Teslarati

APRIL 13, 2022

Tesla has trademarked the “CYBERBACKPACK,” according to United States Patent Office filings, perhaps indicating the electric automaker has purchased the rights to a fan’s idea for a backpack inspired by the company’s electric pickup.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 11, 2024

For an update on what the SSPD-1 mission achieved and how it will shape future concepts for space solar-power satellites, IEEE Spectrum spoke with Ali Hajimiri , an IEEE Fellow, professor of electrical engineering at Caltech, and codirector of the school’s space-based solar power project. SSPD-1 flew with several different testbeds.

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Electrek

MAY 8, 2023

Nearly 70 years ago, the idea of a viable solar car concept was introduced to the world in Chicago, Illinois. While these vehicles started small (literally), they have progressed alongside the sustainable technology segment to a point where scalable solar electric vehicles are closer than ever, but there’s still plenty of room for innovation.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

If you are tired after a long flight, you don't want a rental company to give you an electric car if you don't know how to charge it.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 28, 2021

Tesla owner Mallory Tompsett lives in the Whisper Valley area of Austin and had an idea for Tesla Energy. The idea is for Tesla to partner or collaborates with Whisper Valley to create another solar neighborhood.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Musk’s suggestions were actually practical, making the idea of a seafaring Cybertruck sound quite feasible. Elon Musk responded to the post, noting that an electric propeller mounted on the Cybertruck’s tow hitch would allow the all-electric pickup to move faster than a few knots.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2023

Sumitomo Rubber along with Sumitomo Electric will be taking part in this joint development. The partners are also contemplating the idea of recycling the metals recovered during the gasifying process and reusing them as raw materials. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes plunged a mercury wire into liquid helium and noticed that the wire’s electrical resistance vanished. They could also lighten other electrical systems, such as flight controls, communications, and power electronics. The wire had become a “superconductor.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 4, 2021

Volkswagen has put out some ideas for what new ID.4 I’m going to comment on these ideas while adding a few of my own. 4 owners (or many other EV owners) can do while charging their cars. First of all, Volkswagen points out the most important point, which is obvious for EV owners but frequently missed […].

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Kia on Wednesday revealed the EV9 Concept, which both hints at an upcoming mid-sized electric SUV and sets a new sustainability-focused design theme for the brand. The very boxy, upright look of the EV9 reinterprets Kia's Tiger Face facade in front, with a "BEV-focused grille" that hides a star pattern.

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Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 10, 2022

That’s an awful idea and political pandering at its worst. Some politicians in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are calling on their state governments to reduce or eliminate the gas tax in response to rising prices since Russia invaded Ukraine a couple weeks ago.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 20, 2021

In a previous article, I discussed the economic and practical challenges a future electric RV faces. Unlike commercial vehicles (especially semi-trucks), which bring in a lot of money transporting goods, it’s pretty rare for someone to pay someone else to drive an RV around.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 20, 2021

Ford’s CEO, Jim Farley, agreed that having a drag race with Tesla is a good idea — the Mustang Mach-E vs the new Tesla Plaid Model S. Oh, this would be fun and exciting to watch if this happened. Having been in the Model S Plaid and experiencing that acceleration — and, well, just looking […].

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Charged Future

MARCH 22, 2021

If you are a hotel owner, you may be wondering if EV charging stations at hotels are a good idea. Read More »

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 6, 2022

Elon Musk shared some interesting tweets about Tesla’s AI this weekend, and even a cool idea that would bring innovation to those old traffic lights that take forever to change at 2:00 am even though no one else is around. I think we’ve all been in that situation. probably releases Tuesday in US […].

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

To be fair, Musk did go out and do more or less much exactly that for electric cars and reusable rockets. And with electric cars, we already had cars, batteries, sensors, and the. But from listening to what Elon Musk said today, I don't think he has any idea what getting humanoid robots to do useful stuff actually involves.

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Teslarati

APRIL 10, 2022

Barron’s estimated that the price for battery materials, in general, has gone up about 60% year-to-date, adding about $2,000 to the price of an electric vehicle. “We have some cool ideas for sustainable lithium extractions & refinement,” he said. Tesla considered producing Lithium before. .

