Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

The DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and its licensee Moselle Technologies , have won two Cooperative Research and Development Awards (CRADA) and a 2021 DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office award to advance the process of using magnetic nanoparticles for capturing strategically important elements from water sources. The patent-pending technology, developed at PNNL, has been licensed exclusively by Moselle Technologies, a start-up business that is piloting the technology in several

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MAY 12, 2021

The 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV has been EPA-rated at 247 miles of range. That's a bit lower than the 250 miles General Motors estimated when the Bolt EUV was unveiled earlier this year. It's also less than the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV, which gets the same 259-mile range rating as the 2021 model. That makes sense, as the 2022 Bolt EV is essentially a.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Researchers from the University of Central Florida and the US Naval Research Laboratory have discovered an experimental configuration and flow conditions that generate a stabilized oblique detonation—a phenomenon that has the potential to revolutionize high-speed propulsion of the future. An open-access paper on their work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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MAY 12, 2021

The Canadian firm Li-Cycle will recycle leftover raw material from the manufacturing of Ultium battery cells for upcoming General Motors electric cars, the automaker announced Tuesday in a press release. Li-Cycle will recycle "up to 100% of the material scrap from battery-cell manufacturing," including cobalt, nickel, lithium, graphite, copper.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s eMobility business has been awarded a contract to supply a 24-to-12-volt DC-DC converter for use in a commercial heavy-duty battery electric vehicle (BEV) that will power accessories, such as antilock brakes and lighting. The BEV will be sold in the North American and China markets beginning later this year. Eaton’s specialty converter works in conjunction with another converter that takes power from the BEV’s 600-volt system and steps it down to 24 volts.

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MAY 12, 2021

Sometimes you need more electric-car driving range, or a cure for all the concern about getting from one charging station to another on a road trip. Or you can get by just fine with a compact car 360 days of the year but need a bigger vehicle—and a tow hitch—for the annual week up at the cabin. Nissan is offering a perk to Leaf buyers.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 12, 2021

Nissan is pointing out the flexibility EV shoppers have in services like Turo. The 2022 Bolt EV and EUV are rated for range. And GM has a plan for recycling materials from its Ultium EV cells. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV has been EPA-rated at 247 miles of range. While that’s not quite the 250 miles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Subaru will name its new full-electric SUV Solterra. Designed as a joint venture between Subaru and Toyota, the Solterra features a new, dedicated all-electric platform named the e-SUBARU Global Platform. The joint venture combines Subaru’s expertise in all-wheel drive technology with Toyota’s vehicle electrification technology. To create the all-new e-SUBARU Global Platform, Subaru engineers worked to bring together the brand’s all-wheel drive capability, superior driving dynamics and world lea

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Electrek

MAY 12, 2021

Elon Musk has updated us on the timelines for Tesla’s Full Self-Driving v9 update, which is apparently just weeks away, and the FSD Subscription, which is coming in “about a month.” more… The post Elon Musk: Tesla Full Self-Driving v9 is weeks away, FSD Subscription about a month appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture between General Motors and LG Energy Solution, announced an agreement with Li-Cycle to recycle up to 100% of the material scrap from battery cell manufacturing. The new recycling process will allow Ultium Cells to recycle battery materials, including cobalt, nickel, lithium, graphite, copper, manganese and aluminum.

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MAY 12, 2021

Tesla has reportedly applied to enter the profitable renewable fuel credit market that is currently dominated by ethanol producers as it is expected to be opened to electric vehicles. more… The post Tesla prepares to disrupt ethanol producers by entering renewable fuel credit market appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Arbios Biotech, a joint venture between Licella and Canfor ( earlier post ), and Shell Catalysts & Technologies (SC&T), have formed a new global alliance aimed at utilizing SC&T’s upgrading technology capability in the pursuit of a low-carbon intensity, circular-economy-focused biorefinery. Arbios Biotech was formed to commercialize Licella’s Cat-HTR platform, a globally leading hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology, for various forms of wood and post-consumer biomass around the world, part

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Electrek

MAY 12, 2021

Tesla has removed its Bitcoin payment option for the online configurator for its electric vehicles overnight. It’s not clear if it’s a permanent or temporary move. Update : Elon Musk confirmed the change was due to concerns over the use of fossil fuel in mining bitcoins. more… The post Tesla removes Bitcoin payment option over energy use concerns appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

DARPA recently awarded contracts for the first phase of the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The goal of the DRACO program is to demonstrate a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) system above low Earth orbit in 2025. The three prime contractors are General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin. Rapid maneuver is a core tenet of modern Department of Defense (DoD) operations on land, at sea, and in the air.

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MAY 12, 2021

Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris Everyone loves a good mystery, especially when it has to do with Tesla and a potential battery breakthrough. In regards to Tesla’s rumored acquisition of a Canadian battery startup, we know just enough to spin an intriguing story (at least we hope you, dear readers, will find it so). […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

SK Inc., the holding company of SK Group, has invested an additional US$35.9 million (40 billion won) in SES (formerly SolidEnergy Systems), a developer of next-generation lithium metal batteries ( earlier post ). With this second investment, following the original 30-billion won (US$26.7 million) investment in 2018, SK now is the third-largest shareholder of the advanced battery company, following the CEO of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek and founder Qichao Hu.

