Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) awarded the “Automotive Excellence Award” to Ford Motor Company for its advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) innovations in the all-electric 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. The award was presented by John Catterall, vice president of AISI’s automotive program, at the 20 th annual Great Designs in Steel (GDIS) in-person symposium at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, MI.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2022

Electrify America announced Wednesday that it’s buying into enough solar to more than offset the energy the network delivers to EVs from its charging hardware. With a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) formed with Terra-Gen, Electrify America is enabling a new 75-MW Mojave Desert solar facility that will allow its annual energy output.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Volvo Trucks is opening its first battery assembly plant. Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. This investment shows our strong commitment to electrifying truck transportation. By 2030, at least 50 percent of all trucks we sell globally will be electric and by 2040, we will be a carbon-neutral company.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2022

Kia is betting big on electric vans, and it's jumping in with plans to build a new factory within its existing Hwaseong, South Korea, manufacturing complex dedicated to the production of them. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2023, with vehicle production scheduled to start in the second half of 2025, Kia said Wednesday.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Element 1 Corporation (e1NA), Zhejiang Methanol Hydrogen Technology (ZMHT) and Zhejiang Element 1 (e1China) have formed a joint venture company—Zhejiang Hydrogen One Energy Technology Co., Ltd.— to drive methanol-based hydrogen generation technology and commercialize e1NA’s technology throughout Greater China. The new JV will have rights to sell e1NA’s S-Series product for applications in backup power generation, the M-Series for on-board vehicle hydrogen generation, and the L-Series

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2022

A total of 19,743 Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 electric cars are being recalled over rollaway concerns. Separate recall notices from Hyundai and Kia both state that a "software error in the Shifter Control Unit" in affected vehicles could disengage park, allowing vehicles to roll. This could happen because of a voltage fluctuation when a vehicle is.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 19, 2022

Electrify America is going big on solar to offset its charging network. Honda teased its Prologue electric SUV. Kia and Hyundai are recalling some of their latest and greatest EVs to the dealership due to a software issue. And Kia sees electric vans are part of the mobility future. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Honda on Wednesday.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Kia Corporation will establish a new manufacturing facility dedicated to producing electric Purpose Built Vehicles (PBVs). The intelligent new production hub for PBVs will be located within Kia’s existing Hwaseong manufacturing site in Korea. The company plans to begin construction in the first half of 2023, with the aim to commence commercial production in the second half of 2025.

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Cars That Think

MAY 19, 2022

Arguably, the primary job of any military organization is moving enormous amounts of stuff from one place to another as quickly and efficiently as possible. Some of that stuff is weaponry, but the vast majority are things that support that weaponry—fuel, spare parts, personnel, and so on. At the moment, the US military has two options when it comes to transporting large amounts of payload.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

GVB, the public transport company of Amsterdam, is further expanding its electric fleet with 84 new generation VDL Citeas. These vehicles, based entirely on an electric powertrain, will be deployed from 2023 onwards. The framework contract includes an option for a further 130 new VDL Citeas, which in the coming years will contribute to a further reduction in CO 2 emissions.

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Electrek

MAY 19, 2022

Tesla has started to push a new Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software update with improvements based on over 250,000 training video clips from its fleet. Based on the release notes, it’s a big update. more…. The post Tesla releases new Full Self-Driving Beta update, and it’s a big one appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced a new formulation of its popular Endurance WHA waste haul tire made with a renewable soybean oil compound. The Endurance WHA is now made with soybean oil, which replaces a portion of the petroleum-based materials used in its production. The soybean oil in the tire is a bio-based material currently sourced from surplus left over from food applications and is another step in Goodyear’s global journey to fully replace petroleum-derived oils by 2040.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

That’s right, kids: it’s been exactly ONE YEAR since Ford officially unwrapped its all electric F-150 Lightning pickup. It was on that day that electric cars smashed their way into the mainstream, with America’s best-selling truck — no, the world’s best-selling truck! — winning hearts and minds not with messages of reduced emissions and pushing […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Together with its partner Nordic Marine Oil, Neste is piloting a new Neste Marine 0.1 Co-processed marine fuel in Scandinavia, a solution helping the maritime sector to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The ISCC PLUS-certified marine fuel enables up to 80% GHG emission reduction over the lifecycle compared to fossil fuels without compromising the product quality and performance.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

Tesla is having AI Day #2 in a few months. CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would hold a second AI Day on August 19 later this year. He also said that there were so many cool updates regarding Tesla AI, and when asked by Dave Lee about showing a sneak preview of the Tesla […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

BlackBerry Limited and Magna International Inc. have entered into a multi-year agreement to collaborate on various integrated Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) solutions. As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will provide Magna with QNX software including the QNX Software Development Platform , QNX OS for Safety , QNX Platform for ADAS , as well as professional engineering services for system-level integration, performance optimization, and solution validation.

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Electrek

MAY 19, 2022

Four EU countries – Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands – jointly announced yesterday that they have set an offshore wind target of at least 65 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 and then intend to more than double that combined total to 150 GW by 2050. For perspective, according to the Global Wind Energy Council, as of September 2021, there were 35.3 GW of global offshore wind capacity. more….

