Month: August 2021

Smashing Through the Barriers To Hybrid Cars Story by Elizabeth B. Hines. Photos from Clean Fleet Report archives. Hybrid vehicles are becoming more and more common. They have many advantages, such as consuming less fuel, being more environmentally friendly, silent and smooth to drive. The prototypical hybrid–the Toyota Prius Unfortunately, hybrid cars still have a
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Nissan has become the latest automaker to say it would like to sell more EVs in the US. The automaker announced its “intention” to make battery-electric cars over 40% of its US sales by 2030 (in addition to sales of hybrids and plug-in hybrids). Nissan also said that “every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key
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The next free-to-attend Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering will be broadcast October 18 – 21, 2021, and the first batch of session topics is out now. The conference content will span the EV engineering supply chain and ecosystem including motor and power electronics design and manufacturing, cell development, battery systems, testing, powertrains, thermal management,
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Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide victory in the country’s election last week, beating the incumbent, Edgar Lungu. Hichilema’s plan is to ramp up mining in particular to jump-start Zambia’s economy – and provide the rapidly growing electric vehicle battery industry with crucial cobalt and copper. Cobalt and copper Zambia is the world’s sixth-largest
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Lucid’s CEO Peter Rawlinson suggest a huge revelation about Lucid’s upcoming electric SUV, plus commentary from InsideEVs Tom Moloughney and the rendering of the SUV by Electric Design! Subscribe to Tom Moloughney’s channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdX0BJNon1c6GfOdeS3pyDw Subscribe to Electric Design channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFmu_e-8uySpge609Ma1QCQ Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/eforelectric !!! OUR SPONSOR: ❤️ Shop aftermarket accessories
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Nation’s largest public fast charging network for EVs debuts kWh and time-of-use pricing in CA, new EVgo Plus™ plan and EVgo Rewards™ nationwide to deliver more benefits for loyal EVgo customers LOS ANGELES – August 16, 2021 – EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO), the nation’s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) and first powered by 100% renewable
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J.D. Power has released today its inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Public Charging Study (in a collaboration with PlugShare), which measures BEV/PHEV owners’ satisfaction with public charging infrastructure. A total of 6,647 owners of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles answered questions (between January and June 2021) about their charging experience at two
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Lightning eMotors (NYSE: ZEV), a provider of specialty commercial EVs for fleets, and Forest River, a Berkshire Hathaway company, have formed a strategic partnership to deploy up to 7,500 zero-emission shuttle buses.      The $850-million deal calls for Lightning to build fully electric powertrains and provide charging products and services for Forest River over the next
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Eco-friendly Choices for Young Drivers Story by Lauren Groff; photos from Clean Fleet Report archives. Have a high school or college student in the U.S. or Canada going back to in-person school soon? Then they’ll most likely need a car to get to and from school. The good news is, electric vehicles (EVs) are trending
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Subaru’s first real production electric vehicle will be a crossover twinned with the Toyota bZ4X. Called the Solterra, Subaru’s interpretation of the Toyota BEV high rider is apparently only the tip of the spear when it comes to the manufacturer’s plan to electrify its lineup; it plans to invest more in EV research and development
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LiquidPiston has released a video with Warped Perception demonstrating its X-Engine’s ability to run on hydrogen gas. This is the sixth fuel variation that has been shown to power the engine, along with gasoline, propane, kerosene, diesel and jet A fuel. LiquidPiston modified its 4.5-pound X-Engine to run on hydrogen. The engine was then installed
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Sponsored by COFICAB COFICAB, worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sales of innovative wires and cables for the automotive industry, presents e-COF POWER+. This newly developed cable is part of the e-COF family brand (high voltage cables), specially designed to fulfill international standards for BEVs and PHEVs vehicles.  e-COF POWER+ uses two different insulation
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Travis Pastrana on Sunday shattered the overall record at New Hampshire’s Mt. Washington Hillclimb in the 862-hp Subaru WRX STI originally built for “Gymkhana 2020,” Subaru announced Monday.  Pastrana’s 5:28.67 run up the 7.6-mile hillclimb course was more than 16 seconds quicker than the previous record, which Pastrana also set, at the 2017 race. Pastrana
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