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FEV study highlights aluminum mass reduction dynamics in battery-electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

A study commissioned by the Aluminum Association and conducted by FEV North America, concludes that aluminum offers significant cost savings to automakers as net-zero priorities drive vehicle development, particularly in high volume programs. The study includes an analysis of three vehicle segments—city vehicle, family crossover and pickup truck—and finds aluminum is an economically attractive mass reduction tool to improve performance and efficiency in BEVs.

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DHL Orders Some Volvo Electric Trucks

CleanTechnica EVs

All over the world, if you want to get something there fast (especially documents), DHL are usually the folks to go to. Americans might not know how big they are, largely because the yellow vans disappeared from our roads in 2008, but before that happened, they were known for being lightning fast. That’s still the […].

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BMW Group opens new automated steel pressing facility at Swindon plant

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group has opened a new automated steel pressing facility at the company’s Swindon (UK) plant. The new press will produce steel panels for the MINI plant in Oxford at twice the rate of the old equipment which it replaces, with the steel blanks and finished panels handled by a new fleet of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs). New automated steel pressing facility at Swindon plant.

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Truck Manufacturers Sue to Continue Polluting

CleanTechnica EVs

On the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) and their member companies filed a lawsuit to delay a lifesaving California clean truck regulation: the Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rule. The HDO rule dramatically cuts air pollution from new diesel vehicles by reducing allowable oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from heavy-duty trucks by roughly […].

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

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Lilium and Livent to collaborate on R&D for high-performance Li-metal batteries

Green Car Congress

Lilium N.V, developer of the ll-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) Lilium Jet, and Livent Corporation , a producer of lithium products for the battery cell industry, will collaborate on the advancement of lithium-metal technology for use in high-performance battery cells. Lilium said that collaborating with Livent, a pioneer in lithium technology innovation and a global leader in lithium production for nearly eighty years, is an important step towards securing Lilium’s future acces

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Elon Musk’s Twitter stock purchase catches the SEC’s attention

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter stock purchase has caught the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency sent Musk a letter in April, which has now been released. The letter asks Musk why he did not file the required paperwork , which would disclose he has accumulated a 5 percent stake in the social media network, in the required 10-day period.

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Why Even Fox Loves The Ford F-150 Lightning

CleanTechnica EVs

Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in an echo chamber, especially with social media. It’s more fun and less frustrating to deal with like-minded people, and when it comes to electric vehicles, the sheer volume of misinformation just isn’t something anyone has time for. We know what works and what doesn’t, and those of […].

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Hyundai Tucson PHEV and Kia EV6 reviews, Mach-E and Air recalls, Mercedes' G-Turn: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which U.S. city is installing curbside chargers on request? Is it possible that brake dust emissions are higher for EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 27, 2022. This week we presented a couple of drive reviews. In a review of the 2022 Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid.

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: $500 Three-wheeled electric motorcycle

Electrek

Mother Nature may be beautiful, powerful, and mystifying, but it’s Father Time who eventually catches up with all of us. We start out young and eager on our cute little red tricycles, our parents giving us an early push. We grow into kids on our first real bike, then progress towards power as we mount our first motorcycle. The years pass as we hop from bike to bike, invariably chasing just a bit more power or speed.

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SpaceX joins Tesla in accepting Dogecoin for merchandise

Teslarati

Elon Musk said his aerospace company SpaceX will soon accept Dogecoin as a payment option for merchandise, joining Tesla, which has accepted the cryptocurrency since January. Musk, a frequently vocal supporter of some cryptocurrencies, made the announcement on Twitter, first reiterating that Tesla merch could be bought with the crypto. “Soon SpaceX merch too,” he added.

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

Brief

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Tesla quietly slashes referral program reward for solar roof

Electrek

Tesla has updated its referral program reward for solar roof installations to reduce it from $500 to $300 per referred installation. more…. The post Tesla quietly slashes referral program reward for solar roof appeared first on Electrek.

