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EDITOR'S PICK
14 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"Fears of getting stranded in EVs seem to dissipate when high-speed rail is near.""University of Pennsylvania recently analyzed China's decade-long push for electric vehicle (EV) adoption and found that it coincided with the country's expansion of high-speed rail. Regions with the fastest and most accessible rail networks also saw the highest increases in EV adoption."
14 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"...simplification is the keyword...plans to focus on a single EV battery cell format...the next-generation battery arriving as soon as late this year for Europe will have the cells directly mounted into the battery housing...EV batteries still account for more than a third of EV cost - so the cells represent competitiveness not just on cost but on performance versus vehicle weight...The unified cell format aims to reduce the complexity"14 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"X Games riders and fans are going to be seeing a lot fewer electric motorcycles in the air this year. That's after a new rule change has quietly banned electric motorcycles from competing. And the reasoning? It's not fair to the gassers who are trying to keep up."...riders have discovered that the new technology has opened the door to trick innovation and stunt riding at a level not previously possible with... (ICE) dirt bikes."
14 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla...""However, Anonymous has now claimed that the strange press conference came after Musk broke down over the state of his business during a previous meeting with Trump.
"Following Trump's White House press conference, Tesla’s stock price increased nearly 4% after dropping almost 48%..."
13 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"...administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will reconsider...Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles regulation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles, [stating:] "The American auto industry has been hamstrung by the crushing regulatory regime of the last administration."...these announcements represent the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in the history of the United States."
13 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
SuperStack Flex highly-customizable LTPEM fuel cell architecture has achieved over 1.0kW/kg specific net power at a full system level...reduced from over 200 parts to less than 100, with ~50% weight and volume reductions...can be scaled up or down between 100kW and 600kW net total continuous power applications... The lightweight, aviation optimized balance-of-plant, has been developed as a best-fit approach for many Unmanned Air Vehicles."12 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"...trio of founders say the EV brand is the realization of many more years of planning and preparation..The young company [formed 2 years ago] hit a milestone today, unveiling its first two EV models..."The Speedster and Roadster sit atop an aluminum chassis designed for maximum stiffness while offering as little necessary weight as possible. The EV frame is complimented by lighter and more compact motors and batteries..."
12 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda predicts that electric vehicles will never surpass a 30-percent market share...millions of customers will still buy cars without combustion engines...Japanese automaker is finally getting its act together by attempting to claim a piece of the EV pie...all we can do is speculate."Perhaps it's a production version of the EPU concept. The truck was unveiled in October 2023..."
10 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"In the early days of Tesla, the media loved to use the term 'Tesla killer'... none of them came even close to negatively affecting Tesla, let alone “killing” the company...But things are changing now. Tesla is not growing at an insane pace like it was for a decade."Global EