorado and comes to two main conclusions.
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Environmentalists say the state's move toward zero emissions in public buses could spur electrification of other types of large vehicles.
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Green hydrogen and the electrification of green electricity supply in ports will provide even more options to decarbonize the sector.
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ABB, which is based in Zurich, can use the deal to broaden its electrification business globally, especially in North America.
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"It will likely be some form of electrification parallel with our current internal combustion engine to add power," Probst said.
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"If there was ever a location for near-term automation and electrification of the supply chain, it's here," he said.
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But he added that a separation of the electrification division, currently ABB's biggest business by sales, was not being considered.
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Other measures include total electrification of road and rail services, and using biofuels for long-distance international aviation and shipping.
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Victor: The best analysis of options for cutting emissions shows, pretty clearly, that making deep cuts in emissions requires electrification.
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On that October call, Manley said FCA won't begin to reap the rewards of its investment into electrification until 2022.
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The level of understanding of electrification, both within the building trades and in the public more broadly, remains abysmally low.
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Properly rewarding energy efficiency and electrification requires coordination across policymaking bodies (states, counties, cities, utilities) that don't always communicate well.
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By next year, every Jaguar or Land Rover vehicle will have some form of electrification, whether all-electric or hybrid.
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Modi's administration is vying to improve electrification among India's poor rural communities and major metropolises are also demanding more energy.
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Another, bigger $75-million effort is now getting underway in Nigeria, involving the state electrification agency and the World Bank.
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EIA has projections for electrification of transportation and heating built into its model, but they are extremely modest, gradual projections.
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"Ford talks about being a mobility company, furthering electrification and autonomy, but it's very pricey to do that," Acevedo told CNBC.
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Convergence Of Three Trends: Autonomous, Electric, Sharing We are observing first hand an interesting link between sharing, autonomous driving, and electrification.
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It promises to hasten electrification of the economy, radically reduce infrastructure costs, and open up new lines of science and inquiry.
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This bodes well for future growth, especially if governments strengthen their commitment to electrification in the wake of the Paris accord.
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Mercedes-Benz is the latest automaker to embrace electrification, announcing that it will be electrifying its entire vehicle lineup by 2022.
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Electric vehicles are seen as just the tip of a bigger electrification theme that ranges from wind turbines to "smart" homes.
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Now it is recovering from a few recent stumbles and is trying to transform itself for a new era of electrification.
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By focusing exclusively on the electricity sector and energy efficiency, policies like the CPP miss the possibilities of environmentally beneficial electrification.
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While Autocar reported Porsche may not be done with diesels forever, it's very clear the automaker's attention has shifted to electrification.
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That includes engine electrification, artificial intelligence and advanced connectivity that would change how aircraft are developed, manufactured, flown, powered and serviced.
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To boost margins and build on its traditional strengths, Siemens is adding a software layer to its electrification and automation operations.
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But Aston's big push into electrification will come with the revival of another long-forgotten brand it purchased back in 1947.
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ABB gave no details on the size of the business, which is part of its electrification division, or details of customers.
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Our commitment to sustainability is why we're investing so heavily in electrification and adding 13 new electrified vehicles to our lineup.
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ABB's electrification business posted a 22% increase in revenue, boosted by strong demand from data centers, rail and electric vehicle infrastructure.
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Opel's headquarters in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt will become a center for engineering and electrification at the German carmaker, the newspaper said.
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Bosch has worked with a host of car companies on the hot-button topics of CES like automation, electrification, and connectivity.
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We have a lot of software skills right now, around engine controls, calibration, communication, and entertainment technology — you know, Sync, electrification.
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That may explain why the rate of electrification is highest in the state, home to 223 million people including farmer Singh.
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Off-grid energy Rural electrification remains one of the continent's major challenges, with around 600 million people in Africa still unconnected.
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Overall, "There are regulatory reasons and of course there are legal reasons why they cannot back away from electrification," Lindland said.
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What is far less certain is how large that role will be, or how quickly the shift to electrification will happen.
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For its part, the second-largest of the Detroit Big Three plans to invest $11.5 billion in its own electrification program.
