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Roskill: graphite prices still rising on high Chinese electricity costs

Green Car Congress

Roskill reports that prices for Chinese graphite continue to rise as producers contend with increasing electricity costs and supply disruption caused by limits on energy consumption. For raw material flake from China, this was the fifth month of price rises for many grades, with FastMarkets IM reporting 94% C grades to have increased by 12% and 11% between May and October for fine and large flake sizes respectively.

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2022 Toyota bZ4X: From steering yoke to solar roof, does its tech signal a new era for EVs?

Green Car Reports

Toyota on Friday revealed a whole lot more about its upcoming fully electric SUV, the 2022 bZ4X, which leads a lineup of “bZ” EVs and is described as “overturning the common idea that electrified vehicles are tedious.” From a yoke not entirely unlike the one Tesla introduced earlier this year on the Model S Plaid to a solar.

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DOE’s BETO releases notice of intent to scale-up biofuel and bioproduct refineries; focus on trucking, aviation, marine industries

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has published a notice of intent ( DE-FOA-0002637 ) to issue a second “Scale-Up” Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (DE-FOA-0002638). This FOA, funded by the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), will aim to accelerate the scale-up of biofuel and bioproduct biorefineries.

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No, EVs Aren’t Going To Overload Electric Grids

CleanTechnica EVs

A few weeks ago, right-wing media site NewsMax ran a piece centered around an out-of-context Elon Musk quote. “If we shift all transport to electric than electricity demand approximately doubles … this is going to create a lot of challenges with the grid,” NewsMax quoted Musk as saying, before going on to scare readers about […].

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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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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

Cars That Think

The iconic Princess Leia hologram scene in the original Star Wars movie in 1978 did much to whet our technology appetite for this futuristic form of communication. In 2012 in the real world, the ground-breaking telepresence resurrection of Tupac Shakur at the Coachella music festival wowed the audience and made headlines. Such events, however, can take months of planning and hundreds of thousands of dollars to put on.

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Electric Rental Cars Are Here! What Will The Result Of The Hertz & Tesla Partnership Be?

CleanTechnica EVs

By Jim Ringold My knowledge of the rental car business is slight. I have observed the car rental business streamline while it tries to be both profitable and competitive. But a new page has been turned, maybe a whole new book. Please allow me to position my thinking on renting a car. When I was […].

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Why Do Tesla Fans Say They Don’t Experience Drowsiness & Distraction On Autopilot?

CleanTechnica EVs

As a Tesla driver who has used Autopilot plenty (for years) and has had FSD Beta for a few weeks, let me try to answer this question first. I’ll offer my 2 cents on what I think is going on here. Then you can read Jennifer’s piece on various data, studies, and logic that explain […].

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Quick Charge Podcast: October 30, 2021

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: October 30, 2021 appeared first on Electrek.

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The Road To Solid-State EVs — Part Three

CleanTechnica EVs

The Invention of the Processing Power That Controls a Modern Central Computer Managed Electric Vehicle.

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Let’s Imagine What Tesla’s Giga Beer Will Be Like

EV Obssesion

Picture this: It’s a Saturday afternoon, and you’re visiting a brewery in Austin, Texas. You nod to the guy in the black shirt with pearl buttons and wide-brimmed hat. You meander past the beer-barrel tables and sidle up to the glossy hardwood bar that seems to reflect millions of tiny lights. You look up at […]. The post Let’s Imagine What Tesla’s Giga Beer Will Be Like appeared first on EV Obsession.

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

Brief

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Tesla To Buy 45 GWh Of LFP Batteries From CATL

CleanTechnica EVs

Tesla and CATL have struck a deal for 45 GWh of LFP batteries and are talking about more.

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Watch Historic Lucid Rally With 20 Lucid Air Dream Edition Cars

InsideEVs

The 500+ mile electric cars have arrived.

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Toyota Reveals Specs For BZ4X Electric SUV

CleanTechnica EVs

Toyota has released some details about its upcoming BZ4X.

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Toyota bZ4X, Aalborg gets 14 Bi-Articulated e-Buses, Tesla Model X’s Secret

EV Obssesion

Electric Mass Transit Solaris to deliver 14 bi-articulated prestigious e-buses to Tide Bus Danmark EV World premiere of the all-new Toyota bZ4X Transport and Environment Energy transition must not make same human rights mistakes as fossil fuels Shipping and aviation heading for 3C says UN chief ‘Ordinary drivers pay more fuel duty than airlines Tesla The new Tesla […].

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

Oil

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2023 Mini Countryman To Get EV Option

InsideEVs

The third-generation of Mini’s popular crossover will be offered in all-electric guise alongside hybrid and combustion variants.

