Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

Blue Biofuels, Inc. reports that it has achieved full conversion ( 99% + ) of king grass cellulosic material to water soluble sugars on a repeatable basis. This conversion occurs with a reaction time of less than one minute. This achievement was accomplished with the company’s upgraded 4 th generation CTS 2.0 (Cellulose to Sugar) reactor system that has been designed to allow further process optimization as compared to earlier systems.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

In a reliability survey published last November, Consumer Reports named electric SUVs the least-reliable vehicle type. Now CR has followed that up with a report shedding light on specific problem areas. On average, EVs have significantly higher problem rates than internal-combustion vehicles across model years 2019 and 2020, according to CR's.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

Testing of the the first Russian-made articulated electric bus has begun in Moscow. After the test drive, the city plans to purchase such vehicles to service routes with high passenger traffic. The electric bendy bus has space for 135 passengers and a range of 90 kilometers; charging of the battery pack takes 20 minutes. The new articulated electric bus is also the first electric bus in Moscow with an electric heater.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Rivian adds more charging waypoints where active types want them—like Yosemite. The Cybertruck has been delayed, according to one report citing inside sources. Bollinger has canceled plans for its boxy electric off-roaders. And why are EVs so unreliable? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Electric vehicles are the least reliable.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

CALSTART has released a new report, Zeroing in on ESBs , an inventory of electric school buses (ESBs). As of September 2021, there were 1,738 ESBs funded, ordered, delivered, and deployed across the US. In total, there are some 480,000 school buses in the US—more than 95% powered by diesel. While ESBs may be more suitable for electrification than other vehicle sectors at this time, there are challenges to overcome for the market to advance.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Adopt a Charger, a nonprofit that aims to install EV charging at scenic and cultural destinations, on Thursday announced a partnership with Rivian to add charging stations at Yosemite National Park and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The nonprofit has already converted 13 existing Level 2 charging stations at Yosemite to Rivian.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 14, 2022

Tesla is reportedly delaying initial production of the Cybertruck until the end of the first quarter of 2023, according to a Thursday evening report from Reuters. That would mean deliveries—likely to happen in very small numbers at first, given the Cybertruck’s innovative stainless-steel body—would likely not start until spring.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

Researchers at MIT have identified , quantified, and modeled a major reason for the poor performance of electroreduction processes to convert CO 2 to fuel or other useful chemicals. The findings could spur progress on developing a variety of materials and designs for electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion systems. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Langmuir.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Michigan’s Bollinger has announced that it will be indefinitely postponing both its B1 electric SUV and its B2 electric pickup. In a terse release and video address Friday morning, CEO Robert Bollinger explained that the shift away from the two trucks will allow the Michigan-based upstart to focus on growth and technology development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, announced a new AlgaePrize competition for high school through graduate students studying at a US-based high school, college, community college, university, and/or graduate school. Student teams will compete for a total of $130,000 in prize awards.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

This is the first article in a three-part series examining the ways stakeholders — including state policymakers, school districts, and electric utilities — can build on recent federal actions to accelerate the equitable transition to electric school buses across the U.S. Originally published on WRI’s Resource Institute. By Katrina McLaughlin and Justin Balik The recent enactment of the […].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

Albemarle Corporation, a global leader in advanced lithium materials, and 6K, developer of microwave-controlled plasma technology, signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the use of 6K’s patented UniMelt advanced, sustainable materials production platform ( earlier post ) to develop novel lithium battery materials through potentially disruptive manufacturing processes.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Tesla officially rolled out Dogecoin payments for a few items in its online shop. Most of the items accepting Dogecoins in the Tesla shop are in the Lifestyle section. Tesla opened Dogecoin payments for the Giga Texas Belt Buckle, Cyberwhistle, and Cyberquad for kids, all released around the holiday season last year. The Giga Texas Belt Buckle costs 835 Doge, while the Cyberwhistle costs 300 Doge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia ( earlier post ), through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. The Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund has made a $50-million investment to support the construction of LanzaJet’s (and the world’s) first alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

I recently shared the story of “Dirty Tesla,” who debunked an opinion piece by the Washington Post about how the Virginia winter traffic disaster would have been worse if all the vehicles were EVs. We now have more to share. First of all, we do not have direct confirmation of this person’s first-hand account, but […].

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Vicinity Motor, a North American supplier of commercial electric vehicles, and Proterra announced a new collaboration to power Vicinity’s electric transit buses and work trucks with Proterra’s battery technology. Under a new, multi-year supply agreement, Proterra battery systems will power the Vicinity Lightning 28-foot electric transit bus and Vicinity’s strip chassis platform to support several commercial vehicle configurations such as utility trucks, shuttle buses, and box trucks.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Following an update, the Tesla Model Y Owner’s Manual now features a direct reference to the vehicle’s structural battery pack. As indicated in the document’s new version, Model Ys that are equipped with structural batteries have a slightly different jacking procedure, as their lift points are in slightly different locations compared to the vehicle’s previous iterations. .