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This all leads naturally to the question of how Lincoln is going to manage the electrification of its vehicles in China.
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The firm's electrification strategy in China is being concentrated on manufacturing all-electric cars in two factories in Foshun and Shanghai.
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Of that, $1.5 billion is invested in renewable energy, electrification, and storage technologies, so the savings net out to $3.3 billion.
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But it said it has committed to spending $10 billion to develop 30 vehicles with some form of electrification by 2022.
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The ratings would depend on the new group's ability to turn around FCA's European operations and accelerate electrification, S&P added.
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Salciccia said the Salcef would look at companies in the same or similar sectors, including new technologies, electrification and also trucks.
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In the meantime, if you've had your own adventures with home electrification, good or bad, I'd love to hear about them.
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But Ms. Barra said on Wednesday that G.M. is "committed to electrification" despite the lagging sales of current electric cars and hybrids.
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Electrification is all the rage in the auto industry, but the cars themselves represent only a tiny fraction of the entire market.
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The Germans long resisted mass electrification, saying no competitor could make electric cars at a profit because the batteries were too expensive.
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Norway is among the world's top markets for electric cars thanks to generous government subsidies aimed at increasing the electrification of transport.
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Making governments happy Ford's embrace on greater hybridization and electrification is a logical move, given potential future regulatory mandates, especially in California.
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But cobalt, which was meant to be part of Glencore's strategic advantage as the world switches to electrification, has become a liability.
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"There's a lot of need for outreach and education from trusted sources that aren't financially benefiting," said Prochazka of the Electrification Coalition.
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"In an area without telecommunications, without road access, without large-scale electrification, this is going to be an enormous challenge," he said.
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That would radically hasten both electrification and decarbonization, proving a weapon against climate change at least as potent as renewable energy itself.
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But with the Volkswagen payout, states will have new means to clean up their transportation sectors, laying the foundation for nationwide electrification.
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What we do know is that Ford's future (and certainly its CEO's) is tied to the success of this shift to electrification.
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Sherif Marakby, Vice President of Ford Autonomous Vehicles and Electrification, described the project as ethnographic research in an interview with The Verge.
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"We believe electrification is the future but an adequate transition period is required and 2030 is too short a timeline," Denner said.
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Daimler itself lost engineer Tilo Schweers to become chief developer for alternative drive systems and powertrain electrification at Chinese-backed Borgward Group.
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In April India celebrated the electrification of its last village, yet about 240m people remain without power and connections are often unreliable.
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It said it made the decision due to electrification developments in the industry globally and the need to ensure adequate production capacity.
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"We are the leader in the electrification of vehicles," a spokesperson told a room of journalists at the Bolt first drive event.
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It's part of a comprehensive program for building electrification that aims to reduce residential natural gas use by 85 percent by 2050.
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The reorganization is part of a broader strategy to prepare for a future with autonomous vehicle technology, electrification and unconventional ownership models.
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And we also of course decided to actively contribute to the future electrification of cars being a hybrid or battery electric vehicles.
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Alliances are becoming an industry norm, rather than the exception, especially when it comes to electrification, self-driving technology and mobility services.
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Honda plans to bring electrification, which can mean hybrid, plug-in or all-electric, to every new car model launched in Europe.
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Here's a comparison to a 2017 Mini Cooper, showing how the design is very similar to recent models despite the new electrification.
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"We are lucky that we're entering an age where automation, electrification, and information technology are converging in the transportation sector," Samaras says.
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Harley is placing a big bet on electrification in hopes that it will revive the brand, which has struggled in recent years.
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Marakby said the group will be based in the Detroit area and work with regional Ford electrification teams in China and Europe.
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With fuel demand so reduced by electrification, biomass supply will be ample without massive shifts in land use and competition with food.
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Electrification made a huge difference in farm country driving up agricultural productivity and allowing farm families to acquire refrigerators and washing machines.
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In March, it said it would spend over 30 billion euros ($20193 billion) on the electrification of its vehicle portfolio by 2023.
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Electrification, autonomy, and mobility services like ride-hailing and car-sharing provided legacy car companies an opportunity to posture like tech startups.
