Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Drivers struck and killed at least 7,508 people walking in the United States in 2022—the most pedestrian deaths since 1981— according to a new report released today by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). The report also includes an analysis of 2021 data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that finds that pedestrian fatalities have increased 77% since 2010, compared to 25% for all other traffic-related deaths.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2023

A Tesla Cybertruck patent reveals a few details about the electric pickup truck’s tailgate. The patent for the Tesla Cybertruck talks about a power tailgate mechanism, allowing the driver to open and close the door panels at the back of the all-electric pickup truck. The Tesla Cybertruck patent reveals that the electrified pickup would have a button or switch automatically opening or closing the tailgate.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

A research consortium led by Ford Research and Innovation Center Aachen is currently investigating the technical conditions under which diesel vehicles can run on dimethyl ether (DME) as an alternative fuel. DME is a gas that has similar physical properties to the liquid gases propane and butane and is also liquid at an atmospheric pressure of 5 to 6 bar.

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2023

Tesla has unblocked the view into Gigafactory Texas’ windows – giving us, through drones, a peek into the Cybertruck production line. more… The post Tesla unblocks Giga Texas windows, letting drones peek into Cybertruck production line appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Volvo Trucks North America is working with the University of Minnesota (UMN) to conduct extreme weather testing for its Class 8 VNR Electric model to analyze the impact of ambient temperature on a truck’s battery life. UMN has teamed up with Murphy Logistics Solutions (Murphy) to test the battery-electric trucks in Minnesota with cold winter temperatures and H-E-B Grocery Company (HEB) in Texas to test during periods of intense summer heat.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2023

Lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:35 a.m. ET (15:35 UTC), a Falcon 9 successfully deployed 56 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. Originally scheduled to launch at 9:56 a.m., thunderstorms in the area forced SpaceX to delay the launch just a bit to find a window in the weather. Liftoff!

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2023

Rivian on Wednesday announced its acquisition of Swedish mapping company Iternio, the developer of the EV trip-planning app A Better Routeplanner. The app, which allows EV drivers to plan routes incorporating charging stops, will be maintained as a standalone feature for drivers of all EVs, but its core features will be integrated with Rivian's.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. To understand the additional impacts of this transition, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Michigan conducted life-cycle comparisons of battery-powered electric vehicle fleets to a gas-powered one, using real-world rideshare data and a novel agent-based model built in Julia for simulating ridesourcing services with high geospati

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2023

Mazda has begun discussions with Panasonic for supply of cylindrical battery cells for future EVs, the two companies announced Wednesday. The goal of the discussions is to hammer out an agreement for Panasonic to supply cells from factories in Japan and North America for use by Mazda in EVs "scheduled to be launched in the latter half of the 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company is testing the performance capabilities of its IONIQ 5 N—N brand’s first high-performance, all-electric model—at the Nürburgring racing circuit in Germany in preparation for the vehicle’s world premiere in July. For IONIQ 5 N, Hyundai Motor has fused its Electrified-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) with N’s motorsport-bred technologies and expertise to maximize the EV’s high performance capabilities and ensure it meets N’s three pillars of N performance: Corner R

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 23, 2023

Fisker Inc. will today begin making its first deliveries of the Fisker Ocean SUV to customers in the US. Fisker will commence deliveries of 22 vehicles at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time, at a company facility in the Los Angeles area where product specialists can familiarize customers with their Fisker Ocean One launch edition SUVs. This […] The post Fisker Makes First 22 Deliveries of Fisker Ocean SUV to Customers in the US appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Australia-based Woodside Energy has made a final investment decision to develop the large, high-quality Trion resource in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. First oil is targeted for 2028. Trion is located in a water depth of 2,500 meters, approximately 180 km off the Mexican coastline and 30 km south of the Mexico/US maritime border. Trion was discovered in 2012 by PEMEX.

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2023

Siemens Gamesa reviewed its wind turbine fleet’s failure rates and discovered that it has much bigger problems than it thought – and that they could take years to fix. more… The post Siemens Gamesa is having big wind turbine problems – why this is really bad appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Toyota Motor Corporation has started offering an upgrade service in Japan that allows customers to evolve their cars swiftly in line with technological innovation as part of the company’s efforts to enhance car value. The service is available for the Prius U Grade. Toyota has been offering retrofitting of new equipment that was not installed at the time of purchase through KINTO FACTORY.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2023

Taiwan is a tech giant, and now it’s going to be home to the newest lithium-ion battery recycling plant. RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. and Zenith Chemical Corporation have created a 50–50 joint venture for the project, which will be able to recycle 2,000 metric tons per year of black mass material.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Rheinmetall has received two more orders for fuel cell components. Together, the orders (for cathode flaps and shut-off valves) are worth a figure in the mid-two-digit million-euro range. Placed by customers in North America, the orders were booked last month. They bring the aggregate value of Rheinmetall cathode flap orders to a three-digit million-euro figure.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2023

