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Group14 Technologies begins construction of second commercial-scale silicon battery materials plant

Green Car Congress

Built to run on renewable energy in the form of Washington State's abundant hydropower, the factory is expected to be part of a larger Group14 campus, comprising at least six modules, as the company looks to continue to expand its footprint in Moses Lake.

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That Was the Year That Was

Clean Fleet Report

Volvo, Lucid, Porsche and Jaguar had low sales while Mini, Genesis, Toyota and Subaru were just beginning their sales. The scenario was playing out as expected as EV sales became normalized in many places around the globe, including the state’s of California, Washington, Florida and Texas in the U.S. . Looking to 2023.

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20 automakers commit to make automatic emergency braking standard on new vehicles no later than 2022; faster than regulatory process

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Automakers making the commitment are Audi; BMW; FCA US LLC; Ford; General Motors; Honda; Hyundai; Jaguar Land Rover; Kia; Maserati; Mazda; Mercedes-Benz; Mitsubishi Motors; Nissan; Porsche; Subaru; Tesla Motors; Toyota; Volkswagen; and Volvo Car USA. The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C.,

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Shelling out Real Money

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I've started to order parts over the past few days since lead times are getting larger these days with the demand. I had the privilege of showing off the Porsche 914 at the kick-off meeting for the EV club in Longview, Washington. I ordered a Warp9 motor from Carlo at EV-supply in Seattle.

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VW Group head of research says its time for electrification, but progress has been extremely low; We need more

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” New technologies, and electromobility part of this. Convert to new types of fuels that are fairly CO 2 neutral such as biofuels, although Volkswagen thinks the potential of biofuels worldwide is limited to 10–20%. “ But nevertheless, that’s something.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Part of Zeem’s competitive advantage is that it has secured access to plenty of power in a prime location near LAX. That’s part of the competitive advantage of Zeem Solutions (the name stands for ZEro EMissions). Washington state has an abundance of power very cheap from all the hydro. Certain areas, there’s power availability.