28 Apr 2024 13:32:31 UTC
CURATED EV NEWS ABSTRACTS
High Fossil Fuel Prices Are Good for the Planet - Here's How to Keep It That Way
20 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Arstechnica
"...less focus on a very uncomfortable truth - that solving the climate crisis requires fossil fuel prices for consumers to stay high forever.
"Is it possible to keep fossil fuel prices high without triggering riots? The key is to keep consumer prices high by increasing fuel taxes when international oil and gas prices do eventually fall. Making this politically acceptable requires two things to happen..." Read Full Story
In Accordance with Biden Administration Guidelines, Texas Plans to Place Charging Stations for Electric Cars Every 50 Miles on Most Interstates
20 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Texas Tribune
"With $408 million in federal funds, the state wants to build enough charging stations to support 1 million electric vehicles.
"The chargers will be high-powered at 150kW, able to bring most electric vehicles from 10% to 80% in about half an hour, according to the report.
"The funding is coming from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed last year..." Read Full Story
Here's What It's Like to Drive On the Moon
20 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Popular Science
"It turns out that when driven gently, like you would on ice, the LMV is perfectly docile and responsive. The main challenge is an artifact of driving in a simulator with a 2D-screen standing in for reality.
"The LMV's top speed is 25 kph...never venture above 12 kph. A crash would be harmlessly virtual, but the time needed to reset the simulator would mean an instant end to my moon-driving fantasy. The Apollo LRV topped out at 13 kph..." Read Full Story
Tesla Giga Berlin Achieves Important Milestone: 1,000 Model Y/Week
20 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Inside EVs
"The ramp-up is also progressing slower than anticipated...a level of 1,000 units per week should have been achieved in April. The rumored main bottleneck was the paint shop's output.
"Tesla currently produces in Germany only the Tesla Model Y Performance version, powered by 2170-type cylindrical battery cells..."
"...during the first three months... the plant produced some 8,865 Model Y. That's half of what the Tesla Giga Shanghai.." Read Full Story