Wed.Dec 14, 2022

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Cummins to supply 35MW electrolyzer system to Linde for green hydrogen production in Niagara Falls

Green Car Congress

Cummins will supply a 35-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer system for Linde’s new hydrogen production plant in Niagara Falls, New York. The plant is expected to start up by 2025. The new plant will be the largest electrolyzer installed by Linde globally and will more than double Linde’s green liquid hydrogen production capacity in the United States.

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Review: 2023 Toyota Prius rethinks high-mpg hybrid for stunning style

Green Car Reports

Throw away what you think you know about the Toyota Prius, the ur-hybrid that was briefly Silicon Valley’s most tech-forward car before it was supplanted by Tesla and other electric cars. The 2023 Toyota Prius, which goes on sale early next year, is a stunner. The sleek, wedge-shaped form wasn’t easy to achieve while preserving the.

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Genesis Motor Europe introducing keyless entry face recognition technology on 2023 GV60 EV

Green Car Congress

For the 2023 model year, Genesis Motor Europe is introducing a number of new state-of-the art biometric features to the GV60, the brand’s first dedicated electric SUV. GV60 will offer the world’s first face recognition technology for keyless entry along with additional tech features such as Digital Key and air purification system. The Face Connect feature gives customers the ability to access their car using their face alone.

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2023 Toyota Prius: How design became the priority over tech

Green Car Reports

The 2023 Toyota Prius is the fifth generation of the world’s best-known hybrid vehicle. Since it first went on sale in Japan in 1997, the Prius has epitomized high fuel efficiency and the advanced technology of hybrid-electric powertrains. The current fourth-generation Prius arrived in 2016 and its styling and design were not well-received.

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

emissions global warming Norway climate change carbon dioxide youtube lighting

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Provaris receives ABS approval for design of H2Neo compressed hydrogen carrier

Green Car Congress

Australia-based Provaris Energy has received class approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for the design of Provaris’ 26,000 m 3 H2Neo compressed hydrogen carrier, the first of its kind to receive this level of approval. This milestone approval follows the completion of extensive Front End Engineering Design (FEED) work and ABS review activities.

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Vehicle fuel economy gains faltered in 2021: Blame the SUV, again

Green Car Reports

Fleet-wide fuel economy for vehicles sold in the U.S. has stumbled, according to the EPA's recently released 2022 Automotive Trends Report. The report points to increased SUV sales as one reason for the stagnation of efficiency. The real-world fuel economy of light-duty vehicles sold in the U.S. remained flat for the 2021 model year, at 25.4 mpg.

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Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful: We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise

Electrek

The little data that is coming out of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta looks awful, and that’s putting it mildly. We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise by releasing disengagement and driver intervention data. more…. The post Tesla Full Self-Driving data looks awful: We challenge Elon Musk to prove otherwise appeared first on Electrek.

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Rheinmetall wins new order worth around €300M for exhaust gas recirculation modules

Green Car Congress

A well-known automaker has placed an order with Rheinmetall Group subsidiary Pierburg for exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) modules, with a lifetime value of around €300 million. The order encompasses low- and high-pressure EGR modules. In the low-pressure loop, these are water-cooled poppet valves. In the high-pressure loop, EGR modules with two poppets valves were ordered.

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New Total Cost of Ownership Tool for Electric Cars

CleanTechnica EVs

We’ve written about the total cost of ownership of automobiles for a decade, comparing the total cost of ownership of electric cars to the total cost of ownership of fossil-powered cars. The short and sweet of it is that due to lower operational and maintenance costs, as well as higher value retention, electric cars are […].

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Albemarle to build $180M lithium materials research facility in N Carolina

Green Car Congress

Albemarle Corporation, a leader in the global specialty chemicals industry, has acquired a location in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it will invest at least $180 million to establish the Albemarle Technology Park (ATP), a world-class facility designed for novel materials research, advanced process development, and acceleration of next-generation lithium products to market.

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

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Can Artificial Intelligence ethically improve society?

