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Volkswagen Group China unveils its first eVTOL passenger drone prototype: V.MO

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. In 2020, Volkswagen Group China launched a Vertical Mobility project to explore the next generation of mobility solutions, including the urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace.

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Mercedes EQB and Vision EQXX reviews, police F-150 Lightning, US-made ID.4, EV tax credit: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

How far weekly does Sono say its Sion solar EV might go without ever charging? Which automaker launched a service aimed at answering questions about EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 29, 2022. This week, we drove the one-and-only efficiency-focused Mercedes-Benz.

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NIO Power Europe plant to commence operation; support for battery swapping and R&D

Green Car Congress

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Hui Zhang, Vice President of NIO Europe Office, jointly announced that NIO Power Europe Plant in Pest megye, with investment from NIO, will commence operation in September. With a footprint of around 10,000 square meters, NIO Power Europe Plant, as NIO’s first overseas plant, will serve as the manufacturing, service and R&D center for NIO’s power products in Europe, with its major business covering the manufacturing and after-

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Volkswagen Group China unveils state-of-the-art eVTOL passenger drone prototype

Electric Cars Report

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. In 2020, Volkswagen Group China launched a Vertical Mobility project to explore the next generation of mobility solutions, including the urban […] The post Volkswagen Group China unveils state-of-the-art eVTOL passenger drone prototype appeared first on Elec

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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CAF starts dynamic track testing of hydrogen-powered train

Green Car Congress

This week, CAF started dynamic track testing of the hydrogen-powered demonstrator train being developed for the FCH2RAIL project. FCH2RAIL is a consortium of CAF, DLR, Toyota, Renfe, ADIF, CNH2, IP and Stemmann-Technik. This demonstrator train is based on one of Renfe’s commuter trains, in which a new power generation system has been installed. This system, which utilizes a hybridization of energy from hydrogen fuel cells and batteries, has been integrated into the vehicle’s existing traction sy

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Britain’s Jake Dennis wins London E-Prix double-header opening race

Electric Cars Report

British driver Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti) delivered a commanding lights-to-flag performance to win the first race in the 2022 SABIC London E-Prix double-header, repeating his exploits of last season on the unique outdoor/indoor street circuit at ExCeL London. The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship returned to ExCeL London following last season’s debut but was […] The post Britain’s Jake Dennis wins London E-Prix double-header opening race appeared first on Electric Cars Repor

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Elon Musk countersues Twitter

Teslarati

After being sued by Twitter, Elon Musk responded with his own countersuit in his legal fight against the social media network. Twitter decided to sue Elon Musk and both will go to court in October to resolve the $44 billion deal. Earlier this year, Twitter accepted the Tesla CEO’s offer to buy the platform. Although Elon Musk had promised not to back out of the deal, this was well before he realized that something was up with Twitter’s claims that its spam and fake accounts represent

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San Diego Electric School Buses Shuttling Electricity Into The Grid Now

CleanTechnica EVs

What’s cooler than an electric school bus? An electric school bus with vehicle-to-grid capability. And that’s what some schools in San Diego, California, now have. San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the Cajon Valley Union School District, an Nuvve have just kicked off a vehicle-to-grid trial with 8 electric school buses. Naturally, the plan is […].

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Elon Musk slams Wikipedia for restricting edits to “recession” page

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spoken up against Wikipedia’s decision to restrict edits on its “recession” page. The definition of a recession has become quite controversial lately, amidst the Biden administration’s insistence that the United States is not in a recession. Wikipedia, arguably the internet’s most prolific online encyclopedia, decided to block users from revising its “recession” page.

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Tesla Model Y & Model X Are 1st Electric Vehicles To Reach Mt. Everest Base Camp (Video)

CleanTechnica EVs

Even 5 years back, no one would’ve imagined an electric vehicle reaching anywhere near the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest (Mount Qomolangma in Chinese). But the ever-expanding network of Tesla Superchargers has made it possible. A Tesla Model X and a Tesla Model Y have reached the Mt. Everest Base Camp. The incredible journey was […].

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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My Friend has had 34 Cars. He’s only kept his Tesla Model 3.

Teslarati

My friend Travis has had 34 cars in 11 years of having a license. A Tesla Model 3 is the only one he has kept in his driveway for more than a few months. He’s now going on his fifth year of Tesla ownership. In 2018, we were playing Xbox together when told me he was buying a Tesla Model 3. In the four years since, he has had numerous vehicles, from Jeeps to pickup trucks, to performance vehicles, to muscle cars. “I have owned 34 vehicles.

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World’s Longest Journey In An Electric Auto: My Epic Trip from Bengaluru to Bum La Pass

CleanTechnica EVs

Log kya kahenge? (What will people say) This is the mindset that Jothi Viknesh, a 32-year-old from Tamil Nadu, sought to defeat when he undertook a trip across India in an electric vehicle in December 2021. Republished from the better india Aboard his 7.3kW powered Mahindra Treo, an electric auto-rickshaw aptly named “Hope,” Jothi wanted […].

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Tesla China flexes with gigantic batch of Model Y exports for Q3

Teslarati

It’s an amazing sight — Teslas as far as the eye can see. Recent drone flyovers of the Nangang Pier in Shanghai show that Gigafactory Shanghai is definitely producing large numbers of vehicles after completing its most recent round of upgrades this month. In Nangang Pier, thousands upon thousands of Teslas were recently sighted, just waiting to be loaded onto transport ships. .

