Green Car Reports
APRIL 25, 2023
EPA fuel-economy ratings have city, highway, and combined categories, but range ratings for EVs only include the latter. There's a reason for that. A new paper published by SAE International and co-authored by Car and Driver testing director Dave VanderWerp emphasizes that the EPA combined EV range rating isn't a number reflective of highway.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2023
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Seaborg Technologies announced a consortium to develop floating nuclear power plants with Seaborg Technologies’ compact molten salt reactor (CMSR) technology. The power plants will be installed on barges with a modular design able to deliver from 200MWe to 800MWe, with the consortium’s first project expected to be a 200MWe power barge.
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Green Car Reports
APRIL 25, 2023
GM will discontinue the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV electric cars at the end of 2023, GM CEO Mary Barra told investors on Tuesday. The Orion Assembly plant used to make the Bolt EVs will shift production to electric trucks such as the Silverado EV that use GM's more sophisticated Ultium propulsion system. The announcement about the end of the.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2023
Sysco Corporation, the world’s largest food distributor, unveiled its vision for the Riverside Electric Vehicle Hub, which will transform the company’s distribution center into the focal point of its electrified fleet. One of the first electric vehicle hubs of its kind, the Riverside project is a foundational step toward Sysco’s goal to reduce its direct emissions by 27.5% and add 2,800 electric trucks to its US fleet by 2030.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 25, 2023
GM and Samsung SDI announced Tuesday that they will form a joint venture for battery production. In a release, the companies made clear that this joint venture, starting with more than $3 billion, won’t initially be making batteries that directly replace or augment the brand’s Ultium cell strategy developed with LG. The new plant will.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2023
Using a novel combination of cryogenic transmission electron tomography and deep learning, EPFL researchers have provided a first look at the nanostructure of platinum catalyst layers, revealing how they could be optimized for fuel cell efficiency. Most proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) catalysts contain platinum—a scarce and precious metal.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2023
Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK has signed a deal with the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Cymru to optimize hydrogen fuel cell assembly. Advancements have been made to the Hydrogen Electric Propulsion Systems (HEPS) assembly testbed, based at AMRC Cymru in North Wales since work began in October 2022. The HEPS project aims to de-risk the assembly and production scale up of hydrogen fuel cells for the automotive, aerospace and rail industries.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 25, 2023
The timeline has been pulled earlier for Honda’s first dedicated electric vehicle engineered in-house for high-volume production. That yet-unnamed mid- to large-sized EV built on “Honda’s original dedicated EV platform” will go on sale in 2025 for North America—stepped up from a targeted 2026—top Honda.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2023
Proman Stena Bulk, the joint venture between tanker company Stena Bulk and methanol producer Proman, successfully completed the first barge-to-ship methanol bunkering on the US Gulf Coast. The JV tankers Stena Pro Marine and Stena Prosperous were refueled with methanol via barge while discharging petroleum products at a terminal in the Port of Houston in the first week of April.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 25, 2023
EV policy will achieve the greatest climate benefit by prioritizing those that use the most gasoline, according to the advocacy group Coltura. The group recently released a new study building on findings published in 2021 which found that one in 10 drivers burn nearly a third of U.S. gasoline. Coltura coined the term gasoline "superusers" to.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2023
At a ceremony in South Korea in March, HHI-EMD—a MAN Energy Solutions two-stroke licensee— marked the manufacture of the world’s largest methanol-powered two-stroke engine, a MAN B&W G95ME-LGIM type. Simultaneously, the engine’s manufacture pushed the company past the 200 million brake-horsepower milestone for low-speed, two-stroke engines.
The Driven EV News
APRIL 25, 2023
For a City Slicker, bigger tyres on a Model Y Performance are fine. If you plan on long distance driving, the energy wasted may be an issue. The post How much does wheel type affect range? Stunning results of Model Y Performance test appeared first on The Driven.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2023
In an open access paper in the Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) have investigated the effect of group riding on cyclists’ exposure to vehicle pollutants. For major cycle lanes cutting thorough many large cities, cars and bicycles share the same stretch of road without any significant mitigation strategy in place to shelter cyclists from the polluting vehicles traveling nearby, the researchers note.
Electrek
APRIL 25, 2023
Tesla has released a rare update on the battery degradation in its electric cars. The automaker claims its batteries only lose about 12% of capacity after 200,000 miles. more… The post Tesla gives update on battery degradation: only 12% after 200,000 miles appeared first on Electrek.
CN EV Post
APRIL 25, 2023
This equates to a reduction of 1.07 million tons of carbon emissions, as well as saving customers about RMB 7 billion in energy costs. | NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG (Image credit: NIO) NIO (NYSE: NIO) saw its cumulative user miles exceed 10 billion kilometers on April 25, marking a new milestone in the company's history. NIO announced the milestone today on its mobile app, saying its total number of users to date exceeds 320,000.
