Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has received the required type designation for Level 3 automated driving from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). This approval enables the automated driving system to drive the vehicle instead of the driver under certain conditions, such as when the vehicle is in congested traffic on expressway.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 8, 2020
President-elect Biden has proposed a $2 trillion climate agenda that includes provisions ranging from coordinating climate priorities in transportation infrastructure spending to things like rebooting “Cash for Clunkers” in the interest of modernizing the fleet toward cleaner vehicles. The Union of Concerned Scientists declared the.
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Charged EVs
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Since its founding in 2004, Proterra has grown to become North America’s largest supplier of electric buses. The company has sold some 950 buses to transit agencies, airports, universities, national parks and private companies in 43 states and provinces. Under its Proterra Powered program, the company provides powertrains to other vehicle makers—school buses for Thomas Built Buses, coach buses for Van Hool, delivery trucks for Daimler subsidiary Freightliner Custom Chassis.
Go Ultra Low
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The UK Motability Scheme helps to keep disabled drivers motoring and accounts for around one in every 10 new vehicles registered. In 2018, just 202 of these vehicles were electric, but the tide is quickly turning. In fact, disability motoring website Motaclarity reckons now is a great time to make the switch to electric… Formed […]. The post Electric Vehicles and disability: time to make the switch?
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Hyundai committed to offer ten electrified vehicles by the end of 2022, including seven SUVs and three car models. This product blitz includes eco solutions for many of Hyundai’s current products as well as all-new models, such as the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6. Product details for these Hyundai models have a steady roll out cadence throughout the 2021/2022 timeframe.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Ford Thursday morning revealed a vehicle that could make a difference in cities and neighborhoods all around the U.S.—and it’s probably not one that might get you or the family around. The 2022 E-Transit vans—fully electric versions of the world’s best-selling cargo van—are designed to get business done, hauling cargo.
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Discover EV
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Jointly owned by Volvo and Geely, Polestar is now an electric car company in its own right and it’s not long delivered is second production model.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that about 12.0% and 49.6% of the necessary Level 2 and DC fast EV charging equipment (EVSE), respectively, required to meet projected demand in 2030, have been installed as of Q1 2020. As of Q1 2020, there were 13,627 public and workplace DC fast EVSE and 71,975 public and workplace Level 2 EVSE available in the United States, according to the report.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Toyota North America confirmed Thursday that the second-generation version of its Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car is arriving at some California dealers later this year. To help support the model, which will be made in much higher numbers than its predecessor, Toyota announced a partnership with Iwatani Corporation that will boost the number of.
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Suzuki has launched an entirely new car called the Swace
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Discover EV
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Is the Polestar 2 with the Performance Pack a match for Tesla’s fastest Model 3? We compare both models to see which comes out on top.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
NuScale Power announced that through further value engineering efforts, using advanced testing and modeling tools, NuScale analyzed and concluded that the NuScale Power Module (NPM) can generate an additional 25% more power per module for a total of 77 MWe per module (gross), resulting in about 924 MWe for the flagship 12-module power plant. Additionally, NuScale is announcing options for smaller power plant solutions in four-module (about 308 MWe) and six-module (about 462 MWe) sizes.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
With an electric-vehicle sub-brand on the way starting next year, Hyundai has given another note of assurance that its mainstream models in the U.S. won’t be overlooked in the company’s latest push to electrify its vehicles. The company announced Wednesday that it will sell a total of 10 electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid models in.
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Say hello to the radical-looking BMW iX – an all-electric SUV that will be taking on the Jaguar I-Pace and Audi e-tron when it arrives late next year.
Discover EV
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Hyundai's Kona Electric has proved to be an extremely popular EV across the continent, with 53,000 sold since its introduction in 2018. It has now been given a light refresh, predominantly in the looks and technology departments, with the powertrains remaining fundamentally the same.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
The Milanese operator ATM has ordered another 100 electric buses from Solaris, via a framework contract signed last year. The first batch of 40 Urbino electric buses under the same contract has been already delivered. Solaris is to deliver the newly ordered 100 vehicles to Milan in the first half of 2021. Once the contract is fully performed, there will be up to 275 zero-emission Solaris vehicles servicing transport in Milan in total.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help speed up the development of electric-car batteries, according to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal. There is certainly no shortage of areas where engineers seek to improve on current lithium-ion batteries. Increased range, lower cost, and quicker charging times could speed up EV adoption, and they.
