Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Electrofuels provider Infinium announced an agreement with Amazon to begin using Infinium Electrofuels in the retailer’s middle mile fleet as an ultra-low carbon alternative to traditional fossil fuels. The clean burning electrofuels will be produced for Amazon at one of the first electrofuels production facilities, located in Texas. Infinium Electrofuels, which are produced from carbon dioxide and renewable power, can be dropped into Amazon trucks with no engine modifications as an immediate re

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Chevrolet won't follow sibling General Motors brands Buick and Cadillac in offering buyouts to dealerships that don't want to sell electric vehicles, a GM executive said in a recent interview with The Verge. In fact, the dealerships that take buyouts for their Buick and Cadillac franchises could end up selling Chevys exclusively, GM global vice.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The media has reported today on Tesla having to recall a massive number of electric vehicles in the US, but the fix for the “safety recall” is again just another software update that Tesla has already started to push. more…. The post Tesla’s giant ‘safety recall’ of 1 million vehicles is just another software update appeared first on Electrek.

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Innovation News Network

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Experts have developed a “quantum bus” that may enhance the capabilities of quantum computers, making them scalable. The post “Quantum bus” innovation potentially makes quantum computers scalable appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Steelmaker SSAB has started a partnership in fossil-free steel applications with Oshkosh Corporation, a leading producer of mission-critical vehicles and essential equipment, including heavy-duty truck bodies, fire apparatus, access equipment and other specialty trucks. The first use of this fossil-free steel will be to prototype advanced, environmentally sustainable McNeilus refuse collection vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Californians will vote later this year on whether to tax the wealthy to fund EV incentives and charging infrastructure. Proposition 30 would increase taxes on California residents who make over $2 million a year by 1.75% and direct the state to use that added revenue—estimated at $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, according to a voter.

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CN EV Post

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

NIO's bosses checked out the construction of the company's NIO House and its first battery swap station in Germany as they are on a 10-day road trip in an ET7. The post NIO's William Li shares what he's doing in Europe appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (Toyota Texas, TMMTX) has started production for the all-new, all-hybrid 2023 Toyota Sequoia. ( Earlier post.) The all-new third-generation 2023 Sequoia full-size SUV features as standard the powerful twin-turbo V6 hybrid i-FORCE MAX powertrain. First unveiled on Tundra, this hybrid powertrain produces 437 horsepower and 583 lb.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Volkswagen unveiled an ID.Buzz paramedics' van at the 2022 IAA Transportation commercial vehicle show in Hannover, Germany, showing the upfit potential of the new electric van for government fleets and businesses. VW didn't offer much detail on the ID.Buzz emergency vehicle, only noting that it was built in collaboration with German upfitter.

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The Driven EV News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Electric heavy duty truck defies range fears by operating 24/7, through three different shifts, without any downtime, shifting large amounts of rock within a Norwegian city. The post “Range doesn’t matter:” Electric trucks that work 24/7 on a small 40kW charger appeared first on The Driven.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A Tesla Megapack has caught on fire at a giant battery project operated by PG&E in Monterey County in California. more…. The post Tesla Megapack caught on fire at giant battery project appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

??? An investigation into a California crash that killed nine—including seven children—has led the National Transportation Safety Board to call for alcohol detection systems to be included in all new vehicles, according to new recommendations released Tuesday. The crash, on New Year’s Day 2021 in Avenal, California, was caused by an impaired driver who was speeding, the NTSB found.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

German startup Sono Motors plans to launch the Sion solar-assisted electric car, but it's also looking at commercial-vehicle applications for its solar tech. Sono demonstrated several such upfits at the 2022 IAA Transportation Show in Hannover, Germany, that the company claims can improve the efficiency of buses and refrigerated trucks. Sono plans.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

A Tesla Model S Plaid left a $3.6 million Bugatti Chiron behind a couple of times in a drag and roll race at the Triple F Raceway in a new video by DragTimes. The Tesla Model S Plaid with its 1,020 horsepower and the Bugatti Chiron with its 1,500 horsepower faced off on the track. Although the Plaid is around 500 pounds lighter than the Bugatti Chiron, in these races, the all-electric vehicle proved to be the better-performing vehicle.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Harvard’s Office of Technology Development has granted an exclusive technology license to Adden Energy, Inc., a startup developing innovative solid-state battery systems for use in future electric vehicles that would fully charge in minutes. Adden Energy has closed a seed round with $5.15M in funding led by Primavera Capital Group, with participation by Rhapsody Venture Partners […] The post Harvard engineers develop solid-state battery that lasts 20 years, charges in 3 minutes appeared fi

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released draft guidance for a Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS), developed to meet the requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 40315. The CHPS is not a regulatory standard, and DOE may not necessarily require future funded activities to achieve the standard. However, hydrogen hubs funded in support of the BIL ( earlier post ) will be required to “demonstrably aid achievement” of the CHPS by mitigating emissions across the supply

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

General Motors and the Environmental Defense Fund earlier this week announced jointly-developed recommendations aimed at making all new passenger vehicles electric by the middle of the next decade. In a press release, GM and the EDF asked the EPA to develop emissions standards that require at least 50% of new passenger vehicles sold to be.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Tesla is still planning to build electric vehicle battery cells in Germany at Giga Berlin, and faster than previously projected. This contradicts reports earlier this week that Tesla was delaying battery production in Germany with intentions to prioritize cell manufacturing in the United States, which would help the automaker benefit from recent government incentives.

