Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

BMW unveiled the seventh generation of its 7 Series, including the first all-electric i7 XDrive60. ( Earlier post.) Three models are available at launch, including the i7 EV. The 2023 BMW 740i is powered by a thoroughly upgraded version of the iconic B58 3-liter TwinPower Turbo inline six-cylinder engine. Now dubbed B58TU2, the new Miller cycle six-cylinder features redesigned intake ports and combustion chambers, electronically controlled VANOS variable camshaft timing, and 48-volt mild hybrid

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 18, 2022

A Kia electric pickup has already been confirmed as a global model. But it would need to be an upscale model—not focused entirely around value and affordability—to make sense in America, a US Kia executive suggested to Green Car Reports at the New York auto show last week. Kia promised the EV9 SUV for the U.S. market starting in the.

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2022

Tesla confirmed that nearly half of all its vehicles produced last quarter are already using cobalt-free iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries. The information also gives us an interesting insight into Tesla’s mix of models, which is generally quite opaque. more…. The post Tesla is already using cobalt-free LFP batteries in half of its new cars produced appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

During the Q1 2022 earnings call, Elon Musk shared some details about Tesla’s new robotaxi vehicle. The new vehicle won’t have a steering wheel or pedals as it will fully utilize Tesla’s full self-driving (FSD) software. “We’re also working on a new vehicle that I alluded to at the Giga Texas opening, which is a dedicated robotaxi that’s highly optimized for autonomy, meaning it would not have [a] steering wheel or pedals,” Musk said during the latest earnings call.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified. These investments allow us to meet customer needs and quickly respond to an evolving market.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 21, 2022

Lexus on Wednesday unveiled the 2023 RZ, the luxury brand's first dedicated EV, and the first Lexus electric model to be sold in the United States. Scheduled to arrive at dealerships later this year, this small crossover will launch in RZ 450e guise with a 71.4-kwh battery pack affording 225 miles of range, and dual-motor all-wheel drive. The RZ.

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have published their latest decadal survey of planetary science and astrobiology, revealing a recommendation that NASA prioritize the development of a flagship mission to Uranus baselined to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. Known as the Uranus Orbiter and Probe or UOP, the mission proposal has been under development by a team of NASA, University of California, and Johns Hopkins University scientists and engineers for seve

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)is moving ahead with its plans to develop and commercialize nuclear microreactors—reactors small enough to be delivered on trucks—by the end of the next decade. At 3 meters tall and 4 meters wide, the microreactors will weigh less than 40 tons. The reactor and power generating equipment will fit inside a standard 40' cargo container.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2022

With used-car prices skyrocketing, Tesla is no longer allowing customers to buy cars at the end of leases. "All Tesla vehicles delivered on or after April 15, 2022, are not eligible for purchase," according to new language on the company's website first spotted by Electrek. "Third-party dealerships and third-party individuals are not eligible to.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 18, 2022

Volumetric energy density refers to the amount of energy that can be contained within a given volume. Increasing the volumetric energy density of batteries allows electric vehicles (EVs) to travel further without increasing the size of the battery pack. Conversely, it can allow an EV to travel the same distance with a smaller battery pack, […].

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Electrek

APRIL 18, 2022

Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island is the United States’ first offshore wind farm. The 30-megawatt, five-turbine offshore wind farm began commercial operations in December 2016 and generates enough energy to power 17,000 homes. And it turns out, it’s perfectly safe, and sometimes even beneficial, for fish. more…. The post The first US offshore wind farm has had no negative effect on fish, finds groundbreaking study appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

Two pan-European projects—the ZEFER (Zero Emission taxi Fleets for European Rollout) and H2ME2 (Hydrogen Mobility Europe) projects, both funded by Europe’s Clean Hydrogen Partnership—have deployed 100 hydrogen taxis in Copenhagen with app-based taxi company DRIVR. The Toyota Mirais run on green hydrogen from renewable energy, following the installation and opening of a new hydrogen refueling station (HRS) in the city.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 18, 2022

At the New York auto show last week, Vinfast released updated pricing information for both of its forthcoming VF 8 and VF 9 electric SUVs and offered new details on its battery subscription program, which will be the first of its kind for the U.S. market. The battery subscription program will be offered in lieu of a battery warranty, which is.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 18, 2022

Tesla’s engineering is one of cofounder and CEO Elon Musk’s main focal areas for the company, and the benefits the automaker has experienced as a result are multi-faceted. For Tesla, engineering runs deep into research and development testing, which helps the company determine what designs work and don’t work. Compared to legacy automakers, Tesla spends […].