Green Cars News
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The new Renault Kangoo has been revealed, with the panel van set to arrive in the UK next year
Discover EV
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Not content with considerable success in its domestic market, Chinese EV firm, NIO, is heading for Europe. The firm is planning to start selling at least some of its range here before the end of 2021, providing a challenge to European manufacturers, as well as Tesla.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Researchers from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) have developed an efficient three-step process for the conversion of cellulosic feedstocks to both a valuable chemical precursor and high-performance jet fuel blendstock. Their paper appears in the journal ChemSusChem. In it, the team describes the synthesis of sustainable methylcyclopentadiene and dimethyldicyclopentadiene (DMDCPD) via a three-step process consisting of aldol condensation; catalytic chemoselective hydrogena
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Rivian has released pricing as well as some key specifications for its Illinois-made electric trucks, the R1T electric pickup and R1S electric SUV, which are both due for first deliveries next summer. The R1T Launch Edition will start at $75,000, while the R1S Launch Edition will start at $77,500. Both include what Rivian now terms a “Large.
EVolution
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
If you're the proud new owner of an electric vehicle, welcome to electric driving! No doubt there's a bunch of stuff you're learning. However, as EV drivers ourselves, we can guarantee there's a WHOLE heap you're yet to find out. Like, why you need a diamond sticker on your numberplate in various states of Australia. Typically, blue for EV, green for hybrid (although this may be different depending on which state you live in).
Discover EV
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
Porsche has been busy giving its PHEVs an update in recent months. The Panamera's mid-life facelift extended to the powertrain department, bringing with it a new, larger battery, and this has now been implemented in both the regular and coupé versions of the Cayenne e-Hybrid.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Against the background of the introduction of the new all-electric E-Transit ( earlier post ), Ford is expanding its offering of fleet management tools to provide electric-vehicle data, charging reports and web-based pre-conditioning, plus new features that can help secure vehicles and help enhance driver performance. With new fleet-wide energy monitoring and vehicle management tools from Ford Commercial Solutions, available through app and web-based interfaces, Ford is helping North American co
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
The company you probably once knew for its calculators and computers is still around—developing critical components for electric-car chargers. Texas Instruments is marketing a new generation of gallium nitride field-effect transistors (GaN FETs), which the company claims can double the power density of onboard chargers for electric cars.
ChargeNet
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
In October 2015, ChargeNet went live with its first electric vehicle charger Jaques’ Four Square in Kaiwaka, 100km north of Auckland’s CBD. In collaboration with Northpower and Kaipara District Council, ChargeNet chose Kaiwaka because Northland had the highest per-capita concentration of EVs in the country. For more than five years this charger has powered up […].
Discover EV
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
BMW's Vision iNEXT has undergone a metamorphosis and become the BMW iX. Sporting a bold new design, powerful EV powertrain and 300+ mile range, the iX is set to go head-to-head with cars like the Audi e-tron in the premium electric SUV segment.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Workhorse Group Inc. received a purchase order for 500 of its all-electric C-1000 delivery vehicles from Pritchard Companies. Inventory financing will be provided by Hitachi Capital America as part of Workhorse’s previously announced strategic partnership with HCA. Vehicles will be distributed through Pritchard Companies’ dealership locations across the country.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
General Motors on Monday gave a first official glimpse of the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV—and, perhaps more notably, its revised interface. The image and brief video clip released confirm what Green Car Reports had already seen in person at a no-cameras preview of upcoming EVs in March—that the Bolt EUV will closely follow what’s.
ChargeNet
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
In August 2020, ChargeNet installed the fastest electric vehicle chargers in New Zealand. The 300kW hyperchargers were installed at the Bombay Service Centre in Auckland, with the support of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) and round 6 of the Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund. The 300 kW hyperchargers allow EV drivers to quickly […].
EV Driver
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
STRONGER DEMAND FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES SIGNALS UK IS ACCELERATING TOWARD BORIS’ NEW 2030 PETROL AND DIESEL BAN. Demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) high ahead of anticipated 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars Three quarters of EV interest from the last 12 months was in Q3 of 2020 London named UK’s hotspot for interest in electric vehicles Greater London has nearly four times as much interest in EVs than anywhere else East of England, Scotland, Wales and the South East make top five The latest
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Motiv Power Systems announced a renewal of its partnership with Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU), the largest bakery in the United States. This follows a successful 12-month pilot of five Motiv-powered electric trucks that performed flawlessly on real-world delivery routes. ( Earlier post.). BBU and Motiv are now strengthening their partnership, with 23 additional trucks currently in production and another 100 planned for 2021 deployments, all powered by Motiv’s EPIC F-59 chassis.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
The BMW iNext electric SUV has been teased numerous times, but on Wednesday we finally got the first details of the production version, along with confirmation that the name will be shortened to BMW iX for the SUV's launch in late 2021, likely as a 2022 model. The iX has retained some of the styling of the original iNext concept car, including a.
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