Supercar builder Rimac is launching a battery energy-storage business. The new business unit, called Rimac Energy, will leverage the company’s EV expertise for stationary energy-storage systems, starting with pilots with select customers, according to a company press release. It’s a new avenue for Rimac, which previously launched the Concept_One and Nevera electric supercars, and known
France-based electrical equipment maker Legrand has expanded into the EV charging market with the launch of the Legrand Networked Level 2 Commercial Electrical Vehicle Charger, designed for such commercial applications as offices, parking garages, multi-unit residential buildings and vehicle fleets. The 48 A (11.5 kW) Level 2 networked charger comes factory-configured with customizable charging-management subscription
Increasing lithium refining capacity is critical to a sustainable energy economy—today, we’re breaking ground on our in-house lithium refinery outside of Corpus Christi, TX. 0:00:00 – Preshow 0:19:38 – Groundbreaking ceremony
If the 2.24 billion iPhones sold worldwide could be recycled, could Apple stop mining new materials?! The team developing Daisy, the company’s recycling robot, certainly hopes so. In fact, Apple has committed to offering iPhones with 100% recycled cobalt by 2025 and wants to get as much materials currently sitting in retired devices back into
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By William Johnson Posted on May 6, 2023 Tesla stock narrowly missed a weekly loss record that it has avoided since 2021, likely thanks to a solid sales report from China. Since the start of the year, Tesla stock has been consistently recovering from its low point at the end of last year. However, that
In the past few decades, the widespread adoption of alternative and renewable energy systems and transportation electrification has garnered increased attention, research, and development in the field of batteries. As new battery chemistries are being investigated and new hardware and software algorithms are being developed to improve the utilization and safety of batteries, advanced battery
A new record has been set for the price paid at auction for a Nissan GT-R. An R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R driven by Paul Walker in 2009’s “Fast & Furious,” the fourth installment of the franchise, went under the hammer last week at a Bonhams auction in Brussels, Belgium, and the final sale price including
Tesla is planning to update its Full Self-Driving package with end-to-end AI in its FSD Beta v12, says Elon Musk. FSD Beta already makes plenty of use of neural nets powered by artificial intelligence, but it is used for the perception part of the equation – meaning for the vehicle to detect its environment. When
Tesla has recently launched a new Track Package for the Model S Plaid, which comes with a few goodies such as improved brakes, new 21-inch wheels, track-ready tires, and a modified firmware that unlocks the car’s 200-mile-per-hour top speed, as well as offering several new options in the vehicle’s settings page. The whole kit costs
Toyota and Hyundai this week announced plans to broaden their respective U.S. hydrogen fuel-cell semi truck projects. The Japanese automaker has been collaborating with truck maker PACCAR for several years on fuel-cell test vehicles, but on Tuesday it an announced an expansion of the joint effort aimed at pushing fuel-cell trucks toward production. “The expanded
Food distribution giant Sysco (NYSE: SYY) has unveiled plans for the Riverside Electric Vehicle Hub, which will transform the company’s distribution center into the focal point of its electrified fleet. Currently, Sysco operates 11 Freightliner eCascadia electric tractors at its Riverside facility, and expects to have 20 in operation this year. In 2021, Sysco announced
Lucid set up shop at a Tesla Supercharger station in Los Angeles to offer Tesla owners test drives of the Lucid Air. For some reason, it seems to be angering some Tesla fans. For the most part, we want to see electric vehicles go after gasoline-powered cars, but electric propulsion has already converted a lot
By William Johnson Posted on May 6, 2023 Elon Musk is attending this weekend’s Formula 1 Gran Prix in Miami and has called for a race between pure EVs and hybrid-gas vehicles. Formula 1 has been one of the leading forces behind the development of the internal combustion engine, but with the age of ICE
Many power electronics today are being designed for use in high-temperature, high-voltage environments, such as inside electric vehicles (EVs). However, size, weight, and power (SWaP) are also key factors driving electronic product development. These conflicting design criteria are an issue for many electrical engineers because space is not available to simply add a cooling system,
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The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Residential Energy Consumption Survey revealed which states use the most site energy – that is, the amount of energy that enters a home. What’s site energy? Site energy as defined by the EIA includes electricity from the grid, electricity from onsite solar panels, natural gas, propane, and fuel oil. With respect
How the Electric Vehicle Revolution Is Changing the World Impacts Are Appearing All Over This article may contain affiliate links. From reducing emissions and preserving natural resources to enhancing energy security and creating new jobs, the electric vehicle (EV) revolution is changing how people live and work. More countries are setting aggressive targets to phase
Volvo Cars USA reports that its car sales in the United States decreased in April by 4 percent year-over-year to 9,611. During the first four months of the year, sales amounted to 36,094 (up 10.1% year-over-year). However, in terms of plug-in electric car sales, Volvo noted a significant 33 percent decrease year-over-year to 2,946, which
What is the most common trade-in for a Tesla Model 3? Is Toyota about to ramp up its commitment to EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 5, 2023. In a review of the 2023 Toyota Prius, with some closer scrutiny paid
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently voted to finalize its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule, a set of regulations that requires new medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold or registered in the state to be zero-emission by 2036, and requires all trucks to be zero-emission by 2042. The rule is a complement to CARB’s Advanced
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By Joey Klender Posted on May 5, 2023 Fisker announced today that it delivered the first Ocean all-electric SUV unit to a customer in Denmark. The first Fisker customer to take delivery of the Ocean SUV had the unique opportunity to have the vehicle handed over to them by CEO and Chairman Henrik Fisker, who
ZeBeyond, a new UK-based software company, has released its Electrified Propulsion Optimisation Process (ePOP) platform to help manufacturers and suppliers make data-driven decisions in developing EV designs. At the 2023 European Automotive Decarbonization & Sustainability Summit, ZeBeyond demonstrated its software as a service simulation platform, which is designed to “allow users to solve the performance,
Ford is launching an app that helps Bronco drivers better plan their off-road trips. Announced this week at the 2023 Bronco Safari event in Utah, the Ford Bronco Trail App allows owners to find places to take their vehicles and actually exercise the Broncos’ off-road capability. Available exclusively to Bronco owners, and designed to be
When it comes to the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, we don’t discriminate based on wheel number. We’ve covered plenty of two and four-wheelers, but three-wheelers need some love too. As long as a product is weird, wild, and comes from the seemingly endless Alibaba shopping catalog, it has a chance
Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid How Does 53+ MPG Sound? The second generation 2023 Kia Niro is offered in three models–the all-electric Niro EV, the Niro plug-in hybrid, and the one reviewed here, the Niro hybrid. First debuting in 2017, the Niro is a key model for Kia as it offers three different propulsion
The GMC Hummer EV has always had outer space in its DNA. GM dubbed it a “moonshot” product at launch, a nod to NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing. Meanwhile, the cabin features outer space-inspired Easter eggs like a Sea of Tranquility topography map and a Watts To Freedom launch control screen with a lunar surface
Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup has managed to capture a high rate of customers who hadn’t considered an electric vehicle before, with EV newbies making up nearly 80% of reservation-holders. And as Ford CEO Jim Farley underscored this week in a quarterly financial call, there’s room to do that again in the near future with
Dry-electrode pioneer AM Batteries (AMB) and battery producer Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) have teamed up to develop solvent-free electrode manufacturing technology. AMB has developed a unique electrostatic spray deposition technique by which dry cathode and anode electrode materials are electrostatically charged and deposited onto metal-foil current collectors, which are then processed to their final state