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Hero Electric retained top position in E2W sales & delivers 100 e-bikes to Lightning Logistics

Electric Vehicles India

Hero Electric retained top position in E2W sales & delivers 100 e-bikes to Lightning Logistics. Hero Electric recently announced that it has retained the top position in the electric two-wheeler segment with sales of over 6,500 units last month. The overall rise in demand for electric vehicles fuels the growth for Hero Electric high-speed vehicles, securing its top position in the segment, the company said in a statement.

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Why Did Hertz Choose Tesla Over Other EVs, And Pay Full Price?

InsideEVs

Hertz's Tesla deal was more about convenience than emissions. The company could have picked up other EVs super cheap.

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Q&A with Lotus Cars

Discover EV

Exclusive interview with Lotus Cars

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Lion Electric Receives Order For Up To 1,000 School Buses

InsideEVs

The purchase order is conditional and depends on whether the customer will secure incentives.

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Toyota unveils production version of purpose-designed battery-electric bZ4X

Green Car Congress

In Japan, Toyota held the global premiere of the all-new bZ4X SUV, the first model in a new series of bZ—beyond Zero—battery electric vehicles (BEVs). US-specific product details will be shared in mid-November. Faithful in its design and technology to its concept predecessor, revealed earlier this year ( earlier post ), the production-ready bZ4X is the first model to be developed by Toyota entirely as a BEV.

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Dreams Come True: Lucid Air Customer Deliveries Officially Begin

InsideEVs

First Lucid Air Dream Edition cars were handed over at the Dream Delivery event in California.

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Benchmark: lithium-ion battery prices rise for first time in gigafactory era; lithium carbonate major driver

Green Car Congress

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reports that battery producers have begun to increase lithium-ion cell prices following a period of consistent raw material price rises throughout 2021, particularly for lithium. According to Benchmark, several of China’s major lithium-ion battery makers have written to customers setting out intentions of new pricing structures, citing the rise in cathode and anode raw material prices as well as higher costs more generally, including for non-active materials such a

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Lucid Air Specs Revealed: 118 kWh Dream Pack, 112 kWh Grand Touring

InsideEVs

Let's take a look at the Lucid Air specs.

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Tata Nexon EV v/s Tata Nexon Petrol

Get Electric Vehicle

The cost of petrol and diesel is increasing by the day. Petrol has already surpassed the dreaded ?100/litre mark in major metro cities. Is this a compelling incentive to switch to an electric vehicle ? To answer the question, we’ll look at the Tata Nexon, which comes in both petrol and electric versions. On the skin, they appear to be the same, but they are vastly different underneath the skin, with the electric variation replacing the engine and fuel tank with a floor-mounted battery pack

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Tesla Model 3 Sales Surge In Singapore Despite Crazy Prices

InsideEVs

The Model 3 is selling remarkably well in Singapore despite its hefty price tag.

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Battrixx launches dual power EV smart batteries in India

Electric Vehicles India

Battrixx launches dual power EV smart batteries in India. Battrixx a battery division of Kabra Extrusiontechnik Ltd has launched it’s dual power electric vehicle smart batteries. These dual-power electric vehicle smart batteries come with 4 kWh high capacity portable and swappable smart battery packs. The battery packs use two 2kWh smart battery packs in parallel or series designed based on the patented European technology that is licensed to Kabra Extrusiontechnik Limited.

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US: Base Tesla Model Y Estimated Delivery Time Slips To September

InsideEVs

A 3-month acceleration (to June) in the form of the 20" wheel option costs $2,000 more.

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Seven Tesla Superchargers blocked in one fell swoop by a single ICE-er

Teslarati

Mainstream electric vehicles have been around for some time, and they are only getting more and more ubiquitous. Yet despite this, incidents of non-electric cars — whether unintentionally or intentionally — blocking EV charging stations (a practice known as ICE-ing) still happen on a relatively regular basis. This is especially true for Tesla Superchargers.

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Amazon Holds 20% Stake In Rivian

InsideEVs

The company invested early and ordered 100,000 electric vans.

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Cable Management Gone Wrong: Tangled Cords, Unplugged Teslas And More

InsideEVs

An EV driver's life ain't easy.

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SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 Enters Chinese Market

InsideEVs

It starts at an equivalent of roughly $25,000.

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See How A Pickup Truck With Trailer Blocked 7 Tesla Superchargers

InsideEVs

and they went to have a bite to eat.

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EV Morning News: Tesla Stock Soars, Plus More

InsideEVs

Plus Foxconn reveals three EVs and Europe hits record EV sales.

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Envision AESC's Gigafactory In Sunderland Might Reach 38 GWh

InsideEVs

The current plan is slightly higher than initially announced.

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