19 May 2024 15:45:10 UTC

CURATED EV NEWS ABSTRACTS

First Petrol Station in Belgium Transformed Into Electric Charging Hub

24 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Brussels Times

"The first petrol station on Noorderlaan in Antwerp opens as a 'charging hub' for electric cars for the first time in Belgium on Thursday, 23 June as a collaboration between G&V Energy Group and Allego...

"The brand new converted charging hub on Noorderlaan includes four fast chargers with a capacity of 300kW. The charging stations themselves distribute exclusively green electricity."

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CATL to Supply Li Auto, Hozon Electric Car Battery with a Range of 1,000km as Chinese Firm Seeks to Stay on Top

24 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from SCMP

"The 'Qilin' battery has a range of more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) on one charge, energy density of up to 255 watt-hour per kilogram, and is safer and more durable than existing cells, according to the world's biggest maker of EV batteries. It is also 13 per cent more powerful than one planned by Tesla..

"Mass production of 'Qilin' battery is due to start in 2023..."

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Toyota Recalls Nearly 3,000 bZ4X EVs Over Potentially Deadly Wheel Defect

24 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Engadget

"The motor hubs keep coming loose and falling off, which is generally not what you want from a vehicle.

"Some 2,700 of the electric crossovers are subject to the recall - 2,000 destined for the European market, 260 to the US, 110 to Japan and 20 to Canada. The company implores owners to park their vehicles immediately and not resume driving them until a more "permanent" solution can be devised."

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Einride Gets NHTSA Approval to Operate Its Autonomous Electric Trucks on US Roads

24 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Electrek

Einride has confirmed approval from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to begin piloting its Pod vehicles

"To supplant the driver inside the autonomous vehicle, a Remote Pod Operator will monitor the vehicle at all times - a role that Einride deems critical to ensure the safe scaling of autonomous vehicles.

"The public road pilot will begin in Q3 of this year at a GE Appliances manufacturing facility..."

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Fact Check: Did Greta Thunberg Demand Everyone Drive Electric Cars?

24 Jun 2022 | Abstracted from Deutsche Welle

Greta Thunberg speaking at the 2019 UN Climate Change conference COP25 in Madrid, Spain...implored the world to drastically cut greenhouse emissions, yet at no point said "I demand everyone drive electric cars now," let alone mention electric cars. Her full speech is available on YouTube. The electric car quote has been fabricated and falsely attributed to the climate activist."

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