January, 2022

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35 years ago, this GM prototype had a yoke, four-wheel steering, and satellite navigation

Green Car Reports

Steering yokes and touchpad controls are considered cutting-edge car tech today, but 35 years ago a General Motors prototype had those features and more. The 1987 Pontiac Pursuit aimed to show what cars would be like in the then-far-off year 2000. MotorWeek recently posted a period review to YouTube, as part of the show's Retro Review series.

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Bentley To Produce 1st EV In UK

CleanTechnica EVs

Bentley has committed £2.5 billion to sustainability investments over the next 10 years and has also secured a UK production site for its first-ever battery-powered electric vehicle. The company said that this is where all of its models are built. Bentley noted that it has 4,000 employees working at its factory. Bentley’s new electric vehicle […].

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Tesla purchases its own track to make Giga Berlin employees’ commute easier

Teslarati

Tesla may not be allowed to operate Giga Berlin fully yet, but the company is not wasting any time in ensuring that its employees in the Grünheide complex can get to work as efficiently and conveniently as possible. As per recent statements from a spokesperson of the Ministry of Infrastructure and State Planning, Tesla has acquired an existing track from the German regional railway group DRE.

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Tesla now operates the most productive car factory in the US

Electrek

Tesla is now operating the most productive car factory in the US, according to a new report tracking all US auto factories. more… The post Tesla now operates the most productive car factory in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Legged Robots Learn to Hike Harsh Terrain

Cars That Think

Robots, like humans, generally use two different sensory modalities when interacting with the world. There’s exteroceptive perception (or exteroception), which comes from external sensing systems like lidar, cameras, and eyeballs. And then there’s proprioceptive perception (or proprioception), which is internal sensing, involving things like touch, and force sensing.

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Prototype Battery Powers Tesla Model S For 752 Miles On One Charge

InsideEVs

Michigan-based battery startup ONE retrofitted its 207.3 kWh pack in the same space as the Tesla's original 103.9 kWh battery.

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Elon Musk Not A Fan Of “Zero-Sum” Mindset

CleanTechnica EVs

Oliver Stone’s movie Wall Street, and Gordon Gekko, really captured the go-go zeitgeist of 1980s materialism and greed. Even today, it feels like many still operate with Gekko’s quote in mind: “It’s not a question of enough, pal. It’s a zero-sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses.” Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Lex Fridman’s podcast (Source: […].

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Joe Rogan gives the Tesla Cybertruck some praise: “Coolest car I’ve ever seen in my life”

Teslarati

Over two years since its initial unveiling and the Tesla Cybertruck remains as polarizing as ever. But while critics continue to argue that the vehicle is simply too “ugly” or “strange” to be successful, the Cybertruck is still attracting the interest of many. The most recent one, it seems, was noted podcast host Joe Rogan, who was fortunate enough to see the vehicle up close.

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Panasonic is investing $700 million to produce Tesla 4680 battery cell by 2023

Electrek

According to a new report, Panasonic is investing $700 million to produce Tesla’s 4680 battery cell at a factory in Japan by 2023. more… The post Panasonic is investing $700 million to produce Tesla 4680 battery cell by 2023 appeared first on Electrek.

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How E Ink Developed Full-Color e-Paper

Cars That Think

It was the end of 2008, October, right before the holiday shopping season. Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey released her highly anticipated Favorite Things list, with the Amazon Kindle topping the gadget category. This is the moment that the concept of electronic paper, or e-paper, went mainstream. But this black-and-white, reflective display that always appeared to be on was invented well before the Amazon Kindle made it famous.

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

Brief

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GM Threatens To Cut New EV Allocation For Dealers Applying Markups

InsideEVs

Automaker says it will take action against dealers that apply markups and use brokers who promote new GM vehicle allocation.

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EVs are the least reliable vehicle type: Consumer Reports points to some problem areas

Green Car Reports

In a reliability survey published last November, Consumer Reports named electric SUVs the least-reliable vehicle type. Now CR has followed that up with a report shedding light on specific problem areas. On average, EVs have significantly higher problem rates than internal-combustion vehicles across model years 2019 and 2020, according to CR's.

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Is Switzerland’s Electric Vehicle Story A Preview For The Rest Of The Globe?

