Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:58:34 +0000
The US electric vehicle startup Rivian is targeting 400,000 EVs per year at its new Project Horizon factory, taking shape in Georgia with a $6.57 billion assist from the Bush-era Loan Programs Office in the US Department of Energy.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:00:54 +0000
Pity poor Volkswagen Group. It has been struggling to build a significant presence in the US automobile market for decades, but has never become the volume seller it would like to be. It produces the battery-electric ID.4 at its US factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, but does not offer its sportier … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:10:54 +0000
Ford’s got an interesting approach this year of highlighting customers stories in order to promote its electric vehicles. I assume the company learned that what potential buyers need more than anything else is evidence from other humans that electric vehicles work for them. Spec sheets, kilowatts and kilowatt-hours, 0–60 mph … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:57:23 +0000
The wide open spaces of the American Southwest can be big and intimidating, even if you grew up in the United States and are familiar with the big gaps that can happen between towns. Add in the current charging situation for EVs in the United States, and some of those … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:58:51 +0000
A recent article at Torque News tells the story of magnets, a Cybertruck, and rust. In theory, the trucks are covered in stainless steel, which isn’t supposed to rust. But, in the real world, there are some circumstances in which a stainless surface can become tarnished and even rust. Based … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:57:28 +0000
I was just reading Tina Casey’s article on EV sales and saw the section at the end noting that California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to revive the state’s EV subsidies if Trump and Republicans kill the $7,500 US EV tax credit. The fascinating, or one might say crazy, thing about … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 04:27:45 +0000
Politics aside, EV sales have nowhere to go but up as battery costs continue to decline and battery performance continues to improve.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:36:51 +0000
The Tesla Supercharger team — what’s left of it — has announced four improvements to the charging experience. Among the improvements are the locations, the length of the charging cables, and upgrades to the charging software in Tesla vehicles. In its Q3 earnings report, Tesla said it had installed 6,706 … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:55:33 +0000
The Canadian EV battery recycling startup RecycLiCo is among the innovators to deploy black mass for new batteries.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:30:19 +0000
Mercedes-Benz has some new sustainability tricks up its sleeve, including bio-based materials and body paint made with solar cells.
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