Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2022

Volvo Cars, through the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, has made a strategic investment in StoreDot, the pioneer of extreme fast charging technologies for electric vehicles. We are moving closer to the mass production of our batteries and this investment from Volvo Cars Tech Fund is yet another huge vote of confidence in StoreDot and our mission.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium officially broke ground for its lithium conversion plant in Guben, Germany ( earlier post ), from which it will supply Mercedes-Benz with battery-grade lithium hydroxide (LiOH) starting in 2026 (starting with a qualification period). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2022

Virginia Tech researchers, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement of carbon dioxide in the environment are not correct, which could significantly alter conventional carbon cycle models. The gross primary productivity should be around 147.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

A Michigan Tech project to help mines in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Minnesota achieve net-zero emissions while extracting critical minerals from mine tailings has received $2.5 Michigan Tech’s project is the only one in the state to receive funding from Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

billion in 17 large-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a third round of awards under the Innovation Fund. emissions coming from exhaust gases produced during lime production and store them permanently in offshore geological formations in France. The EU is investing more than €1.8 A third project will capture the CO?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

Rock Tech, which plans to supply lithium hydroxide to manufacturers of batteries for electric cars from 2024, plans to build the first European lithium hydroxide factory (converter) in Brandenburg, Germany. Based on the work of Fraunhofer and Circulor, Rock Tech will create a material passport for its product. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will use Formula E racing tech to improve efficiency and range in future production electric vehicles, with a partnership announced Monday. North Carolina-based Wolfspeed will provide silicon carbide semiconductor tech in future EVs, the automaker confirmed.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 5, 2023

With all the concern surrounding artificial intelligence, it’s no surprise that top tech leaders surveyed by IEEE chose AI as the most important technology for 2024. “ Like in the IEEE 2023 survey of tech leaders, the executives said they are concerned about ransomware attacks, phishing, and insider threats.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 29, 2023

China’s EV battery developer Gotion High-Tech continues its global expansion, celebrating its latest milestone in new technologies this month. Gotion rolled its first battery pack off its new assembly line near Silicon Valley – its first product manufactured in the United States.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 22, 2023

In the dynamic landscape of Australian technology, market advancements are often attributed to consumer-focused products like Canva and Afterpay. Capturing headlines and attention with their renowned success stories, these, along with other global companies like Atlassian , Facebook, and Apple, have become the face of the tech industry.

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Teslarati

MARCH 23, 2024

In a statement on Friday, Stellantis said it was laying off roughly 2 percent of its jobs in engineering, tech, and software, largely due to “unprecedented uncertainties and heightened competitive pressures around the world,” along with “rigorous organizational reviews” (via Automotive News ). What are your thoughts?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2022

The production of such devices has faced the same hurdles that a lot of wirelessly powered devices face—short transmission distances and a fixed direction from which power can be received. With so many devices on the network, there is a growing need to make wirelessly powered devices that can work with 5G signals.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Chinese automaker Geely's Zeekr brand on Tuesday unveiled the 009, an electric van that marks the production debut of battery supplier CATL's cell-to-pack battery tech. Zeekr's second model, following the 001 hatchback, the 009 is a six-seat van is expected to start deliveries in China in 2023.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Earlier this month, Visteon officially opened its first high-tech automotive technology testing laboratory in Bulgaria, adding to the company’s existing global footprint of high-tech lab facilities in Mexico and India. The new facility represents a significant investment of over US$10 million.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 23, 2024

Hyundai & Kia launch ‘Active Air Skirt’ (AAS) tech to enhance the performance of electric vehicles (EVs). The new tech should minimize aerodynamic resistance coming from the air flowing through the lower part of an EVs bumper. The AAS tech may also operate at speeds over 200 km/h under certain conditions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2018

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have identified an enzyme belonging to the glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) family as a promising target for increasing biofuel production from the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. merolae as a model organism for exploring how to improve TAG production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

A team led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered a new bimetallic electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water splitting: CaFe 2 O 4.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Toyota is partnering with Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan to move solid-state EV battery tech closer to production. The partnership will progress through three phases, the two companies said in a joint announcement Thursday.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2022

