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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. For cars running on gasoline or diesel fuel, the fire rate was 0.08

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New Kia Sorento SUV and first Sorento Hybrid; plug-in option to come

Green Car Congress

The Sorento Hybrid is powered by a new Smartstream electrified powertrain, pairing a 1.6-liter liter T-GDi (turbocharged gasoline direct injection) with a 1.49 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack and 44.2 The car will also be built for North America at Kia’s West Point, Georgia production plant. kW electric motor.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. PV canopies will produce power and reduce temperatures underneath canopies. The largest PV installation in Georgia. Of that, $26.5 Connecticut Department of Transportation, Connecticut: $7,000,000.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed).

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The first several months’ worth of EV9s will be built in South Korea, but US production will start sometime during 2024 in West Point, Georgia. That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed).

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