May, 2022

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New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

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In early 2020, UK-based independent testing firm Emissions Analytics published a study claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions ( earlier post ). Since that study, which was transparently designed to quantify the worst-case tire emissions under legal driving, Emissions Analytics has been testing and analyzing tire wear emissions in more detail across a wider range of driving conditions, and has performed a detailed chemical analysis of hundreds

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Panasonic: Tesla pushing for faster development of 4680 cells

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Tesla is pushing for faster development of new 4680 battery cells, the CFO of battery supplier Panasonic said in an interview with Bloomberg published Wednesday. Hirokazu Umeda noted this in a briefing after the release of Panasonic's quarterly financial results, while noting that the Japanese company is still seeing stronger demand from Tesla for.

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Elon Musk lauds China for leading the world in renewable energy and EVs

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Elon Musk has given credit to China for its hard work in renewable energy and electric vehicles. The Tesla CEO’s points were shared on both Twitter and Weibo. “Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fact,” Musk noted. . Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles.

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DeLorean’s Alpha5 EV is a gull-winged sport coupe that does 0-88mph in 4.35s

Electrek

DeLorean has released the first non-teaser images of their upcoming electric vehicle, along with a model name: Alpha5. The car’s official public release will come tonight, Monday, at 9pm Pacific time , and DeLorean plans to show it at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 18. more…. The post DeLorean’s Alpha5 EV is a gull-winged sport coupe that does 0-88mph in 4.35s 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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Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?

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Here’s what the EV scene looked like a few years ago, pre-COVID: the legacy automakers were slow-walking the transition to EVs, producing just enough “compliance cars” to satisfy government regulators, doing nothing to market them, and insisting that customers didn’t want them. Of course, even then everyone knew this wasn’t true — Tesla had already […].

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World Builders Put Happy Face On Superintelligent AI

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One of the biggest challenges in a World Building competition that asked teams to imagine a positive future with superintelligent AI: Make it plausible. The Future of Life Institute , a nonprofit that focuses on existential threats to humanity, organized the contest and is offering a hefty prize purse of up to $140,000, to be divided among multiple winners.

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2023 Lexus RX: Plug-in hybrid, Direct4 performance-hybrid version in redesigned lineup

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Lexus has revealed that hybrid technology will play a wider role in the fifth-generation version of its Lexus RX crossover, due to reach U.S. dealerships by the end of 2022. That means a new RX 450h+ plug-in hybrid will be joining the lineup, with details to be shared “at a later time,” according to Lexus. Meanwhile, the luxury brand.

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Elon Musk finally names Tesla’s main rival—and it’s way bigger than the auto industry

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It’s easy to fall into the Tesla vs. legacy auto narrative. Since the days of the original Roadster, it appeared that Tesla was this company that was determined to make a change by forcing the automotive industry to go electric. But while this was true to a point, Tesla’s battle is much bigger than that. Elon Musk confirmed as much on Twitter recently.

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In a global tipping point, 52% of car buyers now want to purchase an EV – here’s why

Electrek

The number of consumers looking to buy electric vehicles has hit 52%, according to the latest EY Mobility Consumer Index (MCI). This is the first time the number has exceeded 50%, and it represents a rise of 22 percentage points in just two years. more…. The post In a global tipping point, 52% of car buyers now want to purchase an EV – here’s why appeared first on Electrek.

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Truck Manufacturers Sue to Continue Polluting

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On the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) and their member companies filed a lawsuit to delay a lifesaving California clean truck regulation: the Heavy-Duty Omnibus (HDO) rule. The HDO rule dramatically cuts air pollution from new diesel vehicles by reducing allowable oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from heavy-duty trucks by roughly […].

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

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DARPA Wants a Better, Badder Caspian Sea Monster

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Arguably, the primary job of any military organization is moving enormous amounts of stuff from one place to another as quickly and efficiently as possible. Some of that stuff is weaponry, but the vast majority are things that support that weaponry—fuel, spare parts, personnel, and so on. At the moment, the US military has two options when it comes to transporting large amounts of payload.