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CN EV Post

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

NIO did not announce what the event will involve, although it can be expected that the ET7 will be formally introduced to European consumers. The post NIO to hold NIO Berlin 2022 European launch event on Oct 7 appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Cenntro Electric Group Limited and its subsidiary Cenntro Automotive Europe GmbH introduced two new all-electric commercial vehicles at IAA Transportation 2022 in Hannover, Germany. The two new vehicles, the Logistar 260 (LS260) and the Logistar 100 (LS100), join the LS product line now available globally in Class 1 to Class 4. The LS260 defines a new size in the van segment (Vehicle Class N1).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Colorado Teardrops announced earlier this month that it has completed the prototype version of “the world’s first camper trailer designed to extend the towing range of electric vehicles.” What might sound like a strange product niche could answer a dilemma for some Americans with luxury budgets: While an electric vehicle might.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Only days after the celebration of World EV Day, Nissan announced the start of production of its all-new and 100% electric Townstar EV model to be sold across select European markets. Representing a major advancement towards the realisation of Nissan’s Ambition 2030, the availability on the market of the all-new Townstar EV marks the latest […] The post Nissan starts European production of all-new, fully electric Townstar appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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The Driven EV News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen hints that Australia will pave the way for domestic electric vehicle and battery manufacturing. The post Bowen hints Australia could kickstart local EV manufacturing appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Bosch is starting volume production of a new drive unit consisting of an electric motor and an integrated inverter for light commercial vehicles. The inverter controls the electric motor and provides the connection to the high-voltage battery. Compared to its predecessors, the new unit provides even higher power and torque density and is even lighter and more compact.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Nearly half of Californians “are likely to choose an EV the next time that they’re in the market for a vehicle.” That’s the very uplifting takeaway from a survey released last week and commissioned by the electric vehicle advocacy group Veloz. But in more nuanced questions, the survey reveals lots of room for improvement.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The race to develop battery supply chains is very real for auto manufacturers. Supplies are limited, and will remain so for years because digging new mines and refineries with a lot of optimism doesn’t work. It takes years to establish a new mine, therefore companies must plan several years ahead. However, as I previously mentioned, […].

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Are coders doomed? That question has been bouncing around computer programming communities ever since OpenAI’s large language model, GPT-3 , surprised everyone with its ability to create html websites from simple written instructions. In the months since, rapid-fire advances have led to systems that can write complete, albeit simple, computer programs from natural language descriptions—spoken or written human language—and automated coding assistants that speed the work of computer programmers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Mercedes-Benz plans to build a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, northern Germany, with an output of more than 100 MW to cover up to more than 15% of the annual electricity demand of Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Germany. As part of its effort to erect a double-digit number of wind turbines by the middle of the decade, Mercedes-Benz is also planning a long-term power purchase agreement with a partner, equivalent to a triple-digit million euros amount.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

On Monday, Tesla issued a recall for more than a million vehicles, including recent versions of the Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X, due to an issue with the vehicles' automatic reversal system for their power windows. The NHTSA recall notice lays out that in the affected 1,096,762 vehicles, the window's safety system may not react.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of photos and learned a lot of little details about Volkswagen’s ID. Buzz. But, final details haven’t been released until recently in a press release by the company. In this article, I’m going to share some of those details with you. Volkswagen says the ID. […].

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Tesla has a number of key advantages over its rivals in the electric vehicle sector. The size and cost efficiencies of Tesla Superchargers are definitely among them. As stated in a report from Bloomberg News , a recent EV charger price survey indicated that it costs as low as $238 and as high as $10,000 to have 7-22 kilowatt AC chargers installed. A larger, faster 150-kilowatt DC charger, which can replenish an EV’s range quickly, can cost between $16,335 and $135,000 per stall. .

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Toyota Motor North America and Kenworth Truck Company said they have proven the capabilities of their jointly designed heavy-duty, Class 8 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) as a potential zero-emissions replacement of diesel-powered trucks with the completion of their operations in the Zero- and Near-Zero Emissions Freight Facilities (ZANZEFF) “Shore to Store” project at the Port of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles basin and the Inland Empire. ( Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

About half of Californians are thinking of an EV as their next vehicle. A range-boosting camping trailer advances toward production, loaded with batteries. And could better sensors help get more range out of EV batteries? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Research from Japan suggests that the use of diamond quantum sensors could.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The race to get batteries is very real for automotive companies. Supplies are limited, and will continue to be limited for years because you can’t open up new mines and refining facilities with heavy doses of wishful thinking. It takes years to get a new mine going, and that means manufacturers need to think years […].

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