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MIT study finds materials risk exposure increases significantly with vehicle electrification

Green Car Congress

Modern automobiles are built with more than 2,000 different compounds comprising 76 different elements. Now, a study by a team from MIT’s Materials Systems Laboratory, with support from Ford, provides insight into how electrification is changing vehicle composition and how that change is driving supply risk vulnerability. The study, published in Environmental Science & Technology , provides the first comprehensive, high-resolution (elemental- and compound-level) snapshot of material use in both

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Electric Jeeps, Volvo C40 Recharge up close, 50 mpg for under $30,000: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which automaker advised owners of its popular EV to park it outside? Which company thinks that CVTs are a good idea for electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 16, 2021. We got an up-close look at the Volvo C40 Recharge electric vehicle and its rounded.

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LG Chem to invest $5.3B in battery materials by 2025; part of $8.8B investment in new growth engines

Green Car Congress

LG Chem will invest 6 trillion KRW (US$5.3 billion) in battery materials by 2025, including efforts in anode materials, separation membranes, cathode binders, radiant adhesives, carbon nanotubes, and more, according to LG Chem CEO Hak Cheol Shin. The investment is part of a 10 trillion KRW (US$8.8 billion) investment in new growth engines, also including eco-friendly materials (3 trillion KRW) and new drugs (1 trillion KRW).

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Eviation Rolls Out 100% Electric Airplane Alice’s Production Version

CleanTechnica EVs

The electric aircraft market feels a bit like the electric car market in 2005 or 2010. We have a handful of startups trying to get off the ground, we have fun and exciting concept vehicles that will be available … someday, and we have large legacy airplane makers dipping their toes in the waters with […].

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

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Mercedes-Benz to produce battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell trucks at Wörth plant

Green Car Congress

The Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth is becoming the center for emission-free transport within the Mercedes-Benz truck production network. Management and the works council have agreed on a corresponding target picture for the site. Both parties agreed on key points for the future development and safeguarding of the future of Mercedes-Benz Trucks’ largest location.

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What would you buy with Elon Musk’s $164B fortune?

Teslarati

Elon Musk’s massive (roughly) $164,000,000,000 fortune makes him one of the richest people in the world. Despite most of his funds being locked up in Tesla shares and other assets, Musk’s incredible wealth has been put into an online game where the player has complete control over what to buy with the money if stocks and assets were cashed out.

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Tesla is closing its first-ever Supercharger to the public

Teslarati

Tesla is closing its first-ever Supercharger to the public. The Supercharger is located at SpaceX Headquarters and Tesla’s Design Studio in Hawthorne, California, in southwestern Los Angeles. Since September 2012, the Supercharger has been operating for owners in the Los Angeles area. It has been a monumental representation of the beginning of something big: Tesla’s world-class Supercharging network.

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X Shore Electric Boat Dubbed “Tesla of the Sea”

CleanTechnica EVs

When you’ve got an electric car and perhaps solar panels on your roof, next on the bucket list has to be collecting an electric boat. We’ve covered a few exciting-looking options over the years. The newest one to cross our lighthouse is the X Shore Eelex 8000. Tech journalist John Koetsier has dubbed it “the […].

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Pirelli launches new ‘High-Load’ tire for EVs, and Lucid is first in line to try

Teslarati

Italian tire maker Pirelli is launching its new “high load” tire specific for Hybrid and all-electric vehicles and SUVs. The high load tire will sport an “HL” marking on its sidewall as an indicator that it will have the ability to handle more weight, a necessity for electric cars due to their excessive mass because of heavy battery cells.

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Tesla Spec Ad Featured On Times Square Billboard — World’s Biggest — At No Cost To Tesla

CleanTechnica EVs

Billy Crammer, a talented content creator who often uses Tesla as his muse, created a Tesla spec ad a while back. That ad just got featured on the largest billboard in the world in Times Square. He tweeted, seemingly in surprise, that his short production had been displayed on the billboard, which is as long […].

