Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2018
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, one of the world’s leading specialists in sealing technologies for the auto industry, has strengthened its position in the energy and electric mobility sectors with an acquisition and a strategic investment. Accordingly, the company has dual product development paths guiding its efforts.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries.
Clean Fleet Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
And I’m one those million since they’re counting plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) as well as full battery electrics. California’s plug-in vehicle sales tally is impressive: 663,014 battery electrics (62.9%). In fact, it might not even be possible for the auto industry to produce that many EVs, although the rate of expansion is dizzying.
Green Car Congress
JULY 30, 2015
The seven cities with the highest electric vehicle share in 2014—San Francisco, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, and Riverside—had two to seven times the average US electric vehicle share. of new automobile sales in 2014, about 40% more than the nationwide electric vehicle share.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
The startup carmaker Rivian was founded a decade ago by RJ Scaringe, but it didn’t go public with its electric pickup truck and SUV until the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show. A 135 kWh battery pack under the cabin and bed powers four 150 kW (200 hp) electric motors, one per wheel. Capable, quick, clever. Stay tuned.
Clean Fleet Report
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
The production-ready 2023 Fisker Ocean debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show to an interested group of industry insiders and journalists. Lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) battery. Lithium-ion phosphate battery (LFP). NMC battery. NMC battery. Swimming with the Big Boys. 0-60 mph: 3.6
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
Some immediately - such as the requirement for somewhere between 20-100,000 dollars in testing - but it’s the 10 year 150,000 mile warranty on the batteries themselves that’s the dealbreaker. 3Prong Power and its competitors transform Priuses into plug-in vehicles by putting a large flat battery in the trunk. .
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