Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

Octillion Power Systems, a global provider of advanced lithium-ion batteries, has moved to a new US headquarters in Richmond, California. ( Earlier post.) The company’s North and South American operations will be based there. Octillion also has relocated a battery manufacturing line from its previous facility in Hayward, California, where the company has operated since its founding in 2009.

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The first Volkswagen ID.4 electric car has rolled off the production line at the automaker's Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory, VW Group of America CEO Scott Keogh announced Thursday in a LinkedIn post. Mass production doesn't start until next year, however. Finished in Glacier White Metallic, the first completed car is a validation build used to.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

A consortium of seven UK-based organizations has signed a memorandum of understanding to combine ambitions to develop world-leading prototype solid-state battery technology, targeting automotive applications. Solid-state batteries offer significant potential advantages over conventional lithium-ion batteries and could be transformational in meeting the UK’s net zero commitments through the electrification of transport.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

General Motors has expanded the recall of Chevrolet Bolt EV models due to battery-related fire concerns—to include 2019-2021 Bolt EV models and new 2022 Bolt EV and EUV models. GM just earlier this week confirmed that it planned to replace all battery modules on affected 2017-2019 Bolt EV models, subject to be adjusted after an additional.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $26 million to build infrastructure to expand the availability of higher-blend renewable biofuels by 822 million gallons annually in 23 states. USDA is making the awards under the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program. The funding will help increase the use of biofuels derived from US agricultural products.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Tesla announced Thursday that it plans to build a humanoid robot in prototype form next year. The so-called Tesla Bot, or Optimus Prime, was revealed as part of the company’s AI Day, intended to stoke enthusiasm in the company’s different, cameras-only AI-based approach toward future self-driving capability. And CEO Elon Musk appears.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2021

Nissan on Tuesday unveiled a performance-tuned hybrid hatchback for the Japanese market. While it won't be coming to the United States, the Nissan Aura Note Nismo shows the tuning potential of the automaker's e-Power series hybrid system, which is expected to appear in future U.S.-market Nissan models. Short for "Nissan Motorsports," Nismo is the.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

Bird, a leader in electric shared micromobility services, unveiled the Bird Bike, a new e-bike that you can own. A limited quantity of Bird Bikes are available to order now direct from Bird, and will be broadly available from leading US retailers this fall. Designed to meet increased demand for retail e-bikes globally, a market projected to reach $23 billion by 2023 (source: Deloitte) and that grew 157% year over year in sales in the US in 2020 (source: QYResearch), the Bird Bike provides consum

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2021

People fought against seatbelts not that long ago. Though, it was long enough that an “anti-seatbelt movement” sounds absurd to us at this point in time. Cruise control got a lot of backlash a couple of decades ago as well, but now it’s in basically every new car and no one bats an eye. There […].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

General Motors and AT&T will bring 5G cellular connectivity to millions of GM vehicles coming off the assembly line over the next decade in the United States. GM and AT&T are working together to set the benchmark for automotive connectivity with a fifth-generation cellular network architecture to meet the needs of an all-electric and autonomous future.

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

GM Friday afternoon announced it would expand its Bolt recall to ALL Chevy Bolts including ones manufactured in the US and including the 2022 EV and EUVs. It looks like LG is being thrown under the bus here. more… The post GM expands battery recall to ALL 2017-2022 Chevy Bolt EVs including EUV, blames supplier LG appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

Ample has raised a Series C funding round of $160 million led by Moore Strategic Ventures with participation from existing Ample investors ENEOS and Shell Ventures, along with new strategic investments from Momentum Venture Capital (the corporate venture arm of Singapore’s public transportation operator) and PTT (Thailand’s state-owned gas and oil company and largest corporation) as well as Rose Park Advisors, co-founded by the late Clayton Christensen, through its Disruptive Innovation Fund.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 2009, I wrote in these pages about my efforts to. add an electric motor to a bicycle —a project that involved a considerable outlay of money and many hours in a machine shop behind a lathe. At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. Fast forward a dozen years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

ArcelorMittal has been selected as the winner of the Altair Enlighten Award in the Lightweighting Enabling Technology category for its GI Fortiform 980, a third-generation advanced high strength steel (AHSS) that provides carmakers up to 20% weight savings in key energy absorption parts in a vehicle such as front and rear rails. GI Fortiform 980 features twice the ductility of its dual-phase counterparts, offering the ductility of DP600 at the higher strength level of 980 Mpa.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Tesla’s AI Day promised to be a tour de force of the company’s FSD strategies and most ambitious projects, and it definitely did not disappoint. Elon Musk noted that AI Day was designed to boost recruitment. And considering how well the event has been received by those familiar with the bleeding edge of tech and computing, it would not be surprising if Tesla’s AI team sees substantial growth in the near future.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

Hydro-Québec, Canada’s largest electricity producer, has launched a pilot project with Autobus Groupe Séguin, a Québec-based, family-owned company that operates in the field of school and chartered transportation, to support the electrification of school buses. Autobus Groupe Séguin ordered 60 electric school buses in early 2021. The pilot project includes implementing 12 charging stations with a total power of 260 kW to support the use of 10 initial electric school buses for the back-to-school

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

We’re now getting word that the first Ford Mustang Mach-e GT deliveries are happening. A Rapid Red GT Performance customer showed off his two-week early score in Iowa today. Are more on the way? more… The post First Ford Mustang Mach-E GT deliveries begin early – she’s a beaut [gallery] appeared first on Electrek.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Yesterday, at the end of. Tesla's AI Day , Elon Musk introduced a concept for "Tesla Bot," a 125 lb, 5'8" tall electromechanically actuated autonomous bipedal "general purpose" humanoid robot. By "concept," I mean that Musk showed some illustrations and talked about his vision for the robot, which struck me as, let's say, somewhat naïve. Based on the content of a six-minute long presentation, it seems as though Musk believes that someone (Tesla, suddenly?

