Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Autonomous driving company Aurora has released its first commercial beta of the Aurora Driver, which consists of the hardware, software, and data services needed to safely operate an autonomous Aurora-powered vehicle. Aurora Driver Beta is currently hauling loads between Dallas and Houston, TX, in a commercial pilot of Aurora Horizon, a suite of subscription services for carriers and fleet owners.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Truck buyers love to accessorize their rigs. And GMC doesn’t see going electric as any exception to the rule. The GM truck brand on Thursday announced that it will give a sampling of nearly 200 official accessories as it displays a trio of GMC Hummer EV Edition 1 models at next week’s Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Half (January-June) of 2021 , which shows the largest six-month increase recorded in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System’s history. An estimated 20,160 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the first half of 2021, up 18.4% over 2020—the largest number of projected fatalities in that time period since 2006.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The redesigned Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid was revealed Thursday in an online event. It goes on sale in Japan December 16, but won't reach North America until the second half of 2022, as a 2023 model. The 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid moves to the same platform gasoline Outlander models adopted for the 2022 model year. That.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

QM Power and the SPARK Lab at University of Kentucky shared the combined results of a large-scale, multi-objective design optimization study, and lab testing of a prototype motor designed to meet the 2025 power density goals set by the US Department of Energy (DOE). The research demonstrated the high torque and speed capability of QM Power’s innovative permanent magnet (PM) motor technology.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Electric cars are just like gas cars — until they’re not. In this FAQ series, we’ll explore that 1% of the time that EVs are just different enough to require some explanations.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Malaysian government officials are petitioning and working toward making electric vehicles exempt from taxes, including import and excise duties, as well as road taxes. During his address to Parliament earlier this week, Malaysian finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz cited the reduction of pollutants and better air quality as the main indicators of why electric cars are a good idea.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

ClearFlame Engine Technologies , a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has secured $17 million in Series A financing, which will enable commercialization of the company’s innovative engine technology for the long-haul trucking, agriculture and power generation sectors. The financing was led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures with participation from Mercuria, John Deere and Clean Energy Ventures.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Tesla is rumored to have secured giant order of 45 GWh of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells from CATL. It comes as Tesla announced its global move to LFP for standard range cars. more… The post Tesla is rumored to have secured giant LFP battery cell order from CATL appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Swedish freight technology company Einride and GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, are partnering for the implementation of electric and autonomous transport at scale. It will be the first time an autonomous and electric truck is live and operating in the US. The Pod—with no space for a driver—is the first all-electric, totally autonomous transport vehicle to operate on a public road.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Toyota has unveiled what could be considered as its first all-electric car: the bZ4X, an electric SUV packed with cool features. more… The post Toyota unveils its first all-electric car: the bZ4X, an electric SUV packed with cool features appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Rio Tinto and steel producer BlueScope will work together to explore low-carbon steelmaking pathways using Pilbara iron ores, including the use of clean hydrogen to replace coking coal at BlueScope’s Port Kembla Steelworks. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to research and design low-emissions processes for the steel value chain, including iron ore processing, iron and steelmaking and related technologies.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Tesla Model X may be the company’s flagship crossover SUV, but the vehicle has rarely gotten the spotlight this year. Even when Tesla refreshed the Model S and Model X, most of the attention was evidently focused on the Model S and its Plaid variant, which proceeded to destroy every comparable gas-powered vehicle in its class. . But as it turns out, Tesla has also made some notable improvements to the new Model X Long Range.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Ford Motor Company and Newlab announced the five startups that will participate in the inaugural cohort of the Mobility Studio—a new program focused on supporting the advancement of technologies, product collaborations and business models that drive a cleaner transportation future. The program lives within Michigan Central, a new mobility innovation district being developed by Ford.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

E-commerce powerhouse Amazon has disclosed a 20% ownership stake in Rivian , an electric vehicle company from Normal, Illinois, a filing with the SEC reveals. Amazon filed a 10-Q document with the SEC earlier today that summarized the company’s position and financials at the end of Q3 2021. In the filing, Amazon said at the end of September 30, 2021, the automaker owned roughly 20% of Rivian in a partnership that was revealed in late 2019. “As of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A report out of China, citing recent data from the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance, hands the crown to the country as having the world’s largest EV charging network. With over 2.2 million charging stations throughout the country, China’s EV infrastructure continues to expand at an impressive rate, while other countries, including the US, have some serious catching up to do. more… The post China claims title of having world’s largest EV charging

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

To be fair to Tesla, I am in crazy love with my Model 3, which I have owned for two years and driven 50,000 miles. I paid $6,000 for Full Self Driving when I bought the car. I have obsessively used every bit of Tesla automation, and for the most part, I think it is […].

