Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

GM has acquired a 25% ownership stake in Pure Watercraft , a Seattle-based company that specializes in creating all-electric boating solutions. The Pure Outboard system includes a 25kW electric outboard motor with power tilt/trim (112 lbs); one or more 8.85 kWh battery packs (118 lbs each); mobile charger connects to 120V & 240V outlets (24 lbs); Bluetooth-enabled throttle; connecting power cables, throttle cable and throttle mounting bracket; and Pure Watercraft’s standard prop (16?).

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

California last week announced approval of a $1.4 billion three-year infrastructure push to meet the state's ambitious goals for EVs and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Most of the funding in the 2021-2023 plan goes to charging infrastructure, with $314 million designated for light-duty vehicle charging and $690 million for medium-duty and heavy-duty.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In the port of Rotterdam, the first companies are already preparing for the storage, processing and transit of hydrogen, according to a study conducted by the Port Authority into the development of hydrogen import terminals in Rotterdam. The Port Authority held consultations with a large number of Rotterdam-based companies and asked several research agencies to carry out sub-studies into the necessary preconditions in the fields of navigation, safety, the environment and space.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

While driving range is one of the most important numbers for the GMC Hummer EV, it’s different for GM’s electric “supertruck” versus any other personal-use EV currently on the market. Why? Because, as we’ve outlined in the past, the top Hummer EV is solidly in the EPA’s heavy-duty truck category, with a.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Cadillac engineers recently completed the “80 percent” validation drive for the 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ—a critical milestone in Cadillac’s first luxury EV’s development, marking a transition to the final stage prior to production. By confirming that all components and technologies are at or beyond 80%, engineers can now focus on fine-tuning LYRIQ prior to production.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

General Motors on Monday released an update on development of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV, which is scheduled to start production in the first quarter of 2022. Cadillac engineers of completed 80% of validation testing, meaning they can now begin fine-tuning the Lyriq ahead of the start of production, the GM press release said. The Lyriq.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Vietnam’s Vinfast has big plans for EVs in the U.S. market. California’s infrastructure push focuses in on EV charging—and hydrogen delivery. GM readies its Cadillac Lyriq for spring production. And those thirsty Hellcats are finally on a retirement track. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. General Motors on Monday.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A combined experimental and computational study published in Nature Catalysis shows promising results for a new class of catalysts producing ammonia under mild conditions. The production of ammonia amounts to about 200 megatons per year. This makes it the second-most produced chemical in the world, surpassed only by sulfuric acid. There are several means of producing ammonia, but the Haber-Bosch process remains the most prevalent, accounting for about 90% of total production.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

With a splashy introduction at the 2021 Los Angeles auto show, Vietnamese auto manufacturer Vinfast detailed its plans to bring a pair of electric SUVs to the United States and establish a foothold in the U.S. EV market by the end of next year with a pair of vehicles. Confirming reports from earlier this year, those two EVs will be the VF e35 and.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A coalition of major businesses, including Amazon, Siemens, DHL and Uber, sent a letter to officials from the Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and General Services Administration calling for programs and standards that ensure interoperability and open access at publicly funded electric vehicle charging stations. As the letter notes, such standards will be critical to accelerate a rapid transition to electric vehicles, and will be particularly important for companies that opera

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Ford has started installing its Tesla Supercharger lookalike charging stations as the automaker insists on copying the design instead of the business model. more… The post Ford is actually installing its Tesla Supercharger lookalike charging stations appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the global volume of EV charging sessions, where an EVs battery is charged using a charging point, will exceed 1.5 billion per year in 2026, from just 200 million in 2021. This remarkable growth rate of more than 665% over the next five years will be driven by greater government incentives for electric vehicles, as well as more widespread charging service availability.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

PepsiCo. has received the permit for the installation of a Tesla Semi Megacharger at its Modesto, California, facility, according to public documents released by Stanislaus County. The Stanislaus County Planning Commission officially issued a permit for the Megacharger installation yesterday on November 22nd, the documents show. PepsiCo. has been attempting to receive installation privileges since April, when it initially submitted the application on April 21st.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Volkswagen has begun taking orders for the ID.5 e-SUV coupé. ( Earlier post.) The top-of-the-range electric model of the ID. family based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB) is available in Germany from an entry-level price of €46,515. Available at the pre-sales launch: the ID.5 Pro and the ID.5 Pro Performance with 128 kW (174 PS) and 150 kW (204 PS) respectively, along with the all-wheel drive ID.5 GTX with 220 kW (299 PS).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Some Tesla employees are reportedly organizing a union at Gigafactory Berlin, and IG Metall – one of Germany’s most powerful unions – is behind it. more… The post Tesla employees are reportedly organizing a union at Gigafactory Berlin appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Tesla has posted new jobs for its Tesla Bot team on its Careers page. Most of the Tesla Bot jobs are located in California except one located in Austin, Texas. . A few of the openings have been posted for quite some time. Tesla has been steadily posting jobs for the Tesla Bot team since the project was announced during Artificial Intelligence or AI Day back in August.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Based on the latest tally, Tesla has a backlog of over 1.2 million Cybertruck reservations worth over $80 billion. But there’s still no production in sight. more… The post Tesla Cybertruck reservation backlog reaches $80 billion in value based on latest tally appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

