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Electric Vehicles
85 articles in this category
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
Getting to 30,000 charging bays by end of 2030 is a big task that needs big growth.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Donut Lab has introduced at the 2025 CES shows the lightest in-wheel motor, and it is already in production in one of the coolest bikes around, is this the future?
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
All the worry about how long an electric vehicle battery might last might be for nothing.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
EVgo has secured what will allow them to grow into the future as they build out their charging stations across the U.S., find out what the future holds for EVgo and the public.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Costco, a leading wholesale club has joined forces with the largest Hyper-fast charging network to open new charging stations at Costco Locations.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Check out who has joined the IONNA fast charging network and what the first of many stations to come will look like.
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
IONNA is a cooperation of seven, now eight, vehicle manufacturers set to build 30,000 charge ports in North America by 2030
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
Buried in an announcement about store remodels, Walmart announces its own charging network.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
The joint venture of seven of the world's foremost automakers begins EV charging operations in North America.
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
Participating Hotels will be able to install four or more Tesla Universal Wall Connectors
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
Someone just contracted Magna to build a 974 horsepower rear axle eDrive unit.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Electric vehicles (EV) are the rage globally and as such, the question that comes up is simple. What is the voltage of the OEM EV platform, and does it make a difference?
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By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
USPS has signed commitments with three auto companies for EV vans to start updating their ancient mail delivery fleet.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Located in Methuen, Massachusetts, Factorial opens their production facility for Solid-State Batteries with massive expansion capabilities.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Orbis Electric's EV in a Box promises a complete ICE-to-EV conversion kit starting at $7,500, installable in under three hours using patented in-wheel motor technology.
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
Over 6,000 Marriott locations will qualify, but each location must opt-in for charger installs.
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
In an expanded agreement, Hilton will install at least six Tesla Universal Wall Connectors at each eligible location.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
EA or Electrify America has announced they will add NACS connectors to their North America Charging stations.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
ProLogium claims it's LLCB doubles energy density and releases to European Auto companies testing samples.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
The Japanese government recognizing that Japan has less than 10% of the global battery cell market, will fund Toyota R&D to help capture market share.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
What is NACS and is it the new Standard that everyone is moving too?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
The battle will not go away of ICE versus EV, but the FUD (FEAR, UNCERTANTY, & DOUBT) is getting Deep. What is coming and what should you know?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
The EV Revolution that many people are excited about will not happen till better batteries, forever batteries are used according to the media such as Investorplace.com, Bloomberg, etc., is this right?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
LG Innotek has produced the first wireless BMS system for the automotive industry allowing gains in EV range and management.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Can a Biodegradable battery be made that can make the EV industry even cleaner? Some think they have found the answer.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Where artistic brilliance meets cutting-edge German technology, this is the Wiesmann Project Thunderball luxury roadster!
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Air or Land, IONBLOX is pushing the limits of traditional battery storage technology for the next generation of fossil-free mobility.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Infinitum is an electric motor designer that no one has heard of yet, but that is about to change with their All-in-one solution.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
No matter how many people you talk to about EVs, you will always have someone say EVs are dead till they charge as fast as internal combustion automobiles, Thermal Modulation might be the answer.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Thanksgiving weekend is a time that many families drive to visit family/friends and EVs are a larger part of this drive than ever before, check out the latest update by the afdc (Alternative Fuels Data Center).
