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Chile to nationalize lithium industry

Green Car Congress

Chile President Gabriel Boric announced that his government will nationalize the country’s lithium industry, with the objective of increasing wealth for the country, and developing a key industry as a fundamental step to link Chile’s economic development with the change towards a green economy at a global level. Boric outlined the new National Lithium Strategy as a set of measures that seek to incorporate capital, technology, sustainability and added value in a public-private model.

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In the shift to EVs, are tailpipes a sign of the past?

Green Car Reports

It’s Earth Day. And in what’s become a Green Car Reports’ Earth Day tradition, it’s time to revisit a litmus test for how much the vehicle market has changed. The question: “When will buying vehicles with tailpipes be seen as morally wrong?” Or, to paraphrase and clarify: When will driving around your.

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GMC debuts 3X trim for HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV, announces driving range estimates

Green Car Congress

GMC released new specifications for the 2023 HUMMER EV Pickup and the 2024 GMC HUMMER EV SUV, including the 3X trim for both models of the supertruck. The 2023 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup brings with it the continuation of the all-inclusive Edition 1 trim and the debut of the 3X trim, which will offer customers more choice to customize their truck. The 3X trim will come standard with 22-inch wheels and 35-inch All-Terrain tires that offer a sportier, more on-road-oriented driving dynamic.

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Why putting rooftop solar on all US warehouses is a no-brainer – in numbers

Electrek

The US has more than 450,000 warehouses and distribution centers – that’s 16.4 billion square feet of rooftop space ripe for hosting solar panels. more… The post Why putting rooftop solar on all US warehouses is a no-brainer – in numbers appeared first on Electrek.

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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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European HEFT project seeks lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense PM emotor for EVs

Green Car Congress

A new €4-million research project funded by the EU is seeking to develop a lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense permanent magnet eMotor for electric vehicles (EVs). The consortium of eight European partners in the HEFT project is led by Mondragan University and includes GKN Automotive. HEFT considers that an energy-efficient rare-earth synchronous motor is the best option for next-generation high-power primary axle traction EVs.

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The Sodium-Ion Battery Is Coming To Production Cars This Year

CleanTechnica EVs

Lithium is abundant, but difficult to extract and purify for use in batteries. Last year, the price of lithium carbonate peaked at over $80,000 per ton, although it has come down considerably since then.

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Haptic System Creates Finger-Touch Sensations Hardware-Free?

Cars That Think

One of the trippiest virtual-reality experiences that I’ve ever had was being able to touch an object that didn’t exist. Getting immersed in a virtual world through a headset that provides video and audio is one thing, but adding in touch is somehow transformative; physical interaction brings you into that virtual world in a much more direct way. But as with everything related to VR or AR, it’s all extremely hardware intensive.

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Waymo driverless robotaxi gets pulled over by police

Teslarati

Driverless cars are pretty much inevitable at this point, but in the process of their technologies becoming mainstream, incidents involving law enforcement are bound to occur. One such incident was captured on video, where it generated nearly 14 million views on popular social media platform TikTok. The short clip, posted by TikTok user Johnny Romano under the username @johnnyromano3 , featured a Jaguar I-PACE Waymo robotaxi being flagged by police.

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Canada to Mexico in a Hyundai IONIQ 5

CleanTechnica EVs

In a recent press release, Hyundai Canada shared a customer story that should be interesting to people from all over North America. Why? Because the customer, Patrick Nadeau of Quebec, drove from there all the way to Mexico and back, proving along the way that the IONIQ 5 is more than suitable for road trips.

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CUPRA Tavascan all-electric SUV coupé unveiled in Berlin

Electric Cars Report

CUPRA has unveiled the next stage of its evolution at its Exponential Impulse event in Berlin. With the brand marking its fifth anniversary this year, it showcased the world premiere of its first all-electric SUV coupé, the CUPRA Tavascan, to be launched in 2024. CUPRA has also revealed the CUPRA DarkRebel, a virtual sports car […] The post CUPRA Tavascan all-electric SUV coupé unveiled in Berlin appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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

Brief

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Do It In The Dirt — Electric Dirt Bikes Rock

CleanTechnica EVs

A visit to Francisco Shi’s workshop is always an education. This afternoon he wanted to show me his new electric dirt bike as well as update me on his Pajero conversion project. He had just got back from a ride; the bike was dirty and being charged. He tells me it was a risky buy.

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Tesla Model Y takes Europe by storm in Q1, top sold vehicle overall

Teslarati

Tesla has reported that the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle in Europe overall during the first quarter of the year, but to be fair, it wasn’t all that unexpected. With the entrance of the Tesla Model Y into the European market, many analysts and fans alike anticipated that the brand’s popular mid-size SUV would perform well. Still, few expected it to become the world-beater that it is today.

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Australia Fuel Efficiency Standards Released — Thank You, Solar Citizens Et Al.

CleanTechnica EVs

Just 17 days after Solar Citizens were driving Canberra politicians around the federal parliament in the LDV eT60 electric ute, progress on fuel efficiency standards has been announced!

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Weird Alibaba: This cute little Chinese EV is the world’s smallest box truck

Electrek

Box trucks are convenient for when you have to move a large amount of cargo around. But what if only you need to lug around a small amount of cargo, yet don’t want to give up your U-Haul vibes? That’s when you’ll want to call on the world’s smallest box truck, which just happens to be perfect for this week’s edition of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. more… The post Weird Alibaba: This cute little Chinese EV is the world’s smallest box truck appeared first on Elect

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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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NREL Tapped To Help Electrify 4 Major Freight Corridors

CleanTechnica EVs

This spring, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $7 million in funding for seven projects focused on creating regional infrastructure plans to support electric charging and hydrogen fueling for medium- and heavy-duty trucks along the nation’s most heavily trafficked corridors.

