Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2022
UK-based Electrofit introduced its first electric crate motor, the 100 kW CM100KW1, with a launch offer of £5,250 (US$5,800) + VAT. This compact Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) unit is a permanent synchronous magnet motor with a built-in inverter that significantly reduces cost (with a typical inverter costing around £3,000) and complexity of integration.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 9, 2022
A pop-up hotel powered entirely by EVs has opened in the United Kingdom. It's called Hotel Hyundai, and it helps demonstrate the vehicle-to-load (V2L) capability the automaker is building into its vehicles. V2L allows cars to discharge power, and is even approved for EV-to-EV charging. In this case, a fleet of Ioniq 5 hatchbacks provides power for.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call is just a few days away, and the electric vehicle maker’s operations are in full swing. This is particularly notable in China, where Giga Shanghai continues to pump out vehicles for exports. Aerial footage of one of these batches of Teslas from Gigafactory Shanghai was recently taken at the Shanghai South Port terminal, and it is one of the biggest yet.
Electrek
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Aeromine Technologies claims that its new rooftop bladeless wind energy unit provides the same amount of power as up to 16 solar panels. Could it become a game changer for generating clean energy on commercial buildings? more…. The post Could rooftop wind give rooftop solar a run for its money? appeared first on Electrek.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Moog has collaborated with Komatsu to build a fully electric compact wheel loader machine. The companies will demonstrate the connected and automation-ready, zero-emission, battery-powered machine at bauma 2022 from 24-30 October at Messe München. Moog’s intelligent machine electrification system includes an electric traction motor, lift, tilt and steering electric cylinders, power electronics, system control computer, battery, and battery management system.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 10, 2022
A brief spin in the 2023 Volkswagen ID.4 Standard around its U.S. hometown of Chattanooga proved that an affordable electric crossover doesn’t need to sacrifice convenience. The smaller battery pack and single motor has more than 200 miles of range and costs less than $40,000, which not only undercuts rival electric crossovers, but is priced.
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CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 14, 2022
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” BMW took a while to put another full-electric vehicle model on the market after its groundbreaking BMW i3, but it’s rolling stronger and stronger now in the EV space. BMW now has the iX3, the iX, the i4, and the iX1 and i7 just arriving. Then, underneath BMW […].
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Skeleton Technologies, a developer of curved graphene-based supercapacitor and battery energy storage, officially launched its SuperBattery ( earlier post ), and announced Shell as a partner. Skeleton is joining a Shell-led consortium to offer electrification solutions for mining sites. ( Earlier post.). SuperBattery combines the characteristics of supercapacitors and batteries.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Lucid is rolling out a big over-the-air update. The Tesla Model Y is the top-seller in Germany. We look at the form a Toyota Crown Prime PHEV might take. And might Sony-Honda EVs might be built in Ohio? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Sony Honda Mobility, the new joint venture between the two Japanese companies, this morning confirmed.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 13, 2022
NASA and a SpaceX customer have announced plans to launch two unrelated Moon missions days apart next month. On October 12th, NASA confirmed that it will roll its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket out to its Kennedy Space Center LC-39A pad for the fourth time as early as November 4th. Barring surprises, the rocket’s next launch attempt is scheduled no earlier than (NET) 12:07 am EDT (17:07 UTC), November 14th.
Electrek
OCTOBER 14, 2022
And it’s official. Hyundai will break ground on its massive $5.5 billion electric vehicle factory in Bryan County, Georgia, on October 25. After several months of lobbying with US officials over EV tax credit changes in the recently passed climate law, the South Korean motor group is officially starting construction on its EV manufacturing plant. more….
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 9, 2022
The top 10 global producers of Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles are all Asian companies, according to an analysis posted on the Visual Capitalist. Chinese companies make up 56% of the EV battery market, followed by Korean companies (26%) and Japanese manufacturers (10%). China-based CATL, the world’s top supplier, expanded its market share from 32% in 2021 to 34% in 2022.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 8, 2022
Rivian is recalling its R1T and R1S electric trucks, as well as its EDV electric vans, over a potentially loose fastener that might lead to a loss of control. The California-based automaker emphasizes that the issue is rare and has only been observed in seven vehicles, but the recall effort involves nearly all the electric trucks the EV maker has.
Electric Cars Report
OCTOBER 13, 2022
A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery. The record-breaking combination of a shorter charge time and more energy acquired for longer travel range was announced in the journal Nature. “The need for smaller, faster-charging batteries is greater than ever,” said Chao-Yang Wang, the William E. […] The post Penn State researchers develop new technique that charges EV battery in just 10 minutes appeared first on Electric Car
Electrek
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Greece was powered entirely by renewables for the first time ever last week, according to the country’s independent power transmission operator (IPTO). more…. The post Greece runs on 100% renewables for the first time on record appeared first on Electrek.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2022
ZF, addressing the demand for an electrified pickup truck solution, has created the eBeam Axle, a drop-in, electrified axle that allows automakers to transform their current internal combustion engine (ICE) powered trucks into battery-electric vehicles. The eBeam’s modular solution provides 400V and 800V architectures offering flexibility for both OEMs and pickup truck customers.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Honda and LG Energy Solution on Tuesday confirmed details of a joint-venture Ohio battery plant that will produce battery modules for North American-market Honda EVs beginning in 2025. Announced in 2022, the joint-venture plant will be located in Fayette County, about 40 miles southwest of Columbus, and aims for 40 gigawatt-hours of annual.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Tesla saves an estimated $114 per car by removing ultrasonic sensors (USS) and switching to its Tesla Vision, according to a cost breakdown analysis by Munro Live’s Mike Lane. In October, Tesla announced that it is replacing its USS with Tesla Vision by removing them from the Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. “With today’s software, this approach gives Autopilot high-definition spatial positioning, longer range visibility, and ability to identify and differentiate between objects.
