Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

In early 2020, UK-based independent testing firm Emissions Analytics published a study claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions ( earlier post ). Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds

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MAY 13, 2022

Tesla is pushing for faster development of new 4680 battery cells, the CFO of battery supplier Panasonic said in an interview with Bloomberg published Wednesday. Hirokazu Umeda noted this in a briefing after the release of Panasonic's quarterly financial results, while noting that the Japanese company is still seeing stronger demand from Tesla for.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

Volvo Trucks and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the shift to zero-exhaust-emission vehicles. DHL intends to intensify its transition to heavy electric trucks by deploying a total of 44 new electric Volvo trucks on routes in Europe. The intended order includes 40 electric trucks of the model Volvo FE and Volvo FL, to be used for package deliveries in urban transports.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2022

In addition to building new zero-emission trucks, what if older diesel trucks were converted to hydrogen fuel-cell power? Two such initiatives were announced earlier this week. Daimler Truck North America and diesel-engine manufacturer Cummins will update older Daimler-built Freightliner Cascadia semi trucks with Cummins-supplied fuel-cell.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

Volkswagen Group will launch an all-electric pick-up and rugged SUV (“R-SUV”) in the United States. The decision of the Board of Management was confirmed by the Supervisory Board of the Volkswagen Group earlier this week. The vehicles will be designed, engineered, and manufactured in the US for American customers. To this end, a separate, independent company will be established in the US this year as the Volkswagen Group moves the strong iconic US brand International Scout into the electric vehi

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Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2022

Tesla reportedly wants Panasonic to pick up the pace on battery development. Truck makers consider rebuilding diesel semis as fuel-cell rigs. And GM gives the Chevy Bolt EUV a sporty look that ties in with its gasoline models. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM has revealed a new Redline Edition for the second model year of the Chevrolet.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 13, 2022

For its sophomore model year, the 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV gets a new Redline Edition, while the rest of the Bolt EV lineup carries over unchanged. The Redline Edition is an appearance package Chevy has been offering on some of its gasoline models for a few years now. The Bolt EUV Redline Edition gets gloss black 17-inch wheels with red accents, a.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced a notice of intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Fiscal Year 2022 Vehicle Technologies Office Program Wide FOA.” ( DE-FOA-0002718 ). The potential FOA will advance research, development, demonstration, and deployment in several areas critical to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, including advancement of electric drive technologies using less rare-earth m

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Cars That Think

MAY 13, 2022

For over 80 years, people have turned to Consumer Reports for honest and authoritative assessments of products before they put their money down. Today, the responsibility for managing testing and ratings for tech-containing products falls to Maria Rerecich , senior director of product testing at the independent nonprofit member organization. Rerecich, an IEEE member, joined Consumer Reports in 2013 after almost three decades at Standard Microsystems Corp.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

6K, a producer of engineered materials for lithium-ion batteries and additive manufacturing from its UniMelt plasma technology, has raised $102 million in its Series D funding first close of two planned tranches. The investment is expected to reach more than $150M in total, aimed at building a low cost, sustainable domestic supply chain for battery materials.

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Cars That Think

MAY 13, 2022

The relatively simple and now quite pervasive quadrotor design for drones emphasizes performance and manufacturability, which is fine, but there are some tradeoffs—namely, endurance. Four motors with rapidly spinning tiny blades suck down battery power, and while consumer drones have mitigated this somewhat by hauling around ever-larger batteries, the fundamental problem is one of efficiency in flight.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

The BMW Group is using innovative technologies in its efforts to improve sustainability and taking advantage of new options to conserve resources and reduce emissions from painting bodywork. The BMW Group is the first automotive manufacturer worldwide to use matt paints made from biomass instead of crude oil at its European plants. In addition to this, BMW Group Plants Leipzig and Rosslyn (South Africa) are also using sustainably-produced corrosion protection.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2022

Tesla is set to release a new version of the Full Self-Driving Beta program this weekend with Software Update 10.12, and CEO Elon Musk even said the automaker could expand the size of the Beta fleet in June. Tesla has attempted to release updates and improvements to the Full Self-Driving Beta program every two weeks and has done a relatively good job of maintaining that schedule.

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2022

The “world’s first” autonomous commercial cargo ship has successfully completed a near-500 mile voyage in the congested waters of Tokyo Bay, traveling without human intervention for 99% of the trip. The 750 gross-ton vessel was powered by Orca AI , whose software helped the ship avoid hundreds of collisions autonomously. more…. The post Autonomous cargo ship completes 500 mile voyage, avoiding hundreds of collisions appeared first on Electrek.

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MAY 13, 2022

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. ICRA 2022 : 23 May–27 May 2022, PHILADELPHIA IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28 May–30 May 2022, LONG BEACH, CALIF. RSS 2022 : 21 June–1 July 2022, NEW YORK CITY ERF 2022 : 28 June–30 June 2022, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS RoboCup 2022 : 11 July–17 July 2022, BANGKOK IEEE CA

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2022

Tesla co-founders JB Straubel and Elon Musk shared some sage advice for other EV startups this week. The advice itself was an answer to a question posed by Peter Campbell, who interviewed both co-founders at Financial Time’s Future of the Car summit. Campbell pointed out that there were a lot of other EV startups all […].