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

America’s other iconic RV name , Winnebago, has announced plans to reveal an all-electric concept motorhome developed by the company’s Advanced Technology Group (ATG) at next week’s Florida RV Super Show in Tampa, Florida. more… The post Winnebago will reveal an electric motorhome at Florida RV super show next week appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 14, 2022

A new biologically inspired battery membrane has enabled a battery with five times the capacity of the industry-standard lithium ion design to run for the thousand-plus cycles needed to power an electric car. A network of aramid nanofibers, recycled from Kevlar, can enable lithium-sulfur batteries to overcome their Achilles heel of cycle life — the […].

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JANUARY 14, 2022

In preparation for SpaceX’s next launch, drone ship A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG) was spotted departing Port Canaveral in the middle of the company’s second Falcon 9 launch and landing this month. Rideshare mission Transporter-3 lifted off at 10:25 am EST on Thursday, January 13th and delivered 105 small satellites to orbit without issue, completing the second of five SpaceX launched planned in the first month of 2022.

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

Houston-headquartered renewables company EDP Renewables North America has completed a 200-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Randolph County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis. It’s now the largest-capacity solar farm in Indiana. more… The post Coal-hungry Indiana’s largest-capacity solar farm is about to come online appeared first on Electrek.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Recent complaints regarding Tesla’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems have prompted the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to discuss the feature with the automaker. Yesterday, Transport Canada launched an assessment into the issues after sixteen complaints. Transport Canada opened an “Issue Assessment Investigation” following sixteen complaints from owners in Canada who stated that their Tesla Model 3 and Model Y HVAC systems, includ

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

The US branch of Chinese automaker NIO continues to make interesting moves in North America, as the company signed a ten year lease on a building in San Jose, CA. The new 200,000+ sq. ft. US headquarters is more than double the size of NIO’s current footprint, signaling that a long speculated entry into the North America could be one stop closer to becoming reality. more… The post NIO expands US headquarters as North American launch begins to feel more and more likely appeared first

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The University of Michigan Chemical Sciences and Engineering team, led by Professor Nicholas Kotov, has developed a “new biologically inspired battery membrane” with recycled Kevlar fibers that could quintuple electric vehicle ranges and have a lifespan of 1,000 cycles. The Ann Arbor, Michigan research facility is one of the best in the world, and Kotov, whose research focuses on the development of biomimetic nanocomposites, the self-assembly of nanoparticles, and chiral nanostructur

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

Tesla has added a reference to the structural battery pack to the Model Y owner’s manual as production is expected to be imminent. more… The post Tesla adds structural battery pack reference to Model Y owner’s manual as production is imminent appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 14, 2022

Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry recently posted a rather bold prediction about the Tesla Cybertruck. According to the analyst, who is among TSLA’s most ardent bulls, he expects the company to have two versions of the all-electric truck: one which matches the size of the vehicle’s alpha prototypes and another one about 15-20% smaller.

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

Despite running into initial delays, Ola has significantly ramped up production of its high-speed smart electric scooters. Now the Indian company says it will be opening up a new payment window soon to complete more orders of its Ola S1 and S1 Pro electric scooters. more… The post Ola production blows past 1,000 electric scooters per day, opening more orders soon appeared first on Electrek.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, Germany CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Açores, Portugal Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos.

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

Tesla has officially started accepting Dogecoin to buy some of its merchandise in its online store. But the automaker went a step further, and it appears to only be accepting Dogecoin for some items. more… The post Tesla starts only accepting Dogecoin cryptocurrency for some of its merch appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 14, 2022

By Jim Ringold A good friend recently wrote me the following: “We all know that you fell out of love with German cars. But, why did you fall in love with a self-driving thing?” It is the same question, in essence, as stick shift versus automatic transmission. Both steering and shifting can provide much personal […].

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

French automaker Renault has joined the all-electric party in Europe, as its CEO recently shared news that the brand would become 100% electric by 2030. While the announcement is welcomed progress, its timing also correlates with current climate proposals in the UK and EU that will limit ICE by 2030, and require 100% EV sales by 2035. Conversely, another Renault exec has openly spoken out against the ICE ban. more… The post Renault CEO vows to go fully electric by 2030, contrary to stateme

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The California Air Resources Board has included it in the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP).

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Electrek

JANUARY 14, 2022

With 400 claimed horsepower and up to 200 miles of trail-blasting range, much is expected from the upcoming Vanderhall Brawley electric off-roader. And, if this video of a pre-production Brawley tearing in up in extreme cold weather is any indication, it might just deliver. more… The post Vanderhall Brawley electric off-roader gets dirty in cold weather test appeared first on Electrek.

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Solterra STI is all show and no extra go, but the STI E-RA motorsport study aims to steal Nio EP9's Nürburgring lap record for EVs.

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