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Northvolt to build 100 GWh/year cathode material plant in Sweden; reusing shuttered pulp and paper mill

Green Car Congress

Northvolt and Stora Enso recently signed a letter of intent on a purchase of the Kvarnsveden Mill and the surrounding industrial area in Borlänge, Sweden. Northvolt will develop the site into a manufacturing plant for active material and battery cells, reusing and refurbishing much of the existing facilities and site infrastructure. The factory is expected to start the first part of its operations in late 2024 and will employ up to 1,000 people, utilizing 100% clean energy from the region.

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Future Cars: Concept EVs for 2023 and Beyond

Clean Fleet Report

A Quick Look at What Is on the Electric Horizon. Roll Call. Faraday Future FF 91. Jeep EV. Kia EV9. Lexus EV Sports Car. Mullen 5. Polestar Precept. Polestar 02. Sony Vision-S. If you’ve been napping the past couple months and missed these concepts, you may have missed a glimpse of the future of electric vehicles. As with all concepts, there is no guarantee they will be built or will look much like the concept once it arrives at your local dealership.

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OSU researchers find small particles from tires inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries

Green Car Congress

Small particles from tires inhibit the growth and cause adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, according to two new Oregon State University studies. The findings are part of a continued effort by scientists to unravel the impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on aquatic ecosystems and aquatic organisms.

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Calling all EV soldiers

Electric Auto Association

The Infrastructure roll out needs our help By Jim Stack, President of Electric Auto Association of Phoenix. Estimated Infrastructure bill allocations per resident. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law , passed by Congress last year and going into effect now, is set to add 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers across the country. It requires that each state come up with an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan before these funds can be accessed.

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

emissions global warming Norway climate change carbon dioxide youtube lighting

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Queensland Pacific Metals enters binding supply agreement for up to 1M tonnes per year of nickel-containing limonite

Green Car Congress

Australia-based Queensland Pacific Metals (QPM) has entered into a binding ore supply agreement with Société Le Nickel (SLN), a subsidiary of Eramet Group, up to 1,000,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of nickel-containing limonite ore per annum to QPM. The approval is valid through to 2029, in line with SLN’s existing export approvals that are currently in place.

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Tesla ramps hiring for Gigafactory Berlin after securing final environmental approval

Teslarati

A few days after Tesla secured the final environmental approval for Giga Berlin, the EV manufacturer ramps hiring for its factory in Germany. A quick search through Tesla’s career page reveals that the company has listed at least 50 new jobs in Grunheide, Brandenburg. The Giga Berlin hiring ramp includes jobs in several categories, like HR, Manufacturing, Operation & Business Support, and Supply Chain.

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Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) — What Is It Not So Good Doing?

CleanTechnica EVs

What I’ve learned using it for 6 weeks and 2000 miles For the last six weeks I’ve been using Full Self-Driving (Beta) both for local and long-distance driving — virtually all the time. I will often repeatedly push the software to the limit when I know it would be too slow for a regular driver […].

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Tesla’s Elon Musk predicts self-driving cars will amplify traffic to “insane levels”

Teslarati

Tesla may be hard at work in developing a legitimate full self-driving system, but CEO Elon Musk already seems to be looking at issues that the advent of autonomous driving would likely cause. In a recent comment on Twitter, Musk admitted that self-driving cars would likely make traffic worse since people won’t feel the physical task of driving anymore.

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Elon Musk On Tesla’s AI Leadership & Idea To Make Traffic Lights Smarter

CleanTechnica EVs

Elon Musk shared some interesting tweets about Tesla’s AI this weekend, and even a cool idea that would bring innovation to those old traffic lights that take forever to change at 2:00 am even though no one else is around. I think we’ve all been in that situation. Beta 10.12 probably releases Tuesday in US […].

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in March 2022

Electrek

While some outlets just scrape the web to hawk random e-bikes, Electrek has spent countless hours performing detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bicycles. That has helped us find the best electric bikes on the market for just about any budget. Below you’ll see some of the top e-bikes we’ve tested for every price range, current as of March 2022. more….

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

Brief

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Tesla Supercharger fee gaffe results in Model 3 owner temporarily getting $600K bill

Teslarati

A Model 3 owner in China faced a shocking Supercharger bill after using Tesla’s proprietary rapid charging system in Shanghai. After receiving an alert on his Tesla Mobile App that he has been blocked from using Superchargers, the Model 3 owner decided to check what was causing the error — and found out that his car had accumulated RMB 3.8 million (over $600k) in charging fees.

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China: Plug-In Car Sales More Than Doubled In January 2022

InsideEVs

Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV is still strong at #1, but there are two BYD plug-in hybrids behind.

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President Zelensky confirms more Starlink shipments for Ukraine, invites Elon Musk to visit after the war

Teslarati

It appears that SpaceX is only getting started with its efforts in helping keep Ukraine connected to the internet despite the ongoing Russian invasion. In a recent announcement, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Elon Musk has pledged to send another batch of Starlink satellite terminals to the country, which would then be deployed in cities that have been damaged by the conflict. .

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Tesla Autopilot Detects Crash And Steers Around Car To Reduce Damage

InsideEVs

A Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot reportedly steered away from another car during a collision.

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

Oil

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Volkswagen invests ~$2B in new manufacturing facility for Trinity sedan production

Teslarati

On March 4, 2022, Volkswagen (VW) Group’s Supervisory Board passed a resolution for the company’s new ~$2 billion Trinity factory. The resolution greenlit the construction of VW’s new manufacturing facility in Wolfsburg-Warmenau, near the company’s headquarters. “Today’s decision marks a historic moment for Wolfsburg. The very roots of our company remain the Group’s powerhouse and become even more important,” commented Daniela Cavallo, Chairwoman of the General and Group Works Councils.

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Numerous Ford Mustang Mach-E Trims No Longer Able To Be Ordered

InsideEVs

Ford has reportedly stopped taking orders for the Mach-E Premium and California Route 1.

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Registering for Utility Incentives Via Telematics – Latest Update

EV Club of CT

EV Club Follow Up with Eversource and UI Telematics is where the utility is able to communicate directly with the vehicle, as opposed to a smart charger, the latter being the basic design of the. Read more.

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Norway: BEV Sales Improved But PHEVs Shrunk By 75% In February 2022

InsideEVs

The top-selling models were Hyundai Ioniq 5, ahead of BMW iX and Audi Q4 e-tron.

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Rapid Acceleration of EV Adoption Needed to Meet State’s Goal

EV Club of CT

Time to Get Moving There have been any number of data-focused posts on this blog tracking the details of EV adoption in our state, not to mention references to the goals the state has set. Read more.

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Kia EV6 Vs Tesla Model Y? Seasoned Tesla Owners Compare EVs

InsideEVs

What do long-time Tesla owners think of the Kia EV6? Would they buy it?

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Report: Tesla Owner In China Faces Shocking $600,000 Supercharging Bill

InsideEVs

Reportedly, it was due to a bug in the back-end systems.

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Tesla Model Y Owner Reviews Ford Mustang Mach-E

InsideEVs

How does the Mach-E stack up against his Model Y?

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Volkswagen Chooses Wolfsburg For $2.2 Billion EV Plant

InsideEVs

Construction is set to begin in spring 2023.

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