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Domino's, the world's largest pizza chain is rolling out the future of Pizza Delivery during November 2022 and more over the following months.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Chevron, Texaco and FreeWire have announced a 10-year plan to add Ultra-Fast EV Chargers to all Stations in the U.S.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Battle Motors and ZF are leading the Commercial Industry's transformation to a sustainable future in EV Autos.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Haters of EVs have stated that EVs will leave the world awash in used battery packs and Nissan has stated that is just not true.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Hertz and GM have announced a 175,000 EV purchase agreement over 5 years for Hertz U.S. rental sites.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Combating climate change with next-gen battery technologies is the mission that Adden Energy promises with new Solid-State cells.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based startup has unveiled an anode-free battery pack to deliver on the future of EVs.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
While everyone is jumping on the EV auto road, not everyone is doing it the same and as such, pretty interesting to see what is happening this week in the industry for EVs & battery cells.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Walmart has signed an agreement with Canoo for the purchase of the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicles.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Lithium-ion battery cell with no impact on performance achieves almost 80% reduction of risk of fire goes to production for EV use.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
FedEx is pleased to announce that they have taken delivery of their first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Sila is not just a materials science company, but a material solutions company scaling their solution for millions of EVs.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
The auto industry in the 21st century has become a battle ground between ICE or internal combustion engine and electric vehicles.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
2016 Tesla started their advanced battery research group with a focus on building a 1,000,000-mile battery pack. Today Tesla is now talking about a 100-year battery pack. Is this reality or fiction?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
President Biden hosted a meeting with Auto Industry Leaders on the Build Back Better agenda that included Tesla on EV's and moving the Nation forward.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
IBS or Institute for Basic Science in Korea has stated that Quantum Charging of EV Batteries could make Charging faster than gas fueling, why?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
May 23rd to 25th, 2022 transphorm Demonstrated their 1200 Volt GaN Power Transistor at the International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD) in Vancouver, Canada. What is a GaN Power Transistor and how will it affect the Electric Vehicle Industry?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
In 2019 Ford and Volkswagen signed a partnership covering autonomous driving, MEB architecture, commercial vans, medium pickups and to create annual efficiencies for both companies. Fast forward to 2022 and now they are expanding that partnership and Ford is committing to an All-Electric Future for Europe starting in 2026.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
QuantumScape has announced that they now have four large OEM Automakers signed on to use their solid-state ceramic battery in future EVs. Who is on board and what is the big deal about their Solid-state batteries?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Is a $574,275 government grant to the University of Maryland Chemistry lab the future battery of the American BEVs?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Over the last decade there have been many news stories that electric vehicles (EVs) create more emissions than internal combustion engines (ICE) due to increased energy consumption during the manufacturing process of the auto and battery packs. The environmental analysis by Yale discovered those claims are just not true.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Today the President of the United States, Department of Energy and Department of Transportation announced the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to build out the national electric vehicle charging network as a step towards making EV charging accessible to all Americans everywhere.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Lithium-ion and lithium polymer batteries are the dominant battery forms today, but the future is bright for big changes and with that these companies seem to be doing something about it.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Koenigsegg a Swedish company ends January on a high note by introducing class leading electric motor and 6-phase inverter to the market. Pioneering Raxial Flux topology is brought to market in their first EV-drive unit.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Bridgestone, the owner of the Firestone Complete Auto Care centers in North America is expanding auto offerings by expanding into electric vehicle services and vehicle charging.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
VOLTEMPO of the UK has released their all new 1MW Ultra Chargers in the UK and it is coming to a city near you soon.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
US battery company Factorial Energy based in Woburn Massachusetts secures major Auto OEMs for their groundbreaking 40 Ah solid state battery. Bringing superior energy density, safety and scalability to the OEM EV industry.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
NIO has announced that they have a strategic agreement with Shell for battery charging and swapping facilities across China and Europe.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Washington state was the first state in the USA to pass a 2030 auto electrification through both chambers marking an end to ICE sales in the state. Since then additional states have passed legislation or signed executive orders halting the sales of ICE such as New York and California by 2035. Now polling of registered voters is telling a message of support for this.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Be it a AA battery size cell or a pouch, the holly grail of battery research is smaller size with denser energy. Recently some major break throughs have happened on the Solid State front that brings Safe, Long-lasting and Energy-dense that can possibly revolutionize the BEV industry.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
