18 May 2024 10:12:27 UTC
CURATED EV NEWS ABSTRACTS
Saying Goodbye to the Dangerous, Alluring Scent of Gasoline
01 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from Bloomberg
"An ad agency asked [Olfiction] to create a scent that would evoke the experience of being in an old gasoline-powered car. The fragrance was intended for 'petrolheads' who would miss the smell when driving their new electric vehicle."Ford sent the resulting fragrance, called "Mach-Eau," to dealers and motorsports events...but the limited-edition scent stirred up larger demand, and bigger media reception, than anticipated." Read Full Story
Xerox Ventures Invests in Li Industries and Its Groundbreaking Approach to Lithium Battery Recycling
01 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from Xerox Ventures
"Driven by increasing demand for (EV) batteries and reshoring supply of critical battery materials, battery recycling is poised to be a valuable circularity solution for a complex supply chain sensitive to geopolitical dynamics."Li Industries has developed an innovative process of automated battery sorting by chemistry type and a novel direct recycling process that recovers battery electrode materials suitable for direct re-use..." Read Full Story
Are Regulators Focusing Too Much On EV sales and Not Enough On Retiring ICE Vehicles?
01 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from Green Car Reports
"...achieving emissions reductions significant enough to limit climate change will require 'both rapidly phasing out emitting vehicle sales and significantly accelerating fleet turnover...'""Should automakers give their current gasoline and diesel cars shorter lifespans, ensuring they don't last beyond an anticipated transition to EV.."
A new program specifically targeting gasoline "superusers" might be a good place to start." Read Full Story
Carbon Capture Won't Work, But It Will Funnel Billions to Corporations
01 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from Truthout
"The most high-profile CCS projects in the country have been multibillion-dollar failures. Even the world's largest carbon direct air capture facility that’s currently under construction is expected to remove only 0.0001 percent of the CO2 emitted globally per year.
"On the one hand, carbon capture has been a colossal, expensive failure. But by another measure it's been a resounding, frightening success." Read Full Story
BP Reveals Plans for Berkshire-Based £50m Battery Testing Centre
01 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from CityAM
"The new facilities will help advance the development of fluid technologies and engineering for hybrid and fully battery electric vehicles, aiming to bring the industry closer to achieving the key tipping points for mainstream EV adoption.
"This additional investment will help accelerate the transition to EVs by developing solutions to help decarbonise the transport sector..." Read Full Story