Kia is betting big on electric vans, and it's jumping in with plans to build a new factory within its existing Hwaseong, South Korea, manufacturing complex dedicated to the production of them.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2020

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have developed an improved catalyst for the synthesis of ammonia by taking the common dehydrating agent calcium hydride and adding fluoride to it. This opens doors to ammonia production with low energy consumption and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Hattori, M.,

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Electrek

MAY 6, 2021

As part of the event, they snuck in a few images of the Electric Mégane E-TECH Electric hatchback, including an Android-focused center stack. more… The post Renault Mégane E-TECH Electric production shots revealed as automaker rebrands for electric era appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

As Tesla prepares to begin producing the Cybertruck later this year, some are pointing out how the electric truck’s bold, futuristic design is at odds with the minimalism of most modern tech.

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Teslarati

MARCH 29, 2024

billion battery production facility with CATL in Marshall Township of Western Michigan. The post CATL to license LFP battery tech to General Motors appeared first on TESLARATI. Last year, Ford announced plans to build a $3.5 It is Ford’s first LFP battery plant. Ford’s Michigan-based plant is expected to start operations by 2026.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Battery tech in the Polestar 5 could allow some very fast charging. Polestar offered up a number of technology announcements and product previews. The Toyota Camry Hybrid is soon getting all-wheel drive. Lucid lets the Air charge other EVs. And VW claims again it’s working on a $35,000 EV for the U.S.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Renault Trucks has started series production of the heavy duty electric trucks at the Bourg-en-Bresse plant. The site has been assembling the brand’s trucks for 60 years and is now set to produce the Renault Trucks E-Tech T and C.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 24, 2022

Following this, Renault has now moved onto stage 2 of its product strategy for leisure vehicles with its’ new Hippie […] The post Renault unveils Kangoo E-Tech ‘Hippie Caviar Motel’ showcar appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Production of the CR-V Fuel Cell—if Honda opts to keep the nomenclature it used for its last such vehicle using the tech, the Clarity.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 3, 2024

Investment like EV-Tech paves the way of cost control in the long run. Li Auto can easily control the R&D risk and production cost as long as it can maintain the sales volume. Li Auto's EREV was cost efficient than BEV because EREV was standing on the legacy of ICE supply chain.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The processor maker is moving from being a company that produces only its own chips to becoming a foundry, making chips for others and considering its own product teams as just another customer. For more, see Intel’s whitepaper on their foundry tech. On each chip, these buses might be as narrow as 10–20 wires per micrometer.

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Electrek

APRIL 1, 2024

This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds. Yes, it is now April, which means we get another video update from Aptera. Watch the video in full below.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Honda has established EV partnerships with General Motors and Sony, but the automaker is going it alone on solid-state battery tech.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 14, 2023

The All-New Renault Scenic E-Tech electric will make its world debut at the 2023 IAA Mobility Show in Munich on the 4th September.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 20, 2022

Driverless Tractor Designed to Increase Productivity. Then they added animals and implements to increase productivity. Finally, machines appeared to move production to new levels. A surprise participant at CES this year, John Deere used that tech super show to introduce the autonomous version of its mainstay 8R tractor.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

This month’s progress update recaps a recent visit to France, details an upcoming trip to the United Arab Emirates, and talks about the status of Aptera’s first production-intent solar EV builds. That video followed a separate post from Aptera offering a look at the forthcoming build process of its production-intent solar EVs.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 21, 2020

That car isn't quite ready for production yet, but Lightyear is testing its solar tech on modified Tesla Model 3 sedans. Dutch startup Lightyear plans to launch an electric car powered by a combination of solar panels and batteries.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

According to VW, the Indian car-maker will be the first external partner to use its unified cells that feature an advanced design and construction that is promised to eventually slash the cost of battery production by half. VW to supply tech as Mahindra plans electric vehicle attack appeared first on EV Central. The post Indian giver!

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A world apart from the largely underwhelming eT60 that’s sold in small numbers, the yet-to-be-named newcomer is expected to leverage the latest electric tech that debuted on the eDeliver 7 and eDeliver 9 vans. He says it’s a matter of getting the product right.

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