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Electric Rolls-Royce conversions make classic luxury silent

Green Car Reports

Rolls-Royce has always prided itself on the quietness of its luxury cars, hence its use of names like Phantom, Ghost, and Spectre. So a near-silent electric powertrain would seem like a good fit. U.K.-based Evice certainly thinks so. It's the latest in a crop of companies marketing electric conversions of classic cars, and its first project is a.

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Tesla launches unique charging solution for increased holiday travel

Teslarati

Tesla has started deploying a unique charging solution for heavily driven U.S. highway corridors, utilizing its grid-scale energy storage units to boost the number of stations available ahead of an expected bump in travel for the holidays. In order to accommodate the increase in travel, Tesla has launched four Megapack Chargers in heavily traveled areas of the U.S., offering a mobile Megapack unit along with pre-fabricated Supercharger units.

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Electric Rolls-Royce conversions makes classic luxury silent

Green Car Reports

Rolls-Royce has always prided itself on the quietness of its luxury cars, hence its use of names like Phantom, Ghost, and Spectre. So a near-silent electric powertrain would seem like a good fit. U.K.-based Evice certainly thinks so. It's the latest in a crop of companies marketing electric conversions of classic cars, and its first project is a.

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NIO ET9 Electric Executive Flagship Officially Launched

Electric Cars Report

On December 21st, NIO Day 2024 was held at the well-known landmark of Guangzhou, Haixinsha Asian Games Park. This edition of NIO Day was organized on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of NIO’s founding, with the theme “Together & Further,” showcasing NIO’s decade long journey of technology breakthroughs, taken alongside industry innovators.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

emissions global warming Norway climate change carbon dioxide youtube lighting

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This Tesla Plaid-Powered Cobra Absurdly Quick

InsideEVs

With over 1,000 horsepower, all-wheel drive and about 1,450 fewer pounds to lug around, this thing is a rocket.

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Vanadium Opens The Door To Low-Cost EV Batteries Made From Salt

CleanTechnica EVs

Researchers are deploying vanadium to develop a new generation of high performing, low cost sodium-ion EV batteries and stationary energy storage systems. The post Vanadium Opens The Door To Low-Cost EV Batteries Made From Salt appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Volkswagen Reaches A Deal To End Labor Dispute

CleanTechnica EVs

Volkswagen and IG Metall have reached an agreement that avoids the threat of strikes in the new year cutting 35,000 jobs by 2030. The post Volkswagen Reaches A Deal To End Labor Dispute appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla’s latest FSD Supervised version rolls out to AI4 with holiday update

Teslarati

Tesla started rolling out its highly-anticipated holiday update over the weekend, along with its latest version of the Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD). On Saturday evening, users began reporting that Tesla’s software update version 2024.45.25.5 had started rolling out, and it’s expected to make its way to those with FSD Supervised first before rolling out more widely throughout this week.

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CleanTechnica Car of the Year Nominees & Voting — USA Edition

CleanTechnica EVs

It’s time to make a conclusion on which newly introduced vehicle deserves the title of CleanTechnica Car of the Year for the USA market. For those unfamiliar with this award, the core of the award is to try to identify the vehicle likely to have the most positive impact . [continued] The post CleanTechnica Car of the Year Nominees & Voting USA Edition appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Cheap trick: MG’s advanced semi-solid-state batteries it will launch next year will be affordable says boss as Chinese brand gets upper hand on VW and Toyota

EV Central

MG has announced it’s ready to launch its next generation semi-solid batteries as soon as next year. And it promises they will deliver a longer range and much faster charger, compared to today’s tech. But the best bit? They will be affordable. Confirming the semi-solid state batteries would arrive in 2025 on his Weibo social media channel (via Autocar ) MG’s general manager, Zhou Yan said the first new model to be launched by the MG brand next year may be equipped with a semi-s

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Kia Syros to be a major launch in 2025. Key features it offers that Sonet doesn’t have

Baua Electric

Kia Syros will come as a more upmarket SUV compared to the Sonet with an upgraded feature list, a bigger wheelbase and larger boot space. Kia Syros will come as a more upmarket SUV compared to the Sonet with an upgraded feature list, a bigger wheelbase and larger boot space. Kia India unveiled the Syros SUV in India just a few days ago, which comes as a major product in the country’s passenger vehicle market.

