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Quick Charge Podcast: October 28, 2021

October 29, 2021
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.  Check out the , an all EV event taking place at Sonoma Raceway this November 13th and 14th. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our…
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Audi increases range of older e-tron electric SUVs with software update

October 29, 2021
Audi announced a new software update that is going to increase the range of older e-tron electric SUVs by boosting efficiency. Several legacy automakers venturing into electric vehicles ended up having big battery “buffers” on their first electric vehicles. A battery buffer is the difference between the net energy capacity of the battery and its usable capacity. They were worried about…
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SK Innovation and Solid Power partner to produce automotive-scale solid-state batteries

October 29, 2021
Battery manufacturer SK Innovation announced a memorandum of understanding and agreement to jointly develop and manufacture solid-state batteries for EVs using Solid Power’s proprietary electrolyte technology. The goal of the partnership is to validate Solid Power’s all-solid-state battery and electrolyte production processes and work together to further develop the technology. SK…
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AI & RoboticsNews

New deep reinforcement learning technique helps AI to evolve

October 29, 2021
Hundreds of millions of years of evolution have produced a variety of life-forms, each intelligent in its own fashion. Each species has evolved to develop innate skills, learning capacities, and a physical form that ensures survival in its environment. But despite being inspired by nature and evolution, the field of artificial intelligence has largely focused on creating the elements of…
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