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New Battery and EV Factory Dedicated By Hyundai Motors For Hyundai and Kia Production

New Battery and EV Factory Dedicated By Hyundai Motors For Hyundai and Kia Production

New facilities represent U.S. investment of approx. USD 5.54 billion Commercial production to begin 1H 2025 with annual capacity of 300,000 units HMG to become a leader of electrified mobility solutions with investment Hyundai Hope, Hyundai Hope On Wheels, Genesis Inspiration Foundation and Kia Accelerate the Good dona ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 9-15, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up October 9-15, 2022

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up August 28-September 3, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up August 28-September 3, 2022

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

My Plug-in Hybrid Calculator - Hydrids Are Now EV's Electrified Vehicles (Originally Published 2013)

My Plug-in Hybrid Calculator - Hydrids Are Now EV's Electrified Vehicles (Originally Published 2013)

Can a Plug-in Hybrid Save Money? Ask "My Plug-in Hybrid Calculator." Fueleconomy.gov has developed a new tool to help consumers who are thinking about purchasing a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The new tool, called "My Plug-in Hybrid Calculator" can help estimate personalized fuel use and costs for a plug-in based on a consu ... Continue reading

Bosch Driving the Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Future Brings Technology From Germany To US

Bosch Driving the Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Future Brings Technology From Germany To US

Anderson, S.C., Aug. 31, 2022 -- Bosch continues growth to support hydrogen economy with its first production of fuel cell technology in the United States Stack is the heart of a fuel cell power module that will propel Class 8 trucks Anderson facility will expand on its expertise in electronics and sensors with new pro ... Continue reading

Lexus Is the "Class" of Luxury, Yet Strong Moves From Acura and Infiniti Make It a Race, ACSI Data Show

Lexus Is the "Class" of Luxury, Yet Strong Moves From Acura and Infiniti Make It a Race, ACSI Data Show

Satisfaction with the auto industry is moving in reverse. Overall customer satisfaction with automobiles slides 1.3% to a score of 77 (out of 100), according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI®) Automobile Study 2021-2022. ... Continue reading

NATSO STATEMENT ON STATE ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR U.S. DOT TO FLEXIBLY ADMINISTER EV CHARGING MILEAGE REQUIREMENT

NATSO STATEMENT ON STATE ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR U.S. DOT TO FLEXIBLY ADMINISTER EV CHARGING MILEAGE REQUIREMENT

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 22, 2022 -- NATSO, representing truckstops and travel plazas, issued the following statement on the letter sent from state fuel and convenience associations to the Western Governors Association regarding the need for U.S. DOT to flexibly administer its EV charging mileage requirement. ... Continue reading

Drag Racing 101 with Bertha

Drag Racing 101 with Bertha

I took my car to the local drag strip to do a few shake downs before the upcoming LS Fest event in Bowling Green, KY. Before I go into detail thought I would go over basic drag racing info and lingo so you can understand what’s going on. ... Continue reading

Growing Electric Vehicle Market Threatens to Short-Circuit Public Charging Experience, J.D. Power Finds

Growing Electric Vehicle Market Threatens to Short-Circuit Public Charging Experience, J.D. Power Finds

The growth of electric vehicle (EV) sales during the past year has been remarkable but has added stress to an already beleaguered public vehicle charging infrastructure. In this growth spurt, owners in high EV volume markets like California, Texas and Washington, for instance, are finding the charging infrastructure in ... Continue reading

Steve Morris Makes This Drag And Drive Big-Block Sing On The Dyno

Steve Morris Makes This Drag And Drive Big-Block Sing On The Dyno

Engine builders have found ways to extract insane amounts of horsepower from all kinds of engine combinations thanks to advances in technology. There’s one engine package that’s always been able to make big power since it was first created: the famed big-block Chevy. ... Continue reading

U.S. Congress Office Sees Few Tax Breaks for EVs Under Democratic Plan

U.S. Congress Office Sees Few Tax Breaks for EVs Under Democratic Plan

Washington DC August 4, 2022; The AIADA reported that a proposal by U.S. Senate Democrats to put income, price and domestic content conditions on electric vehicle tax breaks could initially sharply curtail the number of EVs that qualify, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. The CBO estimate said the elect ... Continue reading

Yamato Transport and CJPT will begin studying the practical application of detachable and portable cartridge batteries

Yamato Transport and CJPT will begin studying the practical application of detachable and portable cartridge batteries

TOKYO, Jul 27, 2022 -; Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Yamato Transport) and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have announced today that they will begin studying the standardization and commercialization of replaceable and rechargeable cartridge batteries as part of energy management efforts for ... Continue reading

EV Motoring - Electric Vehicle Technology Overview

EV Motoring - Electric Vehicle Technology Overview

But how, exactly, do electric vehicles work and what are their advantages?Let's start by considering the legacy vehicle technology: the internal combustion engine, or ICE. ... Continue reading

Holley LS Fest East is Coming, Are You Ready?

Holley LS Fest East is Coming, Are You Ready?

I can smell the high octane fuel and tire smoke already. If you're a bowtie wearing, Ford beating, Dodge smoking gear head then I highly recommend you experience the awesomeness that is LS Fest. ... Continue reading

COMING UP - Ethanol: The Forgotten Alternative Fuel on Conversations That Matter TV + VIDEO

COMING UP - Ethanol: The Forgotten Alternative Fuel on Conversations That Matter TV + VIDEO

Canada's top news/interview show, CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER, invited The Auto Channel's Marc Rauch to return to the program to discuss the latest news and issues facing the ubiquitous adoption of ethanol fuel. The show is hosted by well-known Canadian TV veteran journalist Stuart McNish. ... Continue reading

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