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Have An E-Bike Or E-Scooter? Here's How To Avoid A Dangerous Battery Fire

30 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"People's misuse of the batteries powering the [Toronto's] e-bikes, e-scooters, and hoverboards have resulted in an increase in dangerous fires...If you drop your battery or it's been punctured, crushed, or has water damage - you should no longer use it...Another arising issue is people modifying the battery to try to get their e-scooters or e-bikes to go even faster..Don't have your bike blocking your exit. Find a spot in the corner that's out of your way."

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New Honda Sustaina-C Is An Electric City Car With Its Own 'Pocket'

29 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"...there was also a little electric city car called the Sustaina-C...the name suggests it focuses on sustainability by using body panels made from recycled and reused acrylic resin...With a fully-electric powertrain, the Sustaina-C is likely paired with the Honda e’s titchy 35.5kWh battery. Hopefully the Sustaina-C can go a bit further than the Honda e's maximum 137-mile range... the Pocket Concept is a little electric bike...

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I'm A Car Dealer Who Only Sells Electric Cars. This Is What Everyone Else Is Getting Wrong - And The Advice I Give Prospective EV Buyers.

29 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"To car buyers, only a handful of things matter...It's the self-driving status, the colors, the wheels, how far the battery will go on a charge, and that's about it... Even to this day, for the vast majority of listing sites, it's really painful to look for those thing, and in some cases, you can't even find them.

"We're trying to disrupt the car-buying experience. Not by using the internet, but by creating a much better in-person experience."

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Not Just Tools: DeWalt Now Makes Its Own Level-2 Charger For Your EV

29 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"DeWalt's 240V level-2 charger, much like any home EV charger, can be installed onto your power grid by a professional electrician to serve as a hub for your personal EV. The mount is fully CSA-certified for use both indoors and outdoors...The mount comes preinstalled with a 25-foot high-grade cable ending in a NEMA 14-50 plug. This plug can deliver up to 40 Amps or about 36 miles per hour of charge... compatible with all SAE J1772 electric vehicles, though a separate adapter is available for Tesla charging ports as well."

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Panasonic Announces Game-Changing Plan To Give Old EV Batteries New Purpose: 'It Would Be A Big Step Toward Winning In The EV Battery Market'

29 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"Panasonic Energy...will be working with U.S.-based startup Redwood Materials to extract these materials and produce cathodes (one of the electrodes) at Panasonic's plant in De Soto, Kansas...process will help to create what Redwood calls a 'circular supply chain.'

"Used batteries contain a higher concentration of resources compared to ore and require less energy to smelt...Depending on resource prices, recycled batteries can be cheaper."

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Exxon and Chevron Megadeals Reveal Why Days of Easy Oil Are Over

29 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. spent recent days telling investors why they want to spend $114 billion combined on two megadeals...In short, the days of easy oil production growth are over...Investors 'don’t believe this business can be sustainable...'

"Out at sea, exploration is expensive and unpredictable. US shale fields are experiencing declining production growth as the best acreage has been already fracked..."

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Le Mans Organizer Reveals MissionH24 Hydrogen-Electric Racer

28 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"The concept, known as the MissionH24, is being developed with a target weight of 1,300 kg (approximately 2,866 pounds) and a top speed of 199 mph...A hydrogen-electric vehicle is essentially an EV that uses a hydrogen fuel cell instead of a battery to power an electric drive system...a single electric motor rated at 871 hp powers the rear wheels...also charges a small lithium-ion battery, which weighs less than 180 pounds"

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It's Electric! How Businesses Are Bringing EVs To Underserved Communities

28 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"...new initiative designed to increase affordable access to electric vehicles for low-income drivers. The program is a collaboration of the nonprofit BlueHub Energy, vehicle-to-grid provider Fermata Energy, and Enterprise Holdings, which teamed up to offer qualified drivers access to a low-cost rental vehicle and to subsidize the cost of installing chargers.

"The solution for low-income EV adoption? Renting instead of buying..."

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How Long Do EV Batteries Last? New Research Suggests It's Way Longer Than You Might Think

28 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"An independent analysis of 15,000 EV batteries finds that most don't need to be replaced until they're well over a decade old...it seems that EV batteries have much longer lifespans than anyone imagined, since very few of them have been replaced

"The oldest models in the study have the highest percentage of battery replacements, at about 5% for those that have been on the road for nine to 12 years..."

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Car Companies Are Suddenly Super Worried About the Future of EVs

28 Oct 2023 | Synopsis

"If electric vehicles are going to be the eco-friendly future of cars, their popularity with buyers right now isn't quite reflecting that...Chairman of Toyota Motor Akio Toyoda said that with the drop in demand for EVs in the US, the industry is having a reckoning about the technology.

"Despite all the gloomy talk, it's worth noting that EV sales are actually still growing. In the first half of 2023, sales climbed by 51 percent..."

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