Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
Spain-based global energy company Repsol and Talgo, a manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains, will promote a renewable-hydrogen-powered train, fostering emission-free rail transport in the Iberian Peninsula. Repsol is the leading producer and consumer of hydrogen in the Iberian Peninsula and operates the largest hydrogen plant of Europe.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 4, 2021
An EV tax credit could soon extend to used vehicles. The 40-mpg versions of the Maverick hybrid pickup might be hard to find. And the Leaf is now the lowest-priced EV in the U.S. market. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With a price cut of more than $4,000, the 2022 Nissan Leaf is shaping up to be the lowest-priced U.S.-market electric.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
The California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) released a new foundational document for heavy-duty class 8 fuel cell electric trucks (FCETs), “ Fuel Cell Electric Trucks: A Vision for Freight Movement in California and Beyond ,” that envisions 70,000 trucks supported by 200 heavy-duty truck stations by 2035. The vision emphasizes the need for policies that unlock and accelerate private investment to achieve this interim step towards a larger goal of 100% zero-emission trucks by 2045.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 4, 2021
The 2022 Ford Maverick hybrid pickup offers three-quarter-ton payload and will tow up to 2,000 pounds; and yet it’s expected to achieve a 40 mpg city rating from the EPA. At a time when trucks are trendy, gas prices are soaring, and people are watching bottom-line prices a bit more than before, the Maverick hybrid’s $21,490 base price.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
Rolls-Royce has launched a new major investment project with Purdue University to develop new test facilities for high-altitude and hybrid-electric engines to power the next generation of US military aircraft. Gas turbine engine test cells must offer flexible operation to qualify engines for customer use. However, true high-altitude test cells are rare across the US.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 4, 2021
The federal EV tax credit has thus far only been available for new vehicles, but legislation introduced last week in both houses of Congress could change that. As the chances of big spending on EV incentives and green energy in the bipartisan infrastructure package are looking increasingly grim, there's a bright spot in EV incentives: a separate.
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Green Car Reports
AUGUST 4, 2021
The 2022 Nissan Leaf rolls into the new model year with a significant price cut for the shorter-range version. The base price of the 149-mile standard Leaf is down to $28,375 with the mandatory $975 destination charge—so $20,875 effectively if you can claim the full $7,500 EV tax credit. Other state or regional incentives might make the Leaf.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
Identifying defect sources, determining the optimal maintenance schedule, improving manufacturing processes: until now, artificial intelligence only made this possible in a paint shop equipped with state-of-the-art robots. Now, however, Dürr is significantly expanding the scope of its AI applications with the enablement of analysis software from the DXQ product family for sealing.
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 4, 2021
Last year and last month, I wrote about Volvo Penta and Rosenbauer developing an electric fire truck. They’re not the only team in town working to electrify firefighters, though. More recently, Oshkosh Corporation has announced that it is working to get electric fire trucks into fire stations across the United States — starting in Wisconsin. […].
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
Keysight Technologies announced the Scienlab SL1700A Series, the next-generation battery pack test system for high voltage battery packs—up to 1500 V for automotive and industrial application. Customers need labs with multiple test channels to develop batteries, but space and power supplies are limited. Keysight’s SL1700A Series utilizes new high voltage silicon carbide (SiC) technology to achieve higher efficiency and energy recovery capabilities, which is crucial to reduce overall lab co
Electrek
AUGUST 4, 2021
Electric tractor developer Solectrac has announced that its e70N tractor is now available for sale. Solectrac recently delivered the 70-horsepower, diesel-equivalent tractors to three farms in Northern California as part of a grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Funding Agriculture Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions Demonstration Program (FARMER). more… The post Solectrac launches new 70 HP, 60 kWh electric tractor for $75,000 appeared first on Electrek
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
California Ethanol + Power (CE+P) is partnering with the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), a Bioenergy Research Center of the US Department of Energy (DOE), to develop scalable next-generation renewable energy products using biomass from CE+P’s planned sugarcane ethanol facility in Imperial County, California. In addition, CE+P Permitting Manager Nathan M. deBoom has been named a member of JBEI’s Advisory Committee, which consists of strategic advisors from across the research spectrum including
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
Panasonic is preparing to install a new production line in Tesla’s Gigafactory Nevada, according to its Fiscal 2022 First Quarter Financial Results report. The company expects the new production line for automotive batteries to start operations by August 2021. Panasonic reported that its automotive sales increased by 77% to ¥373.7 billion ($3.42 billion), mainly due to the rise in Automotive Solution sales caused by a recovering automobile market.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
McDermott International, a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions (ECS) to the energy industry, has joined a consortium of public, private and academic partners collaborating on a US Department of Energy (DOE) project—Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. The project is supported by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Electrek
AUGUST 4, 2021
Some rumors are coming out this week about Tesla’s upcoming $25,000 electric car, but I think it’s better to temper expectations about the timing because of two words: battery cells. more… The post Tesla’s $25,000 electric car: temper your expectations about the timing appeared first on Electrek.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award nearly $34 million in funding for 11 projects that will support high-impact research and development to improve and produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts. Biomass feedstocks can be produced by municipal solid waste (MSW) streams and algae and converted into low-carbon fuels that can significantly contribute to the decarbonization of transportation sectors that face barriers to electrification, such as aviation and marine.
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
During a call with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officials last month, SpaceX revealed that its satellite internet service, Starlink, now has about 90,000 users across 12 countries worldwide. This suggests that SpaceX was able to add about 20,000 new Starlink users in the past month alone. Elon Musk lightly remarked in late June on Twitter that Starlink was able to pass the “strategically important” threshold of 69,420 active users.
