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MondaySep 18, 2023 11:55 am

Energy Secretary Gains Firsthand Experience of EV Charging Challenges During Road Trip

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm experienced the challenges of public electric vehicle charging firsthand when she set off on a four-day road trip using an electric car. America is jumping headfirst into electrification, along with plans to invest billions of dollars in accelerating EV adoption and building out a nationwide network of public charging infrastructure. However, the country’s public EV infrastructure can barely support the current number of electric cars on the road. Most charging stations are concentrated in California and other urban regions and are often unreliable, leading to a poor charging experience for many drivers. Although EV…

FridaySep 15, 2023 2:31 pm

Electrified Roads Could Address EV Charging Concerns

Electrified roads may be the key to addressing consumer issues with electric vehicle charging and range anxiety. Automakers have spent the past couple of years producing electric cars with increasingly longer ranges, but charging electric vehicles is much less convenient compared to refueling a conventional petrol or diesel-powered car. While EV owners can install private EV chargers at home, plenty of American drivers do not have private garages or driveways to accommodate private chargers. Furthermore, America’s public EV charging infrastructure is not sufficient or reliable enough to support the existing number of EV drivers, let alone mass electric vehicle adoption.…

ThursdaySep 14, 2023 9:00 am

IAA Mobility 2023 Showcases Cutting-Edge EV Technologies

Automakers from across the world showcased innovative and cutting-edge electric vehicle technologies during the recently concluded IAA Mobility 2023 in Munich. The largest mobility festival in the world, IAA Mobility 2023 ran Sept. 5–10, 2023, and attracted multitudes of carmakers from nations such as Germany and China. Rather than exhibit their efforts at transforming existing vehicle lines into electric vehicles, carmakers displayed next-generation technologies for EVs of the future. This included extensive display screens, augmented reality, 3D printing capabilities for modern EVs for urban regions and novel types of steering wheels. Some of the next-gen electric cars showcased at the…

WednesdaySep 13, 2023 1:07 pm

Upcoming Book Reveals How Musk Was Persuaded to Make $25,000 Mass Market EV

An upcoming book by Elon Musk’s biographer will detail Tesla's long and bumpy road to the development of a $25,000 mass-market electric vehicle. The road to Tesla’s affordable mass market EV has been a bumpy one, autobiographer Walter Isaacson says, and Musk often put roadblocks ahead of his own plan. In a recent interview with Axios, Isaacson revealed that Musk vetoed his own plan for an affordable electric car repeatedly in favor of robo taxis. It was only when Tesla executives who weren’t as enthusiastic about robo taxis convinced Musk to hedge his bets on both affordable EVs and robo…

TuesdaySep 12, 2023 10:27 am

Tesla Rolls Off Two Millionth EV from Shanghai Gigafactory

American EV maker Tesla recently celebrated the production of its two millionth battery electric car at Gigafactory 3 in Shanghai. Tesla began manufacturing EVs at the Shanghai plant in 2019, and the company uses the facility to produce the Model 3 as well as the best-selling Model Y. With a reported production capacity of more than 750,000 units per year, the Shanghai facility quickly became one of the largest electric vehicle production facilities on the globe. Tesla started building Gigafactory 3 in January 2019, and after a faster-than-usual construction period, the company began producing the Model 3 at the facility…

MondaySep 11, 2023 1:29 pm

Mercedes Announces New Concept Cars with Superior Range to Tesla EVs

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled new concept electric cars with the potential to surpass Tesla EVs in range. The German automaker says the “close-to-production’” concept EVs have a range of more than 466 miles per charge, exceeding the average 388-mile range for Tesla electric cars by nearly 80 miles. Electric cars with superior range will be key to addressing range anxiety, one of the largest barriers to electric vehicle adoption in the American EV market. The Biden administration has invested billions of dollars into building a wide network of reliable charging stations, but that will likely take several years to achieve. In…

FridaySep 08, 2023 1:49 pm

Ingredient in Toothpaste Could Boost EV Range

Argonne National Laboratory scientists have found a fluoride electrolyte that could potentially improve the range and performance of next-generation electric vehicle batteries by enhancing EV battery energy density and extending battery lifespan. Sodium fluoride is a fluorine compound that acts as a raw ingredient in many toothpaste brands, thanks to its ability to protect teeth from decay. A recent study involving the fluorine compound has uncovered previously unknown applications for fluorine-containing compounds that could revolutionize the nascent electric vehicle sector. Electric vehicles represent the next era of vehicular transportation characterized by low to zero-emission transportation largely powered by clean energy.…

ThursdaySep 07, 2023 3:37 pm

Biden Admin Avails $15B for Retrofitting Legacy Car Factories with EV Tools

The Biden administration will provide automakers with funding worth $15 billion to retrofit legacy car manufacturing factories into electric vehicle and EV battery-production facilities. A recent announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) revealed that the administration would issue $15.5 billion in loans and funding for the “retooling of existing factories” to aid in the transition to electric cars. Furthermore, the move will provide much-needed capital for established automakers as their key products (internal combustion engine cars) become obsolete in an increasingly electric market. The funding may keep thousands of people in the automotive sector employed as the industry…

WednesdaySep 06, 2023 12:19 pm

Rivian CEO Urges Those Still Buying New ICE Cars to Rethink Their Purchases

The CEO of electric vehicle company Rivian Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) R.J Scaringe isn’t particularly pleased with consumers who are buying new internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE). During a recent conversation with Heatmap’s Robinson Meyer, Rivian’s top executive likened purchasing a new ICE car to “building a horse barn in 1910.” Scaringe suggested that such consumers were turning a blind eye to the incredible progress being made in the nascent electric vehicle space and will likely regret their purchase a few years down the line. Electric vehicles are poised to replace ICE cars as the top means of road transportation…

TuesdaySep 05, 2023 12:22 pm

23 Countries Reach 5% Tipping Point for EV Adoption

Twenty-three nations across the globe have reached the critical 5% electric vehicle adoption rate that signals the start of mass adoption. Data shows that countries reaching this tipping point of adoption are seeing accelerated rates of electric vehicle adoption, including 55% growth in median EV sales in the last quarter compared to 2022. Transitioning to electric vehicles was never going to be an easy task. Conventional petrol and diesel-powered cars have been around for more than a century and are the most dominant form of transport around the world. Most countries in the West have also built up vast infrastructure…

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