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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Why were reporters sneaking around a Nevada industrial park? And which plug-in electric car didn’t do so well on a recent IIHS crash test? This is the Week In Reverse for Friday, August 1, 2014, right here at Green Car Reports. Subscribe for the latest GreenCarReports.com videos: http://bit.ly/12upBka Watch More Videos on GreenCarReports.com: http://www.greencarreports.com/videos Follow
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