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Quick Charge Podcast: April 22, 2023

Electrek

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. more… The post Quick Charge Podcast: April 22, 2023 appeared first on Electrek.

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Ford To Build Electric Vehicles In Ontario, Rethinks China Strategy

CleanTechnica EVs

Ford is remaking its manufacturing complex in Ontario to make electric vehicles and is rethinking its approach to the Chinese market.

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Tesla Model Y vs Audi RS4 drag race reveals practical sports car winner

Teslarati

A Tesla Model Y took on an Audi RS4 Avant in a drag race, highlighting which vehicle is the clear choice for those looking for a practical performance car. There is an extensive segment of the performance car market for those looking for something fast yet practical. Since the earliest days of the automotive industry, this segment has been the proving ground for most performance vehicles, and now more than ever, the Tesla Model Y Performance has become the clear choice.

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Vehicle to Grid: The Least You Need to Know

CleanTechnica EVs

We’ve all seen new technologies get hyped up that later turned out to be duds. Irrelevant. If we’d ignored those things all along, we then felt smart: we didn’t waste our time on that nonsense. On the other hand, cell phones turned out to be a Superthing.

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Tesla offers Model S and Model X customers amazing new incentive

Teslarati

Tesla is now offering free charging to Model S and Model X buyers, following the introduction of another incentive for current Tesla owners. Tesla’s recent shift in pricing strategy has been quite chaotic. Since the start of this year, the automaker has introduced six separate price cuts and , most recently, a price increase on the Model S and Model X.

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California Jury Exonerates Tesla In Autopilot Crash

CleanTechnica EVs

A jury in California has cleared Tesla of responsibility for injuries caused to a driver when her Model S hit a curb while on Autopilot.

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New Toyota CEO tackles EV profitability with renewed vigor

Teslarati

New Toyota CEO, Koji Sati, has announced a new three-part plan to help make the company’s EV strategy profitable as soon as possible. When Akio Toyoda announced that he would be retiring from his long-held post of CEO at Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, many investors were left uncertain about the company’s future, yet hopeful that a new executive could breathe fire into the historic auto giant.

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Tesla Model Y Now Eligible for CHEAPR Rebates

EV Club of CT

Increase in Rebates Driven by Tesla Since the MSRP cap was increased in July 2022, there has been an increase in rebates as more models have become available. Somewhat predictably, it is driven mostly by.

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Tesla maintains control in California as state’s EV sales surge past 1 million

Teslarati

California has released its Q1 “ZEV” sales report, showing that Tesla remains in control of its most successful market. The United States remains one of Tesla’s top sales locations, and within the country, no other state gets remotely close to the sales numbers of California. There, a mix of investments in EV charging, a generally increased appetite for the technology, and increased incentives have quickly pushed the Western state toward electrification.

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Charging into a Greener Future: Celebrating Earth Day with Webasto

EV Solutions

Join Webasto in celebrating Earth Day 2023 and learn how our cutting-edge charging equipment is helping to reduce carbon emissions and move towards a more sustainable future.

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Cupra Unveils Tavascan: An Attractive Electric SUV Coupé

My EV Review

The Spanish novelty measures 4644 millimeters in length, 1861 millimeters in width, and 1597 millimeters in height. The distance between the axles is 2766 millimeters.

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NIO Planning Small Budget EVs For European Expansion

InsideEVs

A new affordable sub-brand, codenamed Firefly, will launch next year.

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Comment on Tesla upgrades China-made Model Y with new suspension system to improve comfort by bearlemley.

CN EV Post

Can’t wait to start testing the new Model Y performance suspension here in Bangkok where the roads can be so rough it’s hard to define a speed bump.

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Tesla Production Sites By Model Assignment, Capacity: April 2023

InsideEVs

The production potential of all plants exceeds 2 million units annually.

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Comment on Svolt Energy's Dragon Armor Battery makes real-life debut at Shanghai auto show by KRISHNA R

CN EV Post

Great! Will it support long life like million miles as well?

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Want A Lightyear 0 But Don't Have $277K? Now Is Your Chance To Buy A Prototype

InsideEVs

Lightyear is trying to come back from the dead by auctioning off test vehicles.

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Cupra Unveils Tavascan: An Attractive Electric SUV Coupé

My EV Review

The Spanish novelty measures 4644 millimeters in length. The rear-wheel-drive version offers 210 kW / 286 hp, while the all-wheel-drive version, which has two motors, offers 250 kW / 340 hp. As a result, the vehicle accelerates from zero to 100 km/h in just 5.6 seconds.

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Tesla Energy Storage Business Is Booming: Q1 2023 Results

InsideEVs

The company more than quadrupled deployment of battery energy storage systems to nearly 4 GWh.

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Biofriendly Transient Devices Emerge

Cars That Think

Researchers at Northwestern University , Evanston, Ill., and the University of Sussex , Brighton, England, have created prototypes of new environmentally sustainable devices that can monitor blood pressure and heartbeat, or heal persistent afflictions such as diabetic ulcers. The devices are also far more advanced than proof-of-concept stage; the Northwestern device, a transient bandage that uses electrotherapy to both monitor and heal diabetic wounds, is resorbed into the body.