Mobileye and Udelv Ink Deal for Autonomous Delivery
Apr 12, 2021
Udelv and Mobileye plan to produce more than 35,000 Mobileye-driven Transporters by 2028, with commercial operations beginning in 2023. ... Continue reading
Apr 6, 2021
April 8 and Friday, April 9 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Thirty-two car-and-driver combinations are scheduled to participate in the two-day session, which will stream live to race fans exclusively via NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, Peacock. ... Continue reading
Five more Volvo's earn highest IIHS safety award
Apr 6, 2021
Five more 2021 Volvos qualify for a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, bringing the manufacturer’s total to 14. The new winners include two large sedans, the S90 and plug-in hybrid S90 Recharge, as well as three wagons, the large V90 and V90 Cross Country and the midsize V60 Cross ... Continue reading
How to escape rip currents the Surfers Way
Apr 2, 2021
Milton and Michael Willis have their way. The brothers, World Champion Giant Wave Surfers are busy getting the word out on how to escape rip currents the Surfers Way. View PDF For years lifeguards have advocated swimming parallel to the beach to escape rip currents. Milton exclaims this method is obsolete and incomplet ... Continue reading
Biden Commits USA To Obvious But Wrong Future Automotive Fuel
Apr 1, 2021
$2 trillion infrastructure and jobs proposal would include $174 billion to "win" the global electric vehicle race against China and Europe, reflecting a growing symbiosis between Democratic policy goals and the bottom lines of Detroit automakers. ... Continue reading
Mar 30, 2021
Without Cobalt There Are No Lithium-Ion Batteries. Early this morning London time, England's Daily Mail news outlet updated a story they previously published in August, titled "Child miners aged four living a hell on Earth so YOU can drive an electric car." The story details the unspeakably atrocious conditions of "min ... Continue reading
BMW Goes Vertical On EV's, Contracts For For Sustainable Lithium Supply For Own Battery Production
Mar 30, 2021
Multi-year contract worth around 285 million euros with US company Livent Responsible extraction of lithium in Argentina Participating in study of sustainable lithium extraction in South America Wendt: ... Continue reading
Chinese Electric Vehicle Makers Need Lithium So Badly They're Willing to Buy it in the Ground
Mar 30, 2021
It seems that the increase in demand for lithium has Chinese manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) digging deep to secure the future supply of the metal. Apparently they are so concerned about producers' abilities to fill downline supply that Chinese EV companies are now willing to buy lithium that's yet to be mined ... Continue reading
ChargePoint and NATSO Progress Toward 2030 Fast Charging Commitment Across the United States
Mar 30, 2021
ChargePoint, Inc. a leading electric vehicle (“EV”) charging network, and NATSO, representing travel plazas and truckstops, today announced significant progress in the first year of the National Highway Charging Collaborative, an initiative that will leverage $1 billion in public and private capital to deploy charg ... Continue reading
Illinois Commerce Commission EV Electric Rates Report
Mar 30, 2021
the impact of electricity rate design on transportation electrification (TE), TE infrastructure adoption, and beneficial electrification (BE), and explore rate design options. ... Continue reading
Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap Up - March 21-27 2021
Mar 28, 2021
* California Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein urged President Biden to set a date for phasing out sales of internal combustion vehicles nationwide. California last fall said it wants sales of new ICE vehicles to end by 2035. ... Continue reading
Mar 26, 2021
The Jeep® brand is establishing the Jeep 4xe Charging Network, installing EV Level 2 charging stations at Jeep Badge of Honor off-road trailheads around the United States over the next 12 months Trailhead chargers coincide with launch of 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid — the most technically advanced and eco-f ... Continue reading
Mar 26, 2021
The news this week allowed for much reflection and important discussions, given the recent traumatic events affecting the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities and the concerning Tesla crashes in Michigan. There was also buzz surrounding both automotive cybersecurity and vehicle emissions regulations, both ho ... Continue reading
Mar 25, 2021
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced todaythat the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin issuing a new round of pandemic assistance to key agriculture programs, specifically including biofuels. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor welcomed this announcement in a statement:“We are pleased that US ... Continue reading
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