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Madrid orders 60 Solaris electric buses

Green Car Congress

EMT, the public bus operator in the City of Madrid, has ordered 60 Urbino 12 electric buses from Solaris, featuring high energy batteries and pantograph charging which will ensure high operability in all kinds of conditions. The contract value is more than €30 million. EMT Madrid intends to turn 25% of its fleet electric by 2025 and to have no more diesel engine bus operating in the streets of Madrid from 2023.

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F-150 Lightning review, Scout electric SUVs, Fisker Pear and Lordstown Endurance: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which electric trucks got a surge of new reservations after a big price hike? Might future electric cars go without friction brakes as we know them? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 13, 2022. In a long-anticipated first review of the F-150 Lightning electric truck, we.

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UK to invest £200M in fleet of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks

Green Car Congress

UK Transport Minister Trudy Harrison announced more than £200 million (US$244 million) of government funding will be injected into an extensive zero-emission road freight demonstrator program. The 3-year comparative programme will begin later this year to help decarbonize the UK’s freight industry with initial competitions for battery-electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell technology launching shortly.

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BYD Atto 3: As Easy As Ordering Takeaway

CleanTechnica EVs

At a time when it seems almost impossible to buy a new car, Caleb Gittins has found that buying a BYD Atto 3 was as easy as ordering takeaway. Not only that, but the car is available with only a 3 month waiting period. EV Direct is making 1500 BYD Atto 3 electric crossovers available […].

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

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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence: lithium industry needs $42B investment to meet 2030 demand

Green Car Congress

The lithium industry needs $42 billion of investment if it is to meet 2030 demand, according to analysis by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. This works out at approximately $7 billion a year between now and 2028 if the industry is to meet lithium demand by the end of the decade. Benchmark forecasts lithium demand in 2030 will reach 2.4 million tonnes LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent)—almost 1.8 million tonnes more than the 600,000 tonnes of lithium Benchmark forecasts will be produced in 2

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Rivian R1T Owner Lists Exterior Issues To Look Out For At Delivery

InsideEVs

After owning the R1T for a month, Alex points out all the bodywork build quality and paint issues he could find.

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Does the Tesla “Full Self Driving” Approach Have a “See-Saw Problem”?

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla fans are now well aware of Tesla’s approach to “full self driving,” but I’ll provide a super quick summary here just to make sure all readers are on the same page. Basically, at the moment, Tesla drivers in North America who bought the “Full Self Driving” package and passed a Safety Score test have […].

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International collaboration develops progressive vision for urban production at the BMW Group; OMA and 3XN

Green Car Congress

Urban Production is an international architecture competition organized by the BMW Group in close cooperation with the City of Munich. The aim is to realize outstanding, future-ready production in the urban setting of the company’s home plant in Munich. The competition has now finished successfully, with the two winning architects’ practices—OMA of Rotterdam and 3XN of Copenhagen—opting to develop their designs jointly.

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Tesla Full Self Driving Beta: How Close to Level 5 Autonomy? (Readers Chime In)

CleanTechnica EVs

I just spent three 10 hour days driving 1500 miles from Utah to Wisconsin in my long-range Tesla Model 3. With two heavy mountain e-bikes destroying my aerodynamics (see Figure 1), my easy range for 75 mph driving was not much more than 100 miles. Fortunately, Tesla has installed 15 wonderful Superchargers at intervals of […].

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How Elon Musk plans to evaluate Twitter’s bot problem

Teslarati

In order to determine how many of Twitter’s user accounts could be automated, Tesla CEO and potential Twitter owner Elon Musk is carrying out his own statistics project to get a real answer. Musk, who put his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media platform on hold yesterday after questioning Twitter’s reports of a less than 5 percent bot concentration on its site, is using his own methods to get more realistic data.

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

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Encel MotoE World Cup Gets A Stellar Start To The New Season!

CleanTechnica EVs

Michael Blaustein recently enjoyed some exciting electric motorcycle racing and is here to share the fun with us in text form. Enjoy his writeup from the start of the Encel MotoE World Cup. By Michael Blaustein What a stellar start to the fourth season of the Encel MotoE World Cup. The inaugural weekend heralded some […].

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Ford offloads $188.2m in additional Rivian shares

Teslarati

Ford Motor Co. sold $188.2 million additional shares of electric vehicle company Rivian on Friday after already selling $214 million shares earlier this week. Filings with the SEC on Friday reveal Ford sold around 7 million shares of Rivian, which has struggled to gain momentum in the electric vehicle market due to supply chain conditions and extended production facility shutdowns.

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With outrage over the USPS’s gas-guzzler plans, should it buy these electric cargo bikes instead?

