27 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"...stop-sale order applies to both in-transit and on-lot vehicles, though the automaker did not specify the exact number of affected units."...engineers are working on a solution for the electric vehicle's software issues, which include faults with the Blazer EV's infotainment system and public DC fast charging functionality in some cases.... Edmunds recently noted that it had experienced 23 separate issues with the Blazer EV..."
27 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"According to PCMag, 22 EV brands have committed to switching over to NACS ports....Older Superchargers (pre-2019) won't work with non-Tesla vehicles, which use Combined Charging System ports (CCS). But 12,000 of Tesla’s network of over 17,000 V3 Supercharger charging stations will be open to non-Tesla EVs with adapters."Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi Outlander plug-in hybrid EVs use the incompatible plug standard CHAdeMO."
27 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Almost 16,000 public chargers were installed in the year to 12 December, pushing the total above 53,200...represented a 43% increase on 2022...The increase in UK chargers during 2023 has almost certainly outstripped the growth of electric car sales, which were up by 28% in the year to November...The number of the fastest “ultra-rapid” chargers doubled during 2023 to more than 4,600."27 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Chinese manufacturer's EH216-S air taxi was the first in the world to receive type certification from a national regulator."The firm...delivered its first air taxi to a customer: Eton, an intelligent aviation technology subsidiary of Guangzhou Development District Communications Investment Group Co....The EH216-S—which has a 22 sm (19 nm) range, 80 mph (about 70 knots) cruise speed, and 485-pound payload..."
27 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Companies like ExxonMobil and countries like Saudi Arabia have tried since the 1990s to gaslight the public into thinking climate change was either a total fantasy or that the burning of coal, natural gas, and petroleum wasn't causing it."...fossil-fuel lobbyists have now fallen back on Plan B. They want to convince you that Big Oil is itself swinging into action in a major way to transition to - yes! - green energy."
26 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"...two things are happening simultaneously in America: Some new EV drivers who can charge at home are rewiring their brains, changing their expectations of their vehicle...even a short period of driving an EV teaches people to adapt...drivers of gas-powered cars are quick to complain about how EVs work because they don't grasp the reality of how most people drive, which is short trips with plenty of time to recharge at home.""The hypocrisy, the ignorance, is just amazing."
26 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
ADS-guided "Waymo Driver [vehicles were] involved in fewer crashes that led to injuries, police reports or insurance claims as compared to human drivers...Ark analyst Tasha Keeney noted that Waymo traveled 0.5 adjusted million miles before being involved in a crash this year as opposed to Cruise, who traveled merely 0.04 million miles."Waymo still looks better than the average human, while Cruise falls below."
26 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"Many claims about electric cars' supposedly worse environmental toll focus on manufacturing and ignore the actual use of the cars...The grain of truth in the criticism is that EVs do indeed take significantly more energy to manufacture. Analysis by the Argonne National Laboratory...suggests that manufacturing battery cars produces about 60% more carbon emissions than their fossil fuel...that "carbon debt" is paid off within about two years..."26 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
"...survey from Morning Consult in early 2023, nearly half of respondents still unconvinced about an electric car purchase were put off by reports of EV fires."National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [show] that 1,530 fires were reported for every 100,000 cars sold with an internal combustion engine. Meanwhile, for every 100,000 EVs sold, only 25 fires were reported."
26 Dec 2023 | Synopsis
NADA says the 7,000 figure does not reflect the number of dealerships that are covered by the IRS registrations."The credit transfer is allowed under the IRA’s Section 30D credit for new EV purchases and Section 25E credit for used EVs, providing consumers with up to $7,500 for new vehicles and $4,000 for used vehicles..."
"The shift away from cars with dirty combustion engines is running into a new hurdle: Drivers don't want to buy used electric vehicles, and that's undermining the market for new ones, too."
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