General Motors’ self-driving taxi service, Cruise, will expand to Phoenix and Austin later this year. According to Reuters, Cruise, the autonomous taxi service, will expand to two new cities before the end of this year; Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas. Cruise’s CEO has also announced the goal of $1 billion in annual revenue by 2025. […]
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After Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) struck a deal with Mercedes-Benz last week for a strategic partnership and joint production effort of electric delivery vans, analysts are explaining how the move could help bolster the EV maker’s long-term outlook. Last week, Rivian and Mercedes-Benz announced they would build all-electric delivery vans for the European market, where
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Tesla’s navigation system is already among the best in the market, but the electric vehicle maker is known for improving even its vehicles’ already refined features. One of these improvements appears to be the potential addition of an “Alternate Routes” feature, which could provide drivers with more options when traveling to a destination. While Teslas
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Lucid CEO, Peter Rawlinson, shared a deep dive into the company’s motors and a comparison with other motors in its latest Tech Talks video. In the video, Rawlinson takes viewers “deep into the heart” of Lucid’s drive unit. Weighing 67 pounds, the motor generates 670 horsepower or 10 horsepower per pound, Rawlinson said. Around 20
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Volkswagen is making way for an all-electric vehicle to move into its lineup by removing a gas car from production as early as 2024. The German automaker is reportedly preparing to eliminate the Arteon, a sedan expected to be removed from Volkswagen’s lineup in the next two to three years, a report from Automotive News suggests.
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Tesla may have all the batteries it needs, for now, but the demand for EVs isn’t waning. Source: InsideEVs – Articles Read More
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Norway is to EV-spotting what Costa Rica is to birdwatchers—you can count on seeing a vast variety of species, including some that are very rare elsewhere in the world. On a recent visit, I added several EV models to my life list. On the streets of Oslo and Bergen, I saw tons of Teslas, loads
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Keliber, a Finnish mining and battery chemical company, has completed a pilot-scale test to verify the behavior of its ore at all stages of the lithium hydroxide production process. In a 400-hour long pilot-trial, ore from the company’s Rapasaari deposit in Finland was used to make lithium hydroxide at Metso Outotec’s demonstration plant in Pori,
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Mining giant the BHP Group plans to electrify its entire haul truck fleet at the Escondida copper mine in the Antofagasta region of Chile. The facility’s current fleet of over 160 haul trucks will be replaced with Caterpillar electric trucks over the next 10 years. The first trucks are expected to arrive in the second
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