Americans aren’t buying EVs at anywhere near the rates that can sustain an industry.
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AN EV MOTOR FREE OF RARE EARTH METALS
Among electric vehicles’ (EVs’) various supply issues, one sticky one is the need for rare earth metals in the permanent magnets that make their motors spin.
EV SALES SLUMP IN U.S., EUROPE
Even though electric vehicle (EV) sales in the United States topped 300,000 for the first time in this year’s third quarter, sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have stalled in Europe and the U.S., prompting manufacturers to slow or halt production and dealers to slash prices to move the cars off their lots.
NO PRESSURE! NEW, CHEAPER WAY TO STORE HYDROGEN AS FUEL
Hydrogen is in the headlines these days as a viable fuel for trains, planes, and vehicles that run on fuel cells. However, a key roadblock to hydrogen’s use is storage: the gas has to be kept under high pressure, which not only requires a lot of energy to compress it but also sharpens the risks of explosions.
U.S. ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES HIT THE BRAKES
High interest rates, inflated materials costs, and sticker-shock prices in the $60,000 range have stalled the electric vehicle revolution in the U.S.
MSM CRACKS IN EV NARRATIVES BEGIN TO SHOW
You can’t fake out reality. The realities surrounding the astounding costs, and unsuitability of current technology to actually make an “EV transition” according to radical government dictates, is beginning to hit home—even with mainstream media.
EV FABULISM WON’T HEAL THE EARTH, BUT WILL ENRICH ELITES
The Biden administration allocated hundreds of billions in a misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act” in 2022 to create subsidies and incentives for a supposed “green energy” transition.
TOYOTA RE-ENERGIZES EXPECTATIONS FOR SOLID-STATE EV BATTERIES
By 2027, Toyota will perfect a solid-state battery for all-electric vehicles, the company announced on 4 July.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES’ DIRTY DILEMMA
Data shows that electric vehicles (EVs) do less damage to the natural world over their lifespans than gas-powered cars and trucks do.
EV START-UP IS BUILDING A BATTERY-SWAPPING INFRASTRUCTURE
When electric vehicle (EV) start-up Fisker introduces its “Ocean” SUV in the U.S. next year, it also will unveil its new battery-swapping station that can “refuel” its cars in the time it takes to fill a tank with gas, the company says.