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By Joey Klender Posted on June 28, 2023 Alef Aeronautics is the first company to receive limited FAA Special Airworthiness Certification, as its flying Model A, which was unveiled in October 2022, is heading toward production readiness. The FAA is well aware of the progress and development of flying cars and is working toward policies
Schaltbau, a DC technology safety component and system provider, will deliver its new C801 high-voltage contactor for a German manufacturer’s EV platform. Production is set to start at the end of 2024 in Schaltbau’s NExT Factory in Velden, Bavaria. The series production order has a duration of several years and a volume in the tens
General Motors doesn’t expect to equip the all-new Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector before the 2025 model year, according to Reuters. The comment comes as the first units of the 2024 Silverado all-electric pickup are rolling off the assembly line at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant, with deliveries expected to
The Nissan Leaf returns for 2024 with a price under $30,000—not counting incentives. Volvo plans to adopt the Tesla connector in future EVs. And should Tesla’s NACS become a real standard? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volvo on Tuesday announced that it plans to adopt Tesla’s EV charging standard. Future Volvo EVs
We’re off to Topeka‘s Heartland Motorsports Park as the top North American engineering schools “scrutineer” their vehicles ahead of the big races this weekend. Along with all of the students, administration, and Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix staff, we’d like to thank our other sponsors: Tesla, Blue Origin, Heartland Motorsports Park, MathWorks, and Altair. If
Singer on Tuesday rolled out its latest restomod based on the 964-generation Porsche 911, a car the California company refers to as the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo. As its name suggests, the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study – Turbo combines two previous Singer restomods, the Dynamics and Lightweighting Study and the Turbo Study, into
Stellantis Ventures, Stellantis’s corporate venture fund, has invested in Lyten to speed up the commercialization of the Silicon Valley startup’s 3D Graphene applications for the mobility sector. Applications include the LytCell lithium-sulfur EV battery, lightweight composites and unique on-board sensors. Lyten’s lithium-sulfur batteries have a 60% smaller carbon footprint than lithium-ion batteries since they do
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Jonny Smith test drives the new Volkswagen e-Golf. He liked it. We all liked it, the e-Golf marks a genuine step change from VW. http://www.vw.com/models/e-golf/ Filmed by @inksharkman @slanceley Edited by @inksharkman @bobbyllew Music by Alex Arcoleo Subscribe for more exciting Fully Charged episodes! Please consider supporting the show by donating at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FullyChargedShow
By Joey Klender Posted on June 27, 2023 Tesla reportedly abandoned its plans to build a Gigafactory in Valencia, Spain after the plans and negotiations were leaked in a report earlier this month. Earlier in June, we reported that Tesla was in “very advanced negotiations” with the Spanish government to bring an automotive production facility
Tesla has begun running some Google ads for the first time following Elon Musk’s statement that the automaker would try advertising. Last month, CEO Elon Musk announced a reversal of his long-standing strategy that Tesla doesn’t spend on advertising but instead spends money to improve the products – counting on owners to spread the word.
The prospect that hydrogen fuel cells will play a significant role in road transportation dims with every advance in battery tech and charging tech that’s announced. The latest blow for hydrogen fans came from Europe’s second-largest truck maker, MAN. In an interview with Austrian newspaper Der Standard (via Hydrogen Insight), MAN CEO Alexander Vlaskamp predicted
Getting an electric bicycle is only half of the experience of actually embracing the e-bike lifestyle. Indeed, electric bicycles are first and foremost designed to be replacements for your car or public transport on a daily basis. However, what these electrified two-wheelers can bring to the table goes so much deeper than that. E-bikes are
Lordstown Motors Corporation has fallen apart. On Tuesday, the electric truck startup filed for bankruptcy protection and listed itself for sale. The moves come after the automaker disclosed its Taiwan partner, Foxconn, was looking to back out of the needed funding deal. Lordstown said it’s looking to sell the Endurance electric truck and related assets
Eurobike 2023 was my first chance to check out the recently unveiled second-generation FUELL Flluid electric bikes, the Flluid-2 and Flluid-3. I was able to see both models up close and personal, and take a test ride on the Flluid 3 to see how well that new Valeo gear box motor works. First of all,
Volkswagen Group held an investor presentation last week in which it provided an update on plans for a highly modular electric vehicle platform known as the Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) that will eventually underpin most vehicles across the automaker’s portfolio of brands. The SSP platform was first announced in 2021 by former VW Group CEO
Advanced materials company Anovion Technologies has selected Decatur County in Southwest Georgia as the location of its new manufacturing facility for the production of synthetic graphite anode materials. The Decatur County facility is expected to produce 40,000 metric tonnes of synthetic graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries per year, according to the company. It will
By Simon Alvarez Posted on June 26, 2023 It appears that Tesla China is initiating efforts to ensure that its current activities are as hidden as possible. As per a longtime watcher of Gigafactory Shanghai, Tesla has reportedly implemented systems to interfere with the signal of drones flying over the complex. Tesla’s Gigafactories are arguably
Solar is growing at 33.7% year-on-year and is now at twice the capacity of coal power in China, according to a new report. Solar and coal in China Today, the China Electricity Council, a state-approved nonprofit national trade association, released its first-quarter report, the “Operational Situation of [the] Electric Power Industry.” As of the end
UK-based refuse truck manufacturer Dennis Eagle has announced that Westminster City Council in Greater London, after extensive trials in 2022, has ordered 40 of the company’s eCollect 27-tonne 6×2 rear-steer vehicles. The vehicles will be operated by global waste-management company Veolia in partnership with Westminster City Council, which has set a goal of reaching net
The North American market appears to be at the beginning of a major transition related to electric vehicle charging – from the Combined Charging System (CCS1) to Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector. Today, we will take a look at one more thing – the SAE J1772 (AC) charging connector, also called Type 1,
General Motors on Monday released updated towing and payload figures for the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV WT (work truck), and confirmed a higher-than-anticipated base price for the fleet-oriented model. According to the updated specs, the Silverado EV WT will produce 510 hp and 615 lb-ft of torque, giving it a maximum towing capacity of 10,000
Luxury British sports car maker Aston Martin is revving up its plans to build “The world’s most thrilling and highly desirable electric performance cars.” The automaker is teaming up with American EV startup Lucid in a long-term partnership to supply proprietary EV technology to help propel its electrification strategy. Aston Martin and Lucid enter EV
Toyota’s next-generation GT3 race car will make its competition debut in 2026 in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), timed with the unveiling of a road-car counterpart, according to Motorsport.com. The race car, based on the Toyota GR GT3 concept shown at the 2022 Tokyo auto salon, was originally scheduled to begin racing in 2025,
Versinetic, a UK smart charging consultancy, has developed a software stack solution that allows EV charging manufacturers to produce ISO 15118-compliant charging infrastructure. Versinetic licenses its new ISO 15118 software stack as part of its modular EV charging solutions. The ISO 15118 protocol defines vehicle-charging station communication. Versinetic’s MantaRay control board, which supports AC and
First test rides in the new Roadster. Learn more: https://ts.la/Roadster
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