Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

BMW unveiled the seventh generation of its 7 Series, including the first all-electric i7 XDrive60. ( Earlier post.) Three models are available at launch, including the i7 EV. The 2023 BMW 740i is powered by a thoroughly upgraded version of the iconic B58 3-liter TwinPower Turbo inline six-cylinder engine. Now dubbed B58TU2, the new Miller cycle six-cylinder features redesigned intake ports and combustion chambers, electronically controlled VANOS variable camshaft timing, and 48-volt mild hybrid

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 21, 2022

Lexus on Wednesday unveiled the 2023 RZ, the luxury brand's first dedicated EV, and the first Lexus electric model to be sold in the United States. Scheduled to arrive at dealerships later this year, this small crossover will launch in RZ 450e guise with a 71.4-kwh battery pack affording 225 miles of range, and dual-motor all-wheel drive. The RZ.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel? How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment are Playing Out in Indonesia —focuses on nickel as a critical mineral, but has implications for the broader minerals and materials supply chains nee

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 21, 2022

Volkswagen is working on some upgrades for its mass-market MEB electric-vehicle platform. Lexus provides more production details for its RZ electric crossover. And Lincoln shows us some of its EV future in a concept vehicle. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. We got up close with a Lincoln concept that previews one of three fully electric.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and partners announced the Vehicle to Everything (V2X) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will bring together resources from DOE, DOE national labs, state and local governments, utilities, and private entities to evaluate technical and economic feasibility as we integrate bidirectional charging into energy infrastructure.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 21, 2022

Volkswagen plans to provide faster charging, longer range, and more power for EVs based on its ubiquitous MEB platform, the head of sales and marketing for VW's ID family of EVs said during the recent UBS Paris Electric Car Day conference. During a presentation on the ID vehicles, Dr. Silke Bagschik said VW is aiming for 200-kw charging, a maximum.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla may consider adopting an 800-volt architecture for the Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi. The comment was related during the company’s recently-held first quarter 2022 earnings call. While taking questions from shareholders, Tesla executives were asked why the company does not adopt an 800-volt architecture for its cars. Tesla’s rivals like Porsche have adopted such a system for the Taycan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Lexus unveiled details of the all-new 2023 RZ 450e, the brand’s first global Battery EV (BEV). The 2023 Lexus RZ 450e is expected to go on sale towards the end of 2022. As Lexus’ first global BEV model, the all-new RZ marks Lexus’ transition into a BEV-centered brand (targeting 100% BEV sales globally by 2035), and it embodies the Lexus vehicle design and driving experience made available through advanced, electrified technology.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Elon Musk has noted that Tesla’s innovations would truly lie in its vehicle factories, which are essentially giant machines that make other machines. This certainly has been the case for facilities like Gigafactory Shanghai, which currently produces the company’s two best-selling vehicles, the Model 3 sedan and the Model Y crossover. Tesla now has two vehicle factories outside the United States.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

DeepRoute.ai , an international autonomous driving technology company, announced a leading-edge Robotaxi fleet comprising 30 SAIC Motor MARVEL R SUVs equipped with DeepRoute’s proprietary L4 Driver 2.0 solution. This fleet distinguishes itself from other Robotaxis in its sleek rooftop design, replacing the traditional bulky sensor suite. With a 360-degree view and 200-meter perception range, the fleet offers high-performance L4 autonomous driving in an urban environment.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

SpaceX has successfully static fired a Falcon 9 rocket scheduled to launch another batch of NASA and ESA astronauts after the crew “completed a full rehearsal of launch day activities.” However, poor weather and strict operational limits have prevented a separate group of private astronauts known as Axiom-1 from boarding a different Crew Dragon and returning to Earth as planned, delaying Crew-4 from April 23rd to no earlier than (NET) April 26th.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory have recently published research data demonstrating how cycloalkanes, when used in jet fuel, may reduce condensation trail formation and soot emissions as compared to current fuels. The team detailed its findings in an open-access paper published in Frontiers in Energy Research.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla’s ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) first quarter 2022 earnings results blew expectations out of the water. The company posted total revenues of $18.76 billion with a gross profit of $5.46 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $3.22. Operating margins were an impressive 19.2% as well. . With such results, Wall Street analysts have provided their takes on Tesla and its performance in the first quarter.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Refuel Energy Inc. is planning to build a 3,000 barrels per day (bpd) renewable fuel plant (Refuel YYZ) in Southern Ontario. Refuel YYZ will produce renewable diesel (RD), sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and renewable hydrogen for the domestic market. The proposed facility would supply the aviation and terrestrial fuel needs of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), home to 6 million Canadians, while lowering the CO 2 emissions for the end users by up to 80%; it is also strategically located for expor

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla China’s battery supplier Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) won a bid for exploration rights to a lithium clay project located in Yichun through its subsidiary Yichun Contemporary Amperex Resources Limited. The bid cost RMB 856 million (about $134.8 million). The lithium clay project is located in the Huaqiao Town of Yifeng County and Shangfu Town of Fengxin County, which spans an area of 6.44 square kilometers (644 hectares).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Estonian startup UP Catalyst, a company developing a method to produce sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO 2 , has closed a successful pre-seed round of €500,000, in addition to €1.59 million in grant funding secured earlier this year. The pre-seed round was led by Sunly, a developer of wind and solar parks in the Baltics and Poland, and joined by Scottish Baltic Invest, an investment company linked to Interconnect Product Assembly (IPA), which specializes in the production of

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

SpaceX’s Starlink service is coming to JSX private flights. JSX recently announced its plans to offer free internet connection to customers using Starlink. “JSX is proud to be the first air carrier to adopt [SpaceX] Starlink internet inflight, free for every customer onboard. We’d call it the best Wi-Fi in the sky, but it’s actually the greatest Wi-Fi in the galaxy-coming later this year,” the company announced on Twitter. .

