22 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"...Electrified vehicles - either fully electric models, plug-in hybrids or full hybrids - accounted for over 47.6% of all new passenger car registrations in the EU as of November, up from 43% in the same period last year...consumers continued to prefer hybrid-electric vehicles, with a year-on-year surge of 28.7%, while demand for plug-in hybrids declined by 22.1%"The number of new vehicles registered in November in the EU, Britain and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) grew by 6% to 1.08 million vehicles."
22 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"The Google spinoff's robotaxis led to a reduction in injury-related and police-reported crashes when compared to human benchmarks, according to new research.""Waymo analyzed 7.13 million fully driverless miles in three cities - Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Francisco...Waymo’s driverless cars were 6.7 times less likely than human drivers to be involved a crash resulting in an injury, or an 85 percent reduction over the human benchmark..."
22 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"This odd Russian electric vehicle prototype...apparently called the "Amber." ...the tragic-looking machine is a product of Moscow Polytechnic University...attempting to build an EV for the Russian market...the electric motor, batteries, and everything in between are probably Russian-sourced and Avtotor, the Russian automotive company said to be manufacturing it, claims the Amber will go into production in 2025."22 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Season one of E1 is shaping up to be a global event as its race calendar will showcase electric boats competing across Europe, the Middle East, and now Asia. More is also in the works, as the league has already shared plans for its first US-based race event in Miami during season two."...the league has previously said the eight confirmed teams will be the only ones competing, E1's latest release says up to 10 teams of male and female Racebird pilots.."
22 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Bird became the largest micromobility company in North America this fall after purchasing competitor Spin. It was once valued at more than $2 billion and seemed to epitomize a shiny future of clean urban transport"founded in September 2017 with just 10 scooters in Santa Monica, California. Nine months later it had raised more than $300 million...Bird ridership plummeted as Covid lockdowns shut cities down."
20 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"New technologies that can help address climate change, from heat pumps to solar panels to EVs, are coming to the market and getting cheaper. Climate policy is also developing..."We put the 'inevitable EV' on our list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies... strong policy support and expanding supply chains were combining to vault the technology to new relevance...this new growth means there are almost 41 million passenger EVs on the road."
20 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"There is no way back. The E wave will come, as it has already in China...Although EVs are still cars, they are sufficiently different to build compared to internal combustion vehicles, so they require major alterations to manufacturing processes....another factor could help reduce the costs of all vehicle manufacturing, particularly EVs – advanced robotics.
"Traditional manufacturers still offer quite a limited EV range, because adding these to their lines further complicates the variants they must produce."
20 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Buick's dealership network in the US has approximately halved, with dealers choosing the buyout route rather than investing money in upgrading to accommodate the selling and servicing of EVs...he dealers who left the brand represented around 20% of Buick's US sales...the company recorded a 58% rise in sales"Buick announced...dealers must invest at least $300,000 to $400,000 for tooling, equipment, and personnel training..."
20 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"...the inclusion of harmful particulate matter from brakes and the abrasion of tyres reflects the fact that electric vehicles are by no means pollution free...the freeze of Euro 6 limits as an indication that the car lobby was 'back in control after a few years in the wilderness following Dieselgate'...But one significant change in the law...the introduction into Euro 7 of limits for particulate matter produced by brakes..."20 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Unsurprisingly, the company's inaction on the matter has led to an outpouring of solidarity, with unions across Sweden banding together against the carmaker...Postal workers have stopped delivering mail to the company, including license plates...unions in Norway, Denmark, and Finland have now said they're also ready to stop unloading cars from ships...Swedish Transport Workers' union is leaving the carmaker a literal trash pile by refusing to pick up garbage from the company."
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