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State of Batteries 2020

State of Batteries 2020

This 70-page deck summarizes the most significant developments in the battery industry in 2020. We intend for this report to be a comprehensive and accessible overview of the current state of battery research, industry, talent, and policy. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap Up - January 10-16, 2021

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap Up - January 10-16, 2021

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 digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor Company to Pay $180 Million in Settlement for Decade-Long Noncompliance with Clean Air Act Reporting Requirements

Toyota Motor Company to Pay $180 Million in Settlement for Decade-Long Noncompliance with Clean Air Act Reporting Requirements

Along with the civil complaint, the United States has filed a consent decree, agreed to by Toyota, that resolves the government’s complaint through Toyota’s payment of a $180 million civil penalty and the imposition of injunctive relief. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Serious About Fuel Cell Power - Partners With Guangzhou Company For New Fuel Cell System Plant +VIDEO

Hyundai Serious About Fuel Cell Power - Partners With Guangzhou Company For New Fuel Cell System Plant +VIDEO

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced today that it signed an investment contract with the government of Guangdong Province to establish an offshore fuel cell system production facility in Guangzhou, China. The investment advances the Group’s global hydrogen leadership and supports its push into China’s rapidly ... Continue reading

So There You Go Leftys - Big Oil Keeps On Smiling Despite Renewable Energy Fairy-Tales - Time For Ethanol America

So There You Go Leftys - Big Oil Keeps On Smiling Despite Renewable Energy Fairy-Tales - Time For Ethanol America

Fossil fuel production expected to increase through 2022 but remain below 2019 peak Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review and Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) In 2020, fossil fuel production in the United States declined by an estimated 6% from the 2019 record high of 81.3 quadrillion Br ... Continue reading

Groupe Renault Presents Its ‘Renaulution’ Strategic Plan

Groupe Renault Presents Its ‘Renaulution’ Strategic Plan

a new strategic plan, which aims to shift the group’s strategy from volume to value. This strategic plan involves pivoting the business model to tech, energy and mobility; making Groupe Renault a frontrunner in the value chain of new mobility.The plan aims to ensure the company’s ’s sustainable profitability whil ... Continue reading

Sony Commences VISION-S Public Road Testing +VIDEO

Sony Commences VISION-S Public Road Testing +VIDEO

Sony Corporation (“Sony”) today announced the completion of its VISION-S prototype vehicle in December 2020, which has been under development with the goal of contributing to the evolution of mobility, and that it has begun public road tests in Europe. Sony will continue to further develop the vehicle, and plans to ... Continue reading

CamelCarEV™ - Built-in Rotary Range Extender Will Eliminate Need For Wall Street Backed Multi-Billion Dollar Recharge Networks | The Auto Channel

CamelCarEV™ - Built-in Rotary Range Extender Will Eliminate Need For Wall Street Backed Multi-Billion Dollar Recharge Networks | The Auto Channel

At the Washington DC Auto Show about 15 years ago I saw the future. An electric vehicle that, like a camel, carried the fuel it needed for virtually unlimited travel across the desert. ... Continue reading

Groupe Renault & Plug Power Join Forces to Become Leader in Hydrogen LCV

Groupe Renault & Plug Power Join Forces to Become Leader in Hydrogen LCV

Joint-venture will establish in France state-of-the-art innovation and manufacturing capabilities for hydrogen fuel cell systems and their integration in vehicles. The partnership provides a unique value proposition: turn-key fuel cell vehicle solutions with hydrogen fuel, refueling infrastructures and services. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Company Teases First Image of IONIQ 5 +VIDEO

Hyundai Motor Company Teases First Image of IONIQ 5 +VIDEO

Hyundai Motor Company today unveiled the first teaser image of the highly anticipated IONIQ 5 midsize CUV, the first model in its IONIQ dedicated BEV lineup brand. IONIQ 5 will be the first vehicle mated with Hyundai Motor Group’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), an innovative system made exclusively for nex ... Continue reading

GM Startup To Build Electric Delivery Trucks

GM Startup To Build Electric Delivery Trucks

BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently. These BrightDrop solutions are designed to help businesses lower costs, maximize productivity, improve employee safety and freight security ... Continue reading

The Andersons Announces Senior Leadership of The Andersons Trade and Processing Group

The Andersons Announces Senior Leadership of The Andersons Trade and Processing Group

The Andersons, Inc. announces the senior leadership of The Andersons Trade and Processing group, which is comprised of its Trade and Ethanol business segments. ... Continue reading

2021 NACTOY Car Of the Year Winners +VIDEO

2021 NACTOY Car Of the Year Winners +VIDEO

They are judged by 50 professional automotive journalists from the United States and Canada who work for and contribute to a wide variety of magazines, newspapers, websites, television and radio stations.Jurors began the 2021 evaluation process with 43 eligible vehicles before narrowing them down to 27 semifinalists an ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel | Geely Holding and Baidu Partner to Establish a New Electric Car Company

The Auto Channel | Geely Holding and Baidu Partner to Establish a New Electric Car Company

Geely Holding and Baidu to create partnership focused on electric and intelligent vehicles. Partnership to utilize Geely Holding’s all-electric Sustainable Experience Architecture. ... Continue reading

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