CleanTechnica EVs

For a long time, Norway was the ultimate trendsetter when it came to the future of electric vehicle adoption. Now there’s another country worth admiring. Known for exquisite chocolates, fine watches, secretive banks, and Roger Federer — Switzerland is now making some waves on the EV scene. It turns out that last year, an electric car sold […].

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SpaceX targeting 52 Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy launches in 2022

Teslarati

Shortly before SpaceX was scheduled to launch an Italian Earth observation satellite, a member of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) revealed that the company aims to conduct as many as 52 launches this year. Supporting several estimates published by Teslarati over the last month, SpaceX officially targeting up to one launch per week in 2022 meshes well with the company’s record-breaking commercial launch manifest and plans for up to 10 Falcon launches in December 2021 and

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Tesla aims for a few Model Y deliveries from Gigafactory Texas by the end of the quarter

Electrek

Sources familiar with the matter told Electrek that Tesla aims to deliver a few Model Y vehicles from Gigafactory Texas by the end of the quarter. It would be an important milestone for the automaker and its new factory in Austin. more… The post Tesla aims for a few Model Y deliveries from Gigafactory Texas by the end of the quarter appeared first on Electrek.

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Labrador Addresses Critical Need With Deceptively Simple Home Robot

Cars That Think

It’s not often that we see a home robot that manages to be both relatively affordable and realistically technologically achievable while also solving a clear and widespread need. The iRobot Roomba was arguably the first good example of such a robot, but I’m hard pressed to think of what the second good example would be, which is why this new home robot from Labrador Systems is so exciting—it’s essentially a semi-autonomous mobile table, which is poised to have a huge impact on people who could r

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Tesla's Fremont Is The Most Productive Car Plant In North America

InsideEVs

With a production of 8,550 cars a week last year, Fremont beat Toyota’s Georgetown plant in Kentucky (8,427 cars a week).

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Tesla pushes back against $162.2M JPMorgan lawsuit with countersuit

Teslarati

Tesla pushed back against JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s lawsuit that claimed CEO Elon Musk’s famous “funding secured” tweet caused volatility and losses by filing a countersuit today. JPMorgan filed the lawsuit in mid-November. In the November lawsuit , JPMorgan Chase alleged Tesla of breaching a contract in regards to the repricing of warrants.

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Tesla’s Fremont Factory was the most productive auto factory in the U.S. in 2021

Teslarati

New data from Bloomberg states that Tesla’s Fremont Factory in Northern California was the most-productive automotive plant in the U.S., outpacing 70 other plants in the country. Last year, Tesla’s Fremont Factory averaged a weekly production pace of 8,550 vehicles. That’s about 1,221 cars per day, 51 cars per hour, or about.85 cars per minute.

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SpaceX static fires Falcon 9 rocket for Italian radar satellite launch

Teslarati

SpaceX has successfully tested a Falcon 9 rocket tasked with launching Italy’s CSG-2 Earth observation satellite as early as 6:11 pm EST (23:11 UTC), Thursday, January 27th. For any European Space Agency (ESA) member state, launching a spacecraft on a non-European rocket is a rarity. Because the Ariane and Vega rockets that ESA has helped fund and European countries help build are simply no longer capable of consistently competing with SpaceX’s Falcon pricing, Arianespace and ESA hav

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SpaceX Dragon departs International Space Station to return to Earth

Teslarati

SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule C209 has undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and is now on track to reenter Earth’s atmosphere and splash down in the Gulf of Mexico as early as Monday, January 24th. As always, the timing and location of Dragon’s splashdown are both extremely sensitive to weather conditions in the area. NASA and SpaceX prefer daytime recoveries and the stillest sea and wind conditions possible, which is to say that current plans for Dragon C209 to splash do

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Tesla Model X Plaid proves quicker than claimed in real-world 0-60 mph test

Teslarati

The Tesla Model X Plaid may not usually receive as much attention as its sibling, the Model S Plaid, but the six-seat all-electric SUV is nothing to scoff at. With 1,020 horsepower and three electric motors, Tesla claims that the vehicle could go from 0-60 mph in just 2.5 seconds. That’s enough to give some supercars a run for their money. If a recent real-world test is any indication, however, it appears that Tesla actually understated some of the Model X Plaid’s capabilities.

