Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:05:04 +0000
FedEx and Brightdrop recently announced that the first 150 Zevo 600 electric vans have been delivered to facilities around southern California. This would make for one of the biggest deployments of electric vans to date. “This shows how BrightDrop is delivering sustainable solutions at scale to customers today, and we couldn’t be happier to be […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:20:01 +0000
In another article, I briefly discussed Volkswagen’s plans to build a battery production facility and another automotive factory in the United States. But that doesn’t mean that Volkswagen only wants to build things to sell in the States. It also wants to take full advantage of battery expertise and talent pools in the US to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:45:54 +0000
A recent report at CNBC gives us some very good news about Volkswagen. The company’s CEO for the American division, Scott Keogh, says that the company is actively looking for places to build at least one more battery and vehicle assembly facility in the United States. “We are actively in the process of looking at […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:05:21 +0000
GM’s Brightdrop division, a unit focused on electric work vans, recently bought a company that could give it an edge in artificial intelligence and other software capabilities. “We’re bringing entirely new ways of doing business to the delivery market by providing a holistic, one-stop-shop portfolio of first- to last-mile solutions that allow fleet customers to […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 15:35:15 +0000
Recently, General Motors announced that it has chosen a site for the production of the upcoming Cadillac CELESTIQ, the company’s planned flagship luxury sedan meant to compete with vehicles like the Tesla Model S. “As Cadillac’s future flagship sedan, CELESTIQ signifies a new, resurgent era for the brand,” said Mark Reuss, president of General Motors. […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:35:10 +0000
At a recent industry event in Germany, Hungarian company Platio Solar revealed a very useful new solar module that can be used for flooring or outdoor spaces. Given some bad experiences solar ground installations have faced, especially solar roadways, it makes sense that people would be skeptical, but this new design is not only improved, […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:50:54 +0000
In a previous article, I covered the aggressive plan the Biden Administration has for a buildout of EV charging stations across the United States. Funded by the infrastructure bill, states are required to build out Interstate highway EV charging first. To be considered built out, an Interstate highway corridor must have: Gaps of no more […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:35:52 +0000
If you follow me as a writer, you probably know that I also write about firearms. As a safety instructor, I end up covering a broad variety of topics, ranging from rights to responsibility to gear to just having fun. Whatever your position on firearms, I do think most here would agree that protecting the […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:05:50 +0000
I don’t know about you, but it can be a real pain in the butt having neighbors with yappy little dogs. Sometimes at 3 or 4 AM, some drifter will walk through the area, and little yappy dogs down the street go into an absolute fit. When that happens, it can ruin your sleep, which […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 18:05:41 +0000
In this article, I’m going to talk about a new camper that might solve a very important problem for EV drivers, but first we must talk about what that problem is. The EV Towing Problem & Possible Answers One of the things that makes EVs work well is efficiency. Not only are their drivetrains more […]