Waymo Robotaxis Safer Than Any Human-Driven Cars — MUCH Safer

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2025 01:26:14 +0000

Swiss Re, a top reinsurer globally, has analyzed a lot of data, and it has determined that Waymo’s robotaxis are safer than human drivers, and even safer than human drivers of new cars with the latest advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Swiss Re has more than 500,000 liability claims and … [continued]

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Global Overheating Is Making The Land Drier And Saltier

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 23:35:42 +0000

Global overheating is making the land drier and saltier, according to the United Nations which makes growing food more difficult.

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EVs Take 89.9% Share In Norway — But HEVs Now Outperform PHEVs

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 04:58:28 +0000

The December auto market saw plugin EVs take 89.8% share in Norway, up from 89.6% year on year. BEVs saw a slight dip in share compared to recent months, due to an end-of-year clearout of other powertrains, and a pull-forward ahead of coming tax changes. Overall auto volume was 13,652 … [continued]

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EVs Take 89.9% Share In Norway – But HEVs Now Outperform PHEVs

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 04:58:28 +0000

The December auto market saw plugin EVs take 89.8% share in Norway, up from 89.6% year on year. BEVs saw a slight dip in share compared to recent months, due to an end-of-year clearout of other powertrains, and a pull-forward ahead of coming tax changes. Overall auto volume was 13,652 … [continued]

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Fossil Fuel Interests Ramp Up Their “Solar Makes Electricity More Expensive” Falsehood

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:25:34 +0000

Two news stories recently claim solar power makes the cost of electricity increase. It their any truth to those claims?

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BYD Car Sales Rose 60% in December, 41% in 2024

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:50:30 +0000

BYD’s huge growth in 2024, as I wrote just two days ago, was one of the stories of the year. Now we have BYD’s December and full-year 2024 sales in, and they’re good. In December, BYD’s plugin vehicle sales were up 60%! Across the full year, they were up 41.3%. … [continued]

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Next-Gen “Massless” EV Batteries Could Weigh Nothing At All

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:38:29 +0000

“Massless” EV batteries are designed to pull double duty as structural elements that add no extra weight to a vehicle, increasing battery range by an estimated 70%.

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The Top Selling Plugin Vehicle Brands in Europe

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:57:25 +0000

Following up our report on the top selling electric vehicle models in Europe, here’s a report on the auto brands and auto groups selling the most plugin vehicles in Europe. Looking at the the overall brand market in November, the best selling make with highest growth rate was #18 Cupra, … [continued]

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Europe EV Sales Report — In November, 25% of New Cars Had a Plug

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 04:55:11 +0000

Some 268,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in November, a 2% year drop over year (YoY). Interestingly, BEVs and PHEVs had different behaviors, with the former growing 1% YoY to 185,000 units while PHEVs remained stuck in red, falling 9% in November to 83,000 units. As such, November saw … [continued]

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These Automakers Are Electrifying Fastest In USA — New Report

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:12:27 +0000

We’ve looked at the top selling electric vehicles and top selling EV brands in the United States. We’ve looked at overall auto industry sales trends in the US. We’ve looked at how much more electric vehicles have grown compared to fossil fuel vehicles (which have shrunk). Now, let’s complete this … [continued]

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