Tag: electric
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E-Mobility Leaders: The Industry’s Future Depends on Policy and User Experience
Electric automobile sales increased across key markets this past year. In the United States, EV sales increased by 81% in comparison to 2018. Nevertheless policymakers, automakers and tech companies are still working to keep momentum moving ahead for e-mobility. This week, more than 500 automotive, energy and tech executives assembled in San Francisco at Bloomberg…
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Energy Jobs: More Shuffles at Tesla, Layoffs at Cypress Creek, PG&E Departures Just Beginning
This year begins from several huge players in the business with some significant news. Tesla announced on its fourth-quarter earnings call Wednesday that CFO Deepak Ahuja will be retiring, and Zach Kirkhorn, formerly the company’s VP of financing, will soon be taking over. Put simply Tesla information, CEO Elon Musk lately declared that approximately 7%…
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Why Harley’s New Electric Motorcycle Costs $30,000
The bike world is filled with contradictions. On the flip side, innovation is comparatively inexpensive. It can cost as little as $5 million to develop a brand new bike, whereas to get a vehicle, that number is closer to $5 billion or $6 billion. On the other hand, bicycle riders are conservative and don’change is typically…
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SolarEdge Adds EV Tech to Its Portfolio With Majority Stake in Italy’s SMRE
SolarEdge has just taken another step to extend beyond its core solar power business into other grid border technologies — specifically, the electric vehicle space. On Monday, the Israel-based company declared intends to acquire a majority stake in SMRE, an Italian EV drivetrain, charging and telemetry technology supplier. Under the terms of the price, SolarEdge will…
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How To Convert Your Car To An Electric Vehicle
The Mechanic Doctor – Resources for Amateur and Pro Auto Mechanics Does the garden mad scientist in you would like to convert your gas guzzler into an electric vehicle (EV) running 1.21 gigawatts? Whether you would like to invest in a daily driver or just get some engineering and mechanical experience under your belt, an…
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2020 Rivian R1T is an Electric-Powered Super Truck with Range
PLYMOUTH, Michigan — Standing before ussome nine years in the making, is Rivian’s first generation model, the Rivian R1T, also a high-riding, full-sized, electric, twin cab, all-wheel-drive pickup with a claimed 0 to 60 mph time of less than 3 minutes, the capability to ford streams and glow off-road, with a claimed range between fees…
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Ford and Volkswagen explore autonomous vehicle collaboration
Automotive giants Ford and Volkswagen have signed an MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) to research a self-driving vehicle partnership. While he’s been moving through a somewhat tumultuous interval, Elon Musk and his Tesla team reluctantly awakened the automotive sector. Various features were introduced by the company using their appealing , vehicles. Carmakers have struggled to match…
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I drove an electric car for the first time under intense conditions — and it performed better than I expected (GM)
Mark Matousek / Business Insider I drove an electric car , a Chevrolet Bolt EV, for the very first time in an autocross course. Even the Bolt’s acceleration was not impressive, but it managed. I felt as though it was under command, even if I pushed it into a series of hard turns. I came…
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Uber Wants to Go All-Electric in London, With the Help of a New Clean Air Fee
Picture Credit: Uber Uber wants its service to be completely electrical in London, England from 2025. The company announced Tuesday that it plans to increase pound;200 million ($260 million) to help all its drivers in town change to electrical vehicles. The transfer follows Mayor Sadiq Khan's June announcement that diesel and high-polluting vehicles will be…
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Mega Financing Rounds Affirm China Is the Center of the Electric Vehicle World
There are thousands and thousands of electric vehicles on the roads across the U.S. and the European Union, along with endless information of American EV manufacturer Tesla's latest moves. But the reality is that China is the center of the battery and electric transport world. This can be borne out from the sheer volume of…