Thu.Jul 02, 2020

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NEVS launches PONS mobility ecosystem with autonomous vehicles for city needs; Sango

Green Car Congress

NEVS has presented its new mobility ecosystem: PONS—the first generation of autonomous vehicles with a connected user interface. The self-driving vehicle Sango is the centerpiece of the system. The self-driving vehicle Sango. NEVS developed PONS because cities all over the world, clogged by pollution and traffic, want to do whatever they can to reduce the use of cars.

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Ford shifted the way it lists Mustang Mach-E electric SUV battery capacity: Why it matters

Green Car Reports

Ford announced the opening of its order banks for the 2021 Mustang Mach-E electric SUV Wednesday. With that, Ford released adjusted power and torque specs for the Mach-E—reflecting a 3% to 4% boost in rated power over previous preliminary estimates. But in the electric car world, where Tesla acceleration videos have made us all a little numb.

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Guidehouse Insights names Rivian, NIO, and Nikola the leading EV “upstarts”

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A new Leaderboard Report from Guidehouse Insights evaluates the strategy and execution of 21 electric vehicle (EV) upstarts, with Rivian, NIO, and Nikola ranked as the leading market players. The Guidehouse Insights Leaderboard Grid. Interest in and adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) continues to grow globally, driven by declining costs from battery innovations and supportive government policies.

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Amid a pandemic, Tesla delivered more vehicles in Q2 than in Q1 for 2020

Green Car Reports

Tesla delivered more vehicles in the second quarter of 2020 than it did in the first quarter of the year, despite other automakers' reports of deliveries down by 30% or more. Yes, we’re talking about the second quarter of 2020—when the coronavirus pandemic ground large sectors of the economy to a halt and forced many around the world.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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New Volkswagen Tiguan with PHEV option

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Volkswagen has premiered the new Tiguan, now available with a plug-in hybrid drive option for select markets (not including the US), the Tiguan eHybrid. ( Earlier post.). Tiguan eHybrid. The Volkswagen Tiguan is Europe’s most successful Sports Utility Vehicle and one of the top-selling SUVs in the world. More than six million units have been produced to date.

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Hyundai Santa Fe plug-in hybrid specs and features revealed—for Europe

Green Car Reports

The next-generation Hyundai Santa Fe will get a plug-in hybrid powertrain, the first time one has been offered in Hyundai's mid-size family crossover. The model is likely to be sold in the United States, but Hyundai has only released specifications for the European market so far. Scheduled to go on sale in Europe in 2021, the Santa Fe follows the.

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Report: Tesla scaling down plans for German Gigafactory, cutting batteries out

Green Car Reports

Tesla's planned Giga Berlin factory may soon get downgraded to Mega Berlin. The automaker is scaling down the German factory, pulling back from plans to manufacture batteries onsite, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing revised planning documents for the factory. The changes would also eliminate production of plastic components, and would lower.

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NREL issues request for proposals for H2@Scale; up to $24M in funding

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NREL has issued a request for proposals for qualified partners to participate in cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) projects with the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) national laboratories in support of DOE’s H2@Scale initiative. Through this CRADA call, DOE's Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) seeks to accelerate development of hydrogen fueling technologies for medium- and heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles, address priority research and development (R&D) barriers

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Hyundai Santa Fe PHEV, Ford Mach-E battery, Tesla Giga Berlin and Q2 deliveries: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Hyundai reveals more about the Santa Fe plug-in hybrid. Ford explains why it’s now rating batteries by usable capacity. And Tesla managed to defy expectations with Q2 deliveries. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla is reportedly scaling down plans for its German Gigafactory—by cutting batteries out. Does it still warrant.

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Volvo Penta develops electric driveline for Rosenbauer fire truck

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Volvo Penta has developed an electric driveline for leading fire service vehicle manufacturer Rosenbauer’s pioneering fire truck, enabling a new solution with zero exhaust emissions and significantly reduced noise levels. The truck is currently undergoing intensive testing and will soon begin real-world customer testing with fire departments in Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Audi to expand e-tron line-up with introduction of ‘S’ performance models

Green Cars News

The ‘S’ prefix on an Audi has always signified high performance, and with the new e-tron S and e-tron S Sportback being the first EVs to use the collective power of three electric motors they’ve certainly earned the right to bear the badge.

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Volkswagen Group of America welcomes first LNG-powered vehicle transport ship to US port

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Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) welcomed its first overseas liquid natural gas (LNG) transport ship to the VWGoA port in Davisville, RI. The LNG-powered car carrier ship, named Siem Confucius , left Emden, Germany on 16 June 2020 on its first voyage, which includes one stop in the US before heading to the Gulf of Mexico. ( Earlier post.) This is the company’s first in-service overseas carrier to operate on LNG.

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Audi to expand e-tron line-up with introduction of ‘S’ performance models

Green Cars News

The ‘S’ prefix on an Audi has always signified high performance, and with the new e-tron S and e-tron S Sportback being the first EVs to use the collective power of three electric motors they’ve certainly earned the right to bear the badge.

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New Volkswagen Tiguan eHybrid PHEV

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VW's Tiguan mid-sized SUV has long been a popular choice as a family bus – so popular that it's VW's best selling car. The brand has now unveiled the new 2021 Tiguan which has received an interior and exterior styling overhaul as well as a new PHEV powertrain.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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134. WHAT WE LEARNED FROM 100M SMARTPHONES

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Tesla’s market valuation hit today $225 Billion, more than the valuation of any other auto manufacturer, highlighting the importance of the lithium-ion battery to our economies. The battery is the product differentiator for electric vehicles, stationary energy storage and many consumer devices. Each category is pushing the specifications of the battery — and they all share similar themes: more charge capacity, faster charging, battery longevity, less weight, less cost, and absolute safety!

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supercharger map with range circle

Supercharged EV

Our friends of the forum "forum.supercharge.info" made a great chart that I find useful because in addition to the list of superchargers ( that you also have on Tesla website), their interface provides the possibility to draw range circles around one or several locations. A great feature for the ones with range anxiety Here is the link : [link] Happy about this article ?

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Bentley Bentayga: The definitive luxury SUV to offer fresh styling and revised interior

Green Cars News

Bentley aim to raise the bar once again in the luxury SUV segment with their updated Bentayga.

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Cambridge Consultants introduces EnfuseNet AI system for autonomous vehicles; leveraging low-cast sensors and cameras

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Cambridge Consultants, part of the Capgemini Group, has introduced EnfuseNet, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system for autonomous vehicles. EnfuseNet fuses data from low-cost sensors and cameras—hardware costing just tens of dollars—to generate high-resolution depth data, the ideal reference point for autonomous systems. The result is very low-cost, high-resolution depth data that enables vehicle manufacturers and automotive suppliers to rewrite the economics of vehicle autonomy.

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Bentley Bentayga: The definitive luxury SUV to offer fresh styling and revised interior

Green Cars News

Bentley aim to raise the bar once again in the luxury SUV segment with their updated Bentayga.

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