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GM Chief Executive Mary Barra, scheduled to give a CES address on Wednesday afternoon, is expected to promote GM's vehicle electrification efforts.
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The VW ID. Space Vizzion concept has a crazy name, but it's going to shape consumer attitudes toward the automaker's electrification strategy.
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General Motors is spinning up its electrification plans and today announced the stunning, poorly named Buick Enspire concept at Auto China 2018.
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As China and other countries place more restrictions on conventional gasoline and diesel engines, auto companies have accelerated the shift to electrification.
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One could envision investments that would see more charging stations built across the city to enable further electrification of the city's vehicles.
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The advance of electrification to crossover vehicles, luxury sedans and even spinoff brands will be apparent to visitors throughout the Palexpo arena.
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Large segments of the $840 billion airline industry are ripe for electrification, according to an analyst at the research firm Lux Research.
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"All of these different types of small fixed-wing aircraft are really ripe for electrification using today's lithium-ion batteries," she said.
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"Commercial vehicles are a critical component to our big bet on electrification," Ford chief operating officer Jim Farley said in a statement.
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Sherif Marakby, Ford's vice president of autonomous vehicles and electrification, told Reuters he couldn't comment on specific partnerships that haven't been announced.
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Of course, the changes brought about by electrification will affect local communities in unpredictable ways that will play out over many years.
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The synergies between the ABB's electrification, industrial automation, drive technology and robotics divisions "are not so great," Voser said in the article.
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Thanks to Rural Electrification Administration projects, by 1942 nearly 50 percent of farms had electric power — close to 100 percent by 1952.
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Volkswagen's Audi brand and Daimler Benz, announced plans to cut thousands of jobs each, as they move toward electrification and autonomous driving.
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The base Mustang Mach E will have a range of more than 26 miles, said Ted Cannis, Ford's global director of electrification.
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Trilobites Studying radon's role in the electrification of plumes above volcanoes could help people anticipate the damage resulting from eruptions, scientists say.
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The bottom line: "The electrification of transport is redefining a number of metals markets," Wood Mackenzie said in a release summarizing their analysis.
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By that time, electrification, the race to autonomy, and car-sharing programs will be gradually integrated into the traditional model of personal cars.
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"We find it very hard for gas or anything else to compete with the opportunity created by the electrification of trucking," said Harvey.
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A number of manufacturers are using this week's CES to discuss their electrification strategies, including some new brands such as Chinese-owned Byton.
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Rural America has also benefited tremendously from federal investment, including electrification projects, rural broadband expansion, and certainly our great land grant education system.
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Schenker picked Einride over established truckmakers as the T-Pod straddles the two biggest sector transformations: digitisation and electrification, CEO Jochen Thewes said.
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The investment in Rivian is "consistent" with Ford's own electrification program, the 116-year-old automaker's CEO, Jim Hackett, said on the call.
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"There's going to be a huge increase in prices in 2021-22 if effective electrification becomes as widespread as people expect," Marchionne said.
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Nitin Mehta papered over the failures of the Modi regime; in fact, only 10% of rural electrification has been achieved in real terms.
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The big change BCG sees is a result of the rise in interest in autonomous technologies, paired with the increased electrification of vehicles.
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The company kicked off its electrification plan with the launch of the plug-in hybrid version of its XC90 SUV in August 2015.
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He said the group will be based in the Detroit area and work with regional Ford vehicle electrification teams in China and Europe.
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So those three vectors of change — electrification, self-driving, and new consumption models — that sits at the absolute core of everything we're doing.
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There are some debates around the edges about just how much electrification is practical—maybe not everything—but the consensus is mighty broad.
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Ford was itself an early proponent of electrification but initially focused on hybrids, plug-in hybrids and relatively short-range battery-electric vehicles.
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Commercial truck makers are investing in electrification as regulators and policy makers step up pressure to curtail or eliminate pollution in big cities.
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Beyond electrification and connectivity, though, there's still BMW's meat and potatoes — and the company has some news for more traditional car fans, too.
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Money from the trust can be used for a variety of transportation-related electrification initiatives, including up to 15% for charging infrastructure specifically.