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Toyota has unveiled a steering wheel similar to Tesla’s “yoke” steering wheel in its first electric SUV, but the automaker has introduced an important feature that fixes the main problem of the Tesla yoke. more… The post Toyota fixes Tesla’s ‘yoke’ steering wheel in its first electric SUV with steer-by-wire system appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Volkswagen Group held its 3rd quarter shareholder conference call this week, and CleanTechnica extended its in-depth video coverage of major producers of 100% battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) beyond Tesla for the first time by covering this call. (Huge thanks and props to Chanan Bos for doing the large bulk of the work on this.) There is […].

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Tesla confirmed to the NHTSA that it is recalling 2,791 2020-2021 Model Y and 2019-2021 Model 3 vehicles over a suspension issue. more… The post Tesla recalls about 2,700 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over a suspension issue appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Following up on our quarterly UK electric vehicle sales report and Norway electric vehicle sales report, as well as earlier monthly sales reports for Europe overall (see here, here, here, and here), the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, and China, it’s time to jump into a few more Nordic markets. In this report, I will quickly […].

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Tesla owners are starting to try the new Sentry Mode live view and revealed that it also lets you broadcast audio to your car with a voice modifier. more… The post First look at Tesla’s Sentry Mode live view that lets you scare people away with voice modifier appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Amid a flurry of deliveries and work on several new Starship boosters, SpaceX is preparing the first truly finished Super Heavy for its next steps. Partially completed by early September, Super Heavy Booster 4 (B4) supported SpaceX’s iconic ‘full stack’ fit test back on August 6th before returning to the build site but has mostly just floated around Starbase’s launch and test facilities in the seven weeks since its second trip to the pad.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The French oil mastodon TotalEnergies is making amends – and doubtless seeking to make a buck from renewables as well – by installing fast-charging stands for EV cars at its gas stations along France’s highway system. more… The post Oil giant TotalEnergies extends EV chargers in its French gas stations appeared first on Electrek.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events !): BARS 2021 – October 29, 2021 – Stanford, CA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Lucid Group ( NASDAQ: LCID ) said it would report its earnings for the third quarter of 2021 on Monday, November 15th at 2 PM PT or 5 PM ET. The call will likely be Lucid’s most interesting to date. The company announced earlier this week that it would begin deliveries of the Air Dream Edition sedan on Saturday, October 30th. As the company navigates its early production phases and will soon execute its first-ever deliveries, the automaker will likely have plenty of details regarding the c

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Harley-Davidson has just pulled the sheet off its most recent custom electric bicycle, the Serial 1 MOSH/BMX. It’s the latest addition to Serial 1’s 1-OFF limited edition series. more… The post Harley-Davidson unveils nostalgic BMX-themed electric bicycle as latest limited-edition e-bike appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A groundbreaking concept, the SiLVERS program accomplishes multiple goals. For one, it demonstrates the cost benefits of EV fleets for social service agencies and how that can translate to improved quality of service.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It appears that Tesla is now making the necessary preparations for a serious ramp of its Model 3 and Model Y production in Gigafactory Shanghai next year. As per recent reports from China, Tesla has reportedly placed an order for 45 GWh worth of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries from Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), one of its key battery partners.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Electric aviation is barely beginning to ramp up. We're at the flattest point of the sigmoid curve of adoption, but the steep section of the curve is coming soon. Heart Aerospace is going to be taking off with it.

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InsideEVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The service will start in the first half of 2022 using Honda Mobile Power Pack e: lithium-ion batteries rated at 1.3 kWh each.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

TurboAnt, makers of both electric bikes and electric scooters , aims to answer 3 rides in one with the Thunder T1 electric bike. Being a jack of all trades, the Thunder T1 can tackle the trails, blast to work, and even has a touch of comfort for a Sunday cruise. more… The post Up Close with the versatile TurboAnt Thunder T1 e-bike [Video] appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Two new announcements this week suggest the dawn of the solid-state battery era is getting closer.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

While electric vehicles like Tesla have continued to grow in sales exponentially in recent years, they remain a relatively new concept for many consumers. A majority of consumers purchasing EVs have never previously owned one, and may not as informed on the charging and battery maintenance practices associated with EV ownership. Your battery pack’s health is vital to the longevity of the EV.

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