Month: October 2021

Polish bus builder Solaris has unveiled its latest vehicle, the 9-metre low-entry Urbino 9 LE electric. It’s designed both for city and intercity routes, and Solaris calls it “an excellent link between the urban and suburban road network across conurbations.” The new e-bus has been standardized with all Solaris’s other 4th-generation vehicles. Alongside the Urbino
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TE Connectivity has launched three new products for the hybrid and electric commercial transportation market. The new IPT-HD power bolt connector performs in temperatures ranging from -40 to +125 degrees Celsius and, thanks to its low-contact-resistance design, can withstand excessively high engine-level vibrations. The IPT-HD connector features a new shielding that complies with ISO and
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BMW has updated its U.S.-market information regarding the 2022 iX electric luxury SUV, ahead of the model’s anticipated market launch in the first quarter of 2022. The 2022 BMW iX will start at $84,195, including the $995 destination fee. Its EPA-rated range hasn’t yet been confirmed, but it’s expected to be “around 300 miles” according
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As part of a larger initiative to put electric vehicle fast chargers at fast food restaurants, a first installation is expected to combine Tritium’s market-leading technology with on-site solar, battery storage, and ChargeNet’s proprietary software platform to provide a superior fast charging experience, increase resiliency, and generate profit for the local franchise. [TORRANCE, Calif. /
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Stellantis’ Mopar division is bringing a fleet of Ram and Jeep concept vehicles to the 2021 SEMA show, scheduled for November 2-5 in Las Vegas. Mopar is keeping the details under wraps until SEMA kicks off, but teaser images released by the brand Monday hint at modified versions of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid
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Toyota claims its Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell sedan can cover 845 miles—in a special use case. Researchers see a lot of social costs of “deadhead miles” from Uber and Lyft. We get some time behind the wheel of the performance version of the Mach-E electric SUV. And Ford is deploying “charge angels” to spot-check charging infrastructure.
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Sandy Munro is here to talk about the newly unveiled Tesla Robot and future of humanoid robots. Will we need Will Smith to defend us from them? All will be answered in this interview with Sandy Munro! Subscribe to Sandy’s channel at: https://www.youtube.com/MunroLive OUR SPONSOR: ❤️ VW ID.4 – Learn more at https://VW.com/ID4 IMPORTANT NOTICE:
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The technology group Wärtsilä has issued a report ahead of COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow this autumn, demonstrating the environmental and economic opportunities for states that decarbonise rapidly. The report will be presented at the Economist Sustainability Week event today, 6 October. The ‘Front-Loading Net Zero’ report states that electricity production
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Streamlined Styling for a Next Generation Hybrid Lexus has an all-new NX coming next year Lexus isn’t standing still with its popular NX line of compact crossovers, which debuted in 2014. The all-new 2022 NX will come in four models, with two gasoline, one hybrid and one plug-in hybrid powertrain choices, two transmissions, and either
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The battery pack is the single most costly EV component and has the largest impact on design and performance (size, weight, acceleration, range, charge time, and vehicle life). Join this session next week at the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by NI and EA Elektro-Automatik, to learn how integrating EA Elektro-Automatik’s bidirectional, regenerative
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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland opens a consultation of its first offshore wind auction. North Carolina’s governor is about to sign a major clean energy bill. Here are 3 standouts. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers
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Atom Power has come up with a novel way to simplify charging stations, potentially reducing equipment and maintenance costs. Atom’s UL-listed solid-state digital circuit breaker centralizes the power management system—the smart technology that charges the vehicle resides in the electrical panel, and the charging pedestal or wall box does not contain high-tech electronics. Now technology
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Gogoro announced plans to expand its battery-swapping system into China earlier this year. Now the company is making good on those promises, and its partners are already rolling out new electric two-wheelers to fit Gogoro’s batteries. Gogoro is the leading electric scooter company in its native Taiwan, but the company’s swappable batteries are perhaps the
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Boulogne-Billancourt, October 8th, 2021 – Renault Group, top automotive player, and pioneer in the European EV market, and Terrafame, a company operating one of the world’s largest production lines for EV battery chemicals in Finland, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future supply of nickel sulphate. With this agreement, Renault Group will secure a significant annual
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6 Fun Adjustments To Customize Your Ride Electric vehicles are becoming a popular trend. They allow you to drive around in emissions-free style while helping the environment. However, you may want to make your car stand out even more. Here are six fun adjustments to consider making to personalize your vehicle. 1. Add a Custom
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Jaguar reports that its global car sales in the third quarter of 2021 decreased by almost 30% year-over-year to 19,248. The main reason is the semiconductor shortages. The all-electric Jaguar I-PACE also noted a decrease, by 18% year-over-year to 2,644. That’s a not good news, but on the positive side, the I-PACE share out of
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