22 May 2024 01:10:04 UTC

 EDITOR'S CHOICE

If They Don't Change Gears, There's A Nokia Moment Coming For AutoBrands

10 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

"Volkswagen [then CEO] urged wholesale change in his company's business model to avoid becoming the next Nokia...he was met with incredulity. And not long after, he was out. Four years later, his warnings feel way more, not less, relevant."

"In these chaotic times, brands need to be built differently. The next cars will no longer need to be engineered so much as holistically designed."

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EV Charging May Stop Working Due to Mobile Signal Strength, UK Study Claims

10 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

"New research by the RAC Foundation has found that electric vehicle charging stations are being affected by weak mobile signals...According to the survey, 66% of Type-2 chargers with speeds of up to 8kw in Britain, excluding London, are in places where at least one mobile network carrier does not offer usable 4G service.

"RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding cautioned that bad connectivity for Type-2 chargers "won't get picked up" in the Government's new required reporting system, which only applies to the quick charger network"

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The Future of Urban Transportation: A Closer Look at Denmark's iEV Z Vehicle

10 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

"The iEV Z is a cutting-edge take on micro-mobility, designed to serve as a 'personal electric vehicle' rather than a traditional car or bicycle. With a focus on agility, compact design, and an all-electric powertrain, it balances a car's convenience and a bicycle's eco-friendliness.

"The iEV Z exemplifies the burgeoning micro-mobility market's promise to provide practical, greener alternatives to traditional vehicles."

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We Built 7 EV Chargers In 2 years. That's Actually Not The Problem

10 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

Washington Post columnist Matt Bai explains "I happen to believe the charger program makes a ton of sense. It has always been government's job to underwrite huge shifts in the infrastructure we use...."

"So maybe Democrats could simply level with them and say: 'Look, we need to start spending trillions of dollars on public investments, and we probably aren't going to see benefits of it anytime soon, but your children absolutely will."

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Large Cities And Cancer Share An Unexpected Similarity

10 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

"Researchers argue that the same key factors that govern the growth of cancer also seem to govern the spread of urban spaces...Understanding that similarity could help us build better cities for the future...The use of trains, however, permitted a shift to suburban living, allowing residents to live further and further out from the center.

"..international team of researchers argue... are comparative to how blood vessels in cancerous tumors sprout and split, forging new 'roads' into emerging tissue."

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Electric Cars Set To Overtake Petrol Cars In Norway

08 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

"BEVs accounted for 24.3% of the 2.9 million passenger cars in Norway, compared with 26.9% for petrol vehicles... the situation is different when it comes to diesel cars, of which there are still around 370,000 in Norway.

"Although sales of new electric cars fell by around a quarter in 2023, the share of BEVs reached 92.1% in January 2024...Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association predicts that fully electric cars will account for 95% of sales...

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AAI Says Americans Bought 1.4 Million EVs In 2023

08 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

Alliance for Automotive Innovation "counts 4.3 million EVs on US roads, by registration, or 1.5% of all light-duty vehicles in operation.

"That represents a sales increase of 51% while the number of publicly available EV chargers rose just 27% last year...Until now, most sources quoted 2023 US EV sales of 1.1-1.2 million..according to AAI, last year's EV market share reached 9.5%, up 2.5 points over 2022..."

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Disabled Drivers Can't Use Many Electric Car Chargers. It Doesn't Have To Be This Way

08 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

"Department of Energy reported, there were more than 140,000 public EV charging ports in the U.S., up from around 80,000 just three years earlier.

DoT "data estimates that half of disabled adults under 65, some 10 million people, drive themselves around...for drivers with disabilities, inaccessible chargers make it a lot less appealing to switch...The devices themselves, not just their locations, can be made more accessible."

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Used Electric Cars Prices 'More Volatile' Than Other Cars, Australian Data shows

08 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

In 2023, electric cars obtained a 7.2 per cent share of the Australian new-car market, a 161 per cent increase over 2022.

"While electric cars less than two years of age retained a respectable 82.8 per cent of their original value when resold in December 2023, electric cars between two and four years old held on to just 57.6 per cent of their value, while electric cars five years of age or older were worth less than 25 per cent of their original purchase price when resold."

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What Happens If You Never Charge Your Plug-In-Hybrid Car?

08 Apr 2024 | Synopsis

"Unlike battery-electric cars, PHEVs don't have to be plugged in to run. If the PHEV battery is "depleted," or has discharged its all-electric range, a portion of its capacity stays in reserve to act as a regular hybrid battery.

"...plug-in hybrid that's not plugged in is a regular hybrid. It likely gets better fuel economy than a nonhybrid, but it almost always gets worse fuel economy than a comparable standard hybrid."

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