Sat.Feb 22, 2020

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AXYARD, Lab1886 and Daimler Trucks automate the operation of commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

The automated snow removal by two self-driving Mercedes-Benz Arocs in Immendingen shows a successful application for automated commercial vehicles in closed areas. The joint project of Lab1886, the innovation unit for new business models within Mercedes-Benz AG, and Daimler Truck AG has now become a product that can be used as a solution for various customer requirements in sectors such as on-site logistics and agriculture.

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Plug-in winter driving, Model S and X range boost, used Tesla primer: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which big name in tech and philanthropy just got a Porsche Taycan? Why can’t some Toyota hybrids fill up their tanks? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 21, 2020. Things are changing at Tesla—in some ways, definitely for the better. The Tesla Model 3 was.

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Eurasian Resources Group plans NCM material plant for EV batteries

Green Car Congress

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading diversified natural resources group, is assessing the construction of a battery material plant to produce nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) precursor materials for batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). The Group is evaluating technical solutions offered by engineering firms BGRIMM Technology Group from China and Outotec from Finland, which will allow for the production of both NCM 6:2:2 and NCM 8:1:1 precursors depending on market conditions.