Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? In 2020 the world’s hydro stations produced 75 percent more electricity than wind and solar combined and accounted for 16 percent of all global generation. Construction of large dams began before World War II.

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Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2022

UC Berkeley ] After analyzing data gathered when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample from asteroid Bennu in October 2020, scientists have learned something astonishing: The spacecraft would have sunk into Bennu had it not fired its thrusters to back away immediately after it grabbed dust and rock from the asteroid’s surface.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

We expected it would come from higher prices or a supply disruption—we’ve all been surprised.) How President Obama Can Announce Drive Star to Cut Oil Use in Half by 2020. And oil only seems cheap. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap. That’s why we need a second speech with a new strategy.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Solar is cheapest and falling The significant drop in solar power costs, by 23% in 2023, signals the end of supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures. However, there will be less of an impact on markets with limited uptake of Chinese turbines such as Japan and South Korea, which focus more on domestic supply chains.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unlike larger airlines, it never fully recovered from the early days of the pandemic in 2020. Planes are also in short supply because the two main manufacturers — Airbus and Boeing — have a backlog of orders that stretches out for as much as five years. The airlines, which could appeal, say they are considering their options.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

The system works by allowing Nissan EV owners to connect to the grid to charge at low-demand, cheap tariff periods, with an option to then use the electricity stored in the vehicle’s battery at home and at work when costs are higher, or even feed back to the grid which could generate additional revenue for the EV owner. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

For Nevada, there can be no more significant validation than Tesla’s lithium supply agreements. Where future supplies are concerned, investors will be looking closely at Dajin, which is 100% self-owned and operated. Albemarle Corp. And the Tesla gigafactory is just the tip of this overall iceberg.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

What began as a lighthearted (but serious) student project led to a 3 MWh/100 kW pilot plant in the Finnish city of Tampere, which began operation during the winter of 2020–2021. Sand is efficient, nontoxic, portable, and cheap!”. “We There is nothing special here!” Eronen says, laughing. How did they arrive at these dimensions?

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Push EVs

APRIL 14, 2023

Overall auto volume was 281,361 units, up over 16% YoY, but still well down from pre-2020 seasonal norms. Outlook The auto market’s YoY growth in March, which the KBA attributes to improving supply chain constraints, was a welcome talking point for the broader German economy. March’s combined plugin share of 21.6% comprised 15.7%

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Charged EVs

APRIL 12, 2023

In my very first article for Charged over 10 years ago, I opined that the Switched Reluctance Motor , or SRM, would eventually come to dominate the EV traction market, if for no other reason than the fact that it is almost as cheap as dirt to manufacture. motoring and braking in forward and reverse).

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. CEOs of major auto companies were all saying by 2020 or 2021 or 2022, roughly. And it’s really cheap. Brooks: Lots of predictions.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The launch edition of the R1T and it’s SUV close relation the R1S, went on sale late in 2021 – Rivian production started in September 2021 – and people have been tripping over themselves to get hold of limited supply. In 2021 Toyota inked a deal with the company to supply the 70-Series EVs to mining companies.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. The mandating of any system such as this would only be about looking after the interests of ‘middlemen’: oil and gas invested companies who would invariably transition into this market as both supply and/or demand for oil recede. . 2020) [11].

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Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In addition, about 90% of the world’s supply of lithium is controlled by Chinese companies. Multiple auto makers are seeking a secure supply chain for battery materials. Read the C&EN research here Lithium right now is very expensive and Sodium is quite cheap. The world needs to do something about this.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Under the central New Policies Scenario, automotive sales in non-OECD markets exceed those in the OECD by 2020, with the center of gravity of car manufacturing shifting to non-OECD countries before 2015. Short-term pressures on oil markets are easing with the economic slowdown and the expected return of Libyan supply. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This war will have many long-term consequences, but possibly none more important than its effects on the future of the European energy supply. Rapid severing of Europe’s Russian supplies would create an unprecedented economic and existential emergency on the continent. European gas supplied three-fifths of the continent’s demand.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Nissan is bullish on plug-ins, which Ghosn predicts will account for 10% of cars sold by 2020. Despite a high upfront cost, operating an electric vehicle is cheap, costing 2.5 However, “we’re talking about heavy investment&# in cars, batteries and supporting technology, said Nissan Motor Co. starting next year.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Is the supply of battery packs going to be a bottleneck? Supplying to Volvo Trucks or Daimler Trucks or whoever is more burdensome. Those guys don’t have the wherewithal to finance a battery-electric truck that costs twice as much as a diesel truck, and they’re usually buying third- or fourth-owner diesels anyway, that are super-cheap.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Neil Adger and Jon Barnett lay out four “reasons for concern about adaptation” to climate change, to counter “what we perceive to be a widespread belief that adaptation will be smooth, cheap, and easy to implement.”. achieve a maximal average 2 ºC rise in worldwide temperatures, assuming peak years of 2011, 2015, and 2020.

