July 2, 2024
Via: Tech XploreTesla’s global sales fell for the second straight quarter despite price cuts and low-interest financing offers, another sign of weakening demand for the company’s products and electric vehicles overall. The Austin, Texas, company said Tuesday that it sold 443,956 vehicles […]
June 25, 2024
Via: Tech XploreWith goals to limit CO2 emissions, many countries have set targets to phase out internal combustion vehicles in favor of electric vehicles (EVs). Japan has set a target for 20%–30% of all car sales to be battery electric vehicles (BEVs) […]
Impact & Regulations, Vehicles
May 28, 2024
Via: Tech XploreA team from Graz University of Technology has analyzed the risk and damage potential of hydrogen vehicles in tunnels and derived recommendations. Their conclusion? Any damage would be extensive, but its occurrence is unlikely. They presented the findings at The […]
January 18, 2024
Via: Tech XploreNew car sales in Europe rebounded by 13.9 percent in 2023 as electric vehicles overtook diesel for the first time, an industry group said on Thursday. Sales of new electric cars shot up by 37 percent year-on-year and accounted for […]
January 4, 2024
Via: Tech XploreDue to the urgent need to cut fossil fuel emissions, the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is both inevitable and essential. The EU is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport by 90% by 2040, and foresees 13 million […]
November 29, 2023
Via: Transportation TodayAIDT, an Alabama state agency designed to recruit and train a skilled work force, plans to build a $30 million, 40,000-square-foot work force training center in Decatur’s Alabama Robotics Technology Park. The facility will focus on electric vehicles and new […]
November 29, 2023
Via: Tech XploreToyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations, Japan’s top automaker said Wednesday. The move is estimated to raise about 290 billion yen ($2 […]
November 1, 2023
Via: Tech XploreElectric vehicle sales are surging in Jordan, a trend drivers and showrooms attribute to high petrol prices more than any concerns about air pollution and climate change. Boosted by low import taxes, especially affordable Chinese-made models have become a common […]
October 20, 2023
Via: Tech XploreRivian Automotive will move ahead with construction on a factory in Georgia early next year, the company confirmed Thursday. The California-based electric truck company made the announcement as it opens a retail location in an intown Atlanta development, the eighth […]
October 11, 2023
Via: Tech XploreCars that burn petrol and diesel must be replaced with renewable alternatives if the climate crisis is to be overcome. Electric vehicles (EVs) are widely viewed as the best option available. This is because EVs can be powered by renewable […]
October 5, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsLegislation to ensure electric vehicles contribute to a federal highway funding account was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate. Sponsored by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), the Stop EV Freeloading Act is meant to guarantee that electric vehicles support the federal […]
September 8, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsIf you want to know how quickly electric vehicles might spread across the U.S., just look at California. In the past five years, EVs have gone from 2% of new-car sales in the state to 22%. The pace of adoption […]
August 16, 2023
Via: Tech XploreYou’re probably familiar with previous technology format wars, whether it be VHS versus Betamax or Blu-ray versus HD DVD. Now another has quickly brewed in the way people plug in and charge their electric vehicles. It’s a battle of CCS […]
April 6, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsIt sounds inconceivable that Europe’s plan to usher in the age of electric vehicles almost went awry because of a prohibitively expensive technology that’s virtually unavailable, but that’s exactly what happened. For several weeks last month, Germany refused to back […]
March 24, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsFord Motor Co. projects its electric F-Series pickup factory under construction in Tennessee will ultimately produce half a million trucks a year, about 40% more than the company forecast in November. The automaker is ramping up the facility as it […]
March 14, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsTesla Inc.’s name for its trademark driver-assistance system lacks “common sense,” according to the country’s top transportation regulator. Using the term Autopilot as a feature of its electric vehicles belies Tesla’s own requirement for drivers to keep both hands on […]
March 7, 2023
Via: Tech XploreResearchers at Chalmers have developed an induction technology that enables battery charging without the help of a human or robotic arm. The technology is also so complete that it can soon be presented to industry. A new type of semiconductor […]
February 3, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsThe Treasury Department said Feb. 3 it is making more electric vehicles — including SUVs made by Tesla, Ford and General Motors — eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500 under new vehicle classification definitions. The revised standards for […]
January 25, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsRatcheting up his criticism of the Biden administration, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Jan. 25 moved to delay new tax credits for electric vehicles, a key feature of President Joe Biden’s landmark climate law. Manchin said guidelines issued by the […]
January 5, 2023
Via: Transport TopicsThe U.S. government has angered Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk and handed welcome news to other automakers like Hyundai Motor Co. with guidance on which electric vehicles will qualify for tax credits in the coming months. The changes make a new […]