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New EV Battery Revealed Could Be A Game Changer

New EV Battery Revealed Could Be A Game Changer

After four years of design, modeling and simulation, a team of 25 people comprised of CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research), Stellantis and Saft engineers and researchers today unveiled an innovative prototype of an energy storage battery that integrates the inverter and charger functions. Integrating t ... Continue reading

Mobility for All, Thinking Out of the Box

Mobility for All, Thinking Out of the Box

A Conversation with Gabriel Plassat of the French Agency for Ecological Transition (ADEME) July 12, 2023 During the Freedom of Mobility Forum’s live debate on March 29, 2023, panelist Carlos Tavares opened the door to lighter mobility devices to partially cover mobility needs and respond to climate related issues. Th ... Continue reading

Stellantis Reveals STLA Medium Platform +VIDEO

Stellantis Reveals STLA Medium Platform +VIDEO

Stellantis N.V. unveiled STLA Medium, a global BEV-by-design platform with state-of-the-art features including best-in-class range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), energy efficiency, embedded power and charging power. The STLA Medium platform offers long range combined with designed-in flexibility to host a variety of ve ... Continue reading

Used Cars That Still Turn Me On - 2015 Tesla S Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

Used Cars That Still Turn Me On - 2015 Tesla S Review by John Heilig +VIDEO

JH Says: The Tesla is incredible, not only for its technology and good looks but for its overall performance as well. By John Heilig Senior Editor Mid-Atlantic Bureau The Auto Channel AUTO PAGE SPECS MODEL: 2015 Tesla Model S ENGINE: AC induction, three phase, four pole TRANSMISSION: Direct drive utomatic HORSEPOWER/TO ... Continue reading

VINFAST EV FACTORY GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY JULY 28

VINFAST EV FACTORY GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY JULY 28

RALEIGH, N.C., July 18, 2023 -- VinFast announced it will hold the groundbreaking ceremony of its electric vehicle factory in North Carolina on July 28. This will be the first electric vehicle manufacturing facility in North Carolina, and will help contribute to the supply of electric vehicles in North America and acce ... Continue reading

Ford Passing Manufacturing Savings To Customers, Nice!

Ford Passing Manufacturing Savings To Customers, Nice!

Ford is taking advantage of increased plant capacity, continued work on scaling production and cost, and improving battery raw material costs to help lower the MSRP of F-150 Lightning® for all customers. The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Michigan is temporarily closed to complete final plant upgrades to triple the ... Continue reading

2024 Hyundai Santa Fe First Look

2024 Hyundai Santa Fe First Look

For Santa Fe’s first full model change since 2018, Hyundai Motor took an unconventional approach with a lifestyle-based design typology to maximize rear cargo capacity and better accommodate outdoor and urban activities. ... Continue reading

OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY JULY 17, 2023

OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL SUMMARY JULY 17, 2023

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

The EV Baby and Its Bathwater Gone

The EV Baby and Its Bathwater Gone

(Reuters) - For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles - leading to higher premiums and undercutting gains from going electric.And now those battery packs are piling up in scrapyards in ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 9-16, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up July 9-16, 2023

Here are Larry's picks among 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

This Week in Energy News: 10 Stories You Need to See

This Week in Energy News: 10 Stories You Need to See

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy energy industry press releases from PR Newswire, including updates in offshore wind power, nuclear power, and more. NEW YORK, July 14, 2023 -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. ... Continue reading

Canoo Delivers Crew Transportation Vehicles to NASA for Artemis Missions

Canoo Delivers Crew Transportation Vehicles to NASA for Artemis Missions

JUSTIN, Texas, July 12, 2023 -- Canoo , a leading high-tech advanced mobility company, announced it has delivered on time three Crew Transportation Vehicles (CTVs) to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These vehicles will transport the astronauts to the launch pad for the Artemis lunar missions. ... Continue reading

Fast Nundai At Goodwood

Fast Nundai At Goodwood

Hyundai Motor's IONIQ 5 N Debuts at Goodwood Festival of Speed, Setting New Benchmark for High-Performance EVs and Driving Fun rmance EVs through new technologies and elevated racetrack capability IONIQ 5 N signals the first step in N’s electrification strategy ... Continue reading

Renesas Announces New Automotive Development Board

Renesas Announces New Automotive Development Board

Renesas Electronics today announced a new development board for automotive gateway systems. The R-Car S4 Starter Kit is a low-cost, readily available development board for building software using the Renesas R-Car S4 system on chip ... Continue reading

EDTA Weekly News Roundup

EDTA Weekly News Roundup

Toyota targets Europe, China in hydrogen sales pivot Jul 11, 2023 ... , the Hydrogen Factory, with 1,350 staff earlier this month. A fuel cell vehicle uses an electric motor like an EV but draws power from a ...... Carvana eyes growth in used electric vehicle segment, Model 3 takes crown Jul 10, 2023 Tesla Model 3 cont ... Continue reading

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