Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:21:03 +0000
Volkswagen and Stellantis are seeing tough times ahead as sales skitter and factory closures are in the offing for both companies.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:42:37 +0000
November saw plugin EVs take 35.3% share of the UK auto market, up from 25.7% year on year. BEVs grew volume by 58% YoY, and took a quarter of the market, while PHEV volume was flat. Overall auto volume was 153,610 units, down 2% YoY. Tesla was the leading BEV … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:57:31 +0000
After writing about WeRide’s robotaxi deployment in Abu Dhabi, I went looking at recent WeRide announcements, and I noticed one especially interesting ones I had missed. Just a couple weeks ago, autonomous robotaxis from WeRide, the Robosweeper S6 and Robosweeper S1, were commercially deployed in Singapore, at Marina Coastal Drive … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:24:36 +0000
Having gone to Abu Dhabi several times for cleantech conferences, I could see that UAE leaders were very keen on futuristic tech and very keen on superlatives — the biggest, the first, the tallest, the fastest, etc. So, I knew it would be quick to deploy robotaxis. Today, the capital … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 01:37:05 +0000
The humble rice hull could provide EV battery makers with a more sustainable, bio-based graphite supply chain that outperforms conventional graphite, too.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 01:34:12 +0000
The Kia PV5 has barely gotten off the design table, and it’s already won an award in the UK. The only downside: I’ve never heard of this award before. But an award is an award. The award is from What Van? Awards 2025 in London, and the PV5 won in … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 00:09:43 +0000
The US Energy Information Administration points out that combined sales of electric and hybrid vehicles reached a record high share of the US auto market in the 3rd quarter. All together, they accounted for 19.6% share of 3rd quarter US auto sales, half a percentage point above their 19.1% share … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 22:37:26 +0000
Total cost of ownership for a used 2021 Tesla Model Y over 10 years compared with Toyota RAV4 and BMW shows Tesla’s outstanding value! I’ve written before on total cost of ownership (most recently about 2 years ago), but this article will be more personal. This won’t work for everyone, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:39:54 +0000
I recently travelled to Europe to celebrate my birthday. While I was on the flight home, I thought about my past few decades on this planet. While we seem to be going backwards politically, that can largely be attributed to fear. That fear often comes from the disruptive change created … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:01:59 +0000
AI enabled robots are everywhere, from self driving cars from Waymo to machines that install solar panels quickly and cheaply.
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