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ChargeX Aim To Fix Public EV Charging Starting With Error Reporting

15 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"Charge X Consortium, launched by the federal government...to tackle EV charger reliability...recently released a report recommending 26 common charger error codes, aimed at faster reporting and resolution of charger malfunctions...notes that automakers, manufacturers of charging hardware, and charging networks currently use different messages to report similar errors. This creates added confusion and complication

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Microsoft Collaborates With Researchers To Make Breakthrough In EV Battery Technology: "The Holy Grail"

13 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory "...announced that they may have discovered a new material that could potentially reduce lithium usage by up to 70%.

"[R]esearchers used AI tools to narrow down 32 million potential inorganic materials to 18 promising candidates. From those, they created a battery prototype with a new substance - ​​a solid-state electrolyte currently known only as N2116."

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Buying A New Car Could Cost You $7,600 A Year On Top Of The Sticker Price, Nearly Double A Decade Ago

13 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"A new car driven 15,000 miles a year will have additional costs of $7,612 annually, on average, not including depreciation, according to AAA...

"Business Insider looked at the 2024 models for the best-selling vehicles in the US, including the Ford F-150, the Toyota Rav4, and the Tesla Model Y.

"Edmunds assumes the car is driven 15,000 miles annually and the car is financed for 60 months after a 10% down payment."

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On Track To Deliver The World's Most Cost-Effective And Eco-Friendly Public Transport System

13 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"The BioTrams can accommodate up to 210 passengers, 54 seated and 156 standing, travelling at speeds of at least 70km/h (50 mph) between stops...Operating a hybrid drivetrain powered by two very small gensets (0.9 litre, or less than the engine in a family saloon car) and battery pack (or flywheel) provides a 1,000km range and the vehicle does not require any overhead catenary and associated infrastructure or expensive grid connections."

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Wirelessly Charging Up The Commute

13 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"...Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated that a light-duty passenger electric vehicle can be wirelessly charged at 100-kW with 96% efficiency using polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils with rotating magnetic fields.

"ORNL’s Omer Onar [explained the [technology reaches power densities 8-10 times higher than conventional coil technology and can increase battery charge state by 50% in under 20 minutes."

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Only One Automaker Nails IIHS Safety Test for Automated Driving Assistance - No, It's Not Tesla Or Ford

13 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"The only driving automation system to receive an acceptable rating from the safety research arm of the insurance industry was the Teammate system on the Lexus LS hybrid sedan

"Others rated poorly include systems on Ford Mustang Mach-E, Genesis G90, Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan, Tesla Model 3, and Volvo S90. Both autopilot and full self-driving systems on a Tesla Model 3 were rated poor by the study."

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The White House Wants To Know More About Tesla's Charging Standard

12 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"As more automakers switch to the EV maker's North American Charging Standard, regulators want to know how it will impact standards for public chargers.

"...the NEVI Formula Program, which grants money to states to install EV charging infrastructure, requires public charging stations to have at least one permanent CCS Type 1 connector...the NACS is rapidly gaining traction, potentially making the FHWA's rules...obsolete."

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Google-backed Gravity Claims Fastest EV Charging In America

12 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

The startup's chargers...can charge at a peak power rate of 500 kw and add 2,400 miles of range per hour of charging, equivalent to 200 miles in just five minutes

"The initial location, a parking garage on West 42nd Street in one of the densest parts of New York's Manhattan borough, includes 24 charging stalls. Charging is available seven days a week, with on-site attendants and a tap-and-pay interface, according to Gravity.

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"Trickle-Down Economics" Is A Scam That Ignores Decades Of Evidence

12 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"NEC Director Lael Brainard laid out the overwhelming evidence that 'trickle-down' economics - defined as 'cutting taxes for big businesses and those at the top' - has been a bust.

"The incomes of the rich grew much faster in countries where tax rates were lowered. Instead of trickling down to the middle class, tax cuts for the rich may not accomplish much more than help the rich keep more of their riches..."

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U.S. Department Of The Treasury, IRS Release Guidance To Build Out U.S. Clean Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

12 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"The credit may be claimed by individuals for home electric vehicle charging and other refueling equipment and by businesses. The credit with respect to any single item of property is limited to $100,000 for business property, and $1,000 for personal property.

"the IRA added a requirement that qualified property must be placed in service in an eligible census tract. An eligible census tract is any population census tract that is a low-income community or that is not an urban area."

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RAC: Do Electric Vehicles Produce More Tyre And Brake Pollution Than Their Petrol And Diesel Equivalents?

12 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"Emissions Analytics suggested that particulate matter pollution from car tyre wear can be 1,000 times higher than car exhaust emissions...If a car did shed 9.28 grams of particulate matter per mile from the tyres, then the car tyres would physically disappear - and the car would be running on its alloys - in less than 4,000 miles."

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Air Pollution Can Hurt Students' Grades, But Electric Buses Could Help

11 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"A recent Yale Study of 2.8 million North Carolina students shows air pollution can hurt athletic performance...researchers looked at standardized test scores and pollution exposure for every public school student in North Carolina over 17 years - from 2001 to 2018.

"Children have an increased respiratory rate...They breathe more per minute than adults do, so they're breathing in more pollution when there is high air pollution."

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