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APRIL 20, 2022

BMW has unveiled its latest electric car, the BMW i7, as part of the next-generation 7 Series. The new electric car will offer over 300 miles of range and a design closer to BMW’s more traditional look. more…. The post BMW unveils i7 electric car with over 300 miles of range and a less polarizing design appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel? How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment are Playing Out in Indonesia —focuses on nickel as a critical mineral, but has implications for the broader minerals and materials supply chains nee

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2022

The all-electric flagship sedan of the BMW lineup, the 2023 BMW i7, has been revealed. And it looks virtually interchangeable with the rest of a completely new 2023 BMW 7-Series lineup revealed Wednesday. The i7 is in fact a version of the 7-Series—a variant of this model line, not built on a dedicated electric vehicle platform that omits.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 20, 2022

Tesla reported its basic 1st quarter production and delivery data nearly 3 weeks ago. Today is the day for its quarterly conference call about those data as well as much more financial data such as corporate revenue, gross profit, gross margin, etc. Leading into that conference call, we have created 7 charts exploring long-term historical […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

Tesla’s ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) first-quarter 2022 earnings saw the company post a challenging yet impressive quarter. The results, which were discussed in the Q1 2022 Update Letter, were released after the closing bell on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Tesla was impressive in the first quarter, with the company producing a total of 305,407 vehicles and delivering 310,048.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

Mexico-based global construction materials company CEMEX is partnering with integrated chemicals and energy company Sasol ecoFT and renewable energy company ENERTRAG to combine CO 2 with hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel. This project is part of CEMEX’s Future in Action program to reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to a circular economy and an integral component of CEMEX’s master plan to develop a carbon neutral operation at its Rüdersdorf cement plant by 2030.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2022

Tesla has reengineered its Model Y around easier manufacturability, employing a structural pack, new-format 4680 cells, and huge cast front and rear body sections. Despite all that innovation, a shift to an 800-volt architecture isn’t planned on any of Tesla’s smaller models anytime soon. But based on comments from CEO Elon Musk and.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2022

Elon Musk wants to build a future worth getting excited about, and he elaborated more on this in a recent TED Talks interview at Tesla Giga Texas. TED Talks head Chris Anderson recently held a live interview with Elon Musk in Vancouver. However, before the live interview, Anderson said that he also held a pre-recorded […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

Tesla aims to produce 1.5 million cars in 2022 with the help of its Gigafactories in Shanghai, Berlin, and Texas. The Fremont Factory, Tesla’s original headquarters in California, will contribute to production numbers, too — as always. . During his opening remarks at the Q1 2022 earnings call , Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn noted that the company still believes it will achieve a 50% or more growth rate by the of the year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2022

Galp and Northvolt selected the port city of Setúbal, Portugal (southeast of Lisbon on the northern bank of the Sado River estuary) as the location for their Aurora lithium conversion plant ( earlier post ), which aims to become a steppingstone for the development of an integrated lithium-battery value-chain in Europe. The plant, which will be one of Europe’s largest, is set to have an initial annual production capacity between 28,000 and 35,000 tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide, which is

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2022

Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday unveiled the EQS SUV, a higher-riding counterpart to the EQS sedan launched last year. The new model is scheduled to reach United States dealerships later this year, as a 2023 model. The EQS SUV shares Mercedes' EVA platform with both the EQS and EQE sedans. It also has the same 126-inch wheelbase as the EQS sedan, but is.

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Electrek

APRIL 18, 2022

PG&E announced that they have turned on their giant Tesla Megapack project with 730 MWh of capacity, and the electric grid company expects that it will “enhance the overall reliability of California’s ever-changing energy supply.”. more…. The post Tesla Megapack project with 730 MWh of capacity is now up and running on PG&E’s network appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla may consider adopting an 800-volt architecture for the Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi. The comment was related during the company’s recently-held first quarter 2022 earnings call. While taking questions from shareholders, Tesla executives were asked why the company does not adopt an 800-volt architecture for its cars. Tesla’s rivals like Porsche have adopted such a system for the Taycan.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 19, 2022

Fastned’s 10th anniversary was in February. What happened before and in those 10 years? How did they succeed in creating freedom for electric drivers? And what about the future? How it all began In 1990, California created its Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate. It forced the 7 largest carmakers selling cars in California to start making […].

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2022

An electric pickup truck would be "the chance of a lifetime," Volkswagen Group of America CEO Scott Keogh said in a recent interview with Business Insider. Pickup buyers are known for brand loyalty and very specific preferences, but Keogh said he sees electrification as a "reset moment" that could allow new alternatives from different brands to.

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Electrek

APRIL 20, 2022

Tesla has confirmed that its order rate surged following this year’s Super Bowl, which featured many electric vehicle ads. These numbers show that the long-standing idea of “Tesla killers” doesn’t work and that the automaker actually benefits greatly from other automakers investing in electric vehicles. more…. The post Tesla (TSLA) confirms its order rate surged after the Super Bowl appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2022

A team of scientists from the University of Newcastle in Australia will be using a Tesla Model 3 as a means to test printed solar panels that they believe could be the next big thing in affordable, sustainable solutions. The group plans to use printed solar panels to power the Tesla Model 3 in a grand 9,400-mile journey across Australia in September.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 18, 2022

Tesla is building and selling cars at a rate of over one million per year now, so there are a lot of people out there who will need to know a few things about their new Tesla (or other EV). I took delivery of my first Nissan LEAF in February 2014, my second LEAF in […].

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 21, 2022

Volkswagen is working on some upgrades for its mass-market MEB electric-vehicle platform. Lexus provides more production details for its RZ electric crossover. And Lincoln shows us some of its EV future in a concept vehicle. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We got up close with a Lincoln concept that previews one of three fully electric.

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Electrek

APRIL 16, 2022

Tesla has unveiled its latest giant Megapack project consisting of 360 MWh of energy storage capacity used in concert with a solar farm to help power 60,000 homes. more…. The post Tesla unveils giant new 360 MWh Megapack project that is going to help power 60,000 homes appeared first on Electrek.

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