February 2022

Ford Mustang Mach-E changes, Volvo battery plant, electric Airstream details: Today’s Car News

Volvo plans enough local battery production for its home plant to go electric. Airstream reveals more about how it sees travel trailers going electric—and boosting mpg and range. And Ford intends to take more closely after Tesla on improvement steps for its EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford CEO Jim Farley

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Tesla’s employee headcount nears 100,000 after 40% increase in 2021

Tesla is employing nearly 100,000 people across its facilities, thanks to an over 40 percent increase in the company’s workforce last year. Tesla revealed in its 10-K filing with the SEC that it employed 99,290 employees as of December 31, 2021. This is a substantial increase from how many people the company had employed at

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Power Integrations offers two new ICs with 1,700 V SiC MOSFET

Integrated-circuit (IC) maker Power Integrations has launched two new AEC-Q100-qualified, 1,700-volt-rated ICs. They are part of the InnoSwitch 3-AQ product line, and are intended for 600- and 800-V EVs and fuel cell cars, electric buses and trucks, and industrial applications such as renewable energy, battery storage, motor drives and metering. According to Power Integrations, the

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Carrier partners with ConMet to add regen braking to Class 7 and 8 trailer wheels

Transport refrigeration technology company Carrier is partnering with commercial vehicle part supplier ConMet to add a regenerative braking system to trailer wheels on Class 7 and Class 8 vehicles. ConMet’s PreSet Plus eHub system consists of an in-wheel electric motor that can recover energy from coasting and braking, store it in high-capacity batteries and send

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Tesla subpoenaed by SEC regarding stock sale poll, 2018 settlement

Tesla said in a Monday morning filing with the SEC that it was subpoenaed by the agency regarding information related to the company’s governance processes and compliance surrounding a Tweet from CEO Elon Musk in 2018. In 2018, Musk tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 per share, which led to a

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