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First Biden-Funded Electric Charging Station Opens in Ohio

11 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

The first NEVI-funded station, which opened Dec. 8, is located at the Pilot Travel Center along I-70, on the western outskirts of Columbus...It includes four EVgo fast chargers under an overhead canopy, plus access to restrooms, Wi-Fi, food, beverages and other conveniences...It's the first of more than two dozen highway charging stations set to open in Ohio by the end of 2024.

"It took more than a year for that office to finalize standards ensuring consistent plug types, charging speeds and payment systems with easy access for all."

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US Feds One Step Closer to Requiring Safety Standards for Lithium-ion Batteries

11 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

"...bill that would require the federal government to establish safety standards for the lithium-ion batteries that power delivery workers' e-bikes...responsibility for securing better power packs will still fall on the lowest-paid workers in our city...the Setting Consumer Standards for Lithium-Ion Batteries Act...requires the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission to create safety standards for micromobildity batteries..."

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Cybertruck Might Be Dangerous For Everyone: Experts

11 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

"A lack of crumple zones pushes a lot of the impact directly into its passengers."

"Tesla has touted how stiff the Cybertruck's angular stainless steel 'exoskeleton' is, which is the key point of the problem many of these analysts have with the truck...Reuters recently spoke to six road safety experts, getting their preliminary analysis of the crash test videos Tesla released at the delivery event. If the truck can take a sledgehammer to the door and not deform, just imagine what it might do to a human head at speed."

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China Is Ahead Of Europe And US In Recycling Lithium, Cobalt And Nickel For Batteries, Finds Germany UniversityStudy

11 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

"China is expected to be able to employ recycling to meet its own demand for primary lithium for electric vehicles, obtained through mining, from 2059 onwards; in Europe and the U.S., this will not happen until after 2070

"University of Munster-led team of researchers from the fields of science and the automotive and battery industries...investigating when the demand for the three most important raw materials for batteries lithium, cobalt and

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Apple Got More Than 300 Suppliers In 28 Countries To Commit To Clean Energy. Here Is How It Pulled It Off

11 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

Apple's own offices, stores, and data centers have been powered by clean energy for the past five years...company's carbon footprint...comes from its supply chain

"The first part that is so important is simply articulating the goal...This is what we're doing, this is the intention, and this is the expectation. We've already moved to renewable energy, and we have learned a lot in that process."

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Fastest- and Slowest-Charging EVs Car and Driver Has Tested

10 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

"...we came up with a standard fast-charge test from 10 to 90 percent that we perform on every electric car we evaluate...We've put nearly 50 EVs through our charging test since...2021, and only eight of them have managed to complete the 10 to 90 percent charge in under 30 minutes.

"Genesis, Hyundai, and Kia EVs continue to display charging dominance, accounting for the entire top-five list of fastest-charging EVs we've tested."

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Here's What VW's Bidirectional Charging Promises

10 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

VW indicates that given a 30-kWh average power consumption by a home, the vehicle-to-home (V2H) function in a 77-kWh vehicle can provide two full days of electricity for the home.

"First, bidirectional charging is offered in all new models equipped with the 77-kWh (82-kWh gross) battery, and it won't dip below 20% state of charge... vehicles will also need Software 3.5 or higher installed."

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Is It Right To Be Worried About Getting Stranded In An Electric Car?

10 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

"...Bloomberg Intelligence...found that range anxiety and the closely related concern over finding a charger were the two biggest fears cited by people across Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK...Whether that anxiety is justified is a very different question.

"...the average American household covers 50 miles a day, and only 15% of households do more than 100 miles in a typical day...number of public charge points grew by 55% worldwide in 2022 to 2.7m."

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Electric Aircraft To Carry Out Postal Deliveries In New Zealand

10 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

"Air New Zealand's new plane has been built by start-up Beta...based on the firm's ALIA platform...has flown over 480km in one flight in testing...Air New Zealand is looking at routes of only around 150km in length...likely fly...at a lower altitude of 1500-3000 metres.

"Air New Zealand currently has an order for just one aircraft, it has options for an additional two and rights for a further 20 if the pilot programme is...successful..."

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Blue Bird Forms Electrification-As-A-Service Joint Venture To Provide Electric School Buses

10 Dec 2023 | Synopsis

"...formed a joint venture (JV) named Clean Bus Solutions, LLC to meet the increasing demand for electric school buses and accelerate the adoption of clean transportation of students in North America.

"This turnkey electrification solution will include Blue Bird’s best-selling and widest range of electric school buses in the industry, financing of both electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, project planning and management as well as

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