Innovation News Network

A more ethical society can be built if we rethink the way we design technology and Artificial Intelligence. The post Can Artificial Intelligence ethically improve society? appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Elon Musk sells yet another $3.6 billion in TSLA stock to fund twitter disaster

Electrek

Elon Musk has sold another tranche of Tesla shares, this time worth $3.6 billion, amidst ongoing chaos related to his twitter takeover. The sale was announced in a Form 4 filing with the SEC on Wednesday night. more…. The post Elon Musk sells yet another $3.6 billion in TSLA stock to fund twitter disaster appeared first on Electrek.

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Opel/ Vauxhall Mokka Electric Gets More Power And Range

Electric Cars Report

Opel/Vauxhall Mokka-e is becoming the Mokka Electric with the “Winner of the Golden Steering Wheel 2021” now getting even more powerful, efficient, and attractive. With the new 54kWh battery, Mokka Electric drivers can cover up to 406 km or 252 miles (WLTP) – an improvement of 20% over the outgoing 50kWh unit. Orders for the […] The post Opel/ Vauxhall Mokka Electric Gets More Power And Range appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Cute Hyundai Autonomous Robots Now Doing Last-Mile Deliveries

CleanTechnica EVs

Robots come in all shapes and sizes, and we are getting a greater variety of autonomous vehicles year after year — or even month after month — as well. They are slipping into more and more locations, and rather than taking over cities in a big explosive way, are performing more services incrementally. I recently […].

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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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Regulatory filing: Here's what NT 2.0-based NIO ES8 looks like

CN EV Post

The new NIO ES8 is longer than the current model and has the same exterior design as the rest of the NT 2.0 platform-based models. The post Regulatory filing: Here's what NT 2.0-based NIO ES8 looks like appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Tesla and Nissan get top reliability scores in Consumer Reports’ survey

Teslarati

Tesla and Nissan stand the test of time when it comes to reliability. Consumer Reports gathered data from numerous surveys to see which electric vehicles (EVs) were the most reliable–Tesla and Nissan stood out. According to Consumers Reports data , the Tesla Model 3 and the second-generation Nissan Leaf were the second and third-most reliable electric vehicles.

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Elon Musk Sold ~22 Million Shares Of Tesla This Week

CleanTechnica EVs

It appears that Tesla CEO Technoking Elon Musk recently determined yet again that he needed to sell a lot of Tesla shares (NASDAQ:TSLA) in order to have cash available for Twitter. Or perhaps he sold for other reasons, but that was his rationale for the prior two periods of major TSLA sales. Notably, this is […].

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Schneider to add 92 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks to its fleet

Electric Cars Report

Schneider, a premier multimodal provider of transportation, intermodal and logistics services, will soon begin taking delivery of nearly 100 class 8 battery electric trucks at its intermodal operations in Southern California. Schneider’s first Freightliner eCascadia, manufactured by Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), is set to roll off the assembly line at the Portland, Oregon, DTNA […] The post Schneider to add 92 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks to its fleet appeared first on Elec

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Lyft Electric Car Drivers Can Get Host Of Financial Bonuses & Discounts

CleanTechnica EVs

A few years ago, you couldn’t get a Lyft (or Uber) ride in an electric car. Now there are electric cars getting added to the Lyft and Uber fleets every day. They are committed to being greener (going electric) and drivers can increasingly save money while having a sweet ride by going electric. In fact, […].

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Panasonic to Supply Batteries for Lucid Air and Upcoming Gravity SUV

Electric Cars Report

Panasonic Energy and Lucid Group have entered into multi-year agreements to supply batteries for Lucid’s award-winning luxury electric vehicle, Lucid Air, the fastest-charging, longest-range EV on the market, and Lucid’s upcoming Gravity SUV. The agreement marks another milestone in Panasonic’s plans to expand production of lithium-ion EV batteries beyond Japan and into the U.S. with production […] The post Panasonic to Supply Batteries for Lucid Air and Upcoming Gravity SUV appeared first

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Toyota to revise 3-year EV plan after wake-up call on electric transition

The Driven EV News

Toyota reportedly admits to misreading the electric transition and is now urgently revising its $30 billion EV plan. The post Toyota to revise 3-year EV plan after wake-up call on electric transition appeared first on The Driven.