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The world's largest energy company says the electrification of vehicles isn't anywhere near ready to overtake the traditional engine in the transport sector.
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Ford is adding a hybrid Explorer to the mix, the first time the popular SUV has been offered with any kind of electrification.
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In the automation side, there is no other player that has process, control, discreet automation, robotics and electrification and a strong digital platform.
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This includes "all-out" electrification in its cars, reducing carbon emissions in its factories, and increasing reusing and recycling across its supply chain.
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But since Tesla has never produced cars with gas-powered engines, it has designed each of its vehicles with only electrification in mind.
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London (CNN Business)The maker of Mercedes-Benz cars is spending billions on batteries as it accelerates the electrification of its product range.
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China set ambitious electrification goals and, according to Reuters, is considering entirely banning fossil fuel-reliant vehicles in some parts of the country.
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"We are currently redefining the Volkswagen values for the age of electrification," Klaus Bischoff, head of VW brand design, said in an interview.
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Logan also says Exxon's report doesn't assume much, if any, electrification of big trucks, which further bolsters the company's positioning in algae biofuels.
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But all the factors that make Harbour Air an ideal candidate for electrification are also why few companies can follow in their footsteps.
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This mass electrification in the middle of nowhere makes the city, more so than any others, a real visual oddity, one uniquely 'Vegas.
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Jay Inslee's communications director, Jaime Smith, says that Inslee has helped promote vehicle electrification, investments in clean energy technology, and increased transit options.
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That has given the world's established automakers a legitimate excuse to pursue electrification, despite the general lack of receptivity among the buying public.
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The federal government could start by extending subsidies or interest-free loans to home and building owners who undertake electrification and efficiency projects.
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Industry executives expect the cull to be replicated by other car makers, hitting European automotive jobs already threatened by the shift to electrification.
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The production stoppage put a damper on Harley-Davidson's first foray into electrification just weeks after deliveries of LiveWire began to ramp up.
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Ted Cannis, Ford&aposs global director of electrification, said the Mustang Mach-E will have the best driving dynamics of any Ford SUV.
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The major American automakers are moving forward with their own electrification strategies, albeit on a much smaller scale than Tesla and now Volvo.
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We realized that electrification is inevitable, and the vehicle needed to be equipped with a system to supply electric power to the motor.
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It's notable that race cars powered by internal combustion engines have reached nearly unimpeachable reliability just as electrification is beginning to take over.
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"It's certainly a stepping stone toward electrification, and easier than doing it with a full aircraft with a completely new powertrain," Sinusas noted.
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"We are determined to be the first premium car maker to move our entire portfolio vehicles into electrification," Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson said.
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Last year the British government scrapped electrification projects in some parts of the country, saying it would look to hybrid technology trains instead.
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GM is relying on profit from sales of large pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles in North America to fund its electrification push.
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The rate of electrification of final energy more than triples, with global electricity generation reaching a level nearly five times today's level. 5.
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Mercury, one of New Zealand's largest energy generating companies, joined EV100's ranks, vowing to support the electrification of transport throughout New Zealand.
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"Whatever we do, from an electrification stand point, the next version will be better than the version we have on the road," Reuss said.
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"It can save about this much fuel at an average stop," said FCA electrification manager Brian Spohn, holding up a small tumbler of water.
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Copper is particularly in demand for electrification and some of Anglo American's share price gains have resulted from its copper projects in Latin America.
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Britain's biggest carmaker said in January it would open a software engineering centre in Ireland to work on advanced automated driving and electrification technologies.
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GM's transformation also includes adding technical and engineering jobs to support the future of mobility, such as new jobs in electrification and autonomous vehicles.
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Given all these obstacles, the burgeoning EV market owes a debt of gratitude to the unsung heroes of the electrification movement: Collective buying groups.
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It's not heavy engineering in terms of mechanical parts, but it's really important in terms of stability and activity and electrification and electric propulsion.
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We'll probably hear more about VW and its electrification plans at the Geneva Motor Show, which is coming up in just a few weeks.