Electrek

Electric cargo bikes, especially four-wheeled versions that function as mini delivery vans, are becoming an increasingly common solution for mail delivery around the world. As the USPS struggles with its own delivery van ordering scandal, the latest example of alternative lightweight and efficient electric four-wheeler delivery vehicles sees yet another European country demonstrating the effectiveness of switching away from gas-powered mail trucks. more….

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Elon Musk Is Confident In Tesla’s Ability To Sell All The EVs It Makes

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is confident in Tesla’s ability to sell all of the electric vehicles it produces. Elon Musk’s answer on this was given in a recent interview with Financial Times interviewer Peter Campbell during the Financial Times Future of the Car summit. Campbell’s question was regarding Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and the […].

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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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Tesla tries to help Texas electric grid amid heatwave with in-car alert

Electrek

Tesla is trying to help the grid in its new home state of Texas as rising temperatures is resulting in new record electricity demand in the state. The automaker is pushing a new in-car alert to encourage off-peak charging. more…. The post Tesla tries to help Texas electric grid amid heatwave with in-car alert appeared first on Electrek.

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How Ford Gets Accurate Towing Range Estimates

CleanTechnica EVs

When I bought my first EV with any kind of range that might work on a road trip, I fell into a trap. The 2018 Nissan LEAF was supposed to have a 150-mile range, so I initially thought that it could go an honest 150 miles on the highway. I quickly figured out that this […].

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: One-seater mini electric dump truck

Electrek

I’ll be honest, I’m not quite sure how to describe this thing. If a ride-on lawnmower and a dump truck made an illegitimate child in an electrical storm, this would probably be it. The quirky vehicle has the maneuverability of a shopping cart mixed with the utility of a wheelbarrow. It’s everything I could ever want in a one-seater electric dump truck, especially since I didn’t know the category even existed until I stumbled upon this little wonder-trucklet.

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Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

CleanTechnica EVs

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. However, many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium. Lithium resources are concentrated in locations that have […].

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Quick Charge Podcast: May 14, 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 14, 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

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£200 Million Boost to Rollout of Hundreds More Zero-Emission HGVs

CleanTechnica EVs

Transition to zero-emission trucks will help improve air quality, create greener jobs and reduce reliance on imports of foreign oil Republished from Department for Transport and Trudy Harrison MP, GOV.UK over £200 million invested to launch world’s largest fleet of zero emission heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), accelerating plans to decarbonise road freight plans to eliminate fossil fuels […].

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Tesla's Plans To Enter The Indian Market Reportedly Put On Hold

InsideEVs

The decision is said to have come after the Indian government rejected the EV maker's plea for lower import taxes.

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Ather 450X vs Chetak vs TVS iQube vs OLA S1 Pro: Perfect premium eScooter yet? Depends !!

Plug In India

Guest Post By Parvez Scott eBike and OLA electric scooter owner Patiala, PB Is there a perfect premium eScooter in India where u can just say to any prospective owner pick this one? Here is a guide from me based on my test rides. My quest with EVs started back in 2019 from e-Bike after owning multiple e-Bikes, i got idea of what too eventually look out for in a e-Bike & what I required.

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China: Tesla Model Y Remains The Top Premium Crossover/SUV YTD In April

InsideEVs

But it's not longer #1 overall in the crossover/SUV category due to a weak result in April.

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Upcoming new EV bike from Harley-Davidson.

Electric Vehicles India

As we all can see how Electric vehicle manufacturers showing interest in introducing New models of EVs into the market. And Harley-Davidson joined hands to introduce A new Harley-Davidson Livewire into the market. Coming to Harley-Davidson LiveWire EV this Bike is going to release into the market in June 2022 and the excepted price range is between 18,00,000 to 20,00,000 RS and excepted range for the single charge is 235 Km Currently available bikes are similar to LiveWire are Moto Guzzi V85 TT,

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Microlino Pioneer Series Is A Special Limited Version For Early Backers

InsideEVs

The Microlino is an all-new, all-electric microcar inspired by the original Isetta buble car.

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Building US Infrastructure Fast & Smart

CleanTechnica EVs

The Biden Administration released a Permitting Action Plan this week. The plan promises to deliver infrastructure investments on time and on budget that will revitalize communities across the country. The plan is built on five key elements: Early cross-agency coordination Clear timelines and tracking Early and meaningful outreach Improved agency responsiveness and technical assistance Positive community […].

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China: In April BYD Plug-In Car Sales Quadrupled To 105,000

InsideEVs

The Chinese manufacturer amazes with its growth rate, while others struggle.

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Electric Cars Made In China Are Among The Most Popular EVs In Europe

InsideEVs

It's surprising, but not shocking due to the fact that Tesla exports a ton of EVs from China into Europe.

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