Month: March 2023

If you’re driving a gas car you’re wasting a lot of money that electric car owners get to save. Let’s talk about 5 ways how electric cars will put cash back into your pocket when you switch from the gas cars. WATCH NEXT: All EVs New in 2023: Rebuttal to The Stradman’s Hummer EV video:
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EV lubricants are becoming more important than ever with new applications such as e-axle fluids and new performance requirements. Initially, for Driveline e-fluids the primary drivers were efficiency and wear performance. However, there is now an increasing focus on heat transfer and copper compatibility requirements. All of this without sacrificing any durability performance. In addition
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By William Johnson Posted on March 30, 2023 In a letter to the NHTSA, Ford announced that it is abandoning its petition that would allow it to operate autonomous vehicles without physical human controls. Autonomous vehicle technology has grown in popularity since the launch of Tesla’s suite of autonomous driving offerings. Now, countless automakers, including
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The world of motorcycles is rapidly changing, with the rise of electric motorcycles heralding a new era of motorcycling. If you’re considering getting your first motorcycle, there’s never been a better time to join the electric revolution. Electric motorcycles are the perfect first ride for anyone entering the world of two wheels, offering numerous advantages
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Integrated circuit manufacturer Power Integrations has unveiled a 900 V gallium-nitride (GaN) addition to its InnoSwitch3 line of flyback switcher ICs. The company says the new ICs deliver up to 100 W with 93% efficiency, eliminating the need for heat sinks and simplifying space-constrained application design. The new 900 V InnoSwitch3-EP and InnoSwitch3-AQ off-line CV/CC
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Everything You Need to Know About Electric RVs New Eco Road Warriors Are Coming Recreational Vehicles (RVs) are notorious for their poor gas mileage, which leads to increased fuel costs and higher greenhouse gas emissions. However, many people dream of packing their belongings into a van and living on the road, so interest in RVs
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GMC announced Thursday that it’s working with EarthCruiser Overland Vehicles to create a GMC Hummer EV overloading concept due by late summer 2023 and previewing a production version. The concept will be the first product of a partnership that the companies say will result in the development of “top-tier, zero-compromise adventure vehicles” leveraging EarthCruiser’s engineering
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By William Johnson Posted on March 29, 2023 Lilium, a leading developer of eVTOL technology, has entered talks to acquire more funding amid criticism regarding its product design. Competition within the electric mobility space is brutal, and nowhere is that more evident than in the electric aircraft space. There are countless companies, all of which
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Tritium makes DC fast chargers in Tennessee, and it’s now accepting orders for its first EV charging system for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. The US Department of Transportation’s NEVI program is providing funding to states to build a coast-to-coast network of EV chargers. The program has been allotted $1 billion a year
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Power architecture developer Pre-Switch has announced test results of its CleanWave2 reference inverter at 100 kHz switching speed that show 98.5% efficiency at 5% load and peak efficiency of 99.57%. According to the company, its architecture, efficient at both low load and full load, eliminates switching losses and enables 10 times higher switching frequencies, resulting
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Mercedes-Benz Maybach will use the 2023 Shanghai auto show in April to present its first production-bound electric vehicle. The vehicle is based on Mercedes’ EQS SUV, and will carry the EQS 680 SUV designation. Prototypes spotted in the wild reveal only mild visual tweaks are planned to separate Maybach’s EQS SUV from the more pedestrian
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Portugal-based EVSE manufacturer i-charging has entered the North American market by completing Intertek ETL certification of its blueberry fast charger. Blueberry chargers, which became available in 2021, have received CE, Eichrecht, Cyber Security, Plug and Charge, and ISO 15118 certifications. i-charging says the product’s three configurations, blueberry, blueberry PLUS and blueberry CLUSTER, will operate with
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By William Johnson Posted on March 28, 2023 Nissan has teased an all-new electric conversion of an R32 Nissan Skyline GTR in a video posted on their YouTube channel. One of the most impressive vehicles that Nissan has ever made was its Skyline coupe, which eventually evolved into the GTR supercar offering the brand sells
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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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Multimillion-dollar battery validation labs rely on software to operate safely and productively. Test bench automation is a critical area to improve, but the larger impact to the lab operation is often overlooked. In this session at our Spring Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, we’ll explore NI’s PAtools software for test bench automation on battery validation
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