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The setback highlights the risk of carmakers, especially niche brands like Aston, when trying to meet the demands of electrification from regulators and consumers.
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At the time, Aston was in the midst of downsizing, so the investment was seen as needed to accelerate the boutique automaker's electrification plans.
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Battery production could become a major choke point for vehicle electrification as more automakers shift more of their model lineups to EVs and hybrids.
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Investor AB, ABB's largest investor with a 10.7 percent stake, said it supported the ABB strategy of focusing on digitalisation, electrification, automation and robotics.
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It can take seven years or more to recover the investment in a mini-grid, so developers need long-term certainty about electrification policies.
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Astrophotographers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan are on a mission to show the modern world what it has sacrificed in the name of electrification.
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Toyota, which was due to have a media briefing on its electrification strategy on Friday, did not comment on details when contacted by Reuters.
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They say the government should instead use the money to fund the electrification of taxi and car-sharing fleets and invest in public transport.
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Massachusetts established its Commission on the Future of Transportation in early 2018 to plan for changing demographics, climate disruption, and increased electrification and automation.
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STEADY IMPROVEMENTS in battery technology, driven along by the electrification of road transport, are helping air taxis and other small electric aircraft get airborne.
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City planning needs to adapt to the promotion of walking and biking, a shift toward public transport, as well as the electrification of transport.
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Delphi said its fastest-growing products, including active safety and advanced gasoline technologies, "infotainment" and electrification, had double-digit growth in the third quarter.
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While electrification is coming for cars, trucks, and buses, no battery or fuel cell is going to fly anyone across the Pacific anytime soon.
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This programme—jointly funded by the EU and member states—includes railway electrification, port modernisation and the two largest engineering projects on the continent.
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Growth of the global trucking fleet means that its oil consumption rises from 24.5 mbd to nearly 30, despite gains in efficiency and electrification.
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A consortium of China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group and China Railway Electrification Engineering Group as well as a consortium led by China's Sinohydro Corp.
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Infiniti engineers turned to electrification and lessons from partner Renault's Formula 1 team (there's the French connection) to give the machine an e-boost.
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That its first deal is in a battery technology developer shows exactly how much emphasis automakers are placing on electrification in the coming years.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, a region that, excluding South Africa, uses less electricity than New York state, electrification barely kept pace with population growth.
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"Getting the timing right" is one of the critical challenges for Ford as it prepares to launch its second-wave electrification strategy, said Hinrichs.
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Audi's electrification plans will rely on the use of two specially designed, skateboard-like architectures that place their batteries and motors below the floorboards.
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More broadly, significant electrification of the heavy-duty trucking sector in the coming decades could play an important role in curbing global oil demand.
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The CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX spoke at the Hyperloop Pod Competition this week about his bigger plans for electrification beyond ground mobility.
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He also warned against focusing too narrowly on electrification to solve the industry's emissions challenges, saying a combination of technologies needed to be considered.
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"We understand that the push towards electrification has to be multi-modal, and the collaboration with Yulu only goes to demonstrate the intent therein."
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Investor AB, ABB's largest investor with a 10.7 percent stake, said it supported the ABB strategy of focusing on digitalization, electrification, automation and robotics.
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Toyota's Hino Motors Ltd, however, is taking a more incremental approach, expanding its hybrid lineup to larger models rather than jumping to full electrification.
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But there could be a "self-disruption," with automakers pursuing an electrification strategy that would benefit from customers changing over from gas-powered cars.
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As of last December, about 24,000 primary schools were connected to the grid, according to Simon Gicharu who chairs the government's rural electrification program.
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Britain's biggest carmaker said in January it would open a software engineering center in Ireland to work on advanced automated driving and electrification technologies.
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GM's local joint venture, for example, promises to spend 26.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) on electrification and developing 10 "new energy" models by 2020.
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Ford's investment in Rivian and the other electric vehicles are part of the company's plan to spend $11.5 billion on vehicle electrification by 2022.
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DE) are cumulatively investing $3.043 billion in electrification over the next five years, with luxury models from Audi and Tata Motors Ltd's Jaguar (TAMO.
