Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference case forecasts that US energy consumption will grow through 2050, primarily driven by population and economic growth. In this case—which reflects only current laws and regulations—renewable energy is the fastest-growing energy source through 2050, while petroleum remains the largest share of energy consumption throughout that period, followed by natural gas.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2022

Earlier this month, Ford suddenly stopped taking orders for two especially popular versions of the Ford Mustang Mach-E—the Premium and California Route 1. That left more than an $18,000 price gap between the base Select, which is only offered with the base 70-kwh Standard Range battery pack, and the top GT, with its included all-wheel drive.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 18, 2022

Fleetzero has a plan to reduce shipping emissions.

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas is about to start its operations, and when it does, it would be one of the United States’ most ambitious vehicle production facilities. The massive factory, which Elon Musk has noted will be almost a mile long when completed, is expected to hire thousands of workers in the area. The arrival of Tesla in Texas and the influx of companies moving into the state will likely trigger an increase in the number of people residing in cities like Austin.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

At Ford’s Advanced Manufacturing Center, a mobile robot from KUKA operates the 3D printers completely on its own. Called Javier by Ford’s additive manufacturing operators, the robot is integral to the company’s development of an industry-first process to operate 3D Carbon printers with an autonomous mobile robot rather than a fixed, stationary unit.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 16, 2022

Tesla has once again increased prices across its lineup, pulling the automaker even further away from mass-market affordability. The Tesla Model 3 was launched with the promise of a $35,000 base price, but now the base Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive starts at $46,690. That's an increase of $2,000 from its most recent (higher) price, and 34% higher than.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 17, 2022

Every year, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) puts out its AI Index, a massive compendium of data and graphs that tries to sum up the current state of artificial intelligence. The 2022 AI Index , which came out this week, is as impressive as ever, with 190 pages covering R&D, technical performance, ethics, policy, education, and the economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a storage module that integrates multiple 70 MPa automotive hydrogen tanks—already proven in the Mirai fuel cell vehicle (FCEV)—and safety devices such as a hydrogen detector and an automatic shut-off switch. Toyota has been working on initiatives toward realizing a hydrogen-based society, such as the sale of FCEVs and FC systems.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 15, 2022

Volvo is giving its plug-in hybrids a powertrain overhaul for the 2022 model year, yielding more electric range. Plug-in hybrid versions of the Volvo XC60 and XC90 SUVs, S60 and S90 sedans, and V60 station wagon (most wearing Recharge badging) get a larger battery pack, more powerful rear-axle electric motor, and changes to their.

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently revealed something extremely exciting: he is currently working on Master Plan, Part 3. Musk’s Master Plan, two of which have already been published over the years, outlines his primary long-term goals for Tesla, as the company evolves from a simple startup automaker to something much more. Musk’s first Master Plan pretty much flew under the radar, though it did reveal the company’s strategy for the coming years.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2022

Elon Musk has shed some light on what he sees as the “only path to success” for broad full self-driving capability. His thoughts on Twitter came as a response to Whole Mars Blog, who has been speaking out against some of the smear campaigns put forth by some of Tesla’s competitors. They have no idea […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Sakuu , developer of the first 3D-printed solid-state battery ( earlier post ), reports achieving an energy-density of 800 Wh/L in its first-generation non-printed lithium-metal battery. The company said this marks a significant milestone on Sakuu’s roadmap to fully 3D printable solid-state batteries capable of greater than 1200 Wh/L by 2023. Until now, market-leading lithium-ion batteries, such as those found in today’s top-selling electric vehicles, have functioned in a range of 500–700 Wh/L.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 18, 2022

Going off-road in a Subaru crossover is nothing new. Climbing toward the sun in the high desert of Arizona’s Tonto National Forest in Subaru’s first electric crossover is something else altogether. Bridging sun and earth, the 2023 Subaru Solterra arrives late to the electric party, and makes more inroads for the brand than it does for.

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

After rapidly stacking Ship 20 and Booster 4 the evening prior, SpaceX appears to have begun testing a fully stacked Starship rocket for the first time ever. Though the test SpaceX subjected Starship to was by no means ambitious and in spite of the fact that it no longer appears that Ship 20 and Booster 4 will ever fly, the first test of the first fully integrated prototype of a new rocket is still an immensely significant achievement – particularly so for the largest rocket ever built.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 16, 2022

Joe Manchin has sunk to new lows in his quest to please his major contributors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2022

Alfa Laval is introducing the E-PowerPack waste heat recovery system for ships. Able to convert waste heat directly into electrical power, the E-PowerPack uses Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology to reduce ship fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. The basic principle of an ORC system can be thought of as the opposite of a heat pump. Where heat pumps use electrical power to create thermal energy for various purposes, an ORC system uses heat energy to generate electricity.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2022

Jaguar is using repurposed batteries from I-Pace electric SUVs to support its Formula E racing program. Used I-Pace form the basis for the Off-Grid Energy Storage System (ESS) developed by portable-generator company Pramac. Charged by solar panels, it uses cells from one-and-a-half I-Pace battery packs to provide a mobile source of power where.