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

Brief

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: $2,000 stretch limousine electric trike

Electrek

Back in high school, prom night saw several of the senior elite roll up to the dance in fancy limos. Something tells me that if I had pulled the same move in this funny stretch limousine electric tricycle, I might not have gotten a quick invite to the cool kids’ table. But that’s ok. Life’s too short to care about anything other than having fun — and this trike has fun written all over it in size 12,000 font. more… The post Awesomely Weird Alibaba EV of the Week: $2,000 s

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MINI Vision Urbanaut Looks Super Cool, But Will BMW Group Ever Produce Anything Like It?

CleanTechnica EVs

The MINI Vision Urbanaut is a truly cool, fun, exciting concept vehicle and BMW Group just put a physical version of it on stage at the DLD Summer conference in Munich. I’d like to say that I’m thrilled about that, but quite the opposite, I find it extremely frustrating. All of this work is going […].

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EVs To Be Biggest Revolution In Cars Since 1913, Says BBC

InsideEVs

How fast will electric cars go mainstream? The BBC says very fast, like the internet in the 90s.

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Tesla Now Offers FSD Subscription For $199 To Eligible Owners

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla is now offering a Full Self-Driving subscription monthly package for $199. This gives Tesla owners a monthly option instead of just an upfront payment of $10,000 for the software. It should be noted that this is a driver assistance system that doesn’t make Tesla’s vehicles fully autonomous. Drivers need to continue to remain attentive […].

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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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FIRST TIMER – 2021 Toyota Mirai

Clean Fleet Report

Behind the Scenes with a Couple & Their First Fuel Cell. Story and photos by John Faulkner. Everything is a first time. You name it, because at some point you have never done it until you did it. This is what makes life so exciting and interesting; trying new things and going new places. But what if your first time doing something is so completely different and out of character personally, it could redefine who you are and even change your thinking?

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HyperChange Tests Tesla’s FSD Beta V9 Under Seattle’s Monorails

CleanTechnica EVs

Gali Russell with HyperChange recently tested Tesla’s FSD Beta version 9 under Seattle’s monorail columns during rush hour. Julian @JFilche was along for the ride. Gali noted that previously, Tesla’s FSD Beta struggled with the monorails. Let’s see how it does after the update. “I’m not even sure how a human should navigate through that […].

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Quick Charge Podcast: July 17, 2021

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 17, 2021 appeared first on Electrek.

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Applications For Tesla “Pathway To START” Program Technician Now Open

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla is now accepting applications for a Pathway to START program technician position. In June, Tesla and Austin Community College announced the launch of Tesla’s START manufacturing program there, which gives students hands-on learning experiences for a manufacturing career at Tesla. On its application page, Tesla shared: “The Pathway to START Program Technician will go […].

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Octopus Energy Adds 23 PEUGEOT e-Expert vans to fleet

EV Obssesion

PEUGEOT has secured a sale with green energy provider Octopus Energy that will see the company take on 23 of the brand’s full electric e-Expert vans. Operating across its London-based fleet, the PEUGEOT e-Expert vans will be used to help Octopus Energy Services – its engineering arm – install electric vehicle (EV) charging points across […].

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Hoovie Buys Older Tesla Model S With Possibly Failing Battery

InsideEVs

This 2013 Model S P85 looks good and drives well, but it has one major problem.

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EV charging stations boosting electric vehicles adoption 

Electric Vehicles India

EV charging stations boosting electric vehicles adoption . In this article, we will see EV charging stations installations and the initiative taken by the governments and the private companies as well. Delhi govt-issued tender to set up charging stations for EVs . The Delhi government announced that it has issued a tender to select vendors to set up charging stations for electric vehicles in places such as shopping malls, departmental stores, hospitals, theatres, multiplexes, residential areas.

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Tesla Launches Full Self-Driving (FSD) Subscription Service

InsideEVs

It costs $99 or $199 a month depending on the vehicle’s current Autopilot package.

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VW ID.4 Max Priced From £48,510 In UK

InsideEVs

The sporty version of VW's electric SUV is well equipped, but it doesn't come cheap.

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The Roadie: Is This The Future Of Mobile EV DC Fast Charging?

InsideEVs

We check out this promising modular charging system first-hand.

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Mustang Mach-E GT Now Available In UK With Prices From £67,225

InsideEVs

Ford's controversial electric SUV is finally here.