Electrek
AUGUST 4, 2021
Tesla has increased the price of the base Model S by another $5,000 – making it a $10,000 base price increase in less than a month. more… The post Tesla increases Model S price by another $5,000 appeared first on Electrek.
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
Tesla ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) highlights a new Morgan Stanely note that reveals a slowly developing and recovering combustion engine sector, along with growing electric vehicle numbers compared to 2020. The note, headed by analyst Adam Jonas, reflects Tesla’s strengths in a sector that is still growing but becoming more concentrated and competitive nearly every quarter as OEMs fight to dethrone the undisputed champion of the EV sector.
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 4, 2021
Can Porsche’s all-electric Taycan Turbo S compete with Tesla’s new Model S Plaid? Well, it turns out that the YouTube channel DragTimes took these two cars to the track for a jaw-dropping drag race battle. It was, indeed, a showdown between two stunning, high-performance electric cars. Porsche’s top-end variant of the Taycan, its Turbo S, […].
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
With AI Day approaching in a few weeks, Tesla has started sending out invitations to the highly-anticipated event. Tesla’s invitations, including the wording in its RSVP page, suggest that the company may be discussing some interesting topics for AI Day. . Immediately noticeable in the AI Day invites is an image showing what seems to be a stack of computer hardware.
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 4, 2021
In a move that makes it seem as if India is changing its mind on having Tesla expand there, India’s government rejected Tesla’s appeal to lower EV import taxes. The government also seemed to diss Elon Musk’s idea of having a local plant in India after it starts selling EVs imported from overseas. Junior Minister […].
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
Tesla’s FSD Beta may very well be the most robust advanced driver-assist system today that is capable of navigating most roads without pre-mapped data, but the system’s improvements over the past nine months since its initial rollout have been fairly subtle. That is, at least, until one compares the performance of FSD Beta’s capabilities today from its performance back in October 2020.
Electrek
AUGUST 4, 2021
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Drinks giant Diageo has submitted a planning application for an onsite, 4 MW solar farm in Scotland. The Kitty Hawk offshore wind project off North Carolina moves another step forward. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
Tesla’s “Alien Dreadnought” Model Y lines at Gigafactory Shanghai in China are being touted in a new promotional video from the automaker released earlier today. The video was posted by Tesla and shared by owner and enthusiast @Ray4Tesla on Twitter. Showing the numerous production processes of the Model Y crossover at the China plant, the video gives an idea of how automation is one of the key components of accurate, high-quality automotive manufacturing, which has surged Tesla
Electrek
AUGUST 4, 2021
Current US battery production falls woefully short in the face of rapidly growing demand for electric vehicle and storage batteries. The US has only a small number of domestic, large battery manufacturing factories, including Tesla’s Gigafactory that operates in partnership with Japan’s Panasonic. And just last week, KORE Power announced it will build the first lithium-ion battery factory wholly owned by a US company, in Arizona.
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
Russia’s Economy Ministry said earlier today that it has plans to utilize subsidy programs to boost the manufacturing and purchase of locally-built electric vehicles. The program could stimulate the economy and provide a surge to local manufacturing efforts, despite being a region that has long supported and depended on oil and gas. Just 11,000 of the over 45 million vehicles driven in Russia last year were electric, with most being used cars.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 4, 2021
There is no denying the need for nuclear power in a world that hungers for clean, carbon-free energy. At the same time, there's a need for safer technologies that bear less proliferation risk. Molten salt nuclear reactors (MSRs) fit the bill—and, according to at least one source , China may be well on their way to developing MSR technology. Government researchers there unveiled a design for a commercial molten salt reactor (MSR) that uses. thorium as fuel , the South China Morning Post reported
Teslarati
AUGUST 4, 2021
Hours after SpaceX outfitted the first orbital Starship prototype with all six of its Raptor engines, the company has installed the vehicle’s nose section, effectively completing its basic structure. At the same time as teams are now working around the clock to weld Starship S20’s nose and tank sections together, SpaceX attached the first orbital-class Super Heavy – Booster 4 (B4) – to a massive crane that lives at the launch pad.
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 4, 2021
Volvo Cars doesn’t carry the weight of a global powerhouse like Volkswagen, Ford, or Toyota, but it’s no niche automaker either, and it has been one of the most ambitious when it comes to riding the technology waves of the 2020s. Volvo Cars aims to be one of the quickest legacy automakers to transition to […].
Electrek
AUGUST 4, 2021
Hyundai says its new IONIQ 5 will dominate Tesla and the rest of the market on an increasingly important metric: miles per minute of charging. more… The post Hyundai says IONIQ 5 will dominate Tesla on miles per minute of charging appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 4, 2021
Sweden saw plugin electric vehicles achieve a market share of 37.6% in July 2021, up almost a third from July 2020. Higher company-car tax which came into effect in July put a dampener on plugin sales, further amplified by the hangover from the pull-forward in June. Overall auto sales were down some 43% from long […].
Electrek
AUGUST 4, 2021
In the invite to its AI Day, Tesla is teasing the use of artificial intelligence beyond its electric vehicle fleet. What do you think they’re talking about? more… The post Tesla teases future products using artificial intelligence not related to its electric vehicle fleet appeared first on Electrek.
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 4, 2021
Volkswagen has put out some ideas for what new ID.4 owners (or many other EV owners) can do while charging their cars. I’m going to comment on these ideas while adding a few of my own. First of all, Volkswagen points out the most important point, which is obvious for EV owners but frequently missed […].
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