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Genesis GV60 Review: Electric Opulence

02 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"You can think of the GV60 as a rival to Jaguar I-Pace, with the less premium but no less good Ford Mustang Mach-E not far behind. There are three different variants, Sport Plus, Sport and the entry-level Premium, which all make use of a 77.4 kWh battery, with a mix of rear- and all-wheel drive powertrains."

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Nissan Ariya EV Orders Are Closed Indefinitely, Report Says

02 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"...ongoing global supply chain issues are once again rearing their ugly head, and that's caused Nissan to tell its US dealers to pump their proverbial brakes on Ariya orders. Nissan's own US website says that reservations are closed and gives no hints as to when they might reopen.

"Based on a statement from Nissan's COO Ashwani Gupta, the decision to stop taking orders was made to help manage customer expectations and only accept as many orders as can be realistically produced under current supply limitations."

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Chevrolet Knocks $5,900 Off Bolt Price Making It the Cheapest Electric Car

02 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"The basic 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV 1LT will now start at $26,595, down from $32,495 while the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV was $34,495 and is now $28,195 for 2023. That's a $6,300 discount for the bigger crossover.

"The 2023 Bolt EV comes with an unchanged range of 259 miles on a full charge with its 65-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack."

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Buick Is Rebranding As An Electric-0nly Automaker

02 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"Buick is the last of the four vehicle brands owned by GM (Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac being the other three) to unveil its electrification plans."

"The Wildcat concept is meant to illustrate this shift. A sleek, elegant sports coupe with body lines meant to invoke forward momentum, the Wildcat is a prelude to the automaker's eventual all-electric lineup."

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Travelling to London This Jubilee Weekend? Try Hailing One of London's 5,000 Plugin Hybrid Electric Cabs

02 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"The London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) has developed the world's most advanced electric taxi, the TX. There are already 5,000 of them roaming the streets of London, which accounts for a third of all London's taxis.

"The TX Taxi's ultra-advanced eCity technology provides a range of over 103km when just using electric. It has an extended range of 512 km when used as a hybrid."

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'Electric Highway' Charging Stations In Oregon Upgraded to Power Electric Bicycles

01 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"The cost to add the e-bike chargers to the existing vehicle charging stations was about $4 million... The money comes out of the $100 million the Oregon Department of Transportation has dedicated to growing a network of electric vehicle charging stations every 50 miles on most of the state's highways..."

"The 44 charging stations in Oregon along the main highways are a fraction of the more than 2,000 stations in Oregon. Adding bike charging ports to the others could come soon, according to ODOT."

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Peak Car: Is Private Car Ownership On the Wane In Britain?

01 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"New research suggests that Britain may be hitting peak car, as the level of car ownership fell for two consecutive years after the pandemic - the first successive drops in ownership in more than a century...[since World War One].

"The hangover from the Covid-19 pandemic is still affecting many companies and it’s forcing the British public to hang on to their cars for longer: the average car is now 8.7 years old, more than a year older than a decade ago, and many urban dwellers are not even bothering to own a car at all."

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Nio Power Swap Station: Does It Work?

01 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

As part of "Nio's 'Battery as a Service' system...[owners] can buy the car with the battery pack installed at a normal price, and charge it in the normal way. Or you can buy the car for less and pay a monthly lease on the battery...

"Each station holds a maximum of 14 battery packs, kept between 18-25C, and can charge them at up to 100kW each. Each 'fresh' battery is at 90 per cent charge to maintain its long-term health."

"There are 867 such locations in China...[Besides the current two in Norway, Nio is planning on opening 19 more in the country by the end of the year."

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Rivian EV Battery Pack Catches Fire in Factory: All You Need To Know

01 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"A battery pack caught on fire in the testing area of Rivian Automotive, Inc factory in Normal, Illinois, on May 28, marking Rivian's third mishap since production began last fall...

"The battery on fire was in thermal runaway, implying its cells were catching fire individually and causing a chain reaction throughout the pack..The only damage was to the battery pack, the carrier, and the test booth equipment

"The mishap occurred on the southwest side of the plant as Rivian attempted to ramp up production of its electric vehicles at the Normal factory."

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Ford F-150 Lightning Loses About Half Its Range When Towing a 23-foot Airstream Trailer

01 Jun 2022 | Synopsis

"The Ford towing system lets you add the specs of your trailer to calculate the range...

"When you plug in your trailer and set the weight, height, length, etc., the Ford system auto-calculates your mileage impact. I plugged in at 85 miles, and when I finished the calculation, it stated I had 54 miles of range with the Airstream...It turned out to be fairly accurate since he traveled 30 miles and the range prediction lost 31 miles."

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Aptera Has More Than 22,000 Reservations For Its Solar Electric Car with Up to 1,000 miles of Range

31 May 2022 | Synopsis

With a "drag coefficient (Cd) of only 0.13...it can achieve 250 miles of range on a fairly small battery pack, resulting in a vehicle starting at just $25,900." Additional range is available with larger battery capacity options.

"More than 22,000 people have already reserved an Aptera, representing a potential $800,000,000 in orders."

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Elon Musk on China's Renewable Energy and EV Leadership

31 May 2022 | Synopsis

China "is the world's largest market for automobiles running on electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cells, with almost three million units sold last year... By the end of last year, [its] installed solar generating capacity made up a third of the global total...

"China's fleet of wind farms accounted for 39 per cent of global installed capacity by last year's end... [It] also accounted for 58 per cent of global wind turbine manufacturing capacity, followed by Europe's 18.5 per cent, the USA's 10 per cent and India's 8.5 per cent.

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