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New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany

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C-Job Naval Architects has designed a new class of liquid hydrogen tanker in partnership with LH2 Europe. LH2 Europe will use the abundant renewable electricity in Scotland to produce green hydrogen and market it at a competitive price with diesel. The new tanker will transport the liquid hydrogen to terminals in Germany, with a strategic vision to expand supply to other markets as demand increases.

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EVs are avoiding about 3% of global oil demand—a fifth of Russia's total exports

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Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine has triggered international sanctions throttling the country's oil exports, leading to fears of every higher gas prices. But electric vehicle adoption has been helping make the situation less grim. Plug-in vehicles avoided roughly 1.5 million barrels of oil per day last year, according to new analysis from.

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Tesla’s Elon Musk increases Twitter takeover commitment to $33.5bn

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has increased his commitment for his planned Twitter takeover to $33.5 billion, new filings show. Musk, who came to terms with Twitter on April 25 to acquire the company for $44 billion, has worked to fund the deal through personal wealth, as well as investments from others. Musk has already received billions of dollars in commitments, including a $1 billion pledge from Larry Ellison.

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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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US, UK, other G7 countries to ‘predominantly decarbonize electricity sectors by 2035’

Electrek

The G7, made up of the world’s largest economies, today agreed to “predominantly decarbonized electricity sectors by 2035.” The G7 also agreed to end government financing for international coal-fired power generation and speed up the phase-out of unabated coal plants by 2035. more…. The post US, UK, other G7 countries to ‘predominantly decarbonize electricity sectors by 2035’ appeared first on Electrek.

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Electric Trucks Are Viable Today

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Are electric trucks viable today? Heck yeah! The Myth Many people think that electric trucks can’t do the job — they won’t have a long enough driving range, they will be too heavy, truckers won’t like them. However, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. “The framing of the problem is wrong,” says RMI Principal […].

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Testing Products for Consumer Reports

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For over 80 years, people have turned to Consumer Reports for honest and authoritative assessments of products before they put their money down. Today, the responsibility for managing testing and ratings for tech-containing products falls to Maria Rerecich , senior director of product testing at the independent nonprofit member organization. Rerecich, an IEEE member, joined Consumer Reports in 2013 after almost three decades at Standard Microsystems Corp.

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Geely launches Methanol Hybrid Emgrand in China market

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Geely recently launched its Methanol Hybrid Emgrand ( earlier post ) in the Chinese market. The methanol hybrid is based on Geely’s fourth-generation B-segment Modular Architecture (BMA) Emgrand sedan. Geely also offers a non-hybrid methanol-fueled version of the Emgrand. Previous generation methanol vehicles faced difficulties with cold starts but with Geely Auto’s NordThor Power (previously called Leishen Power) hybrid technology and the latest generation methanol powertrains, issues with extr

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Seattle is installing curbside EV charging by request, for those without off-street parking

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Seattle is the latest city to experiment with curbside EV charging. A utility-run program will install chargers by request, giving drivers without off-street parking a way to charge. First spotted by Charged EVs, local utility Seattle City Light is offering to install the Level 2 curbside stations at no cost to residents or property owners. The.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter stock purchase catches the SEC’s attention

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter stock purchase has caught the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency sent Musk a letter in April, which has now been released. The letter asks Musk why he did not file the required paperwork , which would disclose he has accumulated a 5 percent stake in the social media network, in the required 10-day period.

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Tesla owners are 50% less likely to crash their EV than their other cars

Electrek

Tesla owners who also drive another vehicle are 50% less likely to have an accident in their Tesla compared to in their other vehicles, according to an interesting new study looking at EV drivers who drive multiple vehicles. more…. The post Tesla owners are 50% less likely to crash their EV than their other cars appeared first on Electrek.

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DHL Orders Some Volvo Electric Trucks

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All over the world, if you want to get something there fast (especially documents), DHL are usually the folks to go to. Americans might not know how big they are, largely because the yellow vans disappeared from our roads in 2008, but before that happened, they were known for being lightning fast. That’s still the […].

