Month: August 2021

Tesla has updated the standard set of wheels available for the Model X to new darker wheels. But don’t hold your breath to get the electric SUV anytime soon. When Tesla unveiled the new Model S in January, the automaker also unveiled the new Model X, but the SUV has been gathering less attention. There
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Toyota makes zero fully electric cars while Tesla makes nothing but electric cars, and yet the anti-EV Toyota has plenty things going for it where it can shift to making electric cars and compete with Tesla in a relatively short period of time. OUR SPONSOR: ❤️ VW ID.4 – Learn more at https://VW.com/ID4 IMPORTANT NOTICE:
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Supplier manufacturing defect may lead to battery fire in rare circumstances GM will pursue reimbursement from supplier DETROIT – General Motors is voluntarily expanding the current Chevrolet Bolt EV recall to cover the remaining 2019 and all 2020-2022 model year vehicles, including the Bolt EUV. In rare circumstances, the batteries supplied to GM for these vehicles
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Charging network operator EV Charging Solutions (EVCS) has been approved and funded by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to upgrade 44 charging stations on the Oregon portion of the West Coast Electric Highway, and to add three new stations. Eleven of the 47 stations will be “superstations,” each with three DC fast chargers and
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At Tesla’s recent AI Day event, the company announced a number of new initiatives. It unveiled a new line of in-house-designed chips for its Dojo high-speed computer, which will power the next generation of Autopilot, and is now expected to be operational next year. The company also announced that new Full Self-Driving (FSD) hardware will
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The Genesis GV60—the Hyundai luxury brand’s first dedicated electric vehicle, due next year—is shaping up to offer a technology first: It will be one of the first global-market EVs with original-equipment wireless charging. The hardware, claimed to be supplied by WiTricity, will initially only be offered (or enabled) in South Korea, Genesis confirmed Friday to
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New Soul EV ‘Maxx’ replaces ‘First Edition’ launch model in the UK Features new Kia logo, two new paint options, and comprehensive equipment levels £34,945 on-the-road; £32,445 with Plug-in Car Grant Kia UK has today introduced the Soul EV ‘Maxx’, replacing the existing ‘First Edition’ variant in the UK line-up that has been available since
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The passenger car registrations in Europe in the second quarter of 2021 amounted to 3,405,600 (up 66% year-over-year) from the challenging Q2 2020. Our attention focuses on the plug-in segment, which, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), expands quickly and is gaining higher and higher market share. In total, some 574,565 (up 237%)
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By Joey Klender Posted on August 21, 2021 Ford Motor Company’s North America Product Communications Director Mike Levine teased an all-electric Bronco on Twitter, add more fuel to the proverbial fire that one of the automaker’s most anticipated models could turn electric. After Ford stopped producing the fifth-generation Bronco in 1996, the notorious SUV made
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Electric drives consist of a fixed stator and a moving rotor. In order to achieve optimum drive performance and low wear, both components must be matched to each other with well under millimeter precision, so accurate conformity control is of immense importance. Conventional measuring systems, such as coordinate measuring machines (CMMs), generally in combination with
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Robert with another Fully Charged News update… 00:00 Patreon thanks 00:31 More EV misinformation: “Dirty” electric vehicles & The kettle scare story: https://goo.gl/Dr5akq 03:10 Smart flexible grid: https://goo.gl/kV4zJB 06:25 Cornish Lithium: https://goo.gl/WcFqTt 08:02 EV’s earning money doing nothing: https://goo.gl/t1Jjit 09:53 “Death of the Internal Combustion Engine”: https://goo.gl/z3sNix 11:54 South Australian solar thermal power plant: https://goo.gl/YqPsq4
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Fleet EVSE manufacturer Heliox is diving into the rapidly growing field of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) charging through a partnership with V2X service provider Fermata Energy. Through the new partnership, Heliox has developed a 20 kW bidirectional V2X-capable charger, which will be available later this year in the US. Heliox’s parent company Waterland Private Equity has made
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