General Motors (GM) received 25,000 reservations for its BrightDrop EV600 cargo van. The BrightDrop cargo van is part of GM’s Ultium Platform, a key factor in the company’s plans of launching ~20 electric vehicles in North America by 2025. “Some of the world’s largest fleet customers, including FedEx Express, Merchants Fleet, and Walmart, are adopting […]
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South Korean battery company Samsung SDI has introduced a new battery brand called PRiMX (Prime Battery for Maximum Experience). The PRiMX cells are composed of a high-nickel cathode and a silicon anode. The company says these materials shorten the lithium-ion transport distance and time by reducing resistance inside the battery cell. According to Samsung SDI,
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Vietnam has joined the ranks of EV-producing nations, as automaker VinFast delivered its first batch of VF e34 EVs during a launch event at the company’s manufacturing complex in Hai Phong, Vietnam. The VF e34 is an electric SUV in the C/mid-size segment that was developed exclusively for the Vietnamese market. VinFast, which opened in
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Like many other products, Class 8 trucks are not so easy to get these days, thanks to the ongoing semiconductor shortage and other supply chain problems. FreightWaves reports that, at the end of 2021, the typical order-to-build timing was over a year. According to ACT Research, the backlog of unbuilt units was about 267,000 in
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The myth of the “long tailpipe” has been disproven by many a scientific study, but, like the flat-earth theory, it will probably never go away. Over the years, Charged has reported on dozens of studies that found the lifecycle emissions of EVs to be lower than those of gas-burners. The latest dose of debunking comes
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Blue Origin has completed a crucial test of the payload fairing of their upcoming New Glenn rocket at NASA’s Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio. The fairing – also known as a nose cone – encapsulates payloads and insulates them from the local environment and the stress of ascent. During ascent, it must protect the payload
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A new SpaceX Falcon 9 booster has successfully carried the National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-87 mission to space on its launch debut, opening the door for additional spy satellite launches later this year. Unfortunately, due to the secretive nature of NRO launches, the only possible confirmation that Falcon 9’s NROL-87 launch was fully successful, will likely
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Ford released its January 2022 Sales Release, boasting some impressive figures in terms of electric vehicle sales. Ford states that its sales were up 167.2 percent in January compared to the same month in 2021. The growth is outpacing the industry average by almost four times, Ford said in its press release. The Mustang Mach-E,
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Tesla battery supplier Panasonic still plans to launch trial production of the revolutionary 4680 cells in 2022. It will need to be on top of its game, too, as Panasonic executives have revealed Tesla has put in a massive order for the new cells as the journey of the 4680 battery is set to begin
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