January, 2021

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Georgia Tech team develops AI to read EV charging station reviews to find infrastructure gaps

Green Car Congress

A team from Georgia Tech has developed an AI that can analyze user reviews of electric vehicle charging stations, allowing it accurately to identify places where there are insufficient or out-of-service stations. An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Patterns. We’re spending billions of both public and private dollars on electric vehicle infrastructure.

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GM's all-electric pledge: No tailpipes by 2035, net-zero carbon by 2040

Green Car Reports

General Motors on Thursday announced the intent to achieve net-zero carbon status by 2040—and that includes “an aspiration to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035.” The carmaker has spent much of the past year building a vision of what it sees as an “all-electric future,” including its.

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#Joestradamus Knows Mike Pence’s Future Before It Happens

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Why Bidirectional Charging is The Next Big Thing for EV Owners

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Owning an EV gives you access to much more than just a greener lifestyle. With bidirectional EV charging, you can actually make money from your EV, among other exciting benefits. Have you heard of bidirectional EV chargers and are thinking of buying one for your EV but still not really sure what they do? This is a common issue for many EV owners approaching the charging world.

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

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Can Net Metering Reform Fix the Rooftop Solar Cost Shift?

Energy Institute at HAAS

If we don’t also get electricity rates right, closing one perverse incentive may just increase another. I want to begin this week’s blog by saying how great it is to … Continue Reading Can Net Metering Reform Fix the Rooftop Solar Cost Shift?

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New electric vehicle models coming in 2021

Plug in America

ABI Research released their 2021 Trend Report and determined that 2021 will be a pivotal year for EVs. With new electric vehicle adoption policies and bans on internal combustion engines rising around the world, the pressure to develop new EV models is also rising. . While there are dozens of new EV models that are in the works and delivery dates often shift, below are new EV models that are anticipated to be released this year.

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GM reveals an electric van, launches a new business for electric cargo delivery

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General Motors provided a better idea Tuesday of how it will hasten an electric transformation in commercial fleets—with the formation of a new standalone business, called BrightDrop. BrightDrop plans to expand to offer what GM VP of global innovation Pam Fletcher described as “a portfolio of integrated zero-emissions products, with.

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We Drove @Chevron Out Of Staples Center, Now Let’s Drive Them Out Of Business Before They Kill Your Kids For Profit. No #JustTransition For Their Mercenary White Nationalist Workforce

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How Do EVs Compare To Gas Cars?

Wallbox

While there’s no doubt that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has set back the automotive industry in what was to be a crucial year for the electric vehicles (EVs) market , EVs have an important role to play in reshaping the future as many people are already lobbying for sustainable ways to rebuild the economy when the pandemic ends. Although the interest in EVs has been growing steadily in the last decade, many prospective car buyers still have misconceptions that prevent them from making the leap

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Setting a new standard for battery leak testing

Charged EVs

Defective cells can shorten battery life, decrease range, and lead to safety issues. A leaky cell housing, one common failure mode for Li-ion batteries, can allow ambient humidity to come in contact with the electrolyte, triggering an exothermic (heat-releasing) chemical reaction. Currently, the common practice in the battery manufacturing industry is to test cell packaging prior to final assembly.

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

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Europe December 2020

EV Sales

Open the Gates! (23% share!) While the overall automotive market is still in red (-4% YoY), in December, Europe's passenger plugin market had an historic month, having registered a record 281,000 registrations (+264% YoY!), adding an amazing 115,000 units to the previous record, set in the previous month. This impressive result shooted December's plugin share to 23% share (14% BEV) , helping the 2020 numbers to rise 142% over those of the previous year, to well over 1 million units, and pulling

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Kawasaki completes world’s first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. recently completed Kobe LH2 Terminal (Hy touch Kobe), the world’s first liquefied hydrogen receiving terminal. Kawasaki built this terminal for the CO 2 -free Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA). Operation testing has started at the facility, which will be used for a demonstration test, in a NEDO-subsidized project, for an international hydrogen energy supply chain to transport liquefied hydrogen from Australia to Japan.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E: Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021

Green Car Reports

The idea of applying the Mustang’s pony car heritage to Ford’s first widely available electric vehicle, the Mach-E, might seem like sacrilege to some, or the smartest product decision of the decade to others. Whether you come out on either side of that, or somewhere in the middle like us, the Mustang Mach-E takes electric cars.

