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FirstElement Fuel’s California hydrogen network receives $24M from Mitsui and Air Liquide; quadrupling its retail capacity

Green Car Congress

FirstElement Fuel has secured $24 million to help fund the growth of its True Zero Hydrogen Network of retail stations in California, and thereby quadruple the company’s capacity to dispense retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. FirstElement Fuel’s retail hydrogen network is the largest in the world today.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD Exceptional All-Electric Luxury Sedan Lucid Motors invited the automotive media to California to drive the all-new 2023 Air Touring , one of the sedan offerings from Lucid. Brief Summary: the Air Touring is an exceptional all-electric luxury sedan. seconds and hit 88 mph before lifting.

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Road Test: 2021 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The Blue Link telematics allows for remote setting of the climate control, locking and unlocking the doors, Find My Car and other convenience features. Flash Drive: 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe Duramax Diesel. Flash Drive: 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe 5.3L The heated, leather-wrapped steering wheel has audio, telephone and cruise controls.

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Tesla Model X Family Road Trip…Pandemic Edition

EV Match

In my continuing quest to show that electric cars can ferry adventurous families just as well as gas-guzzling minivans and Tahoes, I can now say from experience that this holds true during the “new normal” of the pandemic. Amidst a once-in-a-century pandemic that demands mask-wearing, social distancing, hand-washing?

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Carnival SX

Clean Fleet Report

Stops were solid and consistent with a power-assisted braking system consisting of vented front and solid rear discs, as part of the anti-lock brake system with electric stability control. The UVO telematics allow for remote setting of the climate control, locking and unlocking the doors, Find My Car and other convenience features.

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Battery cell qualification for EVs: Lucid’s cell specialist discusses the complicated process

Charged EVs

Charged : Can you elaborate on why battery cell development is so important for electric vehicles? Detailed power capability assessment is helpful to provide the necessary performance when you want to—for example—tow your jet ski to Lake Tahoe. For performance applications, a company needs to know how to push the limit.

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Battery cell qualification for EVs: Lucid’s cell specialist discusses the complicated process – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Charged : Can you elaborate on why battery cell development is so important for electric vehicles? Detailed power capability assessment is helpful to provide the necessary performance when you want to—for example—tow your jet ski to Lake Tahoe. For performance applications, a company needs to know how to push the limit.