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Asics sneakers reuse vehicle airbag fabric, win design award

Green Car Reports

Leftover fabric from car airbags is now being used in sneakers, helping to lower the environmental impact of cars and footwear alike. The Asics Gel-Sonoma 15-50 uses airbag nylon fabric remnants from Toyoda Gosei, one of Toyota's captive suppliers, in its upper elements. Launched in January 2023, the sneaker won a Good Design Award 2024 from the.

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Mack Electric LR is Wisconsin’s first electric garbage truck

Electrek

In a bid to clean up its streets in more ways than one, the city of Madison, Wisconsin has added two Class 8 electric trucks to its garbage fleet earlier this year in the form of a pair of Mack Electric LR HDEVs … and the city already has plans to add two more.

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Lucid Air participates in California Highway Patrol tests

Teslarati

Lucid Motors has announced that its Air sedan is being used for testing by some California police, as many police departments have started adding electric vehicles (EVs) to their fleets in recent years. In a post on X on Sunday, Lucid posted photos of the Air participating in tests for the California Highway Patrol, highlighting the vehicle’s range, interior, and cargo space.

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Tesla Outsold By BMW & Volkswagen In Germany, MG In UK

CleanTechnica EVs

Remember when the Tesla Model Y outsold every other electric car, anywhere in the world, all the time? That was then; this is now. According to Yahoo Finance, registration data from Germany’s Motor Transport Authority (KBA) shows the Volkswagen brand has delivered 49,200 electric cars in that country through the. [continued] The post Tesla Outsold By BMW & Volkswagen In Germany, MG In UK appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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

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Tesla’s FSD Supervised prevented this family from hitting a deer

Teslarati

Tesla’s Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) has been the subject of public and regulatory debate over the past few years, though the automaker has recently highlighted an instance in which the software seems to have prevented a serious accident for one family. On Sunday, X user Manoranjan Haobam shared video footage from their trip in a Tesla in Calgary, Canada, during which the driver did not see a deer approaching while driving 110 km/hr (~68 mph).

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Rebate removal blamed for EV sales slump as hybrid sales soar

The Driven EV News

Misconceptions and the early removal of rebates have put the brakes on electric car sales, an industry group warns as figures show adoption has slowed. The post Rebate removal blamed for EV sales slump as hybrid sales soar appeared first on The Driven.

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STLA Medium Platform Sets New Benchmark in Long-Range EV Performance

Electric Cars Report

Building on its proven 701 km range in the WLTP cycle, the new STLA Medium platform has reached a new milestone in real-world highway performance. The new Peugeot E-3008, equipped with the long-range version BEV propulsion system, has demonstrated the platform’s capability by enabling travel from Paris to Nice (France) with only two stops for […] The post STLA Medium Platform Sets New Benchmark in Long-Range EV Performance appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Tesla social media posts ‘conflict’ with capabilities: NHTSA

Teslarati

Tesla’s social media posts are becoming an area of concern, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which said the automaker’s accounts have shared things that “conflict with its stated messaging that the driver is to maintain continued control over the dynamic driving task.” The email that states this was written by the NHTSA’s Gregory Magno in May and was just made public earlier this week.

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E-Bikes For Preparedness

CleanTechnica EVs

These days, it seems like everyone is into emergency preparedness, or at least wants to think they are. Whether it’s a fear of natural disasters, the communists, the fascists, or even the space aliens, there is no shortage of content these days on social media, blogs, and YouTube. But, we. [continued] The post E-Bikes For Preparedness appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Advantage China? New Deepal S07 undercuts the Tesla Model Y by a cool $2000 – plus it beats the Tesla for driving range

EV Central

The 2025 Deepal S07 all-electric SUV has been priced for Australia ahead of first deliveries kicking off in a few weeks, with the latest Chinese brand pricing its mid-sizer from $53,900 plus on-roads. That’s $2000 less than the entry rear-wheel-drive Tesla Model Y that rules the segment for sales, meaning the Deepal S07 doesn’t just win against its US rival when it comes to how far it can travel on a single charge, but on price, too.

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

Brief

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The Porsche Macan Turbo EV Beat Its EPA Range In 70 MPH Test

InsideEVs

The new electric Macan is a range champ even in Turbo form. It went above its EPA claim by two miles, even with larger wheels.

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The giant, portable Australian refueller ready to fill our hydrogen cars, trucks and buses

EV Central

Housed within this portable 40ft-high cube shipping container is an answer to Australia’s lack of hydrogen vehicle infrastructure. In a national first, Queensland hydrogen solutions company H2H Energy has launched its H2CORE hydrogen refuelling product, capable of high-capacity refuelling for hydrogen-powered cars , trucks, buses and boats. EVcentral attended the H2CORE’s reveal at H2H Energy’s Sunshine Coast manufacturing facility, witnessing how the shipping container could be lifted by a trai

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Tesla offers free supercharging in new bid to boost sales

The Driven EV News

Tesla pulls another demand lever to help it deliver more Model Ys before the end of the year, and ahead of the expected launch of the refreshed model in 2025. The post Tesla offers free supercharging in new bid to boost sales appeared first on The Driven.

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Why Stellantis' STLA Medium Platform Should Make Range Champ EVs

InsideEVs

The automaker tested the platform in a Peugeot E-3008, which drove from Paris to Nice at highway speed with just two charging stops.

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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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Machine Learning Might Save Time on Chip Testing

Cars That Think

Finished chips coming in from the foundry are subject to a battery of tests. For those destined for critical systems in cars, those tests are particularly extensive and can add 5 to 10 percent to the cost of a chip. But do you really need to do every single test? Engineers at NXP have developed a machine-learning algorithm that learns the patterns of test results and figures out the subset of tests that are really needed and those that they could safely do without.

