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Kia electric vans, Bosch automated charging, Hyundai hydrogen ecosystem: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Bosch looks at automatically charging EVs while they’re parked. And Hyundai is setting the bar high for hydrogen. At CES in Las Vegas, Hyundai outlined its work to establish a “hydrogen value chain,” with a hydrogen vision that. Electric vans are one of the keys to Kia’s future.

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2023 Prius review, Accord Hybrid safety, Daimler charging network: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Daimler is re-upping its aim to establish a charging and hydrogen network for big trucks. Saab’s engineering braintrust continued to concoct new vehicles in an era of EVs. The Honda Accord makes the top tier for safety. And we followed up with the latest Prius hybrid and found a lot to love as well as some gripes.

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Ineos drives towards hydrogen car future – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Hydrogen cars work thanks to the cleanest form of the gas combining with oxygen in a fuel cell to generate electricity. At a sprawling vehicle test centre in the English countryside, a hydrogen-powered Grenadier 4×4 made by Ineos Automotive grips steep and rugged tracks, showcasing its off-road capabilities.

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After calling Teslas a “toy” years ago, Hyundai’s belief in hydrogen is being tested

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As the automotive sector transitions into the renewable age, the battle between all-electric cars and hydrogen-powered vehicles almost seems over. analyst Ryu Yeon-wha, who works as a green energy mobility consultant, Hyundai has gone “too far and invested too much money on hydrogen cars to stop now.”

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What ‘real world’ hydrogen pickup looks like and why it should end the conversation

Baua Electric

This hydrogen-powered GM commercial truck offers 300 miles of range and “generates enough electricity to power 250 typical American homes” (for a few minutes?). To achieve a 300 mile range, we had to investigate new packaging initiatives for the tanks to hold 40kg of hydrogen,” is another quote attributed to the GM/HYDROTEC team.

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Trucking, freight corporations face EV charging, hydrogen fueling gaps as they electrify their fleets

Baua Electric

Volvo in February added any other supplier to a program that gives charging {hardware} answers for consumers interfacing with Volvo Vans sellers. Even producers of hydrogen vehicles, which have not begun to clash the marketplace, are operating to manufacture refueling infrastructure. Truckmakers see a herbal alternative.

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Toyota scaling up fuel-cell semis, 55-mpg Honda Insight, Nissan Leaf home energy: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And Toyota is partnering to make more hydrogen fuel-cell semis. Provided you’re not ready to consider cars with charging ports, the 2021 Honda Insight has the highest. The Nissan Leaf is about to become more useful—as a home energy device. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.