Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

To support the expansion of electric transportation in Québec, the Electric Circuit is a{launching} a pilot project on heavy- and medium-duty vehicle charging. The initiative includes the installation of dedicated stations for safe charging that consider turning radius and trailer length. With the number of electric trucks on the roads expected to increase significantly over the next few years, the project aims to gain a better understanding of heavy-vehicle charging patterns and then to develop

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Multiple arms of the federal government are reportedly preparing to scrutinize Tesla—and perhaps its CEO, Elon Musk—over various statements made about its driver-assistance system, building from its Autopilot system and relating to its extra-cost Full Self-Driving functionality. On Wednesday Reuters reported that Tesla faces a criminal.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Following over five years of debate and a steadfast proposal introduced last year, the EU has agreed upon its first terms under a “Fit for 55” package to significantly reduce carbon emissions in Europe and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The EU agreement increases required cuts to carbon emissions by 2030 and issues a complete ban on new combustion cars and vans from 2035 onward. more….

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Elon Musk is, in many ways, a fan of internet jokes and memes. And amidst his takeover of the social media platform Twitter, some mainstream media outlets ended up falling for a popular and pretty raunchy internet joke — hook, line, and sinker. Musk’s Twitter takeover was not absent of drama, especially after the Tesla CEO terminated three executives and a senior employee.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

BMW i Ventures announced its lead investment in Fox Robotics, developers of the first intelligent forklift that can autonomously unload pallets from the trailer to the receiving dock. The oversubscribed funding round totals $20 million. Additional new investors include Zebra Technologies, Japan Airlines & Translink Innovation Fund and Foothill Ventures.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 27, 2022

With the 2023 Ioniq 5 hatchback arriving this fall and the upcoming 2023 Ioniq 6 sedan arriving early next year, Hyundai is introducing a battery preconditioning feature that will help set drivers up for a more consistent experience at DC fast-charging stations. The long-range versions of the Ioniq 5 and the closely related Kia EV6 have already.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Lucid has gained EPA approval to launch the sale of several 2023 model-year trims of the Air electric vehicle. Lucid gained Certificates of Conformity for the Air Grand Touring’s 19″, 20″, and 21″ trim levels , which allows the manufacturer to sell the vehicles to consumers. Lucid applied for EPA certification of these vehicles on September 7, and gained a Certificate of Conformity just two days later on September 9.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The city of Pozna?’s public transport operator MPK Pozna? has purchased 25 hydrogen-fueled buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. The tender was for 15 vehicles, but the carrier exercised its option of extending the order by another 10 buses. The hydrogen units will join the fleet of MPK in the second half of 2023. This is the largest order so far for Solaris hydrogen Urbino hydrogen buses.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Global demand for fossil fuels will peak this decade due in part to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has accelerated many countries' move to renewable energy, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The invasion of Ukraine has created an energy crisis that, while triggering higher oil prices and related economic stress, has also led.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 26, 2022

General Motors (GM) today announced that it has finalized agreements to power all of its US sites with clean energy by 2025. . more…. The post GM says it will power all of its US sites with clean energy by 2025 appeared first on Electrek.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

As NIO said, flexibility is the new premium, and its latest pilot means that owners can swap to a different capacity battery pack at any time. The post NIO to allow owners to swap battery packs for different capacity in China appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Magna is investing more than $500 million to expand its operations in three different locations in Southeast Michigan. The company is expanding its facility in St. Clair (battery enclosures) and is opening new facilities in Shelby Township (powertrain) and Detroit (seating). The developments follow new business awards in these product areas, some of which support the growing electrification market.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Bosch on Tuesday announced the start of EV motor production at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility, with expansion plans already on deck for 2023. Production began earlier this month in a 200,000-square-foot section of an existing building at the Charleston site, Bosch said in a press release. The assembly area includes production of motor.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Toyota is struggling with its shift to electric vehicles, and it is reportedly considering major changes in its EV plans driven by Tesla’s manufacturing strategy. However, it may slow down some of its existing electric vehicle programs. more…. The post Toyota struggles with EV shift, considers changing plans due to Tesla appeared first on Electrek.

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Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 25, 2022

To accelerate access by the electric vehicle (EV) industry to desperately needed battery minerals, QX Resources is directly linking the end users to multiple ‘upstream’ high-quality exploration and development projects across Australia. Numerous well informed lithium battery and EV industry forecasters have constantly highlighted the rapidly increasing demand for the battery minerals, to feed the demand […].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Bakken Energy, a developer of affordable clean hydrogen supply, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with each of Cummins Inc. and Schneider National Carriers Inc., to work together on the design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub to serve the needs of long-haul trucking. In conjunction with the States of North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana, Bakken Energy is working on the design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub, a regional clean hydrogen hub recently announced by North Dakota Governor Doug B