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Road Test: 2024 Fiat 500e

Clean Fleet Report

The Second Generation Electric Cinquecento Offers Dolce Vita! It wasnt a huge surprise when Fiat announced the 2019 500e was in its final year of being imported to America. Only available in California and Oregon, its appeal was challenged by an 84-mile all-electric driving range (AER) that had long been surpassed by competitors. Move ahead five years.

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Honda-Nissan merger on the cards, carmakers set to begin talks: Report

Baua Electric

By: Reuters | Updated on: 23 Dec 2024, 08:33 AM Honda Cars and Nissan Motor are considering producing vehicles in one another’s factories as part of their plan to deepen ties and potentially merge. Honda Cars and Nissan Motor, two of the Japanese auto giants, are reported to announce initiation of talks of a possible merger on December 23. Honda and Nissan are expected on Monday to announce the start of business integration talks, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the ca

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Czech it out: 2025 Skoda Enyaq set for major facelift just months after Aussie debut as it smartens up its act against the inbound upgraded Tesla Model Y

EV Central

Just four years after its global launch and only months since its debut Down Under the 2025 Skoda Enyaq is going under the knife. And it’s fair to say the facelift is extensive. Previewed via some design renderings ahead of its unwrapping ceremony early next year, the big news is both the all-electric SUV wagon and coupe are primed to get styling heavily inspired by the2022 Vision 7S concept.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Electric Rolls-Royce conversions make classic luxury silent

Baua Electric

Rolls-Royce has always prided itself on the quietness of its luxury cars, hence its use of names like Phantom, Ghost, and Spectre. So a near-silent electric powertrain would seem like a good fit. U.K.-based Evice certainly thinks so. It’s the latest in a crop of companies marketing electric conversions of classic cars, and its first project is a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow sedan.

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Whistleblower Blacklisted By Tata Over VinFast Safety Concerns

CleanTechnica EVs

Auto manufacturers, especially those new to the industry, often contract with other manufacturers and suppliers to help them design their products. Tata Technologies, which is part of Tata Industries, was hired by VinFast to design the chassis and suspension components for some of its cars. Hazar Denli, a chassis design. [continued] The post Whistleblower Blacklisted By Tata Over VinFast Safety Concerns appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Electric Rolls-Royce conversions makes classic luxury silent

Baua Electric

Rolls-Royce has always prided itself on the quietness of its luxury cars, hence its use of names like Phantom, Ghost, and Spectre. So a near-silent electric powertrain would seem like a good fit. U.K.-based Evice certainly thinks so. It’s the latest in a crop of companies marketing electric conversions of classic cars, and its first project is a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow sedan.

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Driivz Concludes 2024 with Significant Growth

Driivz

To meet the increasing demands of EV infrastructure, Driivz migrates tens of thousands of EV charging ports onto its global platform to help its customers deliver an exceptional charging experience to drivers. In the last months, the Driivz platform has helped to migrate tens of thousands of managed chargers across the globe, including ST1, Time Park, ePower, Mer and Kople.

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This one-off Pagani Zonda wears 100,000 coins and face of Lionel Messi. It can’t drive

Baua Electric

The Pagani Zonda hypercar-influenced art car has been built with 100,000 golden coins and holding together those coins are more than 500,000 weld points. --> The Pagani Zonda hypercar-influenced art car has been built with 100,000 golden coins and holding together those coins are more than 500,000 weld poin … The Pagani Zonda hypercar-influenced art car has been built with 100,000 golden coins and holding together those coins are more than 500,000 weld points.

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Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water

CleanTechnica EVs

Every time I publish anything on electric buses and I’ve published a lot on them recently hydrogen bus fans point out that in the west, diesel heaters are often included in buses for winter time use. They say that as if the waste heat from fuel cells was. [continued] The post Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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The Top 10 Biomedical Stories of 2024

Cars That Think

In 2024, biomedical technology really got to our headsor more specifically, our eyes and brains. Some of Spectrums most popular articles this year were about technology assisting our vision, with stories of retinal implants and smart contact lenses drawing your eye. You dug deep into non-invasive tech to hasten sleep and preserve brain function for people with Alzheimers disease, as well as an imaging probe to aid highly invasive brain surgeries.

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US Government Takes Step Forward With Self-Driving Vehicle Rules — Will They Last?

CleanTechnica EVs

New regulations and big regulatory changes take a long time to develop and roll out in the US government. They need to be super carefully developed and every single punctuation mark needs to be examined by the lawyers to make sure the regulations will hold up if challenged in the. [continued] The post US Government Takes Step Forward With Self-Driving Vehicle Rules Will They Last?