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Volvo Trucks Fuel Cell Power Replaces BEV - One Minute To Make You An Expert

Volvo Trucks Fuel Cell Power Replaces BEV - One Minute To Make You An Expert

Electrification of commercial vehicles plays an important role on the journey towards a carbon neutral society. Using hydrogen fuel cells to power the electric driveline will be a good option for heavy transport and demanding long-haul applications. ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS - Official Weekly Summary December 6, 2021

NHTSA RECALLS - Official Weekly Summary December 6, 2021

Your vehicle MAY be involved in a safety recall and MAY create a safety risk for you or your passengers. If left unrepaired, a potential safety defect could lead to injury or even death. ... Continue reading

2021 Volkswagen ID.4 First Drive - Review by Larry Nutson

2021 Volkswagen ID.4 First Drive - Review by Larry Nutson

Volkswagen’s new ID.4 went on sale in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2021. We’re now half-way through the year and total ID.4 sales tally at 5,756 units. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up November 28 - December 4, 2021;

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up November 28 - December 4, 2021;

The past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-digest news nuggets.</i></p>. ... Continue reading

Polestar Provides Next Glimpse of Polestar 3 and Reaffirms Growth Plans

Polestar Provides Next Glimpse of Polestar 3 and Reaffirms Growth Plans

Polestar 3 electric performance SUV, which is set to launch in 2022. Polestar 3 is the company’s first SUV and will be its first vehicle to be built in the US, with production set to take place in Charleston, South Carolina. ... Continue reading

Hyundai IONIQ 5 Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) Function Awarded a 2021 Popular Science Best of What's New Award

Hyundai IONIQ 5 Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) Function Awarded a 2021 Popular Science Best of What's New Award

December 1 2021 FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 1, 2021 – The IONIQ 5 Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) capability has been awarded a 2021 Popular Science Best of What’s New Award in the Automotive Category. ... Continue reading

THE PRIZE: The Acclaimed TV Series About the Rise of the Oil Industry; and Our Enslavement - WATCH IT HERE

THE PRIZE: The Acclaimed TV Series About the Rise of the Oil Industry; and Our Enslavement - WATCH IT HERE

AUTO CENTRAL - March 3, 2011: Nearly 20 years ago, a young Daniel Yergin wrote "THE PRIZE: The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power." It's the study of how the petroleum oil industry was founded and how it has become the chain that keeps us in bondage to gasoline. Yergin's book became the basis for a multi-part ... Continue reading

Hyundai America November 2021 Sales

Hyundai America November 2021 Sales

Hyundai Motor America reported total November sales of 44,345 units, a 20% decrease compared with November 2020. ... Continue reading

GM Doubles Down On Electric Buys A Chunk Of Battery Maker

GM Doubles Down On Electric Buys A Chunk Of Battery Maker

Will construct a factory in North America to process critical battery materials for GM’s Ultium electric vehicle platform. The joint venture will process Cathode Active Material (CAM), a key battery material that represents about 40 percent of the cost of a battery cell. ... Continue reading

No Water No Problem, California Makes More Hydro-Electric When Prices Highest, Increases Profit Despite Less Water Less Power

No Water No Problem, California Makes More Hydro-Electric When Prices Highest, Increases Profit Despite Less Water Less Power

Although drought conditions reduced the water supply in California, hydroelectric generation during this period still increased in response to the higher average hourly electricity prices in the late afternoon. ... Continue reading

AeroMobil Flying Car in America For The First Time! +VIDEO

AeroMobil Flying Car in America For The First Time! +VIDEO

The AeroMobil Company, developer of the new luxury vehicle equally at home on the road or in the sky, announced the presentation of the world’s first flying art car in Miami during Art Basel Miami at TheArsenale in Miami’s Design District. ... Continue reading

2022 Nissan Murano adds new Midnight Edition Package, MSRP1 starts at $32,910

2022 Nissan Murano adds new Midnight Edition Package, MSRP1 starts at $32,910

The 2022 Nissan Murano adds a new Midnight Edition package with blackout front grille, lower fascia, exterior trim and special gloss black 20-inch aluminum-alloy wheels. ... Continue reading

Recent White House Grand-Stand Reduced U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Recent White House Grand-Stand Reduced U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve

White House announced plans to make 50 million barrels of crude oil available to the market through a combination of exchanges and accelerating previously announced sales. With these sales and several other legislated drawdowns, SPR inventories could decline from 618 million barrels (as of October 1, 2021) to about 314 ... Continue reading

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