Mercedes and VW look to Canada for the EV supply chain. BMW, GM, and Ford aim to incentivize off-peak charging. And California is putting its 2035 gasoline vehicle ban into policy. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. California is making its planned 2035 end date for gasoline vehicles the official policy today—and it’s
Month: August 2022
Battery testing equipment manufacturer Bitrode Corporation has been acquired by metalforming firm the Schuler Group. Schuler says the purchase of the St Louis company and its Italian parent company Sovema Group will provide the capabilities needed to equip gigafactories for the mass production of lithium-ion batteries. Schuler offers customer-specific technology in all areas of metalforming—its
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By Johnna Crider Posted on August 24, 2022 SpaceX and T-Mobile CEO, Mike Sievert have plans to increase connectivity, SpaceX announced earlier today. SpaceX will hold the live broadcast on Thursday evening at 7 pm Central Standard Time (8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific). Although we don’t know much, Elon Musk said that this was something
Charging provider Volta (NYSE: VLTA) has announced a partnership with the city of Hoboken, New Jersey to install 25 public EV charging stalls over the next 18 months. Volta integrates “an eye-catching digital media network” into its public charging stations, which can generate media revenue immediately upon installation, enabling Volta to offset the development and
Tesla has sent a cease and desist to billionaire Dan O’Dowd’s Dawn Project, which is currently running a smear campaign against Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta. Earlier this year, we reported on Dan O’Dowd, a self-described billionaire and founder of Green Hills Software, a privately-owned company that makes operating systems and programming tools. O’Dowd had launched a Senate campaign
Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon is coming out of retirement for one weekend to compete in a Porsche Carrera Cup North America race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, to be held over Labor Day Weekend. Gordon, who retired from full-time NASCAR racing after the 2015 season, will be reunited with longtime crew chief Ray
The Roadster Dreams Are Made Of If you don’t mind waiting… In early March, from a high-rise rooftop vantage point overlooking Beverley Hills, California, Polestar revealed the O₂ concept electric roadster. The assembled media were tantalized with the thought it would actually go into production. We now know it will be as the Polestar 6,
Tritium celebrates the opening of its first manufacturing facility of DC fast chargers in the US, located in Lebanon, Tennessee. This new plant, announced in February, potentially might become the largest one in the country with a potential to install up to six production lines for a total peak capacity of up to 30,000 chargers
Polestar battery tech is going into some fast, efficient watercraft. Toyota and CARB are cooperating. And EVs cost far less to “fuel” than gasoline vehicles. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. According to recent estimates from the Department of Energy, every U.S.-market EV costs less than $1,000 to “fuel”—meaning charge with electricity—compared to
Electrofit, an EV conversion parts company, has introduced its first electric crate motor. The CM100KW1 is a permanent magnet synchronous motor with a built-in inverter, a continuous power rating of 50 kW, a configurable peak power rating of 100-150 kW and a weight of 54 kg. The company says the built-in inverter “significantly reduces cost
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In Boulder City, Nevada, the Townsite Solar and Storage Facility generates over 500,000 MWh of renewable energy every year. To help store and distribute that energy, a 365 MWh Megapack was installed, allowing the site to power 60,000 homes throughout the community. Learn more about Tesla Commercial Energy: https://www.tesla.com/commercial
A few simple lessons on how to charge your electric car when using the Ecotricity Electric Highway. There are ‘Ecotricity pumps’ at nearly every UK motorway services and they already power millions of miles of electric car journeys a month. To find out more go to https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/for-the-road
By William Johnson Posted on August 23, 2022 Delorean has unveiled a prototype of their upcoming Alpha 5 coupe at Monterey Car Week. Delorean hopes to bring back the old DMC brand with their new Alpha 5 coupe, but this fifth prototype/concept car has not inspired confidence in many observers. Nonetheless, Delorean is aiming for
Sponsored by Amada Weld Tech Whether a driver intends to use an electric vehicle for a daily commute or only sporadically, he or she expects that the battery will hold a charge and not lose too much energy in use. EV manufacturers, therefore, aim to design batteries with greater range between charges, and that—when they