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Push EVs

APRIL 6, 2023

Overall auto volumes were 182,712 units, up some 24% year on year, though still well off the pre-2020 seasonal average (~230,000 units). Outlook March saw the 7th consecutive month of YoY auto volume recovery in France, in part due to supply chain constraints lifting. year on year. BEVs alone took 16.8% share, a new record.

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

​ ​ Bajaj Chetak Bajaj is the 2 wheeler giant of India and in 2020 they started selling electric scooters with the launch of the Chetak. Many scooter companies provide a cheap GPS tracker and call themselves a connected scooter. Their products are for the premium segment. That is something they should focus in coming years.

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Plug In India

AUGUST 21, 2022

He says supply chains are not robust enough and thus production seems to be the real issue for Bajaj. Back in 2020 when we visited the Chetak experience center at FC road in Pune , we were told that the swing arm motor and the battery pack were imported from Bosch. Dealers in Latin America, Europe and other locations are interested.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The First High-Yield, Sub-Penny Plastic Processors I’ve been listening to promises of cheap, flexible electronics my whole career. These 5 Charts Help Demystify the Global Chip Shortage The chip shortage that squeezed automakers and many others so hard in 2020 and 2021 was very much still with us in one form or another in 2022.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Large-scale, to them, means one million EVs by 2020, starting with five hundred fully electric Th!nk With very few moving parts, there is little that can break, so maintenance is infrequent and cheap. In the near future every house must be energy supplying. And the vehicles function well.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

5 million government grant was awarded in the 2020/2021 budget to help set up Adelaide-based manufacturing facilities. Was originally due in Australia late in 2020 but has been delayed until late 2021. 2020 Ford Mustang Mach-E. 2020 Lotus Evija Hypercar. Due late 2020. It could kick off with a sleek electric ute.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2009

In addition to concerns about the true carbon footprint and environmental cost of biofuel, a coalition of international charities accuses the EU Biofuel Directive (which requires all road fuel used by member states to consist of 10 per cent biofuel by 2020) of making biofuels much more profitable than feeding the hungry, the publication reports.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition, using smaller batteries would allow more EVs to be built, and potentially relieve pressure on the battery supply chain. EVs ain’t cheap Price is another EV purchase risk that is comparable to EV range. If longer trips are needed, well, bring some patience and enjoy the charging experience seems to be the general advice.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 3, 2024

The Biden administration has decided against purchasing oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after promising to refill the nation’s emergency energy supply after it reached a 40-year low. Much of this hovers around the fact that oil companies were following suit and that a significant portion of the supply was sold to China.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. Electric cars in the garages would double as battery packs for when energy supplies are scarce. The elegance of that is wonderful.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

Duke Energy recently added more gas-fired plants to supply power in North Carolina and South Carolina, and lawmakers in the latter state have fast-tracked construction of an additional new gas-fired plant, according to the report. But various studies suggest that, eventually, EVs will drive the long-term cost of electricity down.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

New for 2020: this is an EV ranking, not a complete ranking for how cool countries are. Including complete tables for Israel in 2019-2020 which I calculated and handed over to Jose! In 2020 Tesla sold exactly 1000 of these for every solar-year day. in 2019 to 4% in 2020. OVERVIEW: WHEW, WHAT A YEAR!

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

To get there, the draft presents several targets for emission reductions from developed countries, ranging from 25% to 45% below 1990 levels by 2020. The European Union (EU) is committed to a 20% cut in emissions by 2020. A ballpark figure could be on the order of US$ 250 billion in 2020. Financial Aid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020. These recommendations call for an economy-wide program that would reduce emissions twenty percent below 2005 levels by 2020, and eighty percent below 2005 levels by 2050, though the 2020 target may decrease to eighteen percent if allowance prices increase too much.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The introduction of cheap Chinese autos - which are so inexpensive because they are backed with the power and funding of the Chinese government — to the American market could end up being an extinction-level event for the U.S. Tai said she is concerned about Chinese vehicle exports noting high U.S. On Friday, a U.S.

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