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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

Green Car Congress

To support this approach, the ReFactory will also include an incubator, open to start-ups, academic partners, large groups, local authorities and intrapreneurship, as well as a training center, backed by a university center, to promote know-how and accelerate research in the circular economy.

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Car flame retardants might make us sick—and be unnecessary in EVs

Baua Electric

2025 Toyota Crown A 2022 study conducted by the Ecology Center’s Healthy Stuff lab also found that car seats—particularly in vehicles at lower price points—contained potentially harmful chemicals, Consumer Reports noted. Fires are far less frequent in EVs , and when they do occur, they’re often charging-related.

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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

EV Central

With sensible hat on we can appreciate EVs with efficiency, long range, fast charging and silky silent smoothness. It’s over double the price of the highest-spec petrol-powered Hyundai i30N: a seriously good value benchmark hot hatch. Rapid charging, V2L and liveable 448km range seal the deal. That’s the Ioniq 5 N.

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U.S. electric cars are starting to gain mass support

Setec Powerr

With more models, lower prices, and more government support. “They’re called the ‘original majority’,” said Gil Tal, director of the university’s Centre for Electric Vehicle Research. ” “A lot of new EVs are starting to be priced in line with expectations,” Lane said.

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How Are EVs Part of Environmental Justice?

Clean Fleet Report

A January 2023 study from the University of Michigan found that “more than half of the lowest-income U.S. million households) would continue to experience high transportation energy burdens, defined…as spending more than 4 percent of household income on filling the tank or charging up.” “EV ownership in the U.S.

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GE and Berkeley Lab developing water-based high energy density flow battery for EVs

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This battery could be one-fourth the cost of current car batteries, and could nearly triple the distance electric vehicles could travel on a single charge. Discharge and re-charge of such flow batteries occur in electrochemical cells separated from energy storing tanks, which makes them safer. Click to enlarge.

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The Top 7 EV Home Chargers That You Should Consider Buying

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Charging adapters taking power from the grid are a must-have item for everyone who owns an Electric vehicle or a hybrid. Public and commercial charging infrastructure companies are struggling to keep up as plug-in electric vehicles become a larger part of the automobile industry. Why do we need home charging stations ?

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