Chinese EV battery maker CATL continues its reign as the world’s largest battery manufacturer after posting robust growth in its Q2 earnings. As the transition to electric vehicles in the auto industry gains momentum, the need to lock up critical EV battery materials is becoming evident. Automakers are scrambling to lock up deals with EV
The Genesis X Speedium Coupe concept was unveiled in April, but we’re just now getting a glimpse of its interior. The Hyundai luxury brand showed the electric coupe concept’s interior for the first time at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the anchor event for Monterey Car Week. And it looks production ready. “The interior
After Driving, Listening About EVs Is the Next Best Electric vehicles are no longer a fringe technology. Drivers passing through a large city are almost certain to encounter at least one, and EVs have started to dominate conversations, too. U.S. drivers bought a record 761,000 EVs in 2020, making it the fifth consecutive year of
How far can $600 take you when it comes to e-bikes nowadays? Well, surprisingly, pretty darn far. As technology surrounding powertrains and batteries has advanced over the years, the retail price of e-bikes continues to drop. The fact that manufacturers are focusing on tapping the entry-level market helps a big deal, too, and these days,
The EV tax credit revamp might have some companies reexamining U.S. production plans. Audi teases a rugged crossover EV concept. And Kia reveals performance and spec details for the quickest EV6. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Kia has announced U.S.-market details for its quickest, most powerful EV6 GT model. Rated at 576
Iconic school bus builder Blue Bird has expanded its electrification ecosystem with the launch of Blue Bird Energy Services, which provides turnkey charging solutions for electric school bus fleets. Blue Bird says it has nearly 650 electric school buses in operation today. The company builds a full range of electric school bus models, which offer
In its latest bold move to lock up raw materials for electric vehicles, Mercedes-Benz is announcing a new deal with Rock Tech Lithium for 10,000 tons of battery-grade lithium annually. Best known for its luxurious German vehicles, Mercedes is great at raising the bar for what an automobile can do. Now, the automaker is moving
By Joey Klender Posted on August 22, 2022 When Tesla filed a complaint against the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), accusing the agencies of rushing to file lawsuits against businesses without conducting investigations in early June, it expected to come out on top based on
Polish battery system manufacturer Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT) has started construction of a factory designed to produce battery systems for public transportation, railroads and stationary energy storage applications. “For 2021, Impact held about 15% of the European electric bus battery market,” says the company. According to ICPT, the GigafactoryX “will be powered by a
Following last week’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act in the US, German legacy automakers Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz have sealed agreements with the Canadian government to acquire raw materials for EV battery manufacturing at their US facilities. This move could help EVs from both automakers qualify for US tax credits under the revised terms of
It’s named Project Tornado, and the specifications make it sound like it might just rip like its namesake. At last week’s Monterey Car Week, Gunther Werks took the wraps off its latest creation: a remastered air-cooled Porsche 993 with 700 hp, a 6-speed manual transmission, and rear-wheel drive. Gunther Werks Project Tornado remastered 993 911
The Hottest Mach-E When Clean Fleet Report first reported on the Ford Mustang Mach-E in March 2021, we were impressed with its styling, range, and standard features, but what we were lusting for was to get behind the wheel of the Performance Edition GT version, which wasn’t available at the Mach-E launch. Our wish has
Tesla has begun rolling out an early release of FSD Beta version 10.69 over the weekend to the first batch of testers and announced a significant price hike for the self-driving software option. In a post on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the price increase will be active for customers ordering the Full Self-Driving
Tesla has hiked the price of Full Self-Driving. Fisker is looking for more production space for its Ocean. BYD is entering Europe on its own—and, perhaps, heading into Tesla battery packs. And the EV tax credit revamp has triggered a massive price hike in EV and PHEV lease prices. This and more, here at Green
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