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2023 Toyota Prius review, Prius backstory, Lucid and Panasonic: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

U.S. fleet fuel economy faltered last year. Lucid will be getting Panasonic batteries, some U.S.-made. And we drive the 2023 Toyota Prius and bring you some of its backstory. How does it look this good, and why now? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Today we bring you a first drive of the redesigned, fifth-generation Toyota Prius. With a.

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Electric ID.Buzz van and people mover may arrive in Australia in mid 2024

The Driven EV News

The electric Kombi, the ID.Buzz, is now expected to arrive in Australia in mid 2024. The post Electric ID.Buzz van and people mover may arrive in Australia in mid 2024 appeared first on The Driven.

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XPeng to launch 3 models in 2023, report says

CN EV Post

They will be a facelift of the hot-selling sedan P7, an SUV with the internal code name F30 and an MPV with the internal code name H93, local media said. The post XPeng to launch 3 models in 2023, report says appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Mercedes reveals global electric drive production strategy

Electric Cars Report

Mercedes-Benz continues to realign its global production network towards electric vehicles as the world’s most valuable luxury car brand prepares to go fully electric by the end of the decade – wherever market conditions allow. Mercedes-Benz has retooled its production setup for electric drive systems (batteries, electric drive units and axles) from 2024, following the […] The post Mercedes reveals global electric drive production strategy appeared first on Electric Cars Report

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk sells ~$3.58B worth of TSLA shares

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold nearly 22 million TSLA shares from Monday through Wednesday this week. The Tesla shares are worth around $3.58 billion, according to a Form 4 filing recently made public. . Although it has not been confirmed, Musk’s recent TSLA stock sales might be related to his Twitter acquisition. Musk and the employees at Twitter 2.0 have been working hard to improve the social media platform.

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Nissan Sakura Wins 2022-2023 Japan Car Of The Year Award & Kei Car Of The Year Award

CleanTechnica EVs

The Japanese EV market has been quite slow compared to other markets such as Europe and China. This is despite Nissan being the early leader in the market when it produced a mass market electric car, the Nissan Leaf. The Leaf was the first electric vehicle to get to 500,000 sales. It took about 10 […].

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Westport Police Add New Tesla Model Y

EV Club of CT

New Model Y Enters Service The Westport Police have entered a new Tesla Model Y into service. It has been fully customized for law enforcement duty. The department now has a subscription to Tesla-fi and. Read more.

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NIO's battery swap network completes initial coverage of central China city cluster

CN EV Post

NIO's 22 battery swap stations located along highways connect 25 cities in Henan, Hebei, Anhui and Shandong. The post NIO's battery swap network completes initial coverage of central China city cluster appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Electric Planes Advancing — Alice In The Land Of The Long White Cloud

CleanTechnica EVs

In a step towards helping New Zealand become the Norway of the South Pacific, Air New Zealand has signed a letter of intent to purchase 23 Alice electric planes. These are to be used for short-haul passenger and freight services across the many islands of Aotearoa (NZ). This appears to be the first step in […].

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Ford Adds Third Shift At F-150 Lightning Plant Amid "Huge Demand"

InsideEVs

The automaker added 250 jobs in November for the third shift, bumping the plant's employment to 750 people.

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Improving the performance of electrolytes within lithium-ion batteries

Innovation News Network

The electrolyte facilitates the reversible movement of ions needed during repeated cycles of battery use and recharging. The post Improving the performance of electrolytes within lithium-ion batteries appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Rationalizing Compensation for Rooftop Generation

Energy Institute at HAAS

Proposed CPUC decision remains cold-eyed about sweet deal solar households are getting. Once again, Californians are battling over how to compensate and incentivize rooftop solar. Last month’s California Public Utilities … Continue Reading Rationalizing Compensation for Rooftop Generation.

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Redwood Materials announces South Carolina as home to next US battery campus

Electrek

Battery recycling specialist Redwood Materials has announced its next expansion in the US, which includes a new battery materials campus in Charleston, South Carolina. As Redwood’s Easternmost facility in the US, it joins the “Battery Belt” corridor growing between Michigan and Georgia. more…. The post Redwood Materials announces South Carolina as home to next US battery campus appeared first on Electrek.