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Panasonic Group CEO Yuki Kusumi told Reuters that the company is holding off on building a third plant as “demand for electric vehicles cools.” Panasonic, whose main US customer is Tesla, produces some 10% of the batteries found in electric vehicles around the world. Get started here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A Nissan GT-R idea debuted, the Honda Prelude would possibly go back, and a Corvette-based DeLorean is within the works. A Nissan GT-R idea stunned the car international when it debuted on the 2023 Tokyo auto display this moment. The Honda Prelude returned as a hybrid coupe in idea method on the 2023 Tokyo auto display.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

While he's the face of the electric-car maker today, Elon Musk did not start Tesla. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning were co-founders of Tesla, aiming to produce what became the Tesla Roadster.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

an aerospace startup building a next-generation electric Short Takeoff and Landing (eSTOL) aircraft, and Pipistrel, a world-leading small aircraft designer and manufacturer, announced a partnership through which Pipistrel will supply motors, motor controllers, and batteries for Airflow’s proof-of-concept aircraft. Airflow.aero, Inc.,

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Electrek

JUNE 3, 2021

Electric vehicle drivers can, of course, use navigation systems, apps, and websites to find places to charge up, but utility company National Grid, which serves New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, today launched EV Road Trip plans featuring fun destinations with charging stations in the three Northeastern states.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

Volvo Trucks has delivered an electric truck for heavy transport to a haulier in Gothenburg, Sweden. More hauliers are now starting to invest in electric trucks, also for heavy transport. Mattsson Åkeri in Gothenburg, Sweden is one of them, and the company has now bought three heavy electric Volvo FH trucks from Volvo.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 20, 2023

That’s a right away focal point for the corporate, for the reason that aerodynamic features would build up the length of battery electrical automobiles. The post Toyota unleashes generative AI to meld car design with engineering ideas appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

has entered into an agreement for AM General LLC to be Bright’s exclusive North American assembler for the Bright IDEA vehicle platform. AM General will build the Bright IDEA in its Commercial Assembly Plant in Mishawaka, Ind., The Bright IDEA is an all-new, plug-in hybrid electric light-duty work-truck due on the market in 2014.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just days after Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares divulged the automotive conglomerate was mulling building electric vehicles for joint venture partner Leapmotor in Europe, the always interesting Tavares spoke further, sharing an openness to also assemble the Chinese EVs in North America, most likely the US, if necessary. Here’s the latest.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 8, 2023

No matter how many transistors there are between the input and output there are only two sources of resistance,” says SangHeyon Kim , associate professor of electrical engineering at KAIST. Researchers at MIT, led by associate profess of electrical and computer engineering Ruonan Han , tested a scheme that would use terahertz waves instead.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

It seems like every new electric vehicle unveiling now starts with showing off a new ‘skateboard’ design , or the chassis of the vehicle that houses everything it needs to make it run. The engineer in me always thought it’d be fun to have just the bare skateboard, meaning you could go wild with your ideas of what to put on top.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 19, 2022

If you’ve cut the cord for your smartphone with a charging pad for the bedside table and one in the car—and, if you’re lucky—wireless CarPlay or Android Auto—you likely get the idea of what a game-changer wireless inductive charging could be for electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)—a non-profit organization dedicated to doubling the freight efficiency of North American goods movement—has determined that regional trucking operations are well suited to be early adopters of electric trucks. —Mike Roeth, Executive Director, NACFE.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

There’s something inherently fun about the idea of a solar-powered electric houseboat. more… The post This solar-powered electric houseboat from China could be your home on the water appeared first on Electrek. Living on the water and never paying for fuel sounds like a dream for many people.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

With all the bickering and arguing on social media about electric vehicles vs. gas and diesel-powered internal combustion engine cars, trucks, and SUVs, a person might get the idea that electrification of transportation is only for vehicles with wheels.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2021

A one-off Mini Concept that made its debut on Thursday explores an idea that cars, especially small urban electric cars like the Cooper SE, could be a lot simpler and thus more sustainable.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2021

General Motors provided a better idea Tuesday of how it will hasten an electric transformation in commercial fleets—with the formation of a new standalone business, called BrightDrop.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2017

Electric-car charging isn't quite that simple. You pull up to the pump, open the vehicle's fuel door, put in a credit card, select diesel or one of three grades of gasoline, lift the hose, and pump. (In In New Jersey and Oregon, someone else does this for you.) DON'T MISS: Car buyers.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With the idea of a vehicle that offers passengers as much space as possible in the interior with compact dimensions, MINI revolutionised individual mobility 64 years ago. Since then, the brand has focused on maximum driving pleasure with a minimum footprint.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 11, 2021

Nissan is considering a compact electric pickup truck, according to a recent Automotive News report. While such a vehicle seems far from reality, it would give Nissan something different for the emerging electric-truck market.

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