SpaceX is firmly on track to launch NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission – sometimes half-seriously referred to as the first spacecraft designed to avenge the dinosaurs – at 10:21 pm PST, Tuesday, November 23rd (06:21 UTC 24 Nov). Weighing about 622 kilograms (1370 lb) at liftoff, the Johns Hopkins-built spacecraft will be sent directly towards the binary Didymos asteroid system by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, marking the company’s first interplanetary laun

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Hummer EV deliveries are imminent, slated to begin next month as confirmed today by GMC brand chief Duncan Aldred. While the truck will not be EPA rated, GM says it will have an all-electric range of 329 miles. more… The post GM’s Hummer EV has 329 mile range, “Edition 1” deliveries start in December appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

After an initial rollout in update 2021.40.5 earlier this month, Tesla has now expanded its Waypoints release to a broader group of customers worldwide. While Waypoints could be considered a minor update, it does show that Tesla as a company listens to the requests of its customers. . The addition of Waypoints, which allows Tesla’s Navigation to add stops during a trip, has been a long time coming.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A YouTuber managed to turn a Tesla Model X into a war machine with dual machine guns deploying out of the falcon wing doors. more… The post Tesla Model X gets turned into war machine with dual machine guns coming out of the falcon wings appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Trevor Page with Tesla Owners Online has shared a first look at Tesla’s new waypoints capability in the Tesla navigation system. I remember standing in front of the stage at the Tesla Plaid event when someone, I think it was Tesla Raj, yelled out, “Waypoints!” Elon Musk begrudgingly gave in. It was pretty hilarious. As […].

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Rivian sent out emails to Launch Edition reservation holders today with two-month delivery windows for their vehicles. The windows start as early as March 2022, but some vehicles will be delivered as late as September 2022 (or possibly later). more… The post Rivian customers get their delivery windows: as early as March 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In its first-ever list of the “Next Big Things in Tech,” Fast Company listed several companies in the technology industry that are making an impact on various topics from sustainability, health, and AI to money and smart machines. Li-Cycle, which has North America’s largest battery recycling facility, is one of the companies mentioned on that […].

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Tesla China raised the Model 3 RWD and Model Y RWD’s prices by RMB 4,752 (about $750) recently. The Model 3 RWD now costs RMB 255,652 before options, while the Model Y costs RMB 280,752. . Before the price increase, the Model 3 RWD’s price was RMB 250,900, and the Model Y RWD’s price was RMB 276,000. Even with the recent price hike, both RWD models still qualify for China’s subsidy for new energy vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in China, having scored 325,000 registrations in October, up 113% year over year (YoY). That’s an especially impressive performance when we consider that the overall market was down 5%. This pulls the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over to 2.3 million units, and with further record performances set to come […].

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Portugal has shuttered its last remaining coal plant, becoming the fourth country in the European Union to do so, along with Austria, Belgium, and Sweden. more… The post Portugal closes its last remaining coal plant appeared first on Electrek.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Does the value of a job lie in how long it resists automation? Over the course of the pandemic, I saw a growing wave of mealtime deliveries: riders whizzing by silently on electric bicycles, ferrying takeout meals to folks in my urban neighborhood who don't want to venture out of their homes. Under constant pressure to pick up and deliver meals before they go cold, these delivery workers toil for some of the lowest wages on offer.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Swedish electric motorcycle company CAKE is unveiling its new CAKE :work line of electric motorcycles today at the EICMA Milan Motorcycle Show. The :work bikes feature a wide range of accessory mounts that can be used for everything from mounting cargo boxes to miter saws, and their batteries can even be used for providing off-grid power for tools and devices. more… The post These new work-ready electric motorcycles from CAKE are perfect for deliveries, handymen appeared first on Electrek.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Last week, Google or Alphabet or X or whatever you want to call it announced that its Everyday Robots team has grown enough and made enough progress that it's time for it to become its own thing, now called, you guessed it, "Everyday Robots." There's a new website of questionable design along with a lot of fluffy descriptions of what Everyday Robots is all about.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Arc’s founders may have started with rockets, but now they’re getting their feet wet with high-power electric boats. And a new funding commitment from a former Tesla exec means that their high-performance Arc One electric boats may soon be gracing a waterfront near you. more… The post This powerful electric boat from ex-SpaceX engineers is the latest e-watersports startup appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

On Friday, Tesla, Austin Community College (ACC), and Mayor Steve Adler hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Tesla START Manufacturing training center at ACC. The new facility will be at ACC’s Riverside campus and is training students for a potential career at Giga Texas. Some pictures from the ribbon-cutting at the Tesla-ACC program event […].

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

As part of its ongoing YouTube documentary series tracking the progress of the Precept concept reaching full production, Polestar has confirmed the EV will be called the Polestar 5. The third episode of Precept: from Concept to Car also offers a glimpse at the final design of the Polestar 5, which is slated for production in 2024. more… The post Polestar confirms Precept concept will be the Polestar 5 and offers a sneak peak of the final design appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

I find it really odd that the Biden administration is not only ignoring Tesla and its contributions to the electric vehicle market but is outright lying to the American people about General Motors (GM) being the leader of the industry. I’ve written about this already, but other things have happened since then. It seems as […].

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