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

The Boring Company (TBC) started negotiations with the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) after board members voted to conduct a feasibility study into the project. The Boring Company was one of two finalists for the San Antonio transportation project. According to the San Antonio Express News , the other company bidding for the project was Bexar Automated Transport (BAT), which proposed an electric bus system that would travel through elevated and underground tracks.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 16, 2022

The Tesla Model 3 was last month’s best selling EV and the 9th best selling car overall in France. Plugins continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 23,138 units, divided between 13,453 BEVs (or 12% share of the overall auto market) and 9,685 PHEVs (8% share of the auto […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

As part of its 2022 Annual Media Conference, Audi is presenting the next model in its future electrically powered A6 Luxury Class: the Avant. Audi introduced the Audi A6 Sportback with an electric drive system almost a year ago at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2021 ( earlier post ). The production-oriented A6 Avant e-tron concept car now illustrates the synthesis of pioneering drive technology and Audi’s traditional design world: the Avant (i.e., the wagon format).

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2022

With surging gas prices dominating headlines, inventories of fuel-efficient vehicles and EVs are shrinking as supply appears short of demand, according to CarsDirect. A recent search of inventory listings on Cars.com showed just 472 new Toyota Prius hybrids available in the entire United States. Of that total, just 28 were the entry-level Prius L.

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

The Tesla Model 3 may be the company’s smallest car available for today, but it is still a pretty heavy vehicle. Even its lightest variant, the base Model 3 RWD, weighs over 3,500 pounds. This is mainly due to the all-electric sedan’s large battery pack, which also happens to give the vehicle a very low center of gravity. . This low center of gravity and weight came in handy for a Model 3 that was involved in a crash with a Ford Explorer.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 18, 2022

Volkswagen (VW) CEO Herbert Diess recently shared his thoughts on LinkedIn about his visit to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest festival. In his post, Diess highlighted the tremendous response from American consumers to the VW ID BUZZ, a refreshed electric version of the company’s iconic microbus. He also wrote about Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant, […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Methanol reformers convert easy-to-transport methanol into hydrogen. However, conventional reformers have a number of drawbacks such as catalyst attrition. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM are working on an innovative methanol reformer for mobile applications to overcome these challenges. Transporting hydrogen can be a complex process.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2022

Washington State is once again looking to end sales of new internal-combustion cars and trucks by 2030. The state legislature passed HB 1204/SB 5256, collectively known as Clean Cars 2030, on March 11. The legislation would shift policy toward a goal: all new vehicles sold in Washington electric, starting with the 2030 model year. It would exclude.

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Teslarati

MARCH 16, 2022

Tesla will reportedly add both the “Dog Mode” and “Camp Mode” features to its Smartphone app, allowing owners to activate either feature from their phones instead of their cars. “Dog Mode” gained notoriety several years ago for its incredibly useful feature of keeping the cabin at a cool enough temperature to allow pets to remain in the car while the owner makes a quick trip inside a grocery store.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 15, 2022

After a surprisingly good January, February doubled last year’s result, with the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market reaching 28% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (16% of new vehicle sales), which surged 275%(!) year over year (YoY). In fact, that result allowed full electrics (BEVs) to surpass plugin hybrids (PHEVs) in the year-to-date […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

The Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD) has approved a project from InCharge Energy, Creative Bus Sales and IC Bus to deploy 42 electric school buses and an electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to support the new fleet. The electric buses will serve more than 31,000 students from 42 schools in this Southern California community, situated east of Los Angeles in Riverside County.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2022

Washington State has set a more aggressive target than California—shifting to EVs by 2030. Jaguar I-Pace battery packs are getting a second life in Formula E racing. And the Cadillac Lyriq now undercuts the Tesla Model Y and is arriving very soon. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM has confirmed that the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq.

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

This past Sunday, the Starlink mobile app, which allows users to connect to Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, became the most downloaded application from the Apple App Store in Ukraine. The app had about 21,000 installs globally on Sunday from the App Store and Google Play, with most of the downloads coming from the besieged country. Overall, it appears that Ukrainian users are definitely warming up to Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2022

US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh was recently given a tour of Giga Texas by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The visit preceded the planned Giga Texas grand opening, which is scheduled for April 7. The gigafactory is also Tesla’s new headquarters. Axios noted that Musk and Secretary Walsh held a 75-minute conversation that included topics such […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

A few weeks before its world premiere and during the BMW Group Annual Conference, Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for Development, presented a few details about the coming new BMW 7 Series, including the new all-electric BMW i7. In April, BMW will unveil the BMW i7, featuring combined power consumption of19.7 – 18.9 kWh/100 km according to WLTP; a range of 580 – 610 km (360 - 379 miles) according to WLTP; up to an estimated 305 mi EPA electric range (all forecast based o

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2022

Ford and Volkswagen on Monday confirmed an expansion of their relationship around electric vehicles, resulting in a second electric vehicle based on VW’s MEB platform for EVs, as well as a longer-term plan to double Ford’s volume of models on that platform to 1.2 million units over a six-year span. Ford has confirmed that the first.

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Teslarati

MARCH 16, 2022

Ukraine Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov recently confirmed that a fresh batch of Starlink terminals has arrived in the country. In a post on Twitter, Fedorov noted that the satellite internet system not only helps Ukrainians be connected to the internet today — it is also helping the country fight against an “old evil.” . “A new batch of Starlink stations is already in Ukraine!

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