Whether you’re planning on building an off-grid home or just want to power your campsite without running the generator, a solar panel is the great way to handle just that. Today’s New Green Deals is lead by a wide-ranging solar sale at Home Depot with panels and full setups from $105, so be sure to
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Chargers mounted on streetlight or power poles could be a viable way to provide charging for urban dwellers who lack assigned parking spaces. Many cities have replaced their old-fashioned incandescent streetlights with LED lights, which use far less energy. This means that many circuits serving lampposts have extra energy capacity, which could be used to
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
Free Home Charging Unit and Exclusive Tariff comes with 30,000 miles worth of electricity credit Mokka-e, Combo-e Life and Vivaro-e Life alongside Corsa-e eligible for the offer Offer valid on orders placed until 5th October 2021 Vauxhall customers already enjoy a free, six-month subscription to bp pulse public charging network, eight-year battery warranty and eight year’s
Premium Three-Row Midsize SUV Story by John Faulkner. Photos by John Faulkner and Hyundai. Hyundai debuted the Palisade in 2020 to nearly unanimous reviews and praise for its design, features and value. Now in year two, the 2021 Hyundai Palisade continues to be one of the best three-row midsize SUVs. One Engine, One Transmission Building
You may have heard that Jay Leno recently bought a Model S Plaid, a car he’s really proud to own. But the Plaid isn’t the first Tesla to gain a permanent spot in Leno’s garage. In 2015, the former talk show host bought a brand-new Model S P90D, and he was very satisfied with the
By Maria Merano Posted on August 12, 2021 On Friday, Elon Musk and Armin Laschet, the frontrunner to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s Chancellor, are expected to meet at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin site. Laschet told reporters on Thursday that he received a text message from the Tesla CEO. “I’m glad that Elon Musk has just
The Polestar 2 gets a more attractive entry price and longer driving range. The Chevy Silverado EV will steer with its rear wheels. Used electric vehicles are selling very fast. And the fast charging network that led the way on the West Coast is getting an upgrade. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
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Elon Musk and Tesla were snubbed out of the Biden White House event which was dedicated to EV revolution in the US while the “big 3”, Ford, GM and Stellantis, were there with the President. Forbes contributor Tom Moloughney is here to give us his perspective, plus other electric car news from Tesla, Hyundai, Rivian
LG Electronics and Magna International have established a joint venture to manufacture e-motors, inverters and on-board chargers. The new company, LG Magna e-Powertrain, will be headquartered in Incheon, South Korea, and is expected to have more than 1,000 employees in the US, South Korea and China. Powertrain development will be based on Magna’s electric powertrain
Foxconn, a major assembler of the iPhone, announced plans to build EV manufacturing plants in the US and Thailand next year, with mass production scheduled for 2023. With this move, Foxconn looks to leap from the slowing wave of smartphone manufacturing to the tidal surge of EV demand. Foxconn is a worldwide leader in electronics
The Lamborghini Countach is making a comeback, Lamborghini announced Monday via Twitter. The original Countach—which turned 50 in 2021—is an icon that helped define the modern supercar, but it’s unclear what form this new version will take. One possibility is that the new Countach will be one of two V-12 special editions launching in 2021,
Check out THE BOULDER™ [embedded content] There is now backup power for your electric vehicle. The Boulder™ has a bank of EV batteries built into the trailer frame that enables you to recharge your EV’s batteries to return your electric vehicle to its pre-towing range – or better. Our trailers are inspired by Colorado’s terrain
Trade Show To Offer Updates on Critical Auto Tech Senior leaders from the Department of Energy, Ford Motor Company and LG Energy Solutions are set to headline the upcoming jointly located Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo that will take place in Novi, Michigan, September 14-16, 2021. The in-person event has attracted
The Xpeng P5 will enter production in Q3 of 2021, with customer deliveries starting in Q4. The P5 will be XPeng’s third vehicle offering, following the G3 compact SUV (December 2018) and the P7 long-range sports sedan (June 2020). XPeng’s aggressively-priced P5 will cost between RMB160,000 ($24,700 US) and RMB230,000 ($35,500 US) will certainly attract budget-conscious