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Panasonic will invest $705 million to launch Tesla 4680 battery production in 2023

Teslarati

Panasonic will invest as much as $705 million on new production facilities in Japan as it plans to build Tesla’s new 4680 battery cell as early as 2023, new reports said. Tesla unveiled the 4680 battery cell at its Battery Day event in September 2020. The new chemistry had five times the energy, sixteen percent more range, and six times the power output of cells Tesla previously produced.

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The Simplest Way To Sell EVs In America: Don’t Include Dealerships

CleanTechnica EVs

The simplest way to sell EVs in America is to forgo the dealership model. Make directly selling to customers legal and empower consumers by not making them haggle with dealerships. In an article in The Atlantic, the author discussed the problem with dealerships and their allies in the political system in the US. In a […].

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Plugin Electric Vehicles Get 21% Share of Auto Market in Another Record Month in China

CleanTechnica EVs

Half a million plugin electric vehicle sales! In one month! Plugin vehicles in China once again ended the year with a record month, growing by 125% year over year (YoY) in the last month of the year, to a record 502,000 units. Full electric vehicles (BEVs) were responsible for 83% of the plugin market in […].

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Snarky Answers to Uninformed & Misinformed EV Questions

CleanTechnica EVs

As electric vehicle owners, we often field questions from EV-curious drivers, and some of them … let’s just say they highlight the low level of EV awareness among the general public. You may be tempted to respond to your Facebook-educated neighbors with smart-ass answers, but this is unlikely to promote wider EV adoption, so I […].

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Tesla plans coordinated launch of all four vehicles in Turkey in 2022

Teslarati

Tesla is reportedly planning for a coordinated and structured launch of its vehicle product line in Turkey this year, according to reports from various Turkish media outlets. After visiting Turkey in 2017, CEO Elon Musk met with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. The meeting was productive and was filled with prospective business deals that would bring Musk’s products, across Tesla and SpaceX, to the country.

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EV subscription company Autonomy launches Tesla Model 3 rental fleet

Teslarati

Autonomy, a company owned by vehicle subscription platform NextCar, has launched a new electric and zero-emissions vehicle subscription program with the Tesla Model 3. Autonomy’s goal is the same as its parent company’s: provide a subscription-based program that combines a monthly car payment, insurance, and other applicable fees into one monthly payment.

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$200 Million Says Solid-State Batteries Will Soon Crack Gasmobile Death Grip

CleanTechnica EVs

A hot market is growing for solid-state batteries that function efficiently at room temperature, as demonstrated by a new $200 million round of Series D funding for the US energy storage startup Factorial Energy.

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GM threatens action against any dealerships attempting markups on upcoming EVs

Electrek

General Motors is looking to nip the any dealership issues in the bud before its influx of EVs hit the market. In a recent letter to its dealerships, GM has warned against markups above MSRPs and reservation amounts, threatening to redirect vehicles away from offenders. more… The post GM threatens action against any dealerships attempting markups on upcoming EVs appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla applies for a new trademark to sell its own audio equipment, like headphones and more

Electrek

Tesla has applied to expand its trademark in order to be able to sell audio equipment under its own brand. Does this mean Tesla has new audio products coming? more… The post Tesla applies for a new trademark to sell its own audio equipment, like headphones and more appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla announces Solar Roof 20-year loans with lower monthly payments

Teslarati

Tesla recently announced that it had launched a 20-year Solar Roof loan option that allows customers to have lower monthly payments. The update enables Tesla to offer its flagship residential solar product at a price point that’s more affordable than before. Tesla’s order page for the Solar Roof requires prospective customers to provide their home address, as well as their average monthly electric bill.

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New Paper Shows: “A Win on Climate is a Win for Health”

CleanTechnica EVs

From ramping up clean electricity to eliminating food waste. From designing cities for walking and biking to preserving ecosystems. Projects that lead to a low-carbon society and limit climate change will have more and greater benefits for health than previously realized. Courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI). By Ann Grauvogl Those are […].

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Honda CEO says Toyota’s strategy to pursue hydrogen cars ‘doesn’t seem feasible’

Electrek

Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe recently spoke to proposals of hydrogen combustion cars by rivals like Toyota, stating his company studied hydrogen’s potential ten years ago. Mibe went on to say that unlike Toyota, Honda doesn’t see hydrogen combustion as feasible for cars. That doesn’t mean the Japanese automaker is abandoning the chemical element, however. more… The post Honda CEO says Toyota’s strategy to pursue hydrogen cars ‘doesn’t seem feasible’ ap

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