August 2023

Lightning eMotors ZEV3 electric passenger vans provide transportation for visitors to Zion National Park

Lightning eMotors, a maker of medium-duty and specialty commercial EVs, has announced the deployment of two of its Lightning ZEV3 Class 3 passenger vans to transport visitors to Zion National Park in Utah. EVZion recently deployed the two ZEV3 shuttle buses as part of the Utah Clean Cities East Zion pilot, which is designed to […]

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Laser treatment improves battery performance in Saudi study

Researchers at KAUST, a Saudi Arabian private research university, have used laser pulses to increase MXene’s energy capacity for enhancing next-generation battery anodes. The team, led by Husam N. Alshareef and Ph.D. student Zahra Bayhan, discovered that the chemical change that forms molybdenum oxide within the structure of an alternative electrode material known as MXene

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Tesla range loss, Mercedes charging hubs, EV tipping point: Today’s Car News

EVs top 5% of the market in 23 countries. A study looks at Tesla range degradation related to fast-charging. And Mercedes paints a more complete picture of how its American charging efforts might fit together. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. As an American EV fast-charging network is being put together by seven

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Tesla range not degraded by frequent fast-charging, study finds

DC fast charging makes EV road trips practical, but owners are cautioned that frequent fast-charging can also cause battery degradation. That isn’t necessarily the case, a new study has found. Recurrent, which produces battery health reports for used EVs, studied fast charging on over 12,500 Tesla vehicles in the U.S. Cars that were fast-charged… Source:

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EV charging is changing, Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector

Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms Coming soon: Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS Part 4: Behind the scenes of seven automakers answer to Tesla’s Superchargers  EV charging is changing, but much remains to be settled A flurry of news over less than a year

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