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InsideEVs

MAY 19, 2022

Located between LA and Las Vegas, the charging hub in Barstow, CA, will be the largest one in the country, the town's mayor claims.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

With multiple crises raging (chips, batteries, covid, Ukraine war…), disruption is the order of the day, and one can say that anything goes right now in Germany. The overall automotive market was hit full frontal, with the market dropping 22% last month, and this time even full electric vehicles (BEVs) were down 7% year over […].

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Electrek

MAY 19, 2022

Tesla’s (TSLA) stock has fallen significantly in the last few months, and even more so over the last week with the broader market and being removed from the S&P 500 ESG Index. Now some important investors appear to panic, and one is asking for a stock buyback program from Tesla. more…. The post Tesla (TSLA) stock has fallen and some important investors appear to panic appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 19, 2022

It appears that Tesla customers who ordered a refreshed Model X are in for a longer-than-expected wait. As shared by several Tesla reservation holders online, the company has updated their estimated Model X delivery dates once more. This time around, some Tesla Model X reservation holders are reporting that their delivery estimates have been updated to December 2022-April 2023. .

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Electrek

MAY 19, 2022

Tesla has started building a new Supercharger station in the Mojave Desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas that will likely become tied for the largest Supercharger station in the world. more…. The post Tesla is building one of the world’s largest Supercharger stations in the Mojave Desert appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 19, 2022

On Wednesday, May 18, The Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) board was briefed on more details about The Boring Company’s (TBC) proposed tunnel from the San Antonio International Airport to downtown. Bexar County Public Works director and county engineer Renee Green briefed the Alamo RMA board on The Boring Company tunnel project before the members went into executive session.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

EVage is setting up micro factories to produce its Model.X delivery vans to help satisfy the burgeoning demand for electric 4-wheel delivery vehicles. The plan is to build Exoskeleton Structures upon which several different body types can be affixed — SUVs, vans, trucks, and other delivery vehicles. A team of 50 experts from fields as […].

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Teslarati

MAY 19, 2022

Elon Musk’s deal with Twitter, which was agreed upon on April 25 for $44 billion, is not on hold and will move forward, company executives told employees on Thursday. Musk, who said the deal was on hold pending proof of Twitter’s estimation of bots among its active users, has been backtracking the deal for several days and announced he would seek a lower price.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

Not so long ago, Brian Craighead, Founder and Development Director at Energy Renaissance, was working on an oil drilling rig. Now, he is doing his penance building Australia’s first lithium-ion battery gigafactory. Mind you, it is next to a service station. We had our phone interview about Energy Renaissance while he was sitting in his […].

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Teslarati

MAY 19, 2022

The third largest individual Tesla shareholder, KoGuan Leo, advised the company to buy back TSLA shares with its free cash flow. KoGuan believes that Tesla can buy back its undervalued stocks while investing in FSD, the Optimus, and more gigafactories. He argued that the Fremont Factory, Giga Shanghai, Giga Texas, and Giga Berlin were like “money printing machines.”.

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Electrek

MAY 19, 2022

Tesla might not love California, or at least not enough to keep its headquarters there, but California still loves Tesla, or at least enough to buy more Tesla vehicles than ever. Tesla sales in California are up 83% this year. more…. The post Tesla might not love California, but California still loves Tesla appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 19, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk will meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday, May 20. According to Barron’s , Bolsonaro previously stated that he had planned a private meeting “with a very important person who is recognized throughout the world.” He did not name Elon Musk, but a government source has leaked that Bolsonaro will be meeting with the Tesla CEO.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

Electric car prices, iconic electrified vehicles chauffeuring VIPs in Versailles, battery research, more sustainable battery components, and more — see the latest EV news below. Electric Car & SUV News The wait is finally over! — Start of ID. Buzz01 pre-sales “Without taking into account the environmental bonus in Germany, the gross list price for the […].

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Teslarati

MAY 19, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group and affiliate automaker Kia have agreed to spend $16.5 billion to produce electric vehicles at a new factory in South Korea. Hyundai Motor Group, which includes Kia, Hyundai Motor, and Genesis, said the factory will build 150,000 vehicles every year, supplying Hyundai and Kia with enough volume to supply customers with EVs. The factory ultimately would increase annual EV production in South Korea to 1.44 million units by 2030.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 19, 2022

Round Two! Michael Blaustein recently enjoyed some exciting electric motorcycle racing and is here to share the fun with us in text form. Enjoy his Round Two writeup of the Encel MotoE World Cup.

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Teslarati

MAY 19, 2022

Elon Musk is not happy that Tesla, a company whose sole purpose is to accelerate the world’s advent of sustainable energy, has been kicked off the S&P 500 ESG Index, an equity index that tracks and scores companies according to environmental, social, and governance principles. During its recent rebalancing of the S&P 500 ESG Index, the S&P Dow Jones Indices noted that Tesla was kicked off the esteemed list due to its low S&P DJI ESG score.

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InsideEVs

MAY 19, 2022

Many who ordered the refreshed Model X in 2021 have now seen their delivery date pushed to 2023.

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