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SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHARE if you want Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles to be the norm. Full disclosure up front – Robert is has had a few VWs so it’s no surprise that he was looking forward to driving the ID. 4. Yes, it might be large, and no it’s not cheap, but its beautifully
Munich. At today’s BMW Group Annual Conference the upcoming BMW i4 was revealed. “With its sporty looks, best in class driving dynamics and zero local emissions, the BMW i4 is a true BMW. It makes the heart of the BMW brand now beat fully electric,” said Pieter Nota, member of the Board of Management of BMW
By Eric Ralph Posted on March 17, 2021 SpaceX has published a new 4K video recapping Starship’s first intact landing after a high-altitude launch right as the company is preparing the next ship for flight. On March 3rd, Starship serial number 10 (SN10) briefly became the first prototype to successfully launch to 10 km (6.2
The video above is only in German, but there’s also an English version for it on the ZDFheute Nachrichten website. This is what we have watched to learn more about what is going on at the so-called Giga Berlin, a factory that is actually in Grünheide, Brandenburg. The documentary tells how Tesla chose the site
BMW provided splashy product news for two upcoming electric vehicles, both expected to get the German brand to hit a higher driving-range peg. Hyundai released better numbers for its Tucson Plug-In Hybrid SUV. And what EV might Foxconn build in Wisconsin? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. More powertrain and sustainability details have
Moscow is rapidly electrifying its municipal bus fleet. The Russian capital began replacing diesel buses with electric buses in 2018, and now operates some 600 e-buses on 42 routes. Over the next 4 years, the city plans to buy 2,675 more units, and authorities expect to have converted the entire fleet to electric drive by
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn recently revealed it is considering its Wisconsin facility to produce its first electric vehicle. The international electronics juggernaut is strategizing for contract manufacturing of electric vehicles in North America. The company’s president recently told the media that Foxconn is debating between its Wisconsin facility or one of its plants in Mexico
If you’re looking for a battery-electric SUV that will stand out but never quite warmed up to the Tesla Model X, BMW will soon have a credible alternative in the form of the 2022 iX. Like the Tesla, the iX fits into the mid-size category and offers buyers a combination of performance, range and polarizing
The Spring 2021 sessions list for the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering is out now. Just like the content Charged brings you every day, conference topics will span the entire EV engineering supply chain and ecosystem including motor and power electronics design and manufacturing, cell development, battery systems, testing, powertrains, thermal management, circuit protection,
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
Volvo Group Venture Capital AB has invested in Driivz Ltd., a leading global EV charging software company which has developed a platform for managing large charging networks for electric vehicles from end-to-end. The Driivz platform functions as an operating system for electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and is used by the operators of charging points, EV fleets
By Joey Klender Posted on March 16, 2021 Tesla’s Battery Day and Volkswagen’s Power Day were two similar events that showed how the two automakers plan to combat electric vehicle prices within the next few years. Despite the similarities in the events, Wall Street reacted quite differently to both, with Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) seeing a
Chris Porritt, Tesla’s VP of Vehicle Engineering, describes the unique features of Model S that make it such a remarkable car in colder climates. From its innovative chassis design, to the instant responsiveness of its electric powertrain, to its state-of-the-art software features, there has never been an all-weather sedan quite like Model S. To learn
The Chevy Volt has been on sale for three and a half years now, and it’s never quite lived up to the big expectations that GM and the world had for it. But this week, the company confirmed that a new 2016 Volt will debut in January, at the 2015 North American International Auto Show
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China has the largest population in the world, which makes it have some of the largest cities anywhere. That implies traffic and a lot of concentrated pollution from combustion-engined cars. This is why it is also the biggest EV market in the world. Volkswagen revealed all the issues Chinese customers face in EV adoption, and
VW makes a big shift toward battery technology. BMW looks to its next-generation interface due in the iX electric SUV. And which Mercedes EVs are coming to the U.S.? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen aims to cut cell costs of its electric vehicles by up to 50% by the end of
Solar-powered cars, like flying cars, have long been a sci-fi staple, but thanks to ever-more-efficient PV panels, they could soon enter the realm of reality. Aptera says its upcoming EV will be able to incrementally charge from solar panels, and Hyundai/Kia has announced plans to add panels to certain models. Now the Dutch startup Lightyear,
In a press release today, ElectraMeccanica ($SOLO) announced the site for its US-based assembly facility. The facility plus an engineering technical center will be in Mesa, Arizona. The confirmation puts a bookend on a year-long search that began in February of 2020. With this news, Arizona is quickly becoming a new hub for electric vehicle
BMW has announced that the upcoming iX and i4 electric vehicles will be equipped with iDrive 8, their latest interactive buddy to keep you busy while you motor about. When you are the self-proclaimed ‘Ultimate Driving Machine’, it would seem less is more, at least that was my experience in owning a 535iS and two
Scientists at Stanford University are harnessing machine learning (ML) to design better batteries. In addition to using ML to speed up scientific analysis by looking for patterns in data, the researchers combined it with knowledge gained from experiments and equations guided by physics to discover and explain a process that shortens the lifetimes of fast-charging
Tesla has learned from Model Y’s first winter and it started pushing a new software update with cold weather improvements. Over the years, Tesla has often been accused of being a “California company” that doesn’t design cars for cold climates. The truth is that Tesla vehicles perform very well in the cold when it comes
LIKE if you think the world should ‘go Electric’. SHARE to spur on your friends & family! Big news from Blighty, ahead of next year’s UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Britain is showing its leadership credentials when it comes to Electric Vehicles. We’re excited to confirm that the UK Government will be phasing out
Car plants are busy places and AGVs have become indispensable. At Nissan’s Oppama plant, south of Tokyo, there are more than 700 AGVs. Peek inside Nissan’s car factories around the globe and you’ll find more than 4,000 AGVs hard at work. It’s an orchestra of signals and sensors playing in perfect harmony to avoid bumps
By Joey Klender Posted on March 15, 2021 Tesla Tequila is once again available for purchase for $250 on Tesla’s dedicated website for the premium liquor. For $250, you can scrape up the second batch of the electric car and energy company’s introductory booze product, shipping included. The company indicates on the site that deliveries
Hyundai reports (as a manufacturer) 4,586 plug-in electric car sales globally in February. That’s about 13.6% more than a year ago, which is positive news after several months of decline. The South Korean manufacturer is also rebounding its overall business, increasing 30% year-over-year from the eak February 2020, to 116,496. Sales by powertrain type: BEVs:
Lordstown Motors faces a lot of questions. Lucid readies for production. We look at Alpha Motors’ latest EV designs. And Kia shows its first dedicated electric vehicle. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Kia on Sunday revealed its EV6 electric crossover, built on the company’s E-GMP dedicated EV platform and marking the debut
Sponsored by Zeiss Volkswagen and ZEISS are working together to solve challenges The Volkswagen components plant in Salzgitter manufactures important components for the APP 310, an electric drive which will make electromobility accessible to a wide range of customers starting this year. The drive’s innovative hairpin stator concept presented entirely new challenges for quality assurance.
Researchers at ETH Zurich and Empa have chemically modified wood and made it more compressible, turning it into a mini-generator. When compressed, it generates an electrical voltage. Such wood could serve as a biosensor or as a building material that harvests energy. Ingo Burgert and his team at public research university ETH Zurich and Swiss