Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2022
China Yuchai International, a leading manufacturer and distributor of engines for on- and off-road applications in China through its main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL), announced that the company’s YCK05 hydrogen-powered engine achieved stable ignition and operation in a recent demonstration at the Beijing Institute of Technology.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 2, 2022
Automotive supplier Magna is launching a complete electric powertrain package that can the company claims can boost range by up to 30%. Called EtelligentReach, the powertrain will debut on a "new entrant vehicle" in 2022, Magna said in a press release. It includes two electric motors, inverters, and gearboxes, but Magna indicated most efficiency.
Electrek
JANUARY 7, 2022
Beijing-headquartered electric power company Huaneng Power International (HPI) has completed the world’s largest floating solar project in Dezhou, which is in Shandong, an eastern Chinese province on the Yellow Sea. The 320 megawatt (MW) project is the largest floating solar farm to come online to date. more… The post World’s largest floating solar farm comes online with wind and storage appeared first on Electrek.
Teslarati
JANUARY 7, 2022
Tesla will raise the price of the Full Self-Driving suite by $2,000, bringing the price to $12,000 effective on January 17. The price revision was announced by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who shared details on the decision via Twitter. “Tesla FSD price rising to $12k on January 17,” Musk said. Tesla FSD price rising to $12k on Jan 17. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 7, 2022.
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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2022
A new modeling study led by researchers from George Washington Universit (GWU) finds that 86% of people living in cities worldwide (~2.5 billion people) are exposed to annual average levels of fine particulate matter exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline from 2005, leading to 1.8 million excess deaths in cities globally in 2019. The WHO 2005 guideline for PM 2.5 exposure was 10 micrograms (?
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 5, 2022
Chrysler will use the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show starting in Las Vegas later today to announce plans to launch its first electric vehicle by 2025, and eventually a full-electric lineup by as early as 2028. As a preview of that electric future, Chrysler will present the Airflow Concept, an electric crossover with a dual-motor powertrain and.
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Teslarati
JANUARY 7, 2022
Last November, PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta surprised the electric vehicle community when he noted during an appearance on CNBC that his company was looking forward to the first deliveries of the Tesla Semi in Q4 2021. The statement was quite shocking since even Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been very conservative about the release date of the Class 8 all-electric truck.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2022
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has released a demonstration tire with 70% sustainable-material content. The 70% sustainable-material tire includes 13 featured ingredients across nine different tire components, including: Carbon black is included in tires for compound reinforcement and to help increase their life and has traditionally been made by burning various types of petroleum products.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 7, 2022
Vietnamese automaker VinFast is growing its planned EV lineup to five models, and plans to open factories in the United States and Germany, alongside an existing factory in its home country. The automaker unveiled three new models at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week. The VF5, VF6, and VF7 crossovers join the VF8 (previously VF.
Electrek
JANUARY 7, 2022
Tesla announced today the launch of ‘Plaid Track Mode’, a new version of its track mode software to push the track performance of the Model S Plaid to a whole new level. more… The post Tesla launches ‘Plaid Track Mode’ to push track performance to a whole new level appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 7, 2022
Although the passenger car market in the UK as a whole was much lower in 2021 than it was in 2019, EV sales rose dramatically in 2021. In December 2021, 36,041 new plug-in vehicles were registered (27,705 BEVs), reflecting a 33% increase from December of 2020. Looking at the whole year, the UK achieved 18.6% […].
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 2, 2022
Eve UAM, the urban air mobility (UAM) business created by Embraer and established as an independent company in October 2020, has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Zanite Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company focused on the aviation sector. Upon closing of the transaction, Zanite will change its name to Eve Holding, Inc. and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol, “EVEX” and “EVEXW.”.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 5, 2022
GM’s first fully electric Chevy pickup will offer an estimated 400-mile range when it’s delivered next year, with a base model arriving later at $39,900, the company confirmed with a reveal of the truck at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Wednesday. The truck was revealed in coordination with a keynote address from CEO Mary.
Teslarati
JANUARY 6, 2022
Tesla’s workforce expansion at Gigafactory Shanghai in China will grow the electric automaker’s “new model production area” by 50%, from 6,000 to 9,000 employees. When the expansion plan is complete, Tesla will employ 19,000 workers at the facility. In November, Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai underwent an Environmental Impact Assessment , which requires a company to investigate the effect of projects on communities and the environment before starting construction or expansion
Electrek
JANUARY 6, 2022
Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) gave her first State of the State Address yesterday, and her “New Era for New York” Agenda states that she will propose legislation to shift to 100% electric school buses by 2035. more… The post New York State’s governor calls for 100% electric school buses by 2035 appeared first on Electrek.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2022
Led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—with participation from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)—the two-year HyBlend project will assess hydrogen compatibility with pipeline materials and operations and deliver important information regarding long-term impacts.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 5, 2022
At the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Wallbox Industries will unveil its second-generation bidirectional home charging station for the North American market. Like its predecessor, the Wallbox Quasar 2 can draw power from an EV's battery pack, allowing the car to serve as an emergency backup power source for homes. Bidirectional charging.
Teslarati
JANUARY 7, 2022
When Germany-based Hansjörg Gemmingen purchased his Tesla Model S P85 in 2014, the world was a far different place. Back then, the idea of an all-electric car hitting 1 million kilometers, or better yet, 1 million miles, is something widely considered farfetched. This farfetched scenario is fast becoming a reality today. As noted by Gemmingen in a recent post on Twitter, his Tesla Model S P85 has now reached a record 1,500,000 kilometers (932,256 miles) in its odometer.
