Month: July 2022

Honda’s Hot Hatch Gets Hotter This hot hatch is getting hotter, as the 2023 Honda Civic Type R will be the most powerful Civic ever. Honda invited the automotive press to the Hawthorne Jet Center in Southern California in mid-July to pull the sheet off the new Civic Type R. Exciting as the reveal was,
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It comes as no surprise the Ford F-150 Lightning is built to impress. Ford is the king of trucks, and the Lightning isn’t much different from the brand’s iconic half-ton gas-powered pickups, aside from its futuristic powertrain. It’s probably safe to assume Ford wouldn’t have even considered bringing the Lightning to market unless it was going
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Global EV sales are steadily increasing with help from regulators, but that won’t matter if existing gasoline and diesel vehicles aren’t retired quickly, new research argues. “The slow speed of fleet turnover presents a substantial barrier to deep decarbonization,” researchers state in a new book on energy transition (via Axios). Researchers compared emissions policies, like
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This isn’t the first time we’ve reported that SONDORS is ready to deliver its Metacycle electric motorcycle to pre-order customers. But to be fair, it’s not the first time the Southern California-based company has said it was ready for deliveries. But now with photos of Metacycles purportedly in SONDORS’ domestic logistics facilities, the first bikes
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Littelfuse, a circuit protection specialist, has acquired electromechanical switch company C&K Switches. C&K Switches designs and manufactures switches and interconnect systems for the industrial, transportation, aerospace and datacom markets. “The combination of our companies significantly expands our technologies and capabilities, enabling us to deliver comprehensive solutions offering to our broad customer base, across a wide
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Tesla is preparing to launch pictures of its customer in space on SpaceX’s lunar orbiter mission with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute of South Korea. Back in 2018, Tesla had a referral program to help sell vehicles where owners could share a referral code with new buyers who would receive Supercharging credits. In exchange, referrers would get
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Tips To Deal with the Challenges of Rural Charging The question of whether you should buy an EV instead of a traditional ICE car is a very hot topic. Government agencies at various levels are proposing incentives to increase uptake of EVs while also instituting restrictions for ICE vehicles, such as zero-emission zones. Most Americans
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How far weekly does Sono say its Sion solar EV might go without ever charging? Which automaker launched a service aimed at answering questions about EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 29, 2022. This week, we drove the one-and-only efficiency-focused Mercedes-Benz
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Energy Web, a non-profit that creates operating systems for energy grids, has collaborated with the Volkswagen Group subsidiary Elli to develop a new smart charging solution designed to enable EV owners to charge with renewable electricity that is matched directly with the vehicle’s real-time electricity consumption. The solution relies on a 24/7 matching algorithm that
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Pros and Cons of the Electric Car Lifestyle This article may contain affiliate links. Electric vehicles have become more popular in the past few years thanks to technological advancements and a growing interest in sustainable living.Electric vehicles have many benefits over traditional gasoline-powered cars, including lower emissions, cheaper running costs and (often) government incentives. However,
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Siemens aims to manufacture a workaround for EV-charger home electrical-panel upgrades. Florida bulks up on EV charging infrastructure. And a re-upped EV tax credit could give an immediate boost to GM and Tesla. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  The EV tax credit expansion is back, and it’s once again a possibility. Under
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This news episode looks at the booming off shore wind industry, electric taxi boats, electric bin lorries, and solad state batteries. More info below: 12 Megawatt wind turbine: https://goo.gl/2gpbko Decommissioning North Sea Oil: https://goo.gl/7XaKde Electric water taxi: https://goo.gl/n5mHpZ Electric dustbin lorry: https://goo.gl/vDbeaw VW solid state battery: https://goo.gl/1PkzdQ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FullyChargedShow
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