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MARCH 3, 2022

Honeywell has developed new catalyst-coated membrane (CCMs) technology for green hydrogen production and will further test the technology with electrolyzer manufacturers. Green hydrogen, which is produced using an electrolyzer powered by renewable electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, is expected to play an important role in the energy transition in coming decades with overall hydrogen demand expected to grow 5-7x over the next 30 years according to the Hydrogen Council.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2022

Nearly two days after the EV maker Rivian made significant price increases and essentially repositioned its R1T and R1S electric trucks, it agreed to honor original pricing for those who had reservations. The price changes, which essentially forced early reservation-holders to pay a price hike of up to 20% or accept a decontented truck, were not.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

In Seoul, Hyundai Motor Company unveiled a strategic roadmap to accelerate its electrification ambition as it pursues sustainable progress for the company. President and CEO Jaehoon Chang and other executives presented the plans to shareholders and investors, and other various stakeholders at the 2022 CEO Investor Day virtual forum. The company also unveiled targets for sales and financial performance to be achieved by 2030.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2022

Hyundai aims to capture 7% of the global EV market by 2030, but expects United States EVs sales to be much higher by then, according to a strategic overview released by the automaker Wednesday. That translates to an annual global EV sales target of 1.87 million units for the main Hyundai brand and the Genesis luxury brand by 2030, the automaker.

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MARCH 3, 2022

European Energy , a Danish developer and operator of green energy projects, has ordered a 50 MW electrolyzer from Siemens Energy for use in developing the first large-scale commercial e-Methanol production facility. The plan is that the plant will be built in Kassø, located west of Aabenraa in the South of Denmark, near the German border. Through the nearby 300 MW solar park of Kassø, developed by European Energy, the project will have access to the low-cost renewable electricity needed to produ

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2022

The first electric Jeep was teased Tuesday, during a presentation by parent company Stellantis outlining the company's EV plans. While it did release a couple of images, Stellantis didn't discuss details of the Jeep EV, which is scheduled to debut in 2023. The Jeep will be one of more than 25 EVs Stellantis plans to launch in the United States by.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

President Biden, in highlighting the EV transition and auto manufacturing in the US during his 2022 State of the Union address, once again ignored Tesla’s contributions, which include a $10 billion investment in Texas toward electric vehicles. Compared to what’s happening in Ukraine, that can be seen as not important and small. However, historians a […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Audi FAW NEV Company Ltd.—the first cooperation company with a majority interest held by Audi in China—is set too begin construction on its new EV plant in Changchun, following approval by the Chinese authorities. The new plant in Changchun will be the first production site in China where only all-electric Audi models roll of the line. Three models are initially slated for production at the site on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) codeveloped with Porsche.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2022

The Supreme Court is considering a case that challenges the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from coal power plants. Fossil fuel-producing states and coal companies, led by West Virginia, argued that the EPA does not have the authority to shift electricity generation from coal to renewable sources like wind and solar, according.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Volvo Cars reported sales of 42,067 cars in February, a decline by 17.2% compared with the same month last year. Sales of Volvo Cars’ Recharge models made up for 33.0% of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Sales of fully electric cars increased by 229.5% compared with the same month last year and made up 7.9% of total sales. In the first two months of the year, Volvo Cars sold 89,628 cars, a decline by 18.8% compared with the same period last year.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

Elon Musk’s 2021 taxes were just about enough to pay back GM’s bailout earlier this century. Reuters reported that the US government lost $11.2 billion bailing out GM, more than the $10.3 billion the Treasury Department estimated it made when it sold its remaining GM shares in December. In 2021, Elon Musk paid over $11 […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Ford is continuing to transform its global automotive business, accelerating the development and scaling of electric, connected vehicles, while leveraging its nameplates to strengthen operating performance and take full advantage of engineering and industrial capabilities. Ford is forming two distinct, but strategically interdependent, auto businesses: Ford Blue and Ford Model e.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 3, 2022

On Tuesday, Rivian announced it would be increasing vehicle pricing by roughly 20 percent to account for higher inflationary pressures and higher component costs. It’s not the first electric vehicle startup to do so, or even the first automotive business that realized the hectic economic situation has created a window for expanding profit margins.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

At Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC 2022) in Barcelona, Vietnam-based VinFast and Pininfarina illustrated the details of the interior and exterior design of their electric vehicles, VF 8 and VF 9. These two EV models are expected to be launched throughout the global market by the middle of 2022. In collaboration with Pininfarina, the world-renowned design studio, VinFast’s electric SUVs have been designed to offer impressive and stylish appearances while creating smarter and safer driving experie

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

Norway, the world’s leading auto market for electric vehicle adoption, saw plugins take 86.1% share in February, even with favorite Tesla models temporarily off-duty. Overall auto market volume was some 20% down from the seasonal average of the past two years. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 took the top spot. February’s combined plugin result of 86.1% […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

BMW will invest more than $200 million to construct a 219,000-square-foot press shop at its South Carolina plant. The new press shop, which will start production in the summer of 2024, will take raw coils of steel, cut them into blanks, and stamp sheet metal parts for future BMW models. Those components include hang-on parts such as the vehicle’s four doors, fenders, exterior body sides, and lift gate.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

In an astounding turn of events, Atlassian Founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has teamed up with Canadian asset manager Brookfield to put in a bid for Australia’s most polluting power company. It was a case of “if you can’t beat them, buy them.” Green capital is trying to push out the old legacy coal barons. Predictably, the […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Over the next few years, MAN Energy Solutions will invest up to €500 million in its subsidiary H-TEC SYSTEMS to transform the hydrogen specialist into a mass-producer of PEM electrolyzers as quickly as possible. Our plan is clear. We are transforming H-TEC SYSTEMS into one of the world’s leading players in the field of PEM electrolysis. Over the next five to ten years, green hydrogen will become one of the most important primary energy sources for the global economy as it continues to decarboniz

