Sat.Jan 21, 2023 - Fri.Jan 27, 2023

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Aptera solar EV Launch Edition: 400-mile range, no Supercharging yet

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Aptera on Friday detailed the Launch Edition configuration of its 3-wheeled EV, which the company hopes to begin producing by the end of 2023. The company claims now to have over 40,000 reservations for the vehicle, the first 5,000 of which will be Launch Edition models. While Aptera has shown multiple powertrain and range options, Launch Edition.

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EIA: US crude oil production will increase to new records in 2023 and 2024

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In its January 2023 Short-Term Energy Outlook , the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts that crude oil production in the United States will average 12.4 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2023 and 12.8 million b/d in 2024, surpassing the previous record of 12.3 million b/d set in 2019. In 2022, US crude oil production averaged an estimated 11.9 million b/d.

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Tesla stock rebounds 50 percent in less than one month in 2023

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Tesla stock ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) is up 50 percent less than a month into 2023. The spike in the company’s stock price follows a sharp downturn that occurred in 2022. Last year, Tesla stock fell sharply, losing over 60 percent of its value. Due to widespread unfavorable conditions in the tech and automotive sectors, Tesla felt the losses due to increased vehicle prices, delays in some company products, and CEO Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter.

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Baillie Gifford adds 24 million shares of NIO, clears position in Li Auto in Q4

CN EV Post

Baillie Gifford increased its position in NIO ADR by 25.09% during the fourth quarter, valued most recently at $1.18 billion. The post Baillie Gifford adds 24 million shares of NIO, clears position in Li Auto in Q4 appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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

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Report: Toyota dedicated EV platform may be five years off

Green Car Reports

In what would be a major strategy shift, Toyota is considering a dedicated EV platform similar to what other automakers have to compete more effectively with Tesla, The Asahi Shimbun reported this week. However, Toyota doesn't plan to deploy this platform until 2027 or 2028, when it believes consumer demand for EVs will be sufficient to warrant.

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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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Researchers from the University of Birmingham have designed a novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces that could reduce CO 2 emissions from the steelmaking industry by nearly 90%. This reduction is achieved through a closed-loop carbon recycling system, which could replace 90% of the coke typically used in current blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace systems and produces oxygen as a byproduct.

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New York City will replace its largest fossil fuel plant with wind power, in a US first

Electrek

New York City’s largest fossil-fuel plant, which powers 20% of the city, will be replaced with offshore wind power. more… The post New York City will replace its largest fossil fuel plant with wind power, in a US first appeared first on Electrek.

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Ford patents magnetic charging connector: MagSafe for EVs?

Green Car Reports

Ford has filed a patent application for a new type of EV charging connector based on a magnetic coupling. In the application, which was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) November 1, 2022, Ford describes using magnetic attraction to secure a charging connector with a charge port embedded in a vehicle's bumper. It.

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Volta Trucks announces firm orders for 300 16t Volta Zero trucks

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Volta Trucks confirmed customer production orders for the first 300 manufacturing slots of its full-electric Volta Zero, with an associated revenue of more than €85 million. Series production Volta Zeros are due to start rolling off the line of the company’s contract manufacturing facility in Steyr, Austria, in early Q2 2023, with the plant ready to meet the demand for its purpose-built full-electric medium-duty urban delivery truck.

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Tesla Insurance data has driven changes to vehicle design: Elon Musk

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Tesla Insurance data is proving very valuable for the electric vehicle maker, so much so that some changes to the company’s vehicles have been implemented because of it. During the recently-held fourth quarter and full-year earnings call , Tesla investors asked CFO Zachary Kirkhorn when Tesla Insurance would become big enough to warrant details in the company’s financials.

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

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Tesla leaks ‘Magic Dock’ CCS adapter ahead of opening its Supercharger network

Electrek

Tesla has leaked ‘Magic Dock’ CCS adapter in its mobile app ahead of the imminent opening of its Supercharger network in North America. more… The post Tesla leaks ‘Magic Dock’ CCS adapter ahead of opening its Supercharger network appeared first on Electrek.

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Luxury EV leases are already tapping into $7,500 EV tax credit

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New federal EV tax credit rules have set price caps that are narrowing the field of qualifying EVs; but a leasing loophole is already opening up a much wider field eligible for federal subsidies The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) re-upped the federal EV tax credit of up to $7,500 for qualifying vehicles. It added price caps of $55,000 for cars and.