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Nearly $1 billion in funds goes toward electric school buses across the nation. Putting EV chargers on streetlight poles makes sense for cutting CO2. And Hyundai makes its astounding fast-charging claims for its Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 models more accessible. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai is introducing a Battery Conditioning.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 27, 2022

California announced that electric car sales represent nearly 18% of new car sales in the state compared to 6% for the whole of the United States. more…. The post Electric cars reach 18% of new car sales in California compared to 6% in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Vauxhall has revealed the New Grandland GSe – a performance electrified version of the established family crossover, to sit alongside the recently announced All-New Astra GSe and All-New Astra Sports Tourer GSe as part of Vauxhall’s new GSe electrified performance sub-brand. The New Grandland GSe combines a 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol engine with two electric motors – one […] The post Vauxhall expands GSe line-up with new Grandland GSe appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2025, Volvo Group’s truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to produce battery modules. To date, partners supply both cells and modules to the Group. The investment decision to install battery module manufacturing capacity in Ghent is another important step for the Volvo Group to shape its future value chain for battery systems. The battery module manufacturing line in Ghent will be able to use battery cells both from partners and from the planned battery cell plant in Sweden.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The EPA on Wednesday announced $965 million in grants for electric school buses, the first of a five-year, $5 billion program for zero-emission school buses. The grants will go to 389 school districts spanning all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and several Native American tribes and United States territories, the EPA said in a press release.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Tesla Powerwall was powering 44,000 homes in Puerto Rico during the latest island-wide grid outage due to a hurricane. The number of Powerwalls on the island is much higher than expected. more…. The post Tesla Powerwall powered 44,000 homes in Puerto Rico during latest grid outage appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Over the last couple of months, Electrify America has been getting a lot of criticism about charging issues. Social media posts, YouTube videos, and even some articles in mainstream publications have piled on. While there are sometimes stations that are truly broken and completely out of order, it’s usually an error message that people run […].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2022

At bauma—the world’s leading construction machinery trade fair—in Munich, Bosch placed particular emphasis on the potential for hydrogen engines and electrification to make the sector significantly more sustainable. According to Bosch studies, more than half a million construction machines in the performance class from 56 to 560 kilowatts will be produced across the world in 2022.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A company that installs EV chargers in streetlights claims this is not only a practical way to bring charging to urban areas, but also has a lower carbon footprint than conventional charging installations. That's the conclusion of a study commissioned by U.K.-based streetlight charging company ChargeLight and conducted by consultancy.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Tesla is starting to clear another 170 acres of forest at Gigafactory Berlin to prepare for a massive expansion of the EV factory. more…. The post Tesla is clearing another 170 acres of forest at Gigafactory Berlin for expansion appeared first on Electrek.

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Innovation News Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Dr Corina Hebestreit of the European Carbon and Graphite Association discusses the role of graphite in hydrogen fuel cell technologies. The post Graphite – The essential ingredient of hydrogen fuel cell technologies appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Researchers have developed a nickel-stabilized, ruthenium dioxide (Ni-RuO 2 ) anode catalyst for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. The ruthenium—a more abundant precious metal—serves as a promising alternative to the more rare and expensive iridium—currently the practical anode catalyst for electrolysis. The Ni-RuO 2 catalyst shows high activity and durability in acidic OER for PEM water electrolysis.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 24, 2022

GM is recalling most of the GMC Hummer EV SUVs and BrightDrop EV600 electric vans it’s built so far, over an issue that could allow water into the battery pack of the big off-roaders or delivery vehicles. It underscores that in any clean-slate tech and manufacturing approach, there may be some basic manufacturing hurdles to get past first.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Hyundai delivered another strong performance in the third quarter as several popular EV models led to 27% EV sales growth. However, analysts believe with the new tax credit provisions from the Inflation Reduction Act, a drop in demand “seems inevitable” for foreign automakers like the Hyundai Group. more…. The post Hyundai grew EV sales by 27% in Q3, but foreign automaker demand drop ‘seems inevitable’ in US appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Ford has been on a roll recently when it comes to electrifying its vehicle lineup. New for 2022 is Ford’s electrification of one of its most popular commercial vehicles, the Transit (now called the E-Transit). We recently had a chance to check out the 2022 cargo van guise of the E-Transit and were able to […].

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CN EV Post

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Making batteries is a normal strategy for automakers, said William Li. The post William Li responds to why NIO sets up battery-making arm appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The SEC and DOJ are reportedly stepping up actions regarding Tesla self-driving claims. BP is building the first of its scaled-up fast-charging hubs near LAX. And will fossil fuel demand peak this decade? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The oil giant BP is planning to build a series of large-scale “Gigahubs”—EV.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The Department of Defense (DOD) is well aware that electric vehicles are rolling out at a record pace and are only expected to continue gaining vehicle market share. As a result, the Defense Innovation Unit, a sub-division of the DOD, is partnering with the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Army Reserve to install EV charging stations at eight US military sites. more….

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