From July 19, 2021, California will start testing for non-approved ECU tunes during its biennial Smog Check program. First spotted by Car Bibles (via Road & Track), the rules state that any software not provided by the car’s manufacturer or approved through a California Air Resources Board executive order will fail the test. Details of
Volta Trucks, a leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has issued a guarded welcome to the publication of the UK Government’s Transport Decarbonization Plan, but has called for a greater level of ambition to tackle the climate and air quality emergency faced by the environment. Chief Executive Officer of Volta Trucks,
SVOLT Energy Technology officially announced that from 2025 on, it will supply lithium-ion batteries for upcoming new Stellantis‘ electric cars. The cells for Stellantis will be sourced from both SVOLT’s Chinese plants as well as from the European plan, which is under construction in Saarland, Germany. The company is investing some €2 billion ($2.4 billion)
By Eric Ralph Posted on July 14, 2021 Four days after reentering Earth’s atmosphere and splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico, SpaceX has safely returned its second upgraded Cargo Dragon spacecraft to dry land back Florida’s East Coast. On Thursday, July 8th, the uncrewed SpaceX spacecraft officially undocked from the International Space Station (ISS)
Drivers of certain 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV models recently endured months of living with just 90% of their battery capacity and range—and a winter of charging outside—due to concerns over fire risk. As of Wednesday, they’re being advised by the automaker to go back to parking outside and not to leave their cars charging overnight,
Sponsored by Marposs In times of great change, Marposs is taking up the challenge to remain a strong partner for the automotive market in the e-mobility era. The unprecedented global growth of electric motor technology, especially within the automotive sector, brings a whole new set of component reliability expectations to manufacturers and end users. This
Ride1Up’s electric bikes have always been known for offering great value with higher-than-typical quality components for surprisingly modest prices. Now, the company has opened pre-orders for the Ride1Up Prodigy, which is the company’s highest-spec model to date. The Ride1Up Prodigy pushes the brand to a new level with the introduction of not just the company’s
Power Integrations has expanded its InnoSwitch3-AQ family of devices, which combine a MOSFET, primary and secondary controllers and Fluxlink reinforced isolated feedback into a single IC. The new family members feature a 900 V primary MOSFET, which is designed for safe and reliable operation during system voltage transients while reducing the number and cost of
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The BMW i8 is surging ahead of the Tesla P90 in the electric vehicle driving experience popularity stakes. Tesla P90 BMW i8 leads the ‘charge’ in electric vehicle driving experience popularity German hybrid engineering surges ahead on the race track co.uk offers a range of lightning quick cars to drive The BMW i8 is surging
In China, Tesla turned a muddy field into a state-of-the-art electric vehicle factory in what seemed like no time at all. This was all amid major skepticism from the media stating that it would never happen, or that the red tape would cause significant delays. The same message has been ongoing related to the upcoming
By Joey Klender Posted on July 13, 2021 Tesla’s massive Supercharger facility in Santa Monica, California, has been visualized in new renders, giving plenty of indication of what is to come to what is arguably the automaker’s most highly-anticipated charging facility to date. While the new graphics give a look into the future with V3
The results of the 2021 Independence Day EV Count are in! Every year during the 4th of July weekend, Plug In America supporters take a stroll around their neighborhoods to count how many all-electric and plug-in hybrids they can spot. Across the United States, we counted 11,568 vehicles, of which 707 (6.11%) were electric. All-electric
Audi provides a concept-car tease of its future after internal combustion. Mazda reportedly shelves the rotary, again. Ford is discontinuing diesels in the F-150. And VW is pushing toward a future that revolves around mobility and software. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Ford F-150 diesel is being discontinued—and Ford sees the
KACO, a maker of sealing technologies, has expanded its product line to include shaft grounding rings designed to protect the bearings and gearing of electrical machines. The company offers a portfolio of shaft grounding rings ranging from single washers to complex customer-specific solutions with various carrier parts. KACO’s modular system of shaft grounding rings, specially