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

Tesla plans to launch a new Full Self-Driving computer with Cybertruck electric pickup truck next year. The updated self-driving hardware should also include new cameras. more… The post Tesla aims to launch Full Self-Driving Computer 2 with Cybertruck next year appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 20, 2021

Days after Jeff Bezos space startup Blue Origin sued NASA over its decision to solely award SpaceX a contract to turn Starship into a Moon lander, it’s become clear that the space agency will again have to freeze work on the program. Earlier this week, it was reported that Blue Origin had made good on a veiled threat to sue NASA over disagreements over the space agency’s latest Human Landing System (HLS) procurement decisions.

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

At its AI Day, Tesla unveiled its Dojo supercomputer technology while flexing its growing in-house chip design talent. The automaker claims to have developed the fastest AI training machine in the world. more… The post Tesla unveils Dojo supercomputer: world’s new most powerful AI training machine appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris Allegra Stratton, Boris Johnson’s spokesperson for the Cop26 climate summit, seems to have a talent for making daft, headline-generating statements. In an article for The Telegraph, she wrote that people could reduce their climate impact by not rinsing their plates before putting them in the dishwasher (arguably true, but trivial in […].

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

US large-scale battery power capacity grew by 35% in 2020 and has tripled in the last five years, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). more… The post US large-scale battery storage capacity is up 35% in 2020 – and growing appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Last decade tech giants introduced phantom digital “assistants” that answer requests and perform simple tasks in the house. Whether you wanted to turn off the lights or find out when daylight savings time begins, Alexa and Siri have you covered. But Amazon and Apple are tangled up in yesterday’s tech. Tesla is taking all this […].

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Swedish venture HYBRIT ships its first batch of steel made with green hydrogen instead of coal. Korean researchers say they can recycle solar panels into high-performance solar cells. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 20, 2021

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives maintained his optimistic outlook on Tesla ( NASDAQ:TSLA ) following the company’s recently-held AI Day recruitment event. In a note, Ives mentioned the potential of innovations such as Project Dojo, as well as the company’s focus on Full Self-Driving. He did, however, share some caution about Elon Musk’s “sci-fi” projects such as the Tesla Bot.

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

Tesla has updated its online configurator, and its non-refundable order fee has more than doubled to $250. more… The post Tesla more than doubles its non-refundable order fee appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2021

Having followed the development in Zambia since I attended elementary school in the country from 1981 to 1982, there is finally some good news that resonates with me in the context of the global EV revolution and the world’s transition to sustainable energy generation and consumption. Zambia’s new President-elect, 59-year-old Hakainde Hichilema, is determined to […].

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

After repeatedly warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence, and sparring with fellow tech billionaires on the issue, Elon Musk wants to create AI-powered humanoid robots. Speaking at his electric vehicle company Tesla’s first AI Day event in California, Musk gave a preview of the Tesla Bot – a general purpose, bipedal, non-automotive robot.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler, PhD, former leader of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization & Analysis Laboratory (creator of this iconic image), and avid CleanTechnica reader Over the last seven years, I’ve driven three different Nissan Leaf models and now a Tesla Model 3 with the HW3 computer (for the past two years […].

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Teslarati

AUGUST 20, 2021

Volkswagen has launched pre-production of the new, all-electric ID.4 at its Chattanooga, Tennessee factory in the United States. In 2020, Volkswagen officially launched the production of the ID.4 at its Zwickau, Germany plant, bringing in a new era of German automotive manufacturing for the electric crossover. Succeeding the ID.3 before it, the ID.4 was Volkswagen’s answer to the Tesla Model Y, the electric crossover that has become the Silicon Valley-based company’s most popular veh

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2021

The hard way is the best way to learn how to do things. However, it’s not called the hard way for nothing. The Tesla Owners Club of New York has shared a blog post covering Steven Pallotta’s experience replacing a Tesla Model 3’s cabin air filter. He went about it the hard way, which inspired […].

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

A lot of the seated electric scooters we’ve seen lately are fairly similar looking. But not the VoroMotors RoadRunner! It goes its own way with a design and spec sheet that I never thought I’d see pushed together. more… The post VoroMotors’ RoadRunner is a fast, nutty electric seated scooter you’ve got to see to believe appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 20, 2021

The kid from over the road is here again. He is bouncing up and down because he has a new scooter. He is 62 years old. He has just got a Dragon Raptor — an upgrade from his old Kaabo Skywalker. The Kaboo wouldn’t get his saggy old body up the hill without Fred Flintstone […].

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