Jul 6, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Stellantis says that when it starts to sell compact and midsize electric vehicles off new underpinnings next year, they will be able to go up to 435 miles (700 kilometers) per charge. The company made the claim Wednesday as it unveiled its new medium-sized platform...
Jul 6, 2023 | Charging, Electric Vehicles
The Lucid Air offers the longest range of any battery-electric vehicle (BEV) on the market today. It can go 516 miles between charges according to Environmental Protection Agency estimates. New Toyotas may go even further thanks to solid-state battery technology, the...
Jun 29, 2023 | Charging, Featured
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said Tuesday that it has signed a deal with Tesla that will allow drivers of its electric vehicles to charge at about 12,000 Tesla charging stations in North America starting next year. Under the deal, Volvo’s EVs will be...
Jun 29, 2023 | Detroit, Energy
General Motors’ new business unit, GM Energy, will offer an initial vehicle-to-home group of products called the Ultium Home energy system for people who want a backup energy source. The products will provide vehicle-to-home bidirectional charging technology,...
Jun 29, 2023 | Business, Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured, US Economy
On June 26, Ford announced it would carry out layoffs, primarily affecting engineering jobs in the U.S. and Canada, as the carmaker aims to cut costs while restructuring its business operations. All three of Ford’s business units, Ford Blue,...
Jun 29, 2023 | Featured, Government, Robots
The United States Department of Homeland Security caused a stir last February when it revealed that it was exploring deploying robot dogs on the U.S./Mexico border. “The southern border can be an inhospitable place for man and beast, and that is exactly why...
Jun 29, 2023 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, Space
A twin-fuselage jet stood ready on Thursday to carry a Virgin Galactic rocket plane with a three-man crew from Italy into the New Mexico sky for a high-altitude launch of the company’s first flight of paying customers to the edge of space. The two Italian...
Jun 29, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Trucks
Darcy Desjarlais, senior truck operations specialist at Aurora, hovers both hands under the steering wheel of Aurora’s self-driving truck as it cruises at 65 miles per hour down Interstate 45, heading in its typical route towards Houston. Above his palms could be the...
Jun 29, 2023 | Electric Vehicles, Government, US Economy
President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday said it intends to invest $2 billion from last year’s Inflation Reduction Act to accelerate domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles and resuscitate plants that are struggling. Speeding grants and other...
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