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 7, 2022
Shell is continuing its transition into cleantech. True, it is only inches into the transition at this point, but each step (or inch) is interesting and seems worth highlighting. As many now know, Shell bought a major EV charging company, New Motion, in October 2017, and then also bought Greenlots in January 2019. Shell’s EV […].
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 4, 2022
Starting immediately, Deutsche Post is offsetting any unavoidable CO 2 emissions due to mail transport with investments in internationally recognized and certified climate protection projects at no extra charge. For the last ten years, DHL has transported all parcels for private customers with its climate-friendly “GoGreen” service. Up until now, the GoGreen option was subject to a charge and only available to business customers with a shipping volume of at least 50,000 items per year.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 4, 2022
Despite supply-chain issues affecting the entire auto industry, Tesla claims robust 2021 deliveries came close the million-vehicle mark. Tesla delivered a record 936,172 vehicles in 2021, according to a company financial report, up from 499,550 vehicles in 2020 and 367,500 in 2019, when Tesla's manufacturing footprint only effectively included its.
Electrek
JANUARY 6, 2022
Tesla has unveiled its giant new Megapack battery project in Texas in a new Youtube video. It’s one of the biggest yet. more… The post Tesla unveils its giant Megapack battery project in Texas appeared first on Electrek.
Teslarati
JANUARY 7, 2022
Tesla recently uploaded a video introducing its latest energy storage project in Angleton, Texas. Tesla installed 81 Megapacks in Angleton totaling 200 MWh of energy. According to Tesla, the Megapack storage project will allow Angleton to participate in the energy storage market and support the Texas grid during outages. Tesla’s video reminded people of the Texas Big Freeze in February 2021, when parts of the state lost power for three days.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2022
Peugeot is accelerating its electrification and, starting in January 2022 in Europe, is focusing its people mover offer—embodied by the compact Rifter and the medium Traveler/Expert Combi—solely on purely electric vehicles. Peugeot is already at the spearhead of electric mobility: 75% of our passenger cars and 100% of our commercial vehicles are already available with an electrified powertrain.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 4, 2022
Ford announced early Tuesday that this Thursday it will start inviting reservation-holders of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup to start placing their orders. The automaker said that after this first wave, other waves of reservation-holders will be invited over the next few months for the 2022 model year. Then for those who didn’t get the.
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 7, 2022
There are a few electric vehicles that have been teased for so long that they’ve practically become jokes among EV enthusiasts. There’s the Tesla Semi and the Tesla Roadster 2 (unveiled more than 4 years ago). There’s the Apple electric car (though, that’s been more of a case of rumors than teases). There are various […].
Teslarati
JANUARY 6, 2022
SpaceX has successfully completed its first launch – a Starlink mission – of 2022, kicking off the most ambitious annual launch manifest in the company’s history and marking the world’s first orbital launch of the year. Right on schedule, thrice-flown Falcon 9 booster B1062 lifted off on its fourth orbital class mission at 4:49 pm EST, precluding the need for a backup window scheduled a few hours later.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 6, 2022
BrightDrop, the GM technology company decarbonizing last-mile delivery, announced it is adding Walmart to its growing roster of customers, and expanding its relationship with FedEx. Walmart signed an agreement to reserve 5,000 of BrightDrop’s EV600 and smaller EV410 electric delivery vans to support the retail giant’s growing last mile delivery network and goal of operating a zero-emissions logistics fleet by 2040.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 5, 2022
General Motors confirmed Wednesday that a fully electric version of its Equinox compact SUV will arrive in fall 2023, starting around $30,000. The automaker released the first pictures of the Equinox EV, which looks quite curvier than the company’s current mass-market gasoline crossovers. It could rival the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq.
Electrek
JANUARY 6, 2022
Doosan Bobcat launched its new, all-electric Bobcat T7X compact track loader at CES this week, calling it the first fully electric machine of this kind to reach the market. Even better news for Bobcat fans: they’ve already sold a whole bunch of ’em. But wait, there are already electric loaders on the market, aren’t there? What makes this Bobcat a “world’s first”?
CleanTechnica EVs
JANUARY 6, 2022
Sweden saw a record high 60.7% plugin electric vehicle share in December, up from 49.4% share year-on-year. Full battery electric vehicles took the largest share, with 36.4% share, greater than the combined share of old-school petrol and diesel vehicles (32.3%). The overall auto market saw 27,582 sales, the lowest December result of recent years. December’s […].
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2022
Researchers from three US Department of Energy (DOE) labs—Argonne National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)—have investigated the economic and environmental implications of producing bioblendstocks for diesel fuels from two wet waste-to-fuel pathways: hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) from yellow grease and swine manure hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) followed by biocrude upgrading.
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 6, 2022
Sony unveiled a second EV concept at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The Sony Vision-S 02 crossover SUV is a follow up to the Vision-S sedan concept Sony presented at CES two years ago. While Sony hasn't confirmed that either vehicle is production-bound, the company is hinting at it. Sony has been testing a prototype of the Vision-S.
Electrek
JANUARY 6, 2022
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess has confirmed that the VW ID.BUZZ, a new electric version of the brand’s iconic minibus, will launch on March 9. more… The post VW announces the launch of its electric minibus on March 9 appeared first on Electrek.
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