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Tesla is about to launch customer pictures in space on SpaceX’s lunar orbiter mission

Electrek

Tesla is preparing to launch pictures of its customer in space on SpaceX’s lunar orbiter mission with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute of South Korea. more…. The post Tesla is about to launch customer pictures in space on SpaceX’s lunar orbiter mission appeared first on Electrek.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Tesla, Drive.AI top key players in the Intellgent Driving market

Teslarati

Tesla and Drive.ai are top key players in the Intellgent Driving market according to a new Global Intellgent Driving Market report. The report gives an overview of the 2021 growth of Intellgent Driving and how that growth has significant changes from the previous year as our global economy recovers from the impacts of Covid-19. In The Intellgent Driving report.

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: World’s smallest taco truck

Electrek

One of the coolest things about the funky electric vehicles sprinkled around China’s largest online shopping platform is their small size. They often look like they were inspired by full-size vehicles , but then somehow shrunk in the wash. Though this week’s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column looks like it might have partially melted in the wash too.

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News: 2023 Honda Civic Type R

Clean Fleet Report

Honda’s Hot Hatch Gets Hotter. This hot hatch is getting hotter, as the 2023 Honda Civic Type R will be the most powerful Civic ever. Honda invited the automotive press to the Hawthorne Jet Center in Southern California in mid-July to pull the sheet off the new Civic Type R. Exciting as the reveal was, Honda was a bit light on technical specifications, so this is what we know so far.

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Installing Home EV Chargers Just Got Much Easier (And Cheaper)

CleanTechnica EVs

A simple, inexpensive meter retrofit from Siemens and the startup ConnectDER could blow the home EV charging field wide open.

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Wheel-E Podcast! Trek e-bikes, Italian e-moped, Nimbus pod-car, Candela flying electric boat & more

Electrek

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time that includes new electric bicycles from Trek, Fantic, and Optibike, plus interesting electric mobility stories covering new electric motorcycles, flying electric boats, and lots more. more….

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Video offers rare glimpse inside NIO's plant in NeoPark

CN EV Post

Construction of NIO's facility in NeoPark began on April 29 last year and has taken 15 months so far. The post Video offers rare glimpse inside NIO's plant in NeoPark appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Elon Musk Reportedly Wants To Build His Own Airport Outside Austin

InsideEVs

Sources suggest Musk could use the airport for Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company employees.

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NIO ET7 production faces parts availability constraints, CEO says

CN EV Post

NIO had hoped that ET7 deliveries would come to a higher level in July, but parts availability has caused thousands of ET7s that could have been delivered to not be delivered. The post NIO ET7 production faces parts availability constraints, CEO says appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Quick Charge Podcast: July 30, 2022

Electrek

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. more…. The post Quick Charge Podcast: July 30, 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

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NIO Partner Day 2022 held as deliveries of ES7, ET5 get closer

CN EV Post

Deliveries of the NIO ES7 are expected to begin on August 28, and deliveries of the NIO ET5 are expected to begin in September. The post NIO Partner Day 2022 held as deliveries of ES7, ET5 get closer appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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The First Electric Truck Road Trip To The Northern Most Point In The US

InsideEVs

TFL EV can stake claim to being the first there, but it wasn't easy.

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NIO's swap station network covers all highways in Anhui

CN EV Post

The network is centered in Hefei, connecting 16 cities in Anhui province, and NIO has set up 18 battery swap stations. The post NIO's swap station network covers all highways in Anhui appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Is The GMC Hummer EV The Quickest Pickup In The World?

InsideEVs

Watch a few races against the Tesla Model Y Performance.

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Career Opportunities in the Electric Vehicle Industry

Get Electric Vehicle

We all are aware of the paradigm shift happening in the global automotive industry. The industry is trying to come up with more energy-intensive power sources. In the case of India, the cost of oil imports, rising pollution, and international pledges to combat global climate change are the most important driving factors of the country’s investment in this shift to electric mobility.

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Volkswagen Global BEV Sales Increased In H1 2022 By 25%

InsideEVs

That's mainly thanks to the first quarter, because the second quarter brings zero growth.

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The Fall and Rise of Russian Electronic Warfare

Cars That Think

A month into Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian troops stumbled upon a nondescript shipping container at an abandoned Russian command post outside Kyiv. They did not know it then, but the branch-covered box left by retreating Russian soldiers was possibly the biggest intelligence coup of the young war. Inside were the guts of one of Russia’s most sophisticated electronic warfare (EW) systems, the.

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Europe: Plug-In Car Sales Decreased 8% In June 2022

InsideEVs

Is Europe in trouble or it's just a temporary dip?

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SpaceX shares how it’s making Starlink satellites less bright.

Teslarati

SpaceX shared how it’s making its Starlink satellites less bright. The space exploration company published a document titled, Brightness Mitigation Best Practices for Satellite Operators that outlines how it’s working with the astronomy community to reduce light pollution. New document from @SpaceX [link] explaining what they have been doing to make their satellites less bright.

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New proton ceramic reactor stack for highly efficient hydrogen production and carbon capture in a single step

Green Car Congress

A team of researchers from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences and SINTEF in Norway, and Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain, has demonstrated a 36-cell well-balanced proton ceramic reactor stack enabled by a new interconnect that achieves complete conversion of methane with more than 99% recovery to pressurized hydrogen, leaving a concentrated stream of carbon dioxide.

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Scammers use Elon Musk’s face to advertise on Facebook and Instagram

Teslarati

Scammers are using doctored videos and images of Elon Musk to advertise on Facebook and Instagram. Meta, Facebook, nor Instagram are doing anything to stop these out-of-control scammers. Hopefully, that will change. Probably not. Busted! Andrea Stroppa, former contributor to the World Economic Forum , and cyber security researcher focusing on digital communication, social media, and research, shared what he found.

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