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BMW i4: Brand’s first EV saloon taking shape

Discover EV

The BMW i4 electric saloon is due for release later this year, but the Munich brand has been coy about giving away too much detail about the car. Keen to show that the i4 will be more than a straight-line hero, BMW has most recently released a video showing handling tests alongside a range of new imagery.

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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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Deliveries of Mach-E Stall

The Truth About Cars

According to macheclub.com, the arrival of your Ford mock ‘Stang may be delayed, although no reason had been given until now, when the enthusiast site reached out to Ford for comment. “As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality vehicles, we are conducting additional quality checks on several hundred Mustang Mach-E models built before dealer shipments […].

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Electric Vehicles Are Only Getting Cheaper To Own

EV Match

This article is courtesy of Chris Johnston with EVPubs.com. One of the fastest ways to accelerate your transition to an eco-friendlier lifestyle is to switch to an electric vehicle (EV). According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. This accounts for 28% of emissions, coming in above agriculture, commercial & residential, industry and power generation.

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China December 2020

EV Sales

9.4% share in (another) Record Month If the overall Chinese market ended the year on a positive note (+12% YoY), plugins ended with a record month, growing by 50% YoY in in the last month of the year, to a record 224,000 units, and this time it were PHEVs that grew faster (+108%), than BEVs (+42%), but despite this recent uptick from plugin hybrids, BEVs ended owning 80% of the market, which, incidentally, was the same score of 2019, so it seems plugin hybrids have found their corner of the mark

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Porterville, CA deploys 12 all-electric micro-transit vans from Lightning eMotors

Green Car Congress

With a focus on its mission of sustainability for its residents, the City of Porterville, California is putting 12 electric micro-transit vans into service. The 12 vehicles, all Class 3 Lightning Electric Transit Vans, were developed by Lightning eMotors. The vans are built on Ford Transit 350 HD chassis and are upfitted by NorCal Vans/Driverge of Chico, California to meet ADA requirements with support for wheelchair lifts and other customizations.

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GM rebrands itself around EVs, launches “Generation E” ad campaign

Green Car Reports

General Motors has announced a new advertising campaign centered around an “inflection point moment” it sees in electric vehicles. The campaign, called “Everybody In,” coordinates with a comprehensive effort announced Friday to revamp the brand’s image, redesign the company’s logo, and signify that electric.

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Over 200,000 Pure Electric Vehicles to hit UK roads in 2021

Drive Electric

It’s prediction time again so we’ve dusted our crystal ball off for the New Year (we haven’t really – it’s actually mathematics based and not rooted in the occult – although we do tend to be eerily close to being right each year we do this!). We use our own model built from intelligence of the UK market to forecast registrations of battery electric cars and vans.

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BrightDrop, General Motors’ Shiny New Delivery Business

The Truth About Cars

General Motors has rolled out BrightDrop, moving them further into the business of first-to-last-mile products, software, and services for delivery and logistics. “BrightDrop offers a smarter way to deliver goods and services,” said Mary Barra, GM Chairman and CEO. To lower costs, maximize productivity, improve safety, increase security, and support sustainability, Barra said, […].

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Enabling Electric Vehicle Charging in Condominiums

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80% of EV charging takes place at work or home. Naturally, people will choose to plug in their EVs in the places where they spend the most time. However, while installing a charging station at your house is fairly simple, doing so in condominiums can be more tricky. Indeed, the sheer concept of securing construction permits, tackling technical questions and getting the consent of your tenants can seem like a daunting prospect.

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Germany December 2020

EV Sales

27% share! Open the Plugin Gates! The German automotive market has opened the flood gates to plugin vehicles, with December setting yet another record month, with a little less than 83,000 units, PEVs scored an amazing 27% share (14% BEV) in December, making Germany the largest PEV market outside China, beating even the USA by a wide margin (394k vs 330k).