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Coming Soon To A Campground Near You: The Electric RV

CleanTechnica EVs

As you get ready to explore the scenic countryside this summer, you wish you could travel in an electric RV. What advances has the industry made?

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Report From China Says Nio Is Hiring For Manufacturing Positions In The US

InsideEVs

If this report is true, then it would confirm other rumors that Nio was looking to set up manufacturing in America.

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6,000 Registrations for Funky Cat, 16 Kia e-Niro Ambulances, “Project Thunderball” — EV News Today

CleanTechnica EVs

The Funky Cat, Kia e-Niro ambulances, the all-electric “Project Thunderball” roadster, and the first ever, genuine, full-speed Electric MOKE — there’s lots of fun EV news to share today, beyond what we’ve written about ourselves. Scroll down to see even more. Electric Car News 6,000 registrations of interest for the Funky Cat, which will launch […].

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

Oil

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Quick Charge Podcast: May 28, 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: May 28, 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

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EPA Announces $5-Billion Program To Make US School Buses Electric

InsideEVs

Last week, it announced the first round of funding of $500-million.

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Comeback from Hindustan Motors with New Ambassador Electric car.

Electric Vehicles India

Great comeback from Hindustan motors with the new attractive Ambassador Electric car produced with a partnership with a French Auto manufacturing company. Next-gen Ambassador Electric car to Indian Market. Hindustan Motors is well known for Ambassador fuel cars for many years due to low sales it dropped manufacturing the cars but now Hindustan Motors is planning to establish itself again in the Indian market but not a fuel car it’s an Electric car.

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Musk: Self Driving Cars Next Year

CleanTechnica EVs

Cars that need no human driver are coming next year, Elon Musk says -- again.

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China: Plug-In Car Sales Amaze Despite Lockdown In April 2022

InsideEVs

Five plug-ins managed to break into the overall top 10 for the very first time.

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Nio Planning A US Factory

CleanTechnica EVs

A US factory may be in the cards for Nio.

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China: Nidec Will Build A Huge Factory For 1 Million E-Axles Annually

InsideEVs

Nidec's target is to expand its global output to several million by 2025.

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CHEAPR Update April 2022

EV Club of CT

Treading Water – Awaiting New Program Implementation The data for April have been posted, a low number of 51 rebates. We are in a holding pattern at this point as we await the particulars of. Read more.

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New Mexico Becomes The Latest "Clean Cars" State

InsideEVs

15 states plus the District of Columbia have adopted Clean Cars rules, based on California’s emissions and fuel economy standards.

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TATA Avinya Unveiled. Top 10 features you should know.

EVehicleShop

In the month of May 2022, Tata Motors showcased their third-generation car Avinya. It’s a fully futuristic electric car that has never before been introduced by any Indian company to the Indian audience. Avinya has the potential to go beyond its limits and compete in the global luxury car segment. At its showcase event, the … TATA Avinya Unveiled.

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CATL Will Supply Cylindrical Battery Cells For Next Gen BMW EVs

InsideEVs

Is BMW going Tesla's way?

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

Guest Post By Priyans​ 2022 MG ZS EV electric car owner Mumbai, MH It has been a crazy ride. I just got the car delivered a couple of days ago, and coincidentally I had some work in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. Kalaburagi, also known as Gulbarga, is roughly 550-600 kms away from Mumbai and it is a perfect amount of distance one can travel in a day, in an electric vehicle.

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Eavesdropping on the Brain with 10,000 Electrodes

Cars That Think

Imagine a portable computer built from a network of 86 billion switches, capable of general intelligence sophisticated enough to build a spacefaring civilization—but weighing just 1.2 to 1.3 kilograms , consuming just 20 watts of power , and jiggling like Jell-O as it moves. There’s one inside your skull right now. It is a breathtaking achievement of biological evolution.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

Get Electric Vehicle

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. The Electric Vehicle Market Update, the fifth in a series of reports tracking EV growth point outs, The disruption of the supply chain during Covid has affected the automobile industry in the last few years.