September 2022

News: IRA Aims to Accelerate Fleet Electrification

Key Considerations for Electrifying Your Vehicle Program The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is the federal government’s largest investment in clean energy and includes substantial incentives aimed to accelerate electric vehicle adoption in America. While many of the legislation’s provisions–such as the new and modified tax credits–encourage individual consumers to purchase a new or used […]

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Tesla Theater can be minimized to access other features in 2022.28 update

Tesla is introducing the ability to minimize the Theater function with the 2022.28 Software Update, so drivers can access other features without completely closing the application. Tesla Theater is one of the most useful features of the company’s electric vehicles due to its ability to provide entertainment during traveling downtime. When Teslas are Supercharging during

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Tesla Giga Shanghai ramping: Model 3 and Model Y wait times reduced again

Tesla Giga Shanghai’s upgrades to its production line earlier this quarter seem to be paying off in spades. As per recent updates to Tesla’s order pages in China, the estimated wait times of the domestically-made Model 3 and Model Y have been reduced by six weeks. Apart from the base RWD Model Y, which is

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StoreDot begins shipping ‘100in5’ battery cell prototype to EV makers

Israeli battery manufacturing company StoreDot has started shipping its “100in5” extreme-fast battery cells, capable of delivering 100 miles of range in just 5 minutes of charging to various electric vehicle manufacturers, it announced Wednesday. StoreDot said it commenced the shipment of the EV cell samples to Daimler, VinFast, Volvo, Polestar, and Ola Electric, all of

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Lucid struggles to ramp production and keep those tasked with solving it

Lucid Motors is continuing to struggle with its initial production ramp of its introductory EV, the Lucid Air. However, it is also having trouble keeping the high-ranking executives it hired and tasked with solving the issues that have kept the electric vehicle startup from reaching mass production. Lucid Group has lost at least six high-ranking,

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ET-like lights over Louisiana turned out to be Starlink satellites

Earlier risers in south Louisiana were greeted with a train of Starlink satellites from Starlink’s 4-20 mission this morning. Some thought the lights were extraterrestrial-like and reported them to their local news stations. Starlink satellites over Louisiana this morning had residents concerned about ‘strange lights,’ according to KATC, noting that “those extraterrestrial like lights are Starlink.”

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SpaceX chosen by Sidus Space for 5 launches in 2023

SpaceX has been chosen by Sidus Space for five launches in 2023. Sidus Space which is focused on Satellite-as-a-Service, announced. Sidus chose SpaceX due to its safe and reliable launch services. Sidus said that it designed and is manufacturing LizzieSat for its multi-mission low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operating in diverse orbits as approved

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Piedmont Lithium CEO says not enough lithium to meet U.S. demand by 2030 or 2035

The CEO of Piedmont Lithium, Kieth Phillips, warned that there isn’t enough lithium to meet U.S. demand by 2030 or 2035 in a recent interview with Yahoo! Finance. The growing demand for lithium has nearly doubled the price of lithium carbonate this year. The IEA also projects that the demand will grow by 40 times

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Canadian Minister confirms talks with Tesla about a factory

Canada and Tesla are having a conversation about building a factory, according to its Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. Minister Champagne told reporters in Vancouver that he’s talking with Tesla as well as all of the automakers around the world, Reuters reported. “Canada is becoming the green supplier of choice to the auto industry and the

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Redwood Materials sets sights on recycling consumer devices for essential battery materials

Redwood Materials launched a Consumer Recycling Program to reduce the world’s reliance on newly mined materials.  “If properly recycled, your old and broken devices can decrease global reliance on mining and lower the cost and environmental impact of products,” explained Redwood Materials.  The company asks people to recycle consumer devices in their homes, like electric

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