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2022

The Tesla Model Y is still China’s best-selling premium SUV — even if it practically had zero sales in April. Tesla China saw a 97.7% dip in sales last month, thanks to Giga Shanghai’s three-week shutdown. Tesla only sold 960 Model Ys in April, a 98% decline from the 39,730 that were sold in March. . But despite this, the Tesla Model Y’s performance from January to March was so strong that it was still enough to place the vehicle on top of China’s premium SUV rankings.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2022

Based on an interview with Jake Oliver, Team Principal at QUT Motorsport. The Queensland University of Technology prides itself on being a university for the real world. With the QUT Motorsport program, I think that it could claim to be a university for the unreal world of the future! In FSAE-A, the electric cars are […].

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2022

Tesla and India will not be working together any time soon, as new reports now indicate that Tesla has pulled its team responsible for entrance into the Indian market to other regions. Tesla and India might be a powerful one-two punch in the future, but in 2022, the two are just the right thing at the wrong time. When Tesla first started making moves toward entering the Indian automotive market, there was a lot of excitement.

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InsideEVs

MAY 13, 2022

The Japanese company reports continued strong demand from Tesla for 2170-type battery cells as well.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2022

When planning a trip, an electric vehicle driver must take into account the ability to charge, either rapidly (on the highway) or slowly (overnight at their accommodation), as evidenced by a recent trip to Tasmania. The NSW grant program for destination EV chargers is designed to make that planning easier by building the largest destination […].

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2022

Tesla has officially abandoned its effort to enter the Indian market and even started to reassign local employees. The automaker couldn’t get the government to change its mind on high import tariffs for foreign electric vehicles. more…. The post Tesla abandons plans to enter the Indian market for now appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2022

Every month I look forward to reading Jose Pontes’ China sales updates and keenly follow the evolution of the Chinese EV market as it is probably the best bet for supplying affordable mass market EVs for the global market in the near future. I also look forward to Dr. Maximilian Holland’s sales updates for the […].

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2022

IKEA announced yesterday that it’s partnering with residential energy services provider SunPower , a 35-year solar veteran, to sell home solar panels to US customers. The Swedish-based multinational company wants to make solar more easily accessible for consumers. more…. The post Americans will soon be able to buy home solar panels from IKEA appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2022

Ford recently announced some very good sales numbers for its electric vehicles. Overall, sales increased 139% compared to last year. “While industry semiconductor chip shortages persist, improved inventory flow in April delivered a significant share gain of 1.0 percentage point over a year ago with Ford outperforming the industry.” said Andrew Frick, Ford’s vice president […].

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2022

Solar generators are increasingly replacing noisy and dangerous gasoline/diesel-powered generators for emergency use. And unlike those fossil fuel-powered generators, solar generators have the added benefit of being great for daily use as well. Now the portable power station company Jackery has just announced its largest solar setup yet, the Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro. more….

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2022

There is no shortage of sensationalized media coverage when it comes to Tesla and its intrepid leader, Elon Musk. In recent news, Tesla has delivered yet another record quarter, continuing its meteoric rise as the fastest growing complex manufacturer in history. I also think I heard something about Elon buying Twitter or whatever; but I […].

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2022

Elon Musk announced that he is putting the Twitter acquisition deal on hold until the social media platform can prove less than 5% of its accounts are fake or spam. Is the Tesla CEO getting cold feet on the deal? more…. The post Elon Musk put Twitter deal on hold until it proves less than 5% of accounts are fake – is he getting cold feet? appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2022

Plugins continue to rise in France, with last month’s plugin vehicle registrations ending at 22,926 units, divided between 12,692 BEVs (or 12% share of the overall auto market) and 10,234 PHEVs (9% share of the auto market). The former jumped 33% year over year (YoY) while the latter was actually down by 8%. With the […].

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2022

Rivian has issued its first recall on its first vehicle, the R1T electric pickup truck. A problem with the passenger seat airbag is affecting just over 500 trucks that need to be recalled. Even though a small recall in comparison, recalls have often been the thing that breaks automotive startups. more…. The post Rivian issues its first recall for R1T electric pickup truck, 500 trucks are affected by airbag problem appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that his Twitter acquisition deal is “temporarily on hold,” at least until he receives details pertaining to the company’s spam or fake accounts. Twitter had indicated in a filing that spam or fake accounts comprise less than 5% of the platform’s monetizable daily active users. . “Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk wrote in a post on Twitter.

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2022

This week on the Electrek Podcast , we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discuss our first drive of the Ford F-150 Lightning, Tesla’s plan to open its Supercharger network, Rivian’s Q1 2022 earnings, and more. This week’s episode is sponsored by TeslaShields.com : 10% off Tesla floor mats, trunk and frunk kits and other Tesla accessories with Code: ELECTREK. more….

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2022

Tesla’s expansion into India has reportedly been placed on hold. The company’s decision comes after over a year of talks with the Indian government. With negotiations for lower vehicle import taxes reaching a stalemate, Tesla has reportedly decided to abandon its plans to search for a showroom in the country. The company also reassigned some of its domestic team to other projects. .

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 13, 2022

Firstly if we look at Tata Nexon EV Max it has been recently introduced into the Indian market with many advanced features compared to the existing one here we have a detailed comparison of this upgraded model with the MG ZS EV. If we talk about the EV segment India is growing and showing interest in manufacturers. The electric vehicle market is getting an additional with the growing environmental concerns and switching to a more sustainable power source.

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