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Two-wheel EV concept seats five, harnesses regenerative damping

Green Car Reports

It's often said that electric powertrains will allow automotive designers to throw out many current design conventions. That's certainly the case with this EV concept. Created by Hoverboard inventor Shane Chen, the Shane is a two-wheeled electric car with seating for five in a pod-like cabin sandwiched between giant wheels that "automatically.

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BYD Makes A Splash At Japan Mobility Show With Seal Debut — 1st Chinese Carmaker There

CleanTechnica EVs

BYD is officially the first-ever Chinese automaker to participate in the Japan Mobility Show. The world’s leading manufacturer of new energy vehicles (NEVs) made a big splash at the global automotive show formerly known as the Tokyo Motor Show.

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Tesla offers battery upgrades to Model S and Model X owners – at a price

The Driven EV News

Tesla has stopped selling its premium cars in Australia, but owners of older Tesla Model S and Model X EVs can now get a battery upgrade to improve range - at a price. The post Tesla offers battery upgrades to Model S and Model X owners – at a price appeared first on The Driven.

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Want A New EV Dirt Cheap? Get Ready To Act Fast In Two Months!

CleanTechnica EVs

With all of the headwinds EVs are facing in recent weeks, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: affordability is a giant factor. With inflation kicking families in the butt at grocery stores, economic challenges leading to lower or lost pay, and interest rates climbing, car buyers are feeling the squeeze.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Volkswagen ID.3 passes 100,000 km test from German ADAC

Electric Cars Report

The German ADAC, Europe’s largest automobile association, gives the ID.3 a good report card. The engineers at the Test and Technology Center in Landsberg am Lech have already covered more than 100,000 kilometers. The most important finding: the high-voltage battery still has a net capacity of 93 percent. An ID.3 Pro S with 77 kWh net […] The post Volkswagen ID.3 passes 100,000 km test from German ADAC appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Ford’s EV & Battery Manufacturing Ambitions Get A Boost With Rockwell Automation Technologies

CleanTechnica EVs

Last year, CleanTechnica reported on the collaboration between Ford Motor Corp. and Rockwell Automation for automation on the shop floors of the Ford Blue Oval City, an approximately $6 billion mega manufacturing facility in Stanton, Tennessee.

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Why BP Bought $100 Million Worth of Tesla Charging Hardware

CleanTechnica EVs

Normally, when someone talks about Tesla’s Superchargers, it’s assumed that they’ll live at a Tesla station. So far, that assumption has held true, because the company has been too busy building out its own charging network to even consider selling any of the stations.

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Want a cheaper second-hand EV? Hold out till 2025

The Driven EV News

We’re 18 months away from the first flood of second-hand EVs hitting the market. The post Want a cheaper second-hand EV? Hold out till 2025 appeared first on The Driven.

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Isuzu Unveils Its 1st Electric Bus

CleanTechnica EVs

Isuzu just unveiled the Erga EV bus, claiming it to be the world’s first battery electric flat-floor route bus. It was unveiled at the first Japan Mobility Show (formerly known as the Tokyo Motor Show) on October 25. It is scheduled to launch in Japan in 2024.

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IEEE’s TryEngineering Summer Institute Provides Hands-On Experiences

Cars That Think

“It’s probably the best way I could have spent my summer,” said a student who participated in this year’s IEEE TryEngineering Summer Institute. The 10-day camp for students ages 13 to 17 provides an immersive and fun approach to learning about engineering. The teenagers engage in hands-on activities, speak with working engineers, and make field trips to local engineering organizations.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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ChargePoint Offers New Software For EV & Mixed Fleets

CleanTechnica EVs

When it comes to charging, most people probably put it all in two buckets: overnight charging and charging on longer trips. For people who don’t drive too much, a simple Level 1 trickle charging arrangement using a normal wall plug is usually enough.

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Denied! Why the bonkers BYD Yangwang U9 electric hypercar has been locked out of Australia

EV Central

While BYD has given the thumbs up for the outrageous Yangwang U8 SUV to come to Australia by the end of 2025, it’s thumbs down for the U9 hypercar. The U9 was revealed at the same times as the U8 SUV in early 2023 when BYD launched the Yangwang luxury brand. It has has earned instant attention for its ability to ‘dance’ with all four wheels off the ground and drive unfettered with only three attached wheels thanks to its electromechanical body control system.

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California Is Sending NEVI Money Out To Contractors

CleanTechnica EVs

In a recent press release from California’s Office of Governor, the state announced that it’s time to cut some checks for 270 EV chargers at 26 stations along the state’s highways.

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Get excited: Nissan is plotting an affordable electric performance car to take on the Toyota 86 and Subaru BRZ to win back young car buyers

EV Central

Nissan has admitted that it is considering reintroducing a fast, affordable and all-electric sports car to win over a new legion of young car fans. It would slot into the range below the current Z coupe and flagship, supercar-humbling GT-R in a place that used to be inhabited by the likes of the Nissan 200SX, or Pulser GT-R. According to the car-maker’s global product planning boss, Ivan Espinosa, the new car being plotted will be designed to snare buyers in their early 20s.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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The Weights & Dimensions Law Is Crucial To Accelerating Zero-Emission Truck Sales

CleanTechnica EVs

The weights and dimensions law is crucial to accelerating zero-emission truck sales In a new position paper on the Weights & Dimensions

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How Keeping Your Tires Inflated Can Help the Environment

Clean Fleet Report

How Keeping Your Tires Inflated Can Help the Environment Basic Care Can Reduce Contamination Checking tire pressure is a subtle yet impactful way to care for the environment. Chemicals and waste are released from aging tires into habitats, harming everything from soil needed for agriculture to fish populations. Learn how a regular tire pressure check improves the ecological footprint of EVs and internal combustion engines of all sizes.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Chairman retires from Drive Electric

Drive Electric

Press release 25th September 2023 After 11 years as Chair, Mark Gilbert steps down from the Drive Electric Board. The board of Drive Electric, a not-for-profit with a mission to accelerate the uptake of e-mobility in New Zealand, has today announced that Chairman Mark Gilbert will retire from the organisation effective 31 December 2023. Mr Gilbert has been Chair of the Board for 11 years.