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Maple Seeds Inspire Efficient Spinning Microdrone

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The relatively simple and now quite pervasive quadrotor design for drones emphasizes performance and manufacturability, which is fine, but there are some tradeoffs—namely, endurance. Four motors with rapidly spinning tiny blades suck down battery power, and while consumer drones have mitigated this somewhat by hauling around ever-larger batteries, the fundamental problem is one of efficiency in flight.

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Renault Scénic Vision hydrogen hybrid concept offers 75% smaller carbon footprint than a conventional BEV

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Renault unveiled its new Scénic Vision concept-car at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris. Its hybrid electric and hydrogen powertrain aims to reduce downtime related to energy recharging while reducing the carbon footprint, including the battery. Renault Scénic Vision is zero emission in production and in use with a 75% smaller carbon footprint than a conventional battery electric vehicle.

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DeLorean Alpha5 EV takes the gullwing sports car to the Future

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The rebooted DeLorean Motor Company has revealed its new electric sports car, the Alpha5. And while it carries on the name and gullwing layout of the original DMC-12 that took Marty McFly Back to the Future, it travels to a different era entirely. The Alpha5 will accelerate to 155 mph, according to the company, and it will sprint to 60 mph in 3.0.

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Tesla, other EV makers, and envt’l groups are lobbying for heavy-duty EV charging

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Tesla, together with other EV makers and environmental groups, is asking the Biden administration to invest in the buildout of charging infrastructure for electric buses, trucks, and other medium and heavy-duty vehicles. In a letter addressed to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the group asked the Biden administration to allocate about 10% of the funds for electric vehicle charging in the bipartisan infrastructure bill for medium and heavy-duty EVs.

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Tesla and others lobby for federal funding of charging infrastructure for electric trucks

Electrek

Tesla, along with other EV companies and environmental groups, is lobbying for some of the federal funding going to EV charging infrastructure to be used to deploy charging stations for electric trucks. more…. The post Tesla and others lobby for federal funding of charging infrastructure for electric trucks appeared first on Electrek.

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Dutch BEV Sales Up 98%, Tailpipe Vehicles Down 19% In April 2022

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The Dutch electric car (BEV) market continued its recovery in April as it started to do in Q1, up from the weak 2021 performance. The sales nearly doubled to 4,717 BEV sales compared to the same month last year. The market share increased from 10% to 21.4%. While BEV sales did splendidly, the sales of […].

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The Dutch Tax Authority Was Felled by AI—What Comes Next?

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Until recently, it wasn’t possible to say that AI had a hand in forcing a government to resign. But that’s precisely what happened in the Netherlands in January 2021, when the incumbent cabinet resigned over the so-called kinderopvangtoeslagaffaire : the childcare benefits affair. When a family in the Netherlands sought to claim their government childcare allowance, they needed to file a claim with the Dutch tax authority.

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BrightDrop: GM’s silent push into electric commercial vehicles

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Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. They’ve seen Super Bowl ads for the GMC Hummer EV , or heard news about the lengthy, painful Chevrolet Bolt EV battery recall.

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Electrify America signs on for 75 MW of solar, says it commits them to net-zero

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Electrify America announced Wednesday that it’s buying into enough solar to more than offset the energy the network delivers to EVs from its charging hardware. With a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) formed with Terra-Gen, Electrify America is enabling a new 75-MW Mojave Desert solar facility that will allow its annual energy output.

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SpaceX still on track to launch one Falcon rocket per week in 2022

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Now more than a third of the way through 2022, SpaceX remains firmly on track to hit CEO Elon Musk’s target of an average of one Falcon rocket launch per week throughout the year. SpaceX aced its 17th launch of 2022 – Starlink 4-16 – on April 29th, wrapping up the first four months of the year with almost exactly one launch per week, on average.

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Ford starts customer deliveries of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck

Electrek

The electric pickup trucks are coming. Ford has officially started delivering the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck to retail and fleet customers. more…. The post Ford starts customer deliveries of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck appeared first on Electrek.

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New Research Finds Tesla Drivers 50% Less Likely To Crash

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According to new research by Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), Tesla owners are 50% less likely to crash while driving their cars. The new research was presented by CMT, which is the world’s largest telematics service provider, at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Conference earlier this week. The new research included findings into driving risk […].

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