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Rivian CEO says buying an ICE vehicle is like ‘building a horse barn,’ R2 will help pull buyers

Electrek

In a recent interview, CEO RJ Scaringe compared buying an ICE vehicle in this day’s age to “building a horse barn in 1910.” more… The post Rivian CEO says buying an ICE vehicle is like ‘building a horse barn,’ R2 will help pull buyers appeared first on Electrek.

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Report: Tesla's Buying LiDAR Sensors After All

The Truth About Cars

After CEO Elon Musk’s poo-pooing of LiDAR technology, Tesla now appears to be buying the sensors and has become a primary customer of a major supplier. The technology uses lasers to build a picture of a vehicle’s surroundings, but Tesla has moved to camera/vision-based tech in its most recent builds.

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Elon Musk complains about his smaller stake in Tesla after wasting it on buying Twitter

Electrek

Elon Musk has made a bizarre statement in which he appears to complain about his smaller stake in Tesla and said that he prefers building products elsewhere unless he gets a bigger stake in the company. more… The post Elon Musk complains about his smaller stake in Tesla after wasting it on buying Twitter appeared first on Electrek.

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Why Mexico builds many US-bound EVs but buys few of them

Green Car Reports

Mexico will soon build large numbers of EVs, but most will go north to the U.S. rather than being sold domestically. The reason behind it isn't a culture clash or a lack of concern for the environment. It's a matter of economics and practicality.

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Shell to buy 3.25B liters of sugarcane cellulosic ethanol from Raizen

Green Car Congress

Shell has agreed to buy a total of 3.25 The low-carbon fuel is expected to be produced by five plants that Raízen plans to build in Brazil, bringing its total portfolio of cellulosic ethanol facilities to nine. billion liters (860k gallons US) of sugar-cane cellulosic ethanol under a long-term agreement with Brazil’s Raízen.

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FHWA publishes final standards for federally funded EV charging infrastructure projects; waiver of Buy America requirements for EV chargers

Green Car Congress

FHWA also released the final Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Electric Vehicle Chargers. FHWA is establishing a temporary public interest waiver to waive Buy America requirements for steel, iron, manufactured products, and construction materials in electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Background. Under 23 U.S.C.

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Shell plans to buy streetside charging experts Ubitricity

Green Car Reports

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will buy charging-infrastructure Ubitricity, a German company that specializes in streetside charging for electric cars. Ubitricity is probably best known for building charging stations into lampposts, including a project in the United Kingdom that added 24 charging stations along section of street in London.

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