Electric Vehicle

Tesla’s Supercharger advantage highlighted in CNBC’s long-distance EV road trip

CNBC news anchor Brian Sullivan went on a long road trip in an all-electric Polestar 2 throughout California and realized the advantage of Tesla Supercharger stations in the process. “Electric cars are awesome. They are fast, are fun to drive, they’re quiet, highly technical some cool features. But on a road trip longer than 200 […]

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Biden’s Infrastructure Bill encourages Detroit OEMs to increase EV sales by 2030

Recently, US President Joe Biden tweeted that big news would be announced soon about the country’s future with electric vehicles. Detroit’s big three OEMs plan to make a big announcement of their own, relating to their increased EV targets by 2030.  “When I say electric vehicles are the future, I’m not joking,” tweeted President Biden.

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Daikin’s new AC refrigerant features lower boiling point, could boost EV range

Japanese air conditioner manufacturer Daikin Industries has developed a refrigerant specifically for EVs, and plans to commercialize the product by 2025, according to a report by Nikkei Asia. At present, the most common refrigerant for use in EV air conditioners is R-1234yf, sold under the names Opteon YF by Chemours and as Solstice YF by

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Shell to install 800 chargers at Waitrose UK supermarkets

Oil companies (we’ll consider using the term “energy companies” when products other than petroleum make up at least half their revenues) are starting to invest in EV charging, and Shell is at the forefront of this trend. Now the company is expanding its partnership with the UK supermarket chain Waitrose. The companies are targeting the

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Faraday Institution develops ultrasonic recycling method

Faraday Institution researchers working on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries at the Universities of Leicester and Birmingham have developed a new method to recover materials from end-of-life EV batteries. The new process uses ultrasonic waves to separate valuable material from the electrodes. The researchers say it delivers a higher purity of recovered materials compared to

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SpaceX installs booster on launch pad, stacks orbital Starship to full height

Hours after SpaceX outfitted the first orbital Starship prototype with all six of its Raptor engines, the company has installed the vehicle’s nose section, effectively completing its basic structure. At the same time as teams are now working around the clock to weld Starship S20’s nose and tank sections together, SpaceX attached the first orbital-class

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