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UQ, TUM team finds way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol more efficiently

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University of Queensland researchers, working in collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have found a way to convert sugarcane into isobutanol— a building block of aviation fuel and other products—more efficiently. An open-access paper on the work is published in Chemistry - a European Journal. Enzymatic cascade to produce isobutanol from D-glucose.

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Tesla takes step towards FSD Beta in Europe with ADAS test operator job openings

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Elon Musk has been open about the idea that Tesla’s valuation in the future would likely rely on whether the company could perfect its Full Sef-Driving and Autopilot technology or not. With this in mind, the rollout of FSD Beta and other critical functions to numerous areas across the globe is crucial. Last March, Elon Musk estimated on Twitter that FSD Beta would likely be available for Europe’s left-hand drive markets around Summer 2022 , and right-hand drive markets should follow

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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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VW will install up to 25,000 EV chargers globally in 2023

Electrek

The Volkswagen Group announced today that it will install up to 25,000 EV chargers globally along with its partners this year. more… The post VW will install up to 25,000 EV chargers globally in 2023 appeared first on Electrek.

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Lightyear 0 solar EV nixed, as company pivots to Lightyear 2

Green Car Reports

Lightyear on Monday announced that it is halting production of the Lightyear 0 solar EV, which it has claimed to be the first production solar car in the world. Instead, the Netherlands-based company is aiming toward the production of its mass-market, $40,000 Lightyear 2 solar EV due in 2025. “In order to safeguard our vision, we had to.

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BMW Group and Solid Power deepen joint development partnership with R&D license and prototype line

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Under an expanded Joint Development Agreement, BMW Group and Solid Power have added a research and development license as a basis for their common next steps. This license enables BMW to establish an all solid-state battery (ASSB) prototype line in its Cell Manufacturing Competence Center (CMCC) in Parsdorf near Munich. The broadened relationship provides significant benefits to both companies, including conducting complementary cell development and manufacturing activities at both Solid Power a

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Toyota CEO steps down, opening up possibility of new EV strategy

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Long-time Toyota CEO and grandson to the company’s founder, Akio Toyoda, has announced that he will leave his position later this year. Lexus head Koji Sato will replace him. Mr. Toyoda is known not only for his relation to the founder of the largest automotive company in the world, but also for taking the helm of CEO at Toyota after the market collapse of 2008 and guiding the company to where it is today.

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Kenya’s Producing Its First Electric Buses — 1,000 Buses Over 3 Years

CleanTechnica EVs

The transition to electric mobility is happening faster than previously thought. Electric buses provide a key pathway to increasing access to more sustainable transport for the majority, especially in developing countries.

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US shift toward wind and solar will cut coal, make EVs cleaner

Green Car Reports

Increased use of renewable energy will help reduce electricity generation from coal and natural gas power plants, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in turn making EVs cleaner. The EIA forecasts that wind and solar will together account for 16% of total electricity generation in 2023, up from 14% in 2022 and 8% in 2018.

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Tesla investing $3.6B more in Nevada, including high-volume Semi factory and 100GWh 4680 cell factory

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Tesla will invest an additional $3.6 billion in Nevada to continue growing Gigafactory Nevada with two new factories: a 100 GWh 4680 cell ( earlier post ) factory (with capacity to produce enough batteries for 1.5 million light duty vehicles annually), as well as its first high-volume Semi factory. Semi is Tesla’s fully electric Class 8 tractor, with 500 miles of range and energy consumption of less than 2 KWh per mile.

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Tesla ramps 4680 cell production at Giga Nevada

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Tesla is ramping 4680 cell production at Gigafactory Nevada. The company recently announced a $3.6 billion new investment in Giga Nevada which will go towards growing the factory’s footprint, more employees, a 100 GWh 4680 cell factory, and a Semi factory. Today, we’re announcing $3.6B of new investment in Giga Nevada. – 4M sq ft of new manufacturing footprint – 3k additional team members – 2 new manufacturing facilities: a 100 GWh 4680 cell factory & our first high-volume

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Agenda Of International Road Freight Conference Makes It Clear Battery-Electric Will Dominate

CleanTechnica EVs

At the coal face of a conference that involved governmental figures, academics, logistics customers and OEMs, the detailed technical conversations are almost all about how battery electric trucks will work in the coming decades.

