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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Reinvents The Muscle Car For The EV Era

08 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"The Charger Daytona debuts the STLA Large platform, one of four EV platforms...houses a dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain tuned for different outputs...

"Charger Daytona will offer an estimated 317 miles of range in R/T form and 260 miles in more powerful Scat Pack spec, it needs a massive 100.5-kilowatt-hour battery pack to achieve that...Models available at launch use a 400-volt electrical architecture..."

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Karma Geyesera Battery-Electric Sport Tourer Debuts At Amelia Island

08 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"It's a testament to Henrik Fisker's design that the sedan's fundamental shape, going back to the original Fisker Karma, remains abundantly evident...the Geyesera is a rear-driver, an e-motor on the back axle making 590 horsepower and 690 pound-feet, its 120-kWh batter enabling a range greater than 250 miles...a potential price between $175,000 and $225,000 apiece for a run of about 2,000 units built over four to five years."

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Golden Hydrogen - Or Fool's Gold?

08 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"Although hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, on Earth there are no proven accumulations of large quantities of molecular hydrogen; it is very hard to trap...the size, depth, and gas composition of any large, hydrogen-containing fields are unknown. Without this basic information, the costs of extracting, purifying, and transporting any hydrogen products to customers cannot be estimated."

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Fossil Fuel Fanatics Ramp Up Attacks On Electric Cars While Ignoring The Dangers Of Their Own Products

08 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"The latest outrage from the fossil fuel apologists was on full display a few days ago in this screaming headline from the New York Post, one of the favorite newspapers of Magalomaniacs - 'Electric vehicles release more toxic emissions, are worse for the environment than gas-powered cars: study..."

"As advocates for the electrification of transportation, we need to own both the advantages and disadvantages of EVs."

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1 In 5 New Car Sales Globally Were EVs In 2023, And That's Curbed Oil Demand - IEA

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger.

"The bad news is that energy-related emissions rose in 2023. But the good news is that continued expansion of clean energy technologies meant that global energy-related emissions rose less strongly than in 2022

"The growing number of EVs on the roads, accounting for 1 in 5 new car sales globally in 2023, also played a significant role in keeping oil demand...from rising above pre-pandemic levels."

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Electric Fiat 500e Is Returning to a Different America

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

Stellantis "...thinks that with its new model, the electric version of its most popular vehicle worldwide, it can change American's minds on small cars...Fiat says it knows the vehicle is desirable on more than just the West Coast..The new Fiat 500e will be available in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico

"It will be the lightest passenger EV in the market and carry an all-electric range of 149 mile...designed from the start as an electric urban city car..."

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Driving Towards A Sustainable Future: How Electric Vehicles Are Paving The Way Towards A Greener Way Of Life

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"...many people overlook the fact that electric driving comes with a raft of benefits besides just knowing you're doing your bit to support the environment.

"As technology progresses, we can expect even more integration between smart features and electric vehicles, with the automotive industry on the edge of transformative changes that will redefine mobility as we know it."

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BYD To Deploy Fleet Of 8 Car Carriers To Underpin Global EV Expansion

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"BYD Explorer No. 1, a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ship, was manufactured by CIMC Raffles, a shipbuilding affiliate of China International Marine Containers...

"The vessel has a 7,000-vehicle capacity and was ordered by London-based shipping company Zodiac Maritime...BYD also hopes to reduce transportation costs by securing its own vessels.

"SAIC plans to secure 14 carriers, including large vessels that can carry 9,000 cars, within the next three years."

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MIT Scientists Hit A Major Fusion Milestone In The Quest For Limitless Energy

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"Superconducting magnets discovered by MIT scientists in 2021 are finally ready for fusion reactors...The researchers have now published several papers on the discovery, confirming that the magnets can meet the challenging conditions of a fusion power plant....One major difference with these REBCO magnets is that they require less insulation than other superconductor-based magnets...allowing for greater conductivity."

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Olympian Motors Is Making Minimalist EVs for Drivers Sick of Screens

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

Two co-founders "connected in 2019 over a shared belief that traditional automakers were trapped in century-old thinking that was increasingly disconnected from intuitive design and customers' actual needs...Olympian leans into old-school controls: numbered dials for the speedometer, tachometer and battery indicator, plus a single knob for climate control."

"Olympian uses a modular approach that it says reduces tooling, machinery and labor costs by 75-80% and production lead time by 60%..."

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There's A Reason Exxon's CEO Says Its Emissions Are Your Fault

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"...the 'dirty secret' behind why the world wasn't on track to zero out carbon emissions was that it was simply too expensive. In doing so, he subtly pinned the blame for the emissions created by burning oil and gas on his company's customers...Exxon would rather focus on the direct emissions that come from oil rigs and power plants...the oil giant used rhetoric to shift the blame for climate change onto average people, their customers..."

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Sikorsky's New Tilt-Wing Hybrid VTOL Aircraft Promises 575-Mile Range

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"The new HEX program by the Lockheed Martin subsidiary features three hybrid, autonomous rotorcraft..The goal is to combine high speed with a range in excess of 500 nm (575 miles, 926 km)...feature a 1.2 MW-class turbogenerator. In the meantime, Sikorsky Innovations and GE Aerospace are completing a hybrid-electric power systems testbed with a 600 KW electric motor for hover performance tests."

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