Month: August 2022

California regulators are fine-tuning a set of proposed draft rules that would ban the sale of gas and diesel vehicles by 2035. The proposed Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations (ACC II), if adopted, will tighten existing state regulations to reduce vehicle emissions under a wider range of conditions, ensure battery performance and support equitable access
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Battery innovator Northvolt has issued a $1.1-billion convertible note to finance its expansion of battery cell and cathode material production in Europe. Investors participating in the capital raise included the Volkswagen Group, along with a raft of global financial institutions. This capital raise brings the amount Northvolt has secured since 2017 close to $8 billion.
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By William Johnson Posted on August 18, 2022 Acura has unveiled its new Precision Concept EV SUV and some limited details about the possible upcoming vehicle. Acura unveiled the new Precision Concept EV as part of Monterey Car Week. The vehicle is looking to spotlight Acura’s new water-centric design language and upcoming EV lineup. However,
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Energy storage device maker Skeleton Technologies has signed a €11.6-million ($12.2 million) contract with equipment distributor Class8 Energy to supply it with supercapacitor modules. “Since the beginning of the electrification of commercial vehicles, our efforts have turned to obtaining a better energy solution for the heavy-duty and off-road machinery diesel market,” says Class8 Energy CEO
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Ford’s Lincoln luxury brand has not been particularly known for radical automotive designs. But the Model L100 Concept—named after the 1922 Model L and in celebration of the brand’s 100th anniversary—shows that the brand is thinking about a dramatically different kind of luxury car in the future. The Lincoln Model L100 Concept, revealed in coordination
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Canadian climate tech company Peak Power has received a $765,000 investment through Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP) to install 117 V1G chargers. The total cost of the project is estimated at over $1.6 million. Peak Power will install the V1G chargers across several mixed-use developments in Ontario. Peak Power’s Synergy
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By Johnna Crider Posted on August 17, 2022 The  U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data (DOE) published a list of electric vehicles that are immediately available for the new $7,500 EV tax credit. The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into law yesterday and for electric vehicles, it changed a few things. Under the new
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Q&A with Momentum Dynamics Wireless charging is nothing new—Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. There are many reasons (safety, reliability, liability) that a fleet operator might not want
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The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT muscle-car concept makes burbling, rip-roaring internal-combustion V-8 muscle car sounds, has a new iteration of iconic Coke-bottle muscle-car-era proportions, and a rips off “blazing” quarter-mile times with the help of a multi-speed transmission.  With the exception of those blazing quarter-mile times, those all impress as things that would repel most
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A team of researchers from Titan Advanced Energy Solutions and Carnegie Mellon University have studied a method for identifying and preventing thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries and described some of its benefits. The research examined Titan Advanced Energy Solution’s ultrasound-based thermal runaway early warning technology. “Titan’s work is centered on developing an ultrasound-based early warning
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Germany-based automotive supplier Eberspaecher presented its portfolio of eco-friendly AC systems for buses and coaches at the recent Prawaas 3.0 trade show in Hyderabad, India. Eberspaecher has developed an all-electric AC system for hybrid and battery-electric buses, especially for customers in India, the Middle East and Asia—the AC135 AE platform. This thermal management system for
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