September 2022

GM partners with Lear for Ultium battery platform components

General Motors has struck a deal with Lear Corporation for a supply deal that will provide the Detroit-based automaker with various components for the Ultium battery platform. GM, like other automakers, is working to transition to electric vehicles, and it is utilizing its in-house Ultium battery platform. The battery architecture is extremely flexible and can […]

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Ford gives dealers a choice: Invest on EVs or don’t sell electric cars at all

With the electric vehicle age all but inevitable, Ford is providing its dealers with a rather tough choice — embrace electric cars and invest in them, or don’t sell them at all. Dealers that decide to support the company’s EVs must conform to several “pillars,” which include fair, transparent pricing that eliminates last-minute haggling and

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Starlink brings high-speed internet to all 7 continents, including Antarctica

Elon Musk was not kidding when he stated that Starlink is designed to provide high-speed internet access to everywhere in the globe. Starlink recently had a milestone in this regard, with SpaceX confirming that the satellite internet system is now on all seven continents, including Antarctica.  The idea of Starlink providing high-speed internet access to

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President Biden set for Detroit Auto Show appearance to promote EVs

President Joe Biden will be in Detroit later today for the annual Detroit Auto Show, where he will promote the United States’ transition to electric vehicles (EVs), a heavy point of emphasis for the current Commander-in-Chief. Biden’s Presidential tenure thus far has been full of EV-supportive legislature, most recently backed by the passing of the

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Tesla engineers travel to”New Zealand, Alaska and beyond” to test vehicles in winter conditions

Tesla engineers recently traveled to New Zealand and other cold climates to test the vehicles for winter conditions. Tesla shared a video of a vehicle traveling icy roads on Instagram with the caption: “POV: July winter testing.” The EV maker then said that its engineers “travel to the ends of the earth–New Zealand, Alaska and beyond,”

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ONE reveals 1,007 Wh/L anode-free cell that enables a dual-chemistry battery architecture

Michigan-based energy storage company Our Next Energy (ONE) has unveiled a 240 Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a 12-month R&D effort. ONE says the new technology will enable the commercialization of its Gemini dual-chemistry architecture, which will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype vehicle later this year. ONE says its 1,007 Wh/L cell eliminates

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TeraWatt, a builder of commercial EV charging hubs, raises more than $1 billion in funding

TeraWatt Infrastructure designs, operates and owns charging centers for commercial EV fleets (see the feature article in the July/August 2021 issue of Charged). Now the company has raised more than $1 billion of institutional capital from investors including Vision Ridge Partners, Keyframe Capital and Cyrus Capital. The company will use the new funds to accelerate

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