Month: September 2022

TeraWatt Infrastructure designs, operates and owns charging centers for commercial EV fleets (see the feature article in the July/August 2021 issue of Charged). Now the company has raised more than $1 billion of institutional capital from investors including Vision Ridge Partners, Keyframe Capital and Cyrus Capital. The company will use the new funds to accelerate
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Soft magnetics technology startup CorePower Magnetics has raised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding from Volta Energy Technologies, Innovation Works and Evergreen Climate Innovations. The funding will be used to scale up development of CorePower Magnetics’s proprietary magnetic materials. “CorePower’s technology not only promises step-change performance benefits to EVs and the grid, but it is also
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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
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Model X is the safest, fastest and most capable sport utility vehicle in history. With all-wheel drive and a 90 kWh battery providing 257 miles of range, Model X has ample seating for seven adults and all of their gear. And it’s ludicrously fast, accelerating from zero to 60 miles per hour in as quick
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Tesla’s best and worst news of the week involves the Cybertruck and the FSD and of course the State of Charge host Tom Moloughney will be here to help us sort through all the drama! Subscribe to Tom Moloughney’s channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdX0BJNon1c6GfOdeS3pyDw OUR SPONSOR: ❤️ ELECTRIFY AMERICA – Locate an Electrify America Charger Today: https://www.electrifyamerica.com
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UK start-up IONETIC has launched a new battery pack design platform that’s designed to cut the development cost and time for auto manufacturers bringing new EVs to market. According to IONETIC, custom battery pack designs are often unaffordable, but off-the-shelf solutions suffer from low energy density and poor optimization. This dilemma is especially problematic for
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4 Tips To Stop Rats in their Tracks You might have heard horror stories of Tesla owners opening their glove compartments and finding rats hiding inside. If you recently paid a bundle for an electric vehicle, it’s prudent to take proactive steps to protect your new ride. You don’t have to live in fear, but
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Nissan approves a bidirectional charger that works with its warranty. Volkswagen shows an extra-rugged version of its ID.4 electric crossover. Some Ford and Lincoln plug-in models are getting automated lane changes. And Vinfast continues to keep pace. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  Vietnam’s Vinfast has made the first 100 deliveries of its
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Sponsored by Eaton Royal Power Solutions, established in 1938 and acquired by Eaton earlier this year, is a global leader in the development and production of critical high-precision power- and signal-distribution components. Royal Power Solutions is recognized for its numerous industry-leading electrical components and capabilities, including RigiFlex™ flexible busbars, high-power lock box (HPLB) terminal connectors
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By Maria Merano Posted on September 11, 2022 Volkswagen presented a concept car for an all-electric off-road SUV in Ticino, Switzerland, over the weekend called the ID.XTREME.  The ID.XTREME uses Volkswagen’s modular electric drive matrix (MEB). The team under Andreas Rekewerth–the Head of VW’s overall MEB development–created the concept car. “The modular electric drive matrix
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Rugged, off-road-oriented SUVs like the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, and Land Rover Defender may soon face competition from a formidable contender developed by the newly minted automotive arm of British chemical giant Ineos. That contender is the Grenadier, a boxy, go-anywhere SUV modeled after the previous-generation Land Rover Defender, and in production at a plant
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Two plug-in models will be among the first to get an updated version of Ford’s Bluecruise hands-free driver-assist system when it launches this fall. Adding an automated lane-change feature and other updates, the new version is dubbed Bluecruise 1.2 and will launch on the 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E, the automaker confirmed Friday. Lincoln will get
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Battery materials manufacturer Nexeon has completed the second close of an investment round, bringing the round’s total investment to $170 million.  “The capital raised will provide Nexeon with further resources to accelerate the expansion of its own manufacturing capabilities to mass produce tens of thousands of metric tons annually of its silicon-based anode materials for
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