Crowley Maritime Corp. has announced an all-electric tugboat to serve the Port of San Diego. The eWolf will be first zero-emission tugboat in the US when it sets sail in 2023, hauling with it more than 6MWh of battery power. All without using a single drop of fuel. Overall, Crowley is a multi-faceted logistics, government,
A test drive in the Vauxhall Ampera EREV, available in the UK early 2012. LIKE Fully Charged on Facebook @ http://www.fb.me/FullyChargedShow Fully Charged Podcast on iTunes @ http://bit.ly/fullchargediTunes Fully Charged is an online show hosted by Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Scrapheap Challenge, Carpool), which looks at why we need to change how we think about
Sponsored by Eaton The vehicle electrification era is here, bringing with it a wave of innovative technologies and exponential advancements. However, there are important safety implications to be considered as these technologies and market trends are adopted. What are these trends and how do they impact circuit protection of electric vehicles? The market today sees
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With buyers becoming less and less concerned with what’s actually under the hood, Volvo last week agreed to spin off all of its internal-combustion engine operations. Volvo and parent company Geely will form a joint venture under the name Aurobay to oversee all future combustion engine development. Under the deal, the two automakers will transfer
Article courtesy of Drive to Zero. PASADENA, Calif. – An innovative online tool that catalogs global zero-emission truck and bus models now makes it easier to identify the vehicles eligible for significant point-of-sale discounts in California and New York. CALSTART’s Zero-Emission Technology Inventory (ZETI) now features Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) and New York Truck Voucher Incentive Program
In the latest episode of Munro Live, Sandy Munro together with Cory Steuben, suspension expert and President of Munro & Associates, and Al Steier, VP of Technology at Munro & Associates, take a closer look at the Ford Mustang Mach-E suspension and high voltage wiring. To make it more interesting, the team compares Ford’s solutions
By Joey Klender Posted on July 12, 2021 The Tesla Cybertruck is reportedly going to be utilizing Samsung Electro-Mechanics camera modules, according to new reports. The potential deal between Tesla and Samsung is worth over $400 million. According to reports from news outlets in South Korea, including The Korea Economic Daily, Tesla and Samsung have reached
Fisker and Foxconn have confirmed that they’re in talks with Wisconsin as the potential manufacturing location for Fisker’s $30,000 electric vehicle—although a series of broken promises from Foxconn could get in the way. The Chinese EV maker Nio is the only automaker around the globe to have found some measure of success with battery swapping
Silicon Mobility, a provider of digital controls for EV powertrains, says its control system improves inverter and motor efficiency by 2% to 4.6% compared to the industry-standard SVPWM control technique. During the 34th International EV Symposium, Silicon Mobility and Cascadia Motion presented their latest research results, in which Optimized Pulse Pattern (OPP) modulation increased the
Landfill, aka garbage dumps or tips, can, under the right conditions, be converted into solar farms once they’re capped. (Capping means putting a cover or barrier between the contaminated material and the surface.) There has been a nearly 80% increase in landfill solar projects built in the US over the past five years. But there are some
French charging startup Electra has raised €15 million from venture capital and business angel investors. The company aims to roll out 1,000 ultra-fast DC charging stations by 2030, beginning with a batch of 50 to be deployed within a year. This first round of financing will enable the company to meet its deployment objectives in
So here’s the thing: I’m an electric motorcycle guy. And I’ve also kind of got a thing for electric excavators. Those two interests have exactly nothing to do with each other — until now, that is. Honda’s new electric micro-digger powered by electric motorcycle batteries is the cutest little hodgepodge of construction equipment that I
Online-Stream: https://www.youtube.com/BMWMotorrad For me, it’s the symbol of a new era – the era of the silent revolution. The first birds are chirping, the urban jungle is awakening. The sounds of the city begin to swell. Everything is set in motion. People move – with each other and in parallel. Paths cross. What will the new
Today we will take a look at the most recent fast charging test of the 2021 Tesla Model 3 Long Range (AWD) version, conducted by Bjørn Nyland at a V3 Supercharger (250 kW) in Europe. This is the car recently range tested, which is supposedly equipped with a 82 kWh battery (Panasonic cells). Additionally, the video