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Electrek

MAY 12, 2021

GM has released cool new footage of the GMC Hummer EV electric pickup off-roading, as well as the full off-road specs. more… The post GM releases cool GMC Hummer EV electric pickup off-roading footage and full specs appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla would be suspending the option to pay for vehicles using Bitcoin, as “We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for Bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal, which has the worst emissions of any fuel.” Tesla invested $1.5 billion into Bitcoin in December, according to a 10-K filing with the SEC that was released in early 2021. “Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe it has a pro

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Electrek

MAY 12, 2021

The Electrification Coalition delivered a letter to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday, backed by 58 businesses , including Rivian, Volvo, EVgo, and Arrival , to name a few. The letter urges the governor to join the Multi-State Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Memorandum of Understanding, which would expedite the electrification of trucks and buses throughout the state. more… The post Rivian, Volvo, and 56 others urge Michigan governor to support electric trucks and b

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

Elon Musk recently shared several key updates for Tesla’s upcoming FSD Beta Version 9 release. The highly-anticipated update, which has seen some delays to date, is expected to introduce several critical improvements to the robust driver-assist system. . In a recent set of tweets, Elon Musk explained that Tesla had been focusing on the removal of radar from the FSD Beta, which the CEO notes should present a notable improvement to the performance of the advanced driver-assist suite.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2021

Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) published its yearly Global EV Outlook for 2030, edition 2021. Press comments on the publication scared me a bit. The report projected only 145 million electric vehicles (EV) would be on the roads by 2030. That is just 7% of the total vehicle fleet. That number includes both 100% […].

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

Elon Musk’s hosting gig at Saturday Night Live was, in a lot of ways, better than expected. Kicking off the episode with a witty and surprisingly vulnerable monologue and following up with several legitimately funny sketches, Musk proved to be a hit among SNL’s viewers. To date, the May 8 episode gave the late-night show its third-highest ratings this season–but this is not all. .

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Eoin Bannon Can the entire EU go to 100% electric car and van sales by 2035 in order to decarbonize road transport by 2050? Can a small business as well as an average family, whether living in a city or a village, make the switch? T&E has commissioned Bloomberg New […].

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

A Tesla Model S Plaid was spotted sporting a new version of the now infamous yoke steering wheel, along with a few other modifications to the car. . Car enthusiast @AaronS5_ shared a picture of a pre-production Tesla Model S Plaid sedan in the wild. He noticed that there was a slight addition to the Model S Plaid’s yoke steering wheel. Unlike in previous vehicles, there were ridges next to the scroll wheels, and the scroll wheels were matte.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2021

A new study has revealed that subsidies for electric bikes are more cost-effective than electric vehicle incentives when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars. The study’s focus was on the greenhouse gas impacts of subsidies for e-bikes, battery-electric vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in Portland, OR, and found that e-bike […].

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

After a night in jail for reckless driving, most drivers would probably make it a point to make sure that they drive safely and well within the rules of the road. Not so for 25-year-old Param Sharma, who was recently arrested and subsequently released by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for reckless driving through gross misuse of his Model 3’s Autopilot features. .

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2021

On April 14, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted “Beta button hopefully next month.” This referred to a download button for an updated version of the Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta firmware (V9) that basically brings door-to-door automated driving to Tesla owners who purchased the FSD package (I did so in 2019 for $6,000, whereas it now […].

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

Four years after Elon Musk revealed “aspirational” plans to launch Starships to Mars in 2022, the SpaceX CEO now believes that 2024 is a more accurate target. For SpaceX, that two-year ‘delay’ is more impressive than anything given that the company practically restarted Starship development from scratch a year after Musk set the 2022 target.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2021

A lot of people generally look at it as a chicken and egg scenario — which one comes first? Electric cars or the charging stations? Players who want to roll out charging infrastructure would want to see a critical mass of EVs before investing heavily in charging infrastructure, while on the other hand, range-anxious consumers […].

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

Tesla China’s average sales figures in April are not something to “get hung up on,” according to the analysts at Wall Street firm Piper Sandler. Tesla’s performance in sales in April in China wasn’t typical for the electric automaker, as figures from the Chinese Passenger Car Association showed that Tesla had successfully sold 25,845 units during the fourth month of the year.

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Electrek

MAY 12, 2021

The Tesla driver who has been spotted driving his Model 3 from the backseat several times in the Bay Area over the last few weeks has been arrested. But he has already been released and claims to be back at it. more… The post Tesla backseat driver was arrested then released; now he says he is back at it appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

New data shows that the Tesla Model 3 dominated the 2020 EV market in Switzerland, and the figures weren’t very close. After finishing 2020 in the same pole position, the Model 3 continued its undeniable domination of the electric vehicle market in Switzerland. European countries, in general, are highly competitive areas for electric automakers and are usually anyone’s game in terms of who will have the most popular car.

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Electrek

MAY 12, 2021

Autonomous rideshare rivals Waymo and Cruise have both reportedly applied for permits to charge passengers for self-driving rides in the San Francisco Bay area. The applications are still under review but could be a major step toward autonomous rideshare vehicles operating as commonplace soon. more… The post Waymo and Cruise hope to charge for autonomous rides in California appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

The Golden Gate Division of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) arrested 25-year-old Param Sharma for recklessly driving a Tesla Model 3. According to CHP’s social media post about the arrest, Param Sharma was charged with reckless driving for allowing his Tesla Model 3 to cruise through Interstate 80 (I-80) without a driver behind the wheel. Sharma sat in the backseat while the Tesla Model 3 autonomously drove through I-80 driverless. “Sharma was arrested without incident and booked

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