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Tesla Service Centers in Oklahoma are in jeopardy following the unanimously passed HB3994 that aims to make manufacturers unable to service or sell cars directly to consumers in the State. The bill will now move to the House following its way through the House Business and Commerce Committee last night. HB3994 is a House bill that could end Tesla Service Center locations in Oklahoma as we know it.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

Prior to the rise of Tesla, conventional wisdom held that it would be practically impossible for a startup company to challenge the behemoths of Big Auto. When economics professors explained the concept of barriers to entry, the auto industry was usually example #1. Selling cars in volume requires not only massive industrial resources, but a highly […].

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Tesla battery partner Panasonic has decided to acquire a factory site in the United States for “high capacity lithium-ion batteries,” according to the Nippon H?s? Ky?kai (NHK) or the Japan Broadcasting Corporation. . As per the NHK , a person familiar with the matter revealed that Panasonic wanted to acquire a factory site to bolster its production system for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries that will significantly extend the range of electric vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

In a recent article published by HotCars, the author shared 18 reasons why they think that you should never buy a Tesla. The author put forth a lot of information that was more or less based on myths and twisted half-truths, so I’m going to address some of the actual concerns while also debunking the […].

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

SpaceX confirms that its ninth launch of 2022 was a success, meaning that the company has now completed nine orbital launches in less than nine weeks. Right on schedule, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from SpaceX’s Kennedy Space Center LC-39A pad at 9:35 am EST (14:35 UTC), March 3rd, carrying 47 Starlink V1.5 satellites to a low Earth orbit (LEO) slightly higher than past missions.

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Electrek

MARCH 3, 2022

Just two days ago, Rivian announced it would be either increasing the price of reservation holder vehicles $12,000+ or making reservation holders wait until 2024 at the earliest and giving them a smaller battery with a slower drivetrain and only two motors. Not the type of note Rivian reservation holders were hoping to see before their delivery. The backlash from reservation holders, some from as far back as 2018, was alarming.

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

A conference about Tesla Gigafactory Berlin’s final environmental approval has been scheduled for tomorrow, March 4, 2022. During the event, Brandenburg Minister-President Dietmar Woidke would be discussing the approval decision for the high-profile electric vehicle factory. Invitations to the press have been distributed. Teslarati was able to confirm the event through a representative from the office of Brandenburg Environment Minister Axel Vogel.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

Rewiring Australia recently produced a report, Castles & Cars, with the support of Mike Cannon-Brookes that makes the case for electrifying everything in the Aussie home. Not just heating, cooling, and cooking, but also transport. There are savings to be made in the suburbs if we electrify our castles and our cars. One of the […].

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Rocket Lab has selected Virginian island to host the first launch site, factory, and landing pad for its next-generation Neutron rocket. In a move reminiscent of SpaceX’s Starbase Starship factory and launch sites, Rocket Lab plans to build and launch its Neutron rocket in more or less adjacent facilities within NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility and Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

Clues to Better Batteries — X-ray technique reveals irregularities and dead spots arise due to incomplete lithium stripping from anode during battery discharge. UPTON, NY — Pure lithium metal is a promising replacement for the graphite-based anodes currently used in electric vehicle batteries. It could tremendously reduce battery weights and dramatically extend the driving range […].

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Rivian said on Thursday morning that it would honor all preorder pricing on orders for its R1T and R1S all-electric vehicles placed on or before March 1. The decision comes just two days after Rivian placed a series of hefty price increases to its vehicles. The increases also affected those who had preordered but not finalized an order for one of Rivian’s vehicles, causing many to cancel their reservations for the all-electric R1T pickup or R1S SUV.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

The map of new high-speed chargers being installed across central Queensland has a glaring charger omission — Alpha. Last year, I drove our Tesla Model 3 SR out to Winton and topped up at Alpha. Rav, the manager of the local pub, was most hospitable and allowed us to charge from the 15 amp socket […].

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Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2022

U.K.-based AI computer company Graphcore made a significant boost to its computers’ performance without changing much of anything about its specialized AI processor cores. The secret was to use TSMC’s wafer-on-wafer 3D integration technology during manufacture to attach a power-delivery chip to Graphcore’s AI processor. The new combined chip, called Bow, for a district in London, is the first on the market to use wafer-on-wafer bonding, say Graphcore executives.

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Electrek

MARCH 3, 2022

Tesla fears having to shut down its stores and service centers in Oklahoma as a new bill banning direct sales and service from automaker has passed a House committee unanimously, and it’s heading to a vote. more…. The post Tesla fears having to shut down service centers in Oklahoma as new bill passes committee appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2022

Ford is preparing for the first deliveries of its all-electric pickup the F-150 Lightning this Spring. As Ford moves closer to bringing the electric version of its popular pickup series to market, the company has been assessing the vehicle’s performance in some of the most challenging settings, ensuring customers will enjoy the top-notch capabilities the F-series has offered for decades.

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Electrek

MARCH 3, 2022

2021 was a record-breaking year for investment in and deployment of clean energy, battery storage, and EVs in the US, according to the “2022 Sustainable Energy in America Factbook” published today by BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE). more…. The post 3 record-breaking things that happened with EVs, clean energy, and battery storage in 2021 appeared first on Electrek.

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