A video of Tesla Cybertruck production taking place on lines at Gigafactory Texas has been leaked, confirming the automaker is continuing to make strides in its initial builds of the all-electric pickup as deliveries near. Tesla has been building the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas since Q1, as alpha prototypes were shown being manufactured in photos released by the automaker during the first earnings call of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $35 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0003117 ) to support a new program to enable zero-process-emission ironmaking and ultra-low life cycle emissions steelmaking. The iron and steel industry accounts for around 7% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 11% of global CO 2 emissions and, by 2050, global iron and steel demand is projected to rise as much as 40%.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 23, 2023

J.D. Power has released its Initial Quality Study for 2023 and the big takeaway seems to be that the automotive industry continues to fumble. While manufacturers are bending over backward to implement novel technologies and features, last year’s survey revealed that customers felt vehicular quality reached its lowest level in more than three decades.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 23, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) said on Thursday it intends to loan up to $9.2 billion to a joint venture between Ford and SK On for the construction of three manufacturing plants to produce batteries for Ford Motor Company’s future Ford and Lincoln electric vehicles. BlueOval SK, joint venture between Ford and SK, is expected to […] The post SK On-Ford JV BlueOval SK to get $9.2 billion US loan for battery plants appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2023

Tesla announced a week ago that Giga Texas (its large factory just outside of Austin, Texas) had produced 10 million of the company’s new 4680 battery cells. That sounds like a lot! Well, let’s be honest, that is a lot! However, it’s probably not as many as you’d think on the surface.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 23, 2023

Yesterday, in a livestreamed event, Dan O’Dowd —a software billionaire and vehement critic of Tesla Motors’ allegedly self-driving technologies—debated Ross Gerber, an investment banker who backs the company. The real challenge came after their talk, when the two men got into a Tesla Model S and tested its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software—a purportedly autonomous or near-autonomous driving technology that represents the high end of its suite of driver-assistance features the company calls Autopi

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 23, 2023

More and more automakers are joining the switch from CCS Type 1 adapters to the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) plug, most recently including Rivian. According to a recent announcement, Rivian will make its next vehicle generation with the NACS plug, joining Ford and GM and putting even more pressure on other automakers.

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2023

Nissan’s luxury division Infiniti revealed a modern brand refresh on Friday amid a multi-year sales slump. The revamp includes a new logo and Apple-like stores complete with signature scents and sounds. One thing missing from these showrooms – is fully electric vehicles. Infiniti showed off its first EV at a recent dealer meeting, with dealers describing it as a Tesla Model-like electric sedan. more… The post Infiniti shows dealers new Tesla Model S-like electric sedan amid brand refresh appeare

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Innovation News Network

JUNE 23, 2023

Discover if a new set of guidelines targeted at removing space junk in the next five years can be achieved. The post Can ambitious targets for removing space junk be met? appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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JUNE 23, 2023

VinFast has unveiled the VF 3, a compact electric car designed specifically for the Vietnamese market and positioned to become the “national vehicle” of choice because of its size and mass market intentions.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 23, 2023

After the successful market launch in Germany and an ever-increasing availability and delivered cars for customers, with the Pulse smart announced the adventurous variant of the smart #1 that will hit European roads in 2023. For the German market, it will be available to order starting the 22nd of June. Other European markets will follow […] The post Smart introduces all-wheel drive options for the smart #1 appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 23, 2023

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA IROS 2023 : 1–5 October 2023, DETROIT CLAWAR 2023 : 2–4 October 2023, FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL Humanoids 2

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 23, 2023

Polestar will be returning to the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed on 13-16 July, debuting new products including Polestar 3, the limited production Polestar 2 BST edition 230, and the upgraded model year 2024 Polestar 2 which introduces more range, greater efficiency, rear-wheel drive, faster charging, and design enhancements. The latest Polestar 5 prototype will […] The post Polestar to showcase Polestar 3 at Goodwood Festival of Speed appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2023

Although it isn’t obvious, Rivian is the midst of a big transformation right now. Until recently, almost all of its sales have been in its high end, 4-motor pickup trucks. However, the company announced in its latest earning’s call that it was switching its mix of output to favor its 7-seat R1S SUV which has much less competition currently and on the horizon.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 23, 2023

Mazda Motor Corporation started mass production of the Mazda MX-30 e‑Skyactiv R-EV1 for the European market at its Ujina Plant No. 1 in Hiroshima. The MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV is Mazda’s first mass-production vehicle with a rotary engine in 11 years since the Mazda RX-8 was discontinued in June 2012. Mazda has cumulatively produced over 1.99 million […] The post Mazda Starts Mass Production of MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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InsideEVs

JUNE 23, 2023

Tesla’s most affordable car will also reportedly get new seats that are more comfortable.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 23, 2023

Belgian circular technology group Umicore has inaugurated one of the world‘s largest and most advanced solid-state battery material prototyping facilities in Olen, Belgium, which will expand and accelerate its innovation and technology development in this domain. Solid state batteries are expected to propel electric mobility and will complement Umicore’s world leading portfolio of battery materials […] The post Umicore speeds up its EV battery materials R&D with large-scale prototypin

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Electrek

JUNE 23, 2023

Ford, GM, and Stellantis will win the largest share of the US EV market over the next four years, but it won’t be easy. more… The post Car Wars report says Ford, GM, and Stellantis will gain the most US EV market share appeared first on Electrek.

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