By Maria Merano Posted on August 11, 2021 Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited Gigafactory Berlin recently. Musk met with a few people in Brandenburg, including Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach. Steinbach revealed the contents of his meeting with Elon Musk following their evening meeting. “Very relaxed evening meeting with Elon Musk, D. Woidke, co-workers on both
Keysight Technologies has announced a new test system for high-voltage battery packs (up to 1,500 volts). The Scienlab SL1700A Series uses silicon carbide (SiC) technology, which Keysight says will boost efficiency and energy recovery. The system gives users control of the climate chamber, conditioning of the device under test, and the battery management system. Analysis
General Motors on Wednesday confirmed that its upcoming Chevrolet Silverado electric pickup will offer four-wheel steering, as well as gigantic 24-inch wheels, in its production form. Chevrolet released a video that shows the truck turning with both the front and rear wheels turning in the same direction to reduce the truck’s turning circle. The video
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
Sprint Power, a British firm that specializes in electrified propulsion systems, power electronics and battery systems, is leading a UK government-backed project that aims to demonstrate the suitability of wireless charging technology for fleet vehicles. Funding for the wireless charging project has been provided by Innovate UK, a public body designed to drive research and
GM has released a first official teaser for its upcoming Chevy Silverado electric pickup. The automaker is showing the electric pickup’s 4-wheel steering and turn radius. The GMC Hummer EV is going to be GM’s first all-electric pickup truck. However, when it was announced as a $80,000 “supertruck,” it was clear that it wouldn’t really
BYD, the world’s leading provider of electric buses, has successfully delivered an additional 76 BYD eBuses to major Nordic public transport operator, Nobina, for use in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. The fulfilment completes Finland’s largest ever electric bus order – a 119-unit order for Nobina – and represents BYD’s second-ever delivery to Finland following the
Driving Fun in a Three-Row Crossover SUV Story and photos by John Faulkner. 2021 Mazda CX-9 owners say things like “exceeds my expectations,” “I love it,” “it is one of the most beautiful cars on the road” and “super happy with my purchase.” When we drove it, we found this midsize crossover checks the boxes
Watching videos of very dirty cars being cleaned is a weirdly satisfying experience, at least as far as this editor is concerned. How can it not be when the end result looks like the working of a miracle? That’s exactly the case with the “dirtiest Tesla Model X ever,” a car that looked like it had
By Maria Merano Posted on August 10, 2021 Tesla is currently making moves that will make it eligible for the $7.5 billion fund in Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure bill allocated to build electric vehicle charging stations. President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, H.R. 3684, passed in the Senate on Tuesday by a 69-30 margin. “This bill
Buses, especially school buses, represent a perfect use case for bidirectional charging. When the buses sit idle, they can earn money by providing demand response (DR) services for the local utility. This is one of the services that fleet charging specialist AMPLY Power provides, and as CEO Vic Shao told Charged in a recent interview,
In coordination with Monterey Car Week, Audi has revealed an electric roadster concept called Skysphere. This flexible concept is the first of three “sphere” concepts, with the Grandsphere and Urbansphere to follow. As Audi teased last month, all three are developed by Audi’s Artemis team, which took form in 2020 and aims to accelerate EV
Tesla has started updating its Autopark feature with its new Tesla Vision computer vision system, which now powers Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving Beta. Like many other premium (and even non-premium) vehicles, Tesla vehicles have been equipped with an autonomous parking feature called ‘Autopark’. Tesla’s Autopark has been relying on ultrasonic sensors around the vehicles.
Interested in the powertrain technology in the 2016 Volt? Or the performance potential in electric cars? Of course you are. This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, February 27, 2015. For links to all the stories mentioned in this video: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1097027_2016-volt-powertrain-electric-car-performance-tesla-again-at-the-top-the-week-in-reverse-video
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