Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
The Jeep is ending the sale in France of non-electrified internal combustion engines (ICE) on all the Renegade and Compass ranges; the Wrangler and the Grand Cherokee being already only available in 4xe plug-in hybrid versions. e-Hybrid versions of Renegade and Compass replace ICE engines, including diesel versions. Customers can order a gasoline or diesel engine until 30 May.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 5, 2022
Fisker has confirmed 10-year/100,000-mile (whichever comes first) battery and powertrain warranties for its Ocean electric SUV, which is scheduled to start production in November. The battery warranty assures 75% of the battery's original capacity, according to Fisker's website. For reference, Tesla's battery warranty is 8 years or 100,000 to.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
From June 2022, there will be a new tariff system for the approximately 300,000 charging points in the Mercedes me Charge network in Europe. Mercedes me Charge will offer three new charging tariffs tailored to individual driving performance. Mercedes me Charge offers customers access to more than 850 charging point operators in Europe. With the introduction of the new tariff system, customers will also have access to fixed prices that apply regardless of the operator.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 5, 2022
DeLorean Motor Company on Monday confirmed an August 18 reveal date for its all-electric successor to the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car. The reveal will take place at the Awards Ramp at the Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance, and the prototype vehicle will be displayed at the Pebble Beach Concept Lawn on August 21, DeLorean said in a press release.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
Protean Electric, a leader of in-wheel motor (IWM) technology for passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and future transport solutions, announced a new partnership between Dongfeng Motor Corporation Technical Center and Protean’s joint venture in China, Wuxi Weifu Electric Drive Technology (WFDT). The DFM Technical Center and WFDT partnership that will combine DFM’s expertise in distributed drive technology and Weifu’s industrialized manufacturing capability to advance production application
Green Car Reports
APRIL 5, 2022
General Motors and Honda are expanding their partnership to include a line of affordable EVs for North America covering what the automakers say are the most popular vehicle segments. Scheduled to go on sale in 2027, these vehicles will be based on "a new global architecture using next-generation Ultium battery technology," GM and Honda said in a.
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Green Car Reports
APRIL 5, 2022
Honda and GM are partnering for “millions” of affordable EVs. DeLorean is back again—this time without working time-machine nostalgia. And Fisker’s battery coverage looks among the best. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. This morning GM and Honda announced an expanded partnership to co-develop a new global vehicle.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision for the Yellowtail development offshore Guyana after receiving government and regulatory approvals. The company’s fourth, and largest, project in the Stabroek Block is expected to produce approximately 250,000 barrels of oil per day starting in 2025. Yellowtail production from the ONE GUYANA floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel will develop an estimated resource of more than 900 million barrels of oil.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 5, 2022
This story is meant to be a reflection of the past growth and prediction of the future growth of Tesla, not a criticism of Ford. Having said that, the reason to have Ford even in the story is it provides a company to compare Tesla to, and Ford has been the least troubled of the […].
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
Volkswagen of America reported Q1 2022 sales of 64,993 units (down 28.5% from 2021). SUVs accounted for 76% of total sales in Q1; the battery-electric ID.4 sales totaled 2,755 units in Q1 (4.2%). Tiguan, the top seller in Q1 2021 dropped 33% to 18,233 units in Q1 2022, while retaining its top selling position. The newcomer Taos racked up 13,674 units in Q1 2022 (21% of total sales.).
Cars That Think
APRIL 5, 2022
Happy National Robotics Week! It’s a very special NRW this year, because iRobot has seen fit to announce a brand new robot that is guaranteed to leave your floors 0 percent cleaner. And there was much rejoicing, because this is not a mop or a vacuum, but instead a new and updated version of iRobot Create: the Create 3. Not only is the Create 3 based on a much more modern Roomba platform, it’s also compatible with ROS 2, the unexpectedly mature software that a surprising number of robots are now
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
Volvo Cars reported sales of 58,677 cars worldwide in March, a decline by 22.1% compared with the same month last year. During the first quarter, the number of cars sold increased gradually to a total of 148,295 cars as the supply chain constraints affecting Volvo Cars and the auto industry continued to slowly ease. However, due to a disturbance related to lack of a specific semi-conductor, Volvo Cars is now experiencing a temporary deviation from that trend which is expected to impact productio
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
GM and Honda, which are already working together on two EVs coming to the US in 2024, announced a plan to “codevelop a series of affordable electric vehicles” to come to market by 2027. more…. The post GM and Honda announce plan to ‘codevelop series of affordable electric vehicles’ appeared first on Electrek.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
Hertz and Polestar, the Swedish premium electric performance car maker, announced a new global partnership that includes purchasing up to 65,000 electric vehicles (EVs) over five years. Availability is expected to begin in Spring 2022 in Europe and late 2022 in North America and Australia. Hertz will initially order Polestar 2, an award-winning EV which established Polestar’s position as a premium EV manufacturer with its first volume model.
Teslarati
APRIL 5, 2022
It appears that the United States Air Force is also starting to see the value of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system. Starlink was one of the options the US Air Force in Utah tested last week as a possible means to improve communications capabilities and support the operations of the F-35A Lightning II. According to the US Air Force, the tests were aimed at evaluating and exploring high-speed communications in remote locations.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2022
Firefly, a fast-growing in-car and car-top mobility media company and a Google Ventures-backed startup, will collaborate with Hyundai in promoting its vehicles—including EVs—to rideshare fleets and drivers across key US cities. The vehicles will be ready to have Firefly’s in-car and on-car screens installed, generating advertising revenue to subsidize the fleets and drivers.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 5, 2022
The UK auto market saw plugin electric vehicles take 22.7% share in March, up strongly from 13.5% year on year. Overall auto volumes were 243,749, down some 45% from the seasonal norms of the pre-pandemic years. Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 are the 6th and 7th best selling autos in the UK so far […].
