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Transitioning To EV Fleet Management As A Service

05 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Smaller companies, faced with their own fleet needs, are also looking at the prospect of EV fleets. As tantalizing as the prospect is, the challenges and obstacles are daunting.

"EV fleet management falls squarely into this burgeoning "green-as-a-service" arena...The customer no longer has to lay out large amounts of capital yet can still reap the benefits of use...[listed] specific strategic and logistical challenges that a transition from a fossil fuel fleet to an EV fleet entails:"

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300 Is the Magic Number for EVs

05 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"If you want to road trip, spring for the bigger battery.

"A battery range in the 300s may be the key to delivering the road trip experience Americans have come to expect from their gas-burning cars...Vehicles use up a lot more energy per mile to travel 75 miles per hour compared to 50.

"As ranges reach 300 miles or more, the experience starts to approach the freedom we know from decades of gasoline engines."

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Jamie Dimon Says the U.S. 'Desperately' Needs Reforms to Fast-Track Clean Technologies and the 'Window for Action' Is Closing

05 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Dimon has not shied away from calling for a new bipartisan 'Marshall Plan for America' to efficiently refocus spending on issues including high healthcare costs, student debt, and decaying infrastructure...

"Dimon voiced support for large government spending packages approved under the Biden administration, including the IRA, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Infrastructure Law.

"The window for action to avert the costliest impacts of global climate change is closing."

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Should You Be Worried About Electric Vehicle Battery Fires?

05 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Firstly, no car on the road today is 100% free from fire risk, be it gas, hybrid, or pure EV. Generally, electric vehicles are safe - the chance of an EV battery catching fire is very low.

"Not every electric vehicle battery will give a warning that a potential fire is imminent. However, there are signs to be on the lookout for... there is a lot of misinformation about them, including that EVs catch fire more often than traditional gas-powered vehicles."

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The Other EV Race That's More Important Than Replicating Gas Cars

04 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"...EVs are responsible for more emissions during manufacturing... Polestar...[is] doing the important work of slashing emissions throughout its supply chain in order to make vehicles that are less harmful from the outset...reduced relative CO2e-emissions per car sold by eight percent compared to 2021 levels

"...a car with zero carbon emissions is way more exciting than an EV trying to replicate a V8."

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How Much EV Range Do You Really Need?

04 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Part of the reason that range anxiety exists comes from our unfamiliarity with using overall range as a comparative metric...most people don't need all of the extra range or horsepower brought on by the more expensive powertrains.

"...Edmunds tells buyers that they should purchase a car that can do three times their daily commute on a charge, which would be an average of just over 110 miles.

Is spending big bucks for 300 miles of range really necessary if you only drive 180 miles a week?

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Strategic EV Charging Could Eliminate the Need for Costly New Infrastructure

04 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Carefully strategizing about where to put EV charging stations for people to use when out and about during the day, combined with encouraging people to delay EV charging when they are home for the night, could virtually eliminate excess strain on the grid even with lots of EVs on the road.

"At-work charging [sourced from peak solar power] will also reduce the surge in electricity demand for car charging during peak hours of the early evening."

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America Has as Many as 2 Billion Parking Spaces, And They're Ruining Our Cities

04 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"..on the low end, the U.S. has at least 700 million parking spaces, and on the high end, the estimate is more like 2 billion.

"...cities across the country are starting to realize they don't need nearly as much parking.

"Parking garages are being replaced with desperately needed housing, and some municipalities are getting rid of parking minimums that drive up the cost of housing...one developer [allowed] to build an apartment complex that doesn?t have any parking at all."

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Over 4,000 EV Charging Station Fines Issued to Drivers in Edinburgh

04 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Anyone who leaves their vehicle parked in an EV bay beyond the permitted stay period, which varies depending on the charging speed, is slapped with a £30 fine...Currently the maximum stay for a 'standard' EV charger (7kW) is 12 hours..Vehicles are allowed to remain parked in 'fast' charging bays (22kW) for up to three hours and the rate has risen from 30p to 50p per kWh. The maximum stay at 'rapid' EV chargers (50kW)

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Wright's Law Spells Doom For Legacy Auto Around The World

03 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Wright's Law states that the price of production for a given product will go down a fixed amount...every time the cumulative number of units doubles.

"...what does this mean for the auto industry? It means that electric car prices will continue to drop dramatically over the next 4 doublings in volume, which should be by 2028 to 2030.

"It isn’t the 2035 bans that they have to worry about - it's the ultra-competitive electric cars coming out over the next few years that will put them in a world of hurt."

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