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Wrangler 4xe winter drive, Mazda rotary details, GM small electric truck: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which automaker revealed this week that some of its front-wheel-drive EVs are going rear-wheel-drive? Which charging network did Shell announce plans to buy? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 20, 2023. The 2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe is the king of the plug-in hybrid.

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EU Innovation Fund grants €108M to RWE’s waste-to-hydrogen project FUREC

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RWE's FUREC project, which aims to produce circular and green hydrogen from non-recyclable municipal solid waste in Limburg, the Netherlands, received a €108-million grant from the EU’s Innovation Fund. The funding by the EU Innovation Fund marks a key milestone for advancing the FUREC project, which will require an investment of more than €600 million to complete.

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SpaceX Starlink satellite internet tested in the field in Antarctica

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SpaceX’s Starlink internet continues to find success in Antarctica, Earth’s icy southernmost continent and has spread beyond McMurdo Station. The company first reported that Starlink reached Antarctica as part of a National Science Foundation experiment in September 2022. The milestone also marked the satellite internet network’s arrival on all seven continents.

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NIO ET5 wait time reduced to 3-4 weeks, ET7 and ES7 get slightly longer

CN EV Post

NIO vehicles registered 2,818 and 2,963 insurance units in China in the first two weeks of January, respectively. The post NIO ET5 wait time reduced to 3-4 weeks, ET7 and ES7 get slightly longer appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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2024 Honda Civic Hybrid due as sedan and hatchback, but no PHEV

Green Car Reports

As part of a business update focusing on the U.S., Honda has confirmed that hybrid versions of its Civic compact car family will be arriving in the U.S. in calendar year 2024—potentially earmarking it for the 2024 model year. The U.S. Civic Hybrid, which was confirmed with the discontinuation of the Insight hybrid sedan back in April, but.

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ZEVs accounted for 18.8% of all new cars sold in California in 2022; 3 counties account for almost half

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California announced that 18.8% (345,818 units) of all new cars sold last year in California were ZEVs. A small number of those ZEV sales (3.89%, or 3,303 units) were made to out-of-state buyers. 40% of ZEVs sold in the US are sold in California. Snapshot of CEC’s ZEV Sales dashboard. ZEV share of new car sales in 2022 by California county. Actual sales of ZEVs by California county.

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Tesla in talks with Mexico for facility, but no deal finalized yet: official

Teslarati

A recent statement from a Mexican official has revealed that while Tesla and the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon are in talks for a potential facility in the area, an agreement about the project is yet to be finalized. Reports about Tesla’s potential facility in Mexico emerged last year after CEO Elon Musk visited the area and met with officials.

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Aptera Responds To Customer Feedback, Makes DCFC Standard On All Vehicles

CleanTechnica EVs

A few days ago, Aptera revealed the details for its Launch Edition vehicle. I won’t go into the full details here, but I wrote a detailed two-part article and a link to Aptera’s video presentation here.

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Tesla heat pump detailed, gives a boost to winter EV range

Green Car Reports

Tesla last week outlined some of the details that distinguish its heat pump system that’s now included throughout its vehicle lineup. The electric vehicle maker claims that its design performs well in very cold weather, where other heat pumps fall short. Depending on the exact situation, Tesla claims, its cars might be using as little as a.

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Fujitsu & Teijin in joint trials with V Frames & Advanced Bikes with recycled carbon fiber; blockchain platform

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Fujitsu and Teijin launched a joint project running from January to March 2023 to enhance the environmental value of recycled resources in the production of bicycle frames together with V Frames GmbH, a German manufacturer and distributor of carbon fiber reinforced plastic bicycle frames, and E Bike Advanced Technologies GmbH, a German manufacturer of bicycles.

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SpaceX to launch asteroid mining spacecraft alongside private Moon lander

Teslarati

SpaceX customer Intuitive Machines says it will use spare capacity on one of its Moon lander launches to send startup AstroForge’s first asteroid prospector spacecraft into deep space. Intuitive Machines’ second Nova-C Moon lander is scheduled to launch no earlier than (NET) Q4 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The IM-2 lander is the primary payload but is only expected to weigh about 1.9 tons (~4300 lb).

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