Electrek
OCTOBER 12, 2022
A Tesla Semi electric truck was spotted seemingly broken down on an on-ramp near a highway in Northern California. more…. The post Tesla Semi spotted seemingly broken down on an on-ramp appeared first on Electrek.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Alpine, the exclusive sports car brand of the Renault Group, has unveiled the Alpenglow concept as a showcase for a clean emissions future that is within reach for tomorrow’s racing cars and future Alpine vehicle generations. The car is equipped with a hydrogen-fueled internal-combustion engine. Alpines says that Alpenglow is its first step on the path to sustainable solutions for clean mobility.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Foxconn recently signed a memorandum of understanding with IndiEV to build initial versions of the startup's One EV at its Ohio factory, while also showing two more EVs of its own. Under the agreement, Foxconn will manufacture "the first Indi One prototype vehicles" at its factory in Lordstown, Ohio, according to a company press release. It's one.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The Dutch auto market is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel after several months in the red. August was a growth month, and September confirmed the trend, growing 5% year over year (YoY). The Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market has continued to grow as well, if only by 13% YoY last month. […].
Electrek
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Electric school buses are rolling out across the United States as school districts look to keep their students and the communities they work in safe and free of harmful emissions. In a significant milestone, Thomas Built Buses announced Wednesday that it has delivered 200 Proterra -powered electric school buses, with the latest going to Monroe County, Indiana. more….
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2022
Engineers from UNSW Sydney (Australia) have successfully converted a diesel engine to run as a dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel engine, reducing CO 2 emissions by more than 85% compared to conventional diesel. The team, led by Professor Shawn Kook from the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, spent around 18 months developing the Hydrogen-Diesel Direct Injection Dual-Fuel System that allows existing diesel engines to run using 90% hydrogen as fuel.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 11, 2022
General Motors has already been abundantly clear that it sees its future—and a big business opportunity—in electric vehicles. On Tuesday it confirmed that it plans to offer its first home energy system with the retail launch of the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV due to arrive in fall 2023. The system will have a preferred installation.
The Driven EV News
OCTOBER 10, 2022
The two companies will evaluate the suitability Incat's catamaran ferry for operating in hybrid modes, as well as a potential full battery operation. The post Incat Tasmania teams with ABB on hybrid electric “fast ferry” appeared first on The Driven.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Like in many other European countries, electric car sales are booming in Ireland, but they are booming even more there than is the norm. In September, 36.66% of all new vehicle registrations in the home of leprechauns were plugin vehicle registrations. 29.31% were full electrics and 7.35% were plugin hybrids. Plugin hybrid registrations in the […].
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2022
SK Trading International (SKTI), a wholly owned subsidiary of SK Innovation, has closed a round of institutional funding into electrofuels developer Infinium. ( Earlier post.) The investment will support acceleration of Infinium’s commercial developments globally. Infinium Electrofuels technology converts carbon dioxide waste and renewable power through its proprietary process to create hydrogen-based alternatives to traditional fossil-based fuels.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 13, 2022
A decade to the month after the Model S received Tesla’s first over-the-air firmware update, such updates for electric vehicles have increasingly become the norm—as a way to improve on the product after it’s in consumer hands. One such vehicle in this era of the “software-defined vehicle,” Lucid, this morning.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 12, 2022
If computers are good at anything, they are good at math. So it may come as a surprise that after much struggling, top machine learning researchers have recently made breakthroughs in teaching computers math. Over the past year, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, OpenAI, and Google have made leaps and bounds in teaching language models —algorithms similar to GPT-3 and DALL-E 2 —basic math concepts.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 10, 2022
A recent video by Aptera tells us not only that its vehicle-mounted solar panels are in production, but gives us some clues about the journey to get to this point. It wasn’t easy, and certainly wasn’t just a matter of slapping some panels on the outside of the car. As pointed out in the beginning […].
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 8, 2022
Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile manufacturer, launched the newest member of its EV family this past week: the Tiago.ev. Tata is offering special introductory prices starting INR 8.49 Lakh (US$10,000) (All India – Ex-showroom), for the first 10,000 customers (of which 2000 will be reserved for the current owners of Nexon EV and Tigor EV). Equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, Tiago.ev delivers a peak output of 55 kW and full torque delivery of 114 N·m.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The Tesla Model Y took the top sales spot in the German vehicle market in September, according to sales numbers reported by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) (via Electrek). Tesla has achieved monthly bestseller status in other countries—such as Norway—but doing so in Germany is significant because the American firm is.
CN EV Post
OCTOBER 9, 2022
NIO has underestimated the enthusiasm of many users for buying its cars, and the company is open to the buy option and will prepare further, Li said. The post William Li says NIO open to buy option in 4 European countries appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.
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