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"The New Deal provided inexpensive electricity to America through efforts like the Rural Electrification Administration and the Federal Power Marketing Administrations," the proposal reads.
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Auto sector shares have taken a hit since then, with VW's outperforming BMW's, as the Wolfsburg-based carmaker pursued a more radical electrification strategy.
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The two carmakers have promised that combining would create a company that is better equipped to survive the industry's transition to electrification and autonomy.
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The all-electric Transit, which will be assembled in the U.S., is part of Ford's more than $11.5 billion investment in electrification through 2022.
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And even if it were low-carbon, equitable, and abundant, it still wouldn't be an excuse to expand natural gas infrastructure or slow electrification.
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In the Pacific Northwest, a coalition of gas utilities has launched a $20303 million PR effort to push back against electrification in the region.
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Nevertheless, he admitted that some form of electrification is inevitable and that Toyota is already working on developing better batteries to power its cars.
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Research by the consultancy AlixPartners suggests automakers' heavy investments in electrification could lead to a $60 billion drop in pre-tax profits through 2023.
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"We're past the inflection point on electrification," Jackson told CNBC on Wednesday, predicting 225 percent of vehicles will be electric in about 23 years.
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As a result, President Franklin Roosevelt created the Rural Electrification Administration in 210 to provide loans and grants to rural electric and telephone companies.
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But for those not interested in electrification, the company will use the show to promote a high-performance version of its 5 Series sedan.
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But cost savings should at least help PSA spread the huge financial burden of electrification and developing self-driving across 4.2m cars rather than 3.1m.
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"I like what they said about electrification; the problem is what they're investing in," he tells Greentech, noting the company's focus on SUVs and pickups.
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While acknowledging Tesla's good work with electrification and car design, she shredded Musk's "claims" about deploying Teslas without a driver and without "lame" LiDAR sensors.
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National governments must prioritize building basic health facilities and providing clean water, roads, electrification, and education -- the infrastructure that makes permanent progress against diseases possible.
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Jacques Aschenbroich, the chief executive officer of auto parts maker Valeo, told CNBC that the auto sector in Europe and China are heading towards – electrification.
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But eventually a shortage of quality copper mines will curb supply as electrification of the world economy, from cars to heating and cooking, lifts demand.
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Renna said VW is working to address other key issues that have slowed the public embrace of electrification, notably range, charging times and vehicle pricing.
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And that's not a fantasy — the analysis notes that regulators envision electrification as a key way to help meet the state's existing 2030 emissions goals.
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Ford's plans for electrification are far less advanced, and a recent investment of $1bn in Argo, another self-driving startup, was criticised as too pricey.
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Many automakers are going all-in on electrification plans, with announcements regarding target dates for when all vehicles in their lineup will have electric options.
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Those outcomes can be determined by legislators and PUCs, ranging from service uptime (minimizing blackouts) to customer satisfaction, renewable-energy penetration, electrification, efficiency, or resiliency.
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The platform is said to be stiffer, offering better ride dynamics, and it is expected to have a better layout for future moves into electrification.
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Mini-grids and rooftop solar systems can one day be hooked up to the main grid; they should not compete as paths to rural electrification.
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The only technology solution with a potential path down the cost curve to the point of being competitive with (properly priced) fossil fuels is electrification.
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"We are considering an investment in a battery manufacturer in order to reinforce our electrification offensive and build up the necessary know-how," Volkswagen said.
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A new World Bank report on electrification argues that policymakers need to shift strategy to center on the "productive use" of electricity at affordable rates.
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There's the potential to increase miles traveled, but experts say that a combination of sound planning and practices plus electrification can provide climate benefits too.
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The company also plans to discuss other aspects of its electrification effort, including collaboration with unnamed Chinese partners on batteries and future battery-powered vehicles.
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"The new facility provides an exciting opportunity for us to pioneer future autonomous and electrification technologies," said JLR's Executive Director of Product Engineering Nick Rogers.
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European car bosses at the Frankfurt auto show were beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit.
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Factories needed to be redesigned to take advantage of electrification (the old sites relied on a single steam-driven engine and were laid out accordingly).
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