Why My Used Chevy Bolt Is Worth So Much More Than Its Trade-In Value

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:57:47 +0000

GM discontinued the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV at the end of the 2023 model year. During an early 2024 conference call with analysts, GM CEO Mary Barra agreed that environmental benefits of EVs continue to be compelling to the company. She also admitted that GM’s EVs need to be … [continued]

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Extended Range Electric Vehicles Are The Talk Of The Town

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:27:21 +0000

It’s not a hybrid. It’s not a plug-in electric vehicle. An extended range electric vehicle (EREV) is effectively an all-electric vehicle, with all the motive power provided by an electric motor but with a small internal combustion engine (ICE) present to generate additional electric power. And the extended range EV … [continued]

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The Domestic EV Supply Chain Is Getting A Big Dose Of Synthetic Graphite

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 03:00:44 +0000

Stellantis is the latest US electric vehicle stakeholder to firm up its EV supply chain with synthetic graphite produced in Tennessee.

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Canadian Transit Think Tank CUTRIC Chooses Inaccuracy, Irrelevancy, & Attack

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:06:13 +0000

Over the past three weeks, I’ve been assessing various aspects of the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium’s (CUTRIC) positions, research, and publications on transit bus decarbonization. I’ve published ten articles directly about CUTRIC’s material and reports, or closely related and with serious implications for their claims that both … [continued]

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Cash For Clunkers: Modern Electric Vehicle Variant An Obvious Climate Policy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:16:48 +0000

In the 1990s, numerous countries both within and outside Europe launched vehicle scrappage schemes with multiple goals. Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy each implemented programs during this period, aimed at scrapping older cars to promote the purchase of newer, safer, and more efficient vehicles. For example, … [continued]

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The Solid-State EV Battery Journey Has Only Just Begun

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 02:51:53 +0000

The California startup QuantumScape is one key step closer to commercial-scale production of its new solid state EV battery, featuring the only known self-assembling anode fabrication process in the auto industry.

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Stellantis To Demo Muscular Solid-State EV Battery In Muscle Car

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:10:20 +0000

Stellantis tapped the all new Dodge Charger Daytona EV to show off its new high performance, solid state EV battery developed in collaboration with the US startup Factorial.

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ChargePoint Pitches Affordable Level 2 EV Charger For Commercial Fleets, For Just $699

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:40:16 +0000

ChargePoint has launched a $699 Level 2 EV charger for light duty commercial fleets, a price point that supports the case for electrification on a total cost of ownership basis.

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How The US Can Solve Its Lithium Supply Problem In One Fell Swoop

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:27:06 +0000

The USGS has surveyed a small portion of the Smackover Formation for a potential role in the domestic lithium supply chain, and it likes what it sees.

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This Is How Electric Vehicles Win, One School Bus At A Time

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:57:33 +0000

Electric school buses and other electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid capability can help improve grid services for the whole community, by sharing the kilowatts stored up in their batteries.

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