The south lawn of the White House is where President Biden nudged the auto industry forward on the move to battery electric auto's targeting new auto sales of 50% by 2030.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
MAHLE offers an electric motor with advantages not combined in any other motor of this type by any other vendor or auto OEM to date.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
British Columbia to Baja California (BC to BC) West Coast Electric Highway has served millions in ensuring there was basic electric charging for battery electric vehicles. Now a major change is coming to the WCEH.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Wolf is a simple work truck with a soul that performs everyday tasks and is yet fun to drive as an adventure vehicle and will have a public debut during the month of August.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
AC Cars has had a long history of building cars, but the ICE era is coming to an end and the storied British auto builder has chosen to move into the 21st Century with a lineup of fun to drive electric auto's.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
This week Canoo opened its reservations for preorders of their three BEVs. The LifeStyle vehicle, MPDV (Multi-purpose delivery vehicle) and pickup truck can be reserved in the United States with a $100 deposit per vehicle at www.canoo.com.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
May 2, 2018 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Electrify America opened their first Ultra-Fast Charging Station. Less than three years later they have 600 Ultra-Fast Charging Stations with 2,600 fast charger connections.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
LiNa Energy is commercializing a cobalt and lithium free solid-state sodium battery suited for the growing BEV and grid storage markets. LiNa technology believes it can not only help the world get to a net-zero by 2050, but help achieve it sooner.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
The three way joint venture of GM, Shanghai Automotive and Wuling Motors has a home run with their Mini EV as they sell 200,000 EVs in 200 days.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Canoo Life Style vehicle company confirmed today that a slip on Reddit about a pickup truck is factual and will be out for sale in 2023.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Empowering super-fast charging batteries is the moto for Echion Technologies unique platform for battery material and composite manufacturing.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
...XNRGI to develop the first-ever porous silicon chip based Lithium Metal rechargeable battery technology...
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Do you want a 160 horsepower / 2,581 lb-ft of torque JEEP Renegade with torque vectoring? GKN thinks you do!
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Greenlots, will become a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc.
By Drew Dowdell, in Electric Vehicles,
As long as you are willing to sell some of your battery's juice back to the grid.
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Proterra Buses set new world record for longest mileage run on a single charge!
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Does it make sense to convert a traditional gas powered auto to an EV?
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
Be for or against EV autos one cannot help but acknowledge that they are here to stay. Yet where is the best place to drive them? Electric Highway West Coast Style!
By G. David Felt, in Electric Vehicles,
With Charging stations showing up all over the west coast and especially in the Greater Seattle area, A questions came to mind. Tax Payer supplied charging stations, Are we getting our money's worth? This editorial hopes to expand on that question and show people what the current status is and point a light on it for you to decide if this is a smart spending of tight tax dollars.
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By Drew Dowdell · Posted
Yeah, and if you’re a dumb dumb, like I expect that user was they left the key fob inside the car -
By G. David Felt · Posted
Interesting, programmable door handles, if you unlock the auto, they will stay out, but if you approach it while locked with the fob, they will pop out and if within 3 min you do not open a door, pull back in keeping the auto locked. -
By G. David Felt · Posted
OUCH Apple is paring the tech options. Apple quietly kills 15 devices - is yours on the list? -
By Drew Dowdell · Posted
I think that was “user error” of the person who was driving that particular vehicle. -
By G. David Felt · Posted
Yes they retract when you get in to drive or lock it, but when the auto sits unlocked, they stay out and I know how easy it is to possibly break them as I was going between auto's at my 24hr fitness this week and thought it weird that they were out and as I went between, the door handle hooked my work out short pocket and bent a bit before I unhooked myself. As I walked to enter the gym, a person came out and locked it, clearly forgetting they had left it unlocked. To me a hook type door handle is more dangerous than the circle loop door handle that pops out of my EV9. Now I do get the fact that some companies like Tesla have failed to make sure the door handles pop out for emergency release / escape. Cadillac is also guilty of this for both outside and inside door handles. Kia / Hyundai / Genesis did the following: Mechanical backup access: There is a hidden physical key slot behind the driver’s door handle area. Using the physical key lets you mechanically unlock the door even if the handle doesn’t pop out or during a power outage. All EVs have a manual interior door release that works without power so that people inside can always get out no matter the situation. This is all on my quick info card on the EV and I checked online with the Kia digital manuals. Hyundai and Genesis also say the same thing when searching online.
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