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
According to research teams and engineers at multiple US energy laboratories, the acceleration of EV adoption will not reach any sort of “tipping” point in which charging EVs will overwhelm the electrical grid. In fact, experts state that the entire industry is well aware of this imminent electrical load coming to the US grid and is adapting daily to support a future dominated by EVs. more….
Teslarati
APRIL 5, 2022
Amazon has announced a series of record-breaking launch contracts that will place a “majority” of its 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper constellation, which aims to blanket the Earth in high-quality internet alongside OneWeb, Starlink, and Telesat. Of 68 firm launch contracts and a total of 83 contracts including unexercised options, SpaceX – the world’s most cost-effective, available launch provider – is fully absent.
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
Portugal’s new Socialist Party-majority government has moved its target of reaching 80% clean energy in electricity production forward to 2026, four years earlier than previously planned. more…. The post Portugal brings forward 80% clean energy target to 2026 from 2030 appeared first on Electrek.
Teslarati
APRIL 5, 2022
SpaceX’s first upgraded 33-engine Super Heavy booster appears to have passed a crucial test with surprising ease, boding well for a smooth qualification process. Attempting that test so early on did not appear to be SpaceX’s initial plan. Instead, shortly before Super Heavy Booster 4’s third and likely final removal from Starbase’s ‘orbital launch mount’ (OLM) on March 24th, SpaceX transported a massive structural test stand from a Starbase storage yard to the
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
American EV automaker Rivian has shared production totals for Q1 of 2022 less than a month after sharing revised production goals for the year. Despite a slow ramp-up of EV production, Rivian stated that it remains on track to achieve its 2022 output numbers. more…. The post Rivian reports producing 2,553 EVs in Q1 of 2022, delivering 1,227 of them appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 5, 2022
Bernard Lakey grew up on a farm some 60 kilometers from Melbourne in Victoria. It was a genuine rural environment up to the late ’70s, when subdivisions started to change the area. In the ’60s, it was all horses and working dogs, but as the ’70s rolled on, motorbikes entered the scene — firstly as […].
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced it has chosen EV startup Canoo to provide zero-emission EVs to transport its crew to the launchpad for NASA’s upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon. Canoo will soon join the likes of Tesla and Rivian as EV automakers integrated into the realm of space exploration. more…. The post NASA contracts Canoo to build EVs that will transport astronauts to launchpad for Artemis missions appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 5, 2022
Electrifying Air and Sea Vehicles Could Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Lower Noise, and Expand Mobility Options for Rural Communities Some have called 2023 the “year of the electric vehicle (EV),” noting the dozens of new battery-powered models set to come available in the United States across all vehicle classes. That milestone is owed, in part, […].
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
Lexus is about to unveil its first all-electric vehicle, the Lexus RZ 450e, later this month, and it has started teasing it with new pictures. It is expected to be based on the Toyota BZ4x and features a yoke steering wheel. more…. The post Lexus unveils new pictures of its first all-electric car and it has a yoke steering wheel appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 5, 2022
E-Scooters have become a familiar sight in cities worldwide in recent years, with many new companies renting them for use. But their arrival has also brought new safety concerns. Now, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, present a framework for comparing how different micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, and bicycles move in cities, a […].
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
We have seen many automakers benchmark and reverse-engineer Tesla vehicles, but rarely the other way around. Tesla was spotted testing a Lucid Air – which has over 500 miles of range – on its test track at Fremont factory. more…. The post Tesla is testing a Lucid Air with over 500 miles of range on its test track appeared first on Electrek.
Teslarati
APRIL 5, 2022
Rivian Automotive announced it produced 2,553 vehicles while delivering 1,227 of them during 2022’s first quarter, reaffirming its goal to build 25,000 all-electric cars this year. “Rivian Automotive, Inc. ( NASDAQ: RIVN ) today announced production totals for the quarter ending March 31, 2022,” it said in an 8-K filing with the SEC. “The company produced 2,553 vehicles at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois and delivered 1,227 vehicles during the same period.
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
GM has finally restarted production on the Bolt EV and EUV lines after being out of production for the better part of a year due to an issue with its LG battery cells. more…. The post GM finally resumes production on the Chevy Bolt appeared first on Electrek.
Teslarati
APRIL 5, 2022
Volkswagen plans to launch a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for self-driving operations, including a robotaxi fleet, delivery services, and shuttles. The design of the VW SPV will be significantly different from the ID. Buzz , which has been gaining popularity since the company unveiled it last month. The ID. Buzz comes in two variants: the microbus and the cargo van.
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
The House Oversight Committee held a 3.5-hour long hearing today on USPS’ contract to buy tens of thousands of gas guzzling trucks from Oshkosh Defense to replace its aging delivery fleet. more…. The post Oversight Committee grills USPS over gas-guzzler contract appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 5, 2022
Story from Sam Moran, as shared with David Waterworth The other day I pulled up in our mighty Tesla Model 3 to use the QESH (Queensland Electric Super Highway) charger at Helensvale Train Station in Queensland. It was pouring down rain and, of course, the charger had no cover — which wasn’t a major issue. […].
Electrek
APRIL 5, 2022
During the 37th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Teledyne Brown Engineering, along with partners Sierra Space and Nissan North America, announced it is designing a crewed Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV) to support future NASA missions on the Moon. All three companies have varying levels of experience in space technology and hope to transport astronauts on future missions. more….
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