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The 1,900-HP Pininfarina Battista EV Enters Limited Series Production

28 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"The all-electric hypercar will have 150 pieces in existence built by hand in Cambiano, Italy...It is assembled by a ten-man team, each investing over 1,250 hours of work...needs ten weeks of production.

"Pricing starts at $2.5 million, and deliveries for the Battista will start in the summer of 2022."

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U.S. Senate Democratic Deal Would Expand EV Tax Credits, Much More

28 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"..deal includes a new $4,000 tax credit for used electric vehicles...an expansion of the existing $7,500 EV tax credit as well as...new $10 billion investment tax credit to build clean-technology manufacturing facilities...

"...it will further provide up to $20 billion in loans to build new clean vehicle manufacturing facilities...$30 billion for additional production tax credits..."

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More Than 100 E-bikes Have Caught Fire in New York City This Year

28 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"New York City has become the epicenter of e-bike fires and it is due to a massive influx of delivery personnel using the battery-powered cycles to zip from one drop off to the next. There are at least 65,000 delivery bikers in the city.

"...at least 166 lithium battery fires reported in the last seven months across New York City - four happened in just 24 hours - killing two and injuring 61 people."

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Tesla Has a New Product Called 'Virtual Machine Mode' Coming to Its 'Big Battery'

28 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"Tesla's Virtual Machine Mode is designed to address these stability challenges by virtually emulating mechanical inertia. Megapack's built-in inverters with Virtual Machine Mode create grid-forming dynamics that provide grid strength, respond to added and rejected loads and maintain quality voltage at the point of interconnection."

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Next.e.GO Announces Business Combination with Athena Consumer Acquisition Corp.

28 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"e.GO, headquartered in Aachen, Germany, develops, designs, manufactures and markets electric vehicles for the urban environment, focusing on convenience, practicality, ease of service and cost.

"To date, e.GO has put over 1,000 of its vehicles on the road and is currently working to expand its geographic reach and production footprint...Each MicroFactory is capable of producing approximately 30,000 cars per year in a three-shift setting."

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That Meme About the Cost of Charging an Electric Car Is Hilariously Wrong

27 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

Steve DaSilva does the math starting with "the general formula for how long it takes an EV to charge its battery: take your battery capacity (in kWh) and divide by your charge speed (in kW)..you’ve got your charge speed in hours. A 200 kWh battery charging at 100 kW? That'll take you two hours to fully charge."

"Long story short, never listen to an Instagram meme, especially where math is involved."

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Mini Aceman Concept Previews Brand's First Electric Crossover

27 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"The purely electric vehicle concept makes it possible to steer the design more towards the traditional core values of MINI in line with the traditional principle of creative use of space.

"This creates models that take up little space on the road while offering even more comfort, more versatility and more emotion on the inside than ever before."

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Arcimotor Unveils 'Radical" 3-Wheeled Mean Lean Machine E-Trike

27 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"Mean Lean Machine (MLM). [is] newest update to the still-under-development electric bike-class vehicle sees new suspension and other structural as well as functional upgrades.

"...each of the three wheels will have a hub motor and that it will allow the MLM to offer torque vectoring, something that is also currently being tested for rollout on Arcimoto's larger FUVs...the company is targeting a massive range rating of 200 miles."

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VW's ID 4 EV Is Now Assembled in Chattanooga

27 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

"VW today delivered on its long-pledged promise to bring EV production to its Chattanooga, Tennessee, factory, with the first cars rolling off the line now ahead of anticipated October deliveries.

"Chattanooga becomes the sixth facility globally capable of producing VW's MEB-based EVs, a platform that includes the not-for-US ID 3 and the long-awaited ID Buzz. "

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This Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Just Flew a Record 1,880 Miles Across the US

27 Jul 2022 | Synopsis

Ampaire's EEL demonstrator is "retrofit six-seat Cessna 337 Skymaster with a conventional-combustion engine plus an electric-motor/battery-pack drivetrain...flew...1,880 miles from Los Angeles, California, to Oshkosh, Wisconsin" in 3 legs.

Company's "hybrid-electric version of the nine-seat Cessna Grand Caravan...promises fuel savings of up to 70 percent and emissions reductions of up to 100 percent when using sustainable aviation fuel."

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