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Bentley delays EV only goal by five years, to release its first electric SUV in 2026

The Driven EV News

Luxury car brand Bentley has pushed back its EV only plans by five years, as it decided to extend its flirtation with plug in hybrid options. The post Bentley delays EV only goal by five years, to release its first electric SUV in 2026 appeared first on The Driven.

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Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Chooses Inaccuracy, Irrelevancy, & Attack

CleanTechnica EVs

Over the past three weeks, I’ve been assessing various aspects of the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium’s (CUTRIC) positions, research, and publications on transit bus decarbonization. I’ve published ten articles directly about CUTRIC’s material and reports, or closely related and with serious implications for their claims that both.

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News: All-Electric Semi-Trucks Making a Difference

Clean Fleet Report

Key Steps to Cleaning Southern California’s Air Diesel Class 8 trucks run seemingly tail-to-nose from the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to the Inland Empire in Southern California. There, the cities of Ontario, San Bernardino, Rialto, Riverside and others have seen massive warehouses built for storing and transferring goods bound for retailers and then on to consumers.

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EVs Take 23.6% Share In Germany – Below 2021 Levels

CleanTechnica EVs

October saw plugin EVs take 23.6% share in Germany, down from 24.5% share YoY. BEVs in Europe’s largest auto market are now even below the levels of October 2021. Overall auto volume was 231,992 units, up 6% YoY. The bestselling BEV in October was the Skoda Enyaq. The October auto. [continued] The post EVs Take 23.6% Share In Germany – Below 2021 Levels appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Honda To Test Battery Sharing Service in Sweden

Electric Cars Report

Honda and GoCimo, formerly known as GoCiklo, a Swedish start-up that operates rental and sharing service of electric motorcycles with swappable batteries, will together commence a battery sharing service verification test in Malmö, Sweden in February 2025 for a period of one year. The purpose of the test is to verify the acceptability of a […] The post Honda To Test Battery Sharing Service in Sweden appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Absent Software, JuiceBox Chargers May be Dangerous

EV Club of CT

Absence of Software Could Cause a Failure to Regulate Current We’re not trying to be alarmist but we are trying to help spread the word of a potentially serious safety situation. Abrupt Departure Enel X.

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Honda Amaze facelift exterior and interior revealed ahead of launch

Baua Electric

Honda has released a fresh set of sketches which gives the first glimpse at how the new generation Amaze sedan will look like. Honda Cars will drive in the new Amaze facelift sedan in India next month. It will renew rivalry with the Maruti Suzuki Dzire 2024 sub-compact sedan. Honda Cars has released the first official sketches of the upcoming Amaze facelift sedan.

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Why Hyundai, Samsung And Korea's Firms May Stay Ahead In The Trump Era

InsideEVs

The South Korean automakers and their battery companies bet billions on America's EV race. They see a 'limited' impact now.

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Skoda Kylaq vs Tata Nexon: Which sub-compact SUV to pick

Baua Electric

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 11 Nov 2024, 06:53 AM Skoda Kylaq comes as the latest entrant in the highly competitive sub-compact SUV segment in the Indian passenger vehicle market. Skoda Kylaq comes as the latest entrant in the highly competitive sub-compact SUV segment in the Indian passenger vehicle market. Skoda Kylaq sub-compact SUV has been finally launched in India at a starting price of ₹ 7.89 lakh (ex-showroom).

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2024 Maruti Suzuki Dzire launch today: Live and latest updates

Baua Electric

The latest Maruti Suzuki Dzire is all set and raring for its official price launch in the market today. Catch all the live and latest updates from the Dzire launch event right here… --> The latest Maruti Suzuki Dzire is all set and raring for its official price launch in the market today. Catch all the live and latest updates from the … The latest Maruti Suzuki Dzire is all set and raring for its official price launch in the market today.

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Asics sneakers reuse vehicle airbag fabric, win design award

Baua Electric

Leftover fabric from car airbags is now being used in sneakers, helping to lower the environmental impact of cars and footwear alike. The Asics Gel-Sonoma 15-50 uses airbag nylon fabric remnants from Toyoda Gosei, one of Toyota’s captive suppliers, in its upper elements. Launched in January 2023, the sneaker won a Good Design Award 2024 from the Japan Institute of Design Promotion.

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2024 Maruti Suzuki Dzire to launch tomorrow: Price expectation

Baua Electric

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 10 Nov 2024, 13:56 PM The new Maruti Suzuki Dzire showcases a complete redesign with updated aesthetics and features. The fourth generation of the Maruti Suzuki Dzire is all set to launch in India on November 11. It will arrive with a revamped design, modern aesthetic, and more features. The sub compact sedan market is all set to get re-energized with the launch of the 2024 Maruti Suzuki Dzire.

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Next-generation Skoda Kushaq could get a seven-seater model, likely to launch in 2027

Baua Electric

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 10 Nov 2024, 15:36 PM The new-generation Skoda Kushaq SUV is likely to receive a seven-seater version, which would be underpinned by a new platform. The new-generation Skoda Kushaq SUV is likely to receive a seven-seater version, which would be underpinned by a new platform. Skoda Kushaq is one of the most successful products from the Czech automaker in India.

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Mack Electric LR is Wisconsin’s first electric garbage truck

Baua Electric

In a bid to clean up its streets in more ways than one, the city of Madison, Wisconsin has added two Class 8 electric trucks to its garbage fleet earlier this year in the form of a pair of Mack Electric LR HDEVs … and the city already has plans to add two more. In 2017, the city of Madison became the 25th North American city to set a zero-net carbon goal for for city operations by 2030 and the city as-a-whole by 2050.