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Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

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A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. The report, led by David MacIntosh, Chief Science Officer of Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. (EH&E) and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H.

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Nio ET7 flagship teases 150-kwh solid-state battery, arrival in 2022

Green Car Reports

Chinese automaker Nio is launching a flagship electric car with an available 150-kilowatt-hour battery pack, and when it's scheduled to start deliveries in early 2022, it could be the first mass-produced passenger car anywhere in the world—yes, before Tesla—to have solid-state battery technology. The Nio ET7 sedan will also feature.

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MINI Electric gets updated design and technology

Discover EV

The MINI Electric has been given a makeover both inside and out with the release of a new, facelifted version. As well as a significant exterior design refresh including a new, exclusive EV trim level, the incredibly popular hatch has been given a once-over inside and some new toys.

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Kia Seeks World Domination

The Truth About Cars

Kia, no longer content to occupy the second tier among carmakers, yesterday held a virtual press conference to announce their plans for world domination. Dropping Motors America from their name was the first indicator, as the company now known as just Kia moves forward. We reported the other day on Kia’s new logo, a bold […]. The post Kia Seeks World Domination appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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Electric vehicles vs. petrol/diesel/hybrid

Drive Electric

It’s impossible not to have noticed the sea change in the motor industry over recent years. From the rise of autonomous cars to the soaring popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) , this is one of the most exciting periods in automotive history. If you have a business which runs a fleet of cars, are in charge of managing a fleet or drive a company car for work, you’re probably asking yourself if now is the time to go electric.

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France December 2020

EV Sales

A future star lands in a record market (19% share!) If the overall automotive market had a horrible 2020 (-26% YoY), with the 1.7 million units of this year being the lowest result since 1975, plugin sales continue steaming hot, with sales jumping four fold regarding the same month of 2019, with PHEVs (up 5-fold, to 15,168 units) growing faster than BEVs (20,734 units), allowing them to have a 42% share among plugins in December, another impressive result in this traditionally BEV-friendly marke

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Modular SMR hydrogen producer BayoTech receives $157M investment

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BayoTech, Inc., a provider of on-site hydrogen production, received an equity investment of up to $157 million from Newlight Partners LP, a growth equity investor, with participation from existing investors Cottonwood Technology Funds, Sun Mountain Capital and new investor Fortistar. The proceeds will be used to accelerate BayoTech’s strategic growth through product development, project development and infrastructure expansion.

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Could battery health reports rescue an ailing used EV market?

Green Car Reports

All the hype over electric vehicles could lose much of its charge over a continued weak link: the used EV market. There are about 44,000 used-car dealerships in the U.S. today, and roughly a quarter of those have never sold an EV. Outside of some boutique dealerships in EV-savvy cities on the West Coast and elsewhere (and outside of the Tesla.

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Mercedes-Benz EQA revealed

Discover EV

Mercedes has unveiled the details and final look of its first compact and entry-level EV – the EQA. Set to go on sale in the spring as the base level car in an eight model, EQ-branded battery electric vehicle range, it will enter the growing premium small electric SUV segment.

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Ford to Offer Chinese Version of Mustang Mach-E

The Truth About Cars

Ford announced that a Chinese version of the Mustang Mach-E, also known by some of us cynical scribes as the Mustang Mock-E, will be built in China by Changan Ford. It had to happen. Demand for EVs in China are reportedly at an all-time high. Time to strike while the iron’s hot, and the pony […]. The post Ford to Offer Chinese Version of Mustang Mach-E appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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New "40 Million Reasons to go Electric" Campaign

Electric Auto Association

Mark Ruffalo, Chloe Bennet and a cast of local heroes star in this Veloz film celebrating the 40 Million Reasons to drive an electric car. By April Bolduc, Electric Auto Association President. I love seeing creative and educational electric vehicle (EV) campaigns. As part of its “Electric for All” educational effort, California nonprofit Veloz spotlights Mark Ruffalo and Chloe Bennet as superhero agents of change fighting for social, economic, and environmental justice as they showcase the reaso