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2022

Elon Musk wants to build a future worth getting excited about, and he elaborated more on this in a recent TED Talks interview at Tesla Giga Texas. TED Talks head Chris Anderson recently held a live interview with Elon Musk in Vancouver. However, before the live interview, Anderson said that he also held a pre-recorded […].

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

SpaceX has successfully launched and landed the same Falcon 9 booster a dozen times for the second time in a matter of weeks. Falcon 9 booster B1051 became the first to cross the 12-flight mark on March 18th, launching a batch of Starlink satellites more than three years after its debut. Now, less than two years after its June 30th, 2020 launch debut, Falcon 9 booster B1060 has successfully completed its own 12th launch and landing.

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla has started testing in-car wifi hotspot connectivity with several major internet providers in order to provide an alternative internet connection for its fleet. more…. The post Tesla is testing in-car Wi-Fi hotspot connectivity with several major internet providers appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared on Twitter that Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess deserved a lot of credit for helping VW move toward rapid electrification. He added that VW is lucky to have him. This came as a response to Diess’ remarks about Elon Musk in a recent 60 Minutes interview. Diess deserves a lot […].

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2022

A 10.5 gigawatt (GW) solar and wind farm will be built in Morocco’s Guelmim-Oued Noun region, and it will supply the UK with clean energy via subsea cables. The twin 1.8 GW high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cables will be the world’s longest. more…. The post The world’s longest subsea cable will send clean energy from Morocco to the UK [update] appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2022

Looking into EV charger options? There are lots out there, but this high-performance newcomer even plants a tree with every purchase!

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InsideEVs

APRIL 21, 2022

Elon Musk says the robotaxi will offer customers the lowest cost per mile of any vehicle, including subsidized public transportation.

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2022

During Tesla’s Q1 2022 earnings call, Elon Musk was asked to share data that show progress with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta program. Instead of sharing this data, however, the CEO suggested that people wanting to assess the progress of Tesla FSD should just “join the Beta,” which requires buying the controversial $12,000 package. more…. The post Elon Musk boldly says ‘join Tesla’s $12K FSD’ to find out how it is doing when asked to share data about progress appeared fi

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2022

There’s a funny picture that keeps popping up on social media: a Chevy Bolt EV that someone attached an alternator to the back bumper of. What turns the alternator? A belt driven by the rear wheel. We don’t know for sure why they did this, as there could be some good reason we can’t think […].

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2022

Chinese NEV automaker GAC Aion is expanding its repertoire of EV technologies to include battery swap stations. The company announced its first station has opened in Guangzhou and can replace an EV battery in under 2.5 minutes. GAC Aion is the latest company to implement battery swap stations in China. more…. The post GAC Aion joins the battery swap game in China, opens first station in Guangzhou appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2022

Minting money? After Tesla announced its 1st quarter earnings yesterday, it appeared Wall Street approved. In after-hours trading, the stock popped more than 50 points (over 5%). Why? Associated Press notes, “Tesla reported Wednesday that its first-quarter net earnings were over seven times greater than a year ago.” “The electric vehicle and solar panel company […].

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Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

Honda’s ASIMO humanoid robot is retiring. For the last 20 years, ASIMO had been performing at the Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, but these regular demonstrations are now at an end. We’ve known for a while that this was coming —Honda announced back in 2018 that it was halting ASIMO development in favor of working on robots with more practical applications, like robots for elder care and disaster relief.

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2022

Elon Musk confirmed through a new SEC filing that he secured $46 billion in financing to make a tender offer to Twitter, but he will likely need to negotiate with the social media’s board after they adopted a poison pill defense. This time, it is truly “funding secured.”. more…. The post Elon Musk has ‘funding secured’ to buy Twitter, but will likely need to negotiate appeared first on Electrek.

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InsideEVs

APRIL 21, 2022

Shifting smaller vehicles like the Model 3 and Y from 400 volts to 800 volts would make zero economic sense, Tesla execs say.

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2022

Electric cargo bikes, which are essentially normal electric bicycles with stretched frames for carrying more gear or passengers, are becoming increasingly popular as car alternatives in the US. more…. The post Europeans already love electric cargo bikes, and now Americans are embracing these low-cost car alternatives appeared first on Electrek.

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InsideEVs

APRIL 21, 2022

This is likely because the company cannot produce as many structural battery packs featuring 4680 cells as needed to meet demand.

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Electrek

APRIL 21, 2022

Following the opening of reservations in four European markets last month, XPeng Motors has shared what pricing EU customers can expect to see after they put a deposit down on a new P5. Three of the four EU countries XPeng now calls home are accepting deposits on P5 reservations, with Norway to follow later this spring. more…. The post XPeng Motors announces starting EU pricing for P5 reservations appeared first on Electrek.

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