Month: November 2022

DENSO and NTT DATA are working together to build a shared EV battery dataspace for the sharing of information about emissions and recycling in the battery industry. “The new battery regulation currently being reviewed in Europe will require disclosure of CO2 emissions and the resource recycling rate throughout battery life cycles to the European Commission,”
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American Formula 1 team Haas announced on Thursday it will drop current driver Mick Schumacher after the 2022 season. His replacement has been named as fellow German driver Nico Hülkenberg. Schumacher, whose father is F1 legend Michael Schumacher, joined Haas in 2021 as a rookie, and while he’s managed to get some decent points on
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Volta, which calls itself “a charging and media company,” makes an infrastructure planning platform called PredictEV, which is designed to help state and local governments to identify optimal charger locations in disadvantaged communities. “This analytical capability aligns with the federal government’s Justice40 goal, which seeks to ensure 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain
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By Johnna Crider Posted on November 15, 2022 Elon Musk announced the date of the relaunch of Twitter’s Blue Verification subscription; November 29, 2022, a day before Neuralink’s show-and-tell event. He also said that the new release would cause any verified user who changes their name to lose their verification until Twitter can confirm that
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Battery manufacturer Verkor has secured over 250 million euros in financing from the European Investment Bank and other investors for its Verkor Innovation Centre, which is nearing completion. Located in Grenoble, the 15,000-square-meter VIC includes an R&D lab for designing batteries, a pilot line with a capacity of 150 MWh per year, and a training
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A former Tesla executive has pled guilty to charges of insider trading in Australia after he bought stock in a lithium mine before a deal with the automaker was announced. Despite only recently starting the production of its own cells, the automaker has been involved in securing the supply of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and other
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It’s the end of an era at Lamborghini. The automaker is launching its final vehicles powered purely by internal-combustion engines, as starting from next year it will only offer electrified powertrains. A Huracán Sterrato will be launched later in November as the final Lamborghini powered purely by a V-10, and the Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae
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Last month Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer announced the company was “hard at work” creating an ID.3 crossover model (possibly called ID.3 X) to slot below the ID.4 in the lineup. He also announced that the vehicle would arrive before 2026 sporting a “dramatically different” design to its hatchback counterpart that would give it its own
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Oil giant Shell seems serious about moving into EV charging—it isn’t just adding a few chargers to its gas stations, it’s targeting the rapidly-growing market for fleet infrastructure solutions. The company is no stranger to the fleet industry—it has fleet customers in 46 markets, and there are 8.5 million active Shell Cards out there. Now
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There’s no question that the convenience store/gas station industry sees public EV charging as a major new business opportunity—a 2022 survey by Boston Consulting Group found that 95% of US fuel retailers said they’re currently offering or planning to offer EV charging stations (as reported by Utility Dive). However, there is debate over how large
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Construction workers at Tesla Gigafactory Texas are suing for labor violations amid claims of unsafe conditions at the sprawling site. Gigafactory Texas is Tesla’s latest giant factory site under construction with several large buildings being built to support electric vehicle and battery production. Tesla has been employing thousands of construction workers at the site over
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Anyone looking for a 2023 Ford Bronco Sport have some new options that weren’t available in previous model years. Ford in August announced a Heritage Sport Edition fitted with a number of retro cues, and on Tuesday the automaker announced the Black Diamond Off-Road Package which adds some extra off-road capability for the compact crossover.
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Active safety and driver assistance features http://www.tesla.com/support 00:00 – Intro 00:17 – Active Safety 00:41 – Driver Assistance 01:20 – Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) 02:46 – Autosteer 04:23 – Auto Lane Change 04:48 – Autopilot Calibration
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Jonny hopped over to the Paris-Saclay Autonomous Lab to experience, among many other exciting vehicles, a fully autonomous Renault ZOE (with weird doors.) For the very observant, you will see that the experimental autonomous vehicle is using the previous version of the ZOE, not the latest iteration. More info from Renault: https://bit.ly/2VJlhny We couldn’t keep
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