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Tesla’s Elon Musk gives Rivian invaluable advice on manufacturing

Teslarati

-based automotive plant potentially landing in Fort Worth, Texas , Musk stated it might be more beneficial to ramp its first plant before committing to a second one, as unit costs can be difficult to keep affordable in the early manufacturing stages. “It’s insanely difficult to reach volume production at affordable unit cost.”

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

Cars That Think

That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. Akhtar is the CEO. and a Ph.D.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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Could Rivian R3 EV revive a stagnant small-car market?

Baua Electric

Rivian R3X To me, it’s hard to believe the R2 and R3 share so many common cues—even their front-end look—as they impress as completely different design statements and personalities. On the adventure front the R2 boasts an entirely new kind of bike-rack system that can be put up with one person and stored away much more easily.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! Car companies could decide that conversions void some or part of the hybrid system warrantyunless they worry that will tarnish its green image.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. In addition, the elimination of the powertrain required in ICE vehicles means all those related auto part manufacturing jobs in the auto supplier community will disappear.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

EV Connect

But there is much more money on the horizon, especially as states commit to huge investments to build more charging stations, including $701 million in New York and $430 million in California — part of a broader $2.5 Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois. billion spend in the Golden State. Already, the U.S.