One complaint drivers have about electric vehicles (EVs) is that the lithium batteries that most EVs run on can take hours to fully charge.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
Toyota has projected a record $30.3 billion in profits for its financial year ending 31 March, due in large part to the popularity of gasoline-electric hybrid cars, a market Toyota dominates.
TOP TREND 2024 EV GO FU: SPINOFFS
Volvo has cut off funding to the Polestar electric vehicle (EV) venture. The EV brand, launched in 2017, is a joint venture between Volvo and Chinese car company Geely, which also owns a majority interest in Volvo.
FORD CUTS EV TRUCK PRODUCTION, AS MERCEDES MAKES MULTI-BILLION BET ON TRUCKERS (BEING FORCED INTO) GOING EV
Ford announced this past week that it will slash 2024 production of its main EV truck line, the F-150 EV.
TOP TREND 2024 EV GO FU: HERTZ STUMBLES OVER EV HURDLES
Not so long ago, the Biden administration was heralding a major Hertz Rental Car investment in fleets of Electric Vehicles, as a cutting edge example of the EV transition.
SWEDISH COMPANY MAY HAVE INVENTED THE PERFECT EV BATTERY
Northvolt, a company in Stockholm, Sweden, has invented a battery for electric vehicles that uses no critical minerals and instead is based on salt.
THE EV NARRATIVE IS BREAKING DOWN ON A HIGHWAY NEAR YOU
Americans aren’t buying EVs at anywhere near the rates that can sustain an industry.
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.