Electrek
APRIL 25, 2023
Fisker Inc. has just confirmed regulatory certification in Europe that will allow sales and deliveries of the first Ocean SUVs to reservation holders. Fisker has taken a unique dual homologation process for both Europe and the US simultaneously, and while deliveries overseas appear just over a week away, reservation holders in the US might have a wait quite a bit longer. more… The post Fisker Ocean deliveries are now days away in Europe, but US customers will have to wait appeared first on Elect
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 25, 2023
Snacks: Check. Road trip tunes: Check. An interactive map showing electric vehicle charging stations at the national park you are visiting: Check, check, and check. As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows — and tourism to U.S.
Teslarati
APRIL 25, 2023
Tesla has published a new report detailing just how safe Full Self Driving (FSD) is making the driving experience of its customers. Critics of Tesla’s FSD autonomous driving software have one common criticism; the system isn’t safe enough. Often, this argument is paired with a citation of the U.S. NHTSA, which is currently investigating 40 collisions involving Tesla’s autonomous system.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 25, 2023
The SAE and Car & Driver have released a report that shows why the EPA range numbers for electric cars are often inaccurate, especially Tesla's estimates.
CN EV Post
APRIL 25, 2023
NIO sold 2,000 units last week, up from 700 the week before and 1,316 in the first week of April. Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) maintained strong sales last week, and NIO (NYSE: NIO) saw a significant rebound, the latest data show. With 7,200 units sold in the week ending April 23, Li Auto far outpaced other new car-making brands, the automaker said today on Weibo.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 25, 2023
Governments shouldn't be rewarding firms that are actually emitting more CO2e just because they are making hydrogen.
Teslarati
APRIL 25, 2023
General Motors bid farewell to the Chevy Bolt today in its first-quarter earnings call, bringing closure to its best-selling electric vehicle. CEO Mary Barra confirmed the Bolt’s two offerings, the EV and EUV, will be phased out as GM aims to transition away from its older offerings and make progress toward higher production rates of vehicles that will utilize the Ultium platform , the automaker’s next-generation architecture for electric cars.
Electrek
APRIL 25, 2023
Developer Gazelle Wind Power just publicly explained, for the first time, how its newest floating offshore wind platform works – here’s why it’s a unique solution. more… The post This floating offshore wind platform could be a game changer appeared first on Electrek.
CN EV Post
APRIL 25, 2023
This is the first such permit issued in Guangzhou, where Pony.ai's 17 robotaxis have been approved to provide robotaxi service without safety officers. (Image credit: Pony.ai) Pony.ai, a Chinese self-driving startup backed by Toyota Motor and NIO Capital, has been granted a permit for robotaxi service without safety officers in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, after receiving a similar permit in Beijing last month.
Electrek
APRIL 25, 2023
Tesla announced that it is starting to open its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric cars in China. It’s another step toward making the Supercharger network a fully-opened global charging network. more… The post Tesla starts to open Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric cars in China appeared first on Electrek.
CN EV Post
APRIL 25, 2023
Buick Electra E5's aggressive pricing in China has garnered a good initial reception. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Buick's aggressive pricing for the Electra E5, its first electric model based on GM's Ultium platform, seems to be getting good initial results. The Electra E5 has already received more than 8,000 orders, Buick announced in a post on its official WeChat account yesterday.
Electrek
APRIL 25, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just announced the availability of $400 million for clean school buses – the first round of funding available as grants. This is how the money is going to be distributed. more… The post Here’s why EPA’s $400M in electric school bus grants matter and how they’ll be allocated appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 25, 2023
After six years, the Chevy Bolt EV and Bolt EUV will soon be retired. While it wasn’t smooth sailing for all of those six years, the Bolt EV was the first mass-market long-range EV for Chevy, and it has some very loyal owners.
Electric Cars Report
APRIL 25, 2023
Skoda Auto is accelerating its e-campaign and plans to grow its BEV line-up to a total of six models by 2026. The Czech brand will have a particularly diverse electric portfolio in four years’ time, offering the right vehicle for every customer. In addition to the Skoda Enyaq and the Enyaq Coupé, due to be […] The post Skoda will offer six all-electric models by 2026 appeared first on Electric Cars Report.
InsideEVs
APRIL 25, 2023
The performance of newer chemistries will be revealed once there will be more data.
Electric Cars Report
APRIL 25, 2023
Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), one of the biggest Chinese automakers, has unveiled its latest project at GAC R&D Center Europe during Milan Design Week 2023. The project, called Car Culture #2 VAN LIFE, is the second installment in GAC’s Car Culture Series, following the first one, Car Culture #1 – The Barchetta, which was […] The post The GAC VAN LIFE Concept Is Autonomous Electric Camper For The Future appeared first on Electric Cars Report.
The Driven EV News
APRIL 25, 2023
Tesla says transition to EVs, battery storage, wind and solar will slash energy consumption needs by half compared to inefficient fossil fuels. The post Tesla says global energy demand will be cut in half by switch to EVs and renewables appeared first on The Driven.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 25, 2023
The Chevy Bolt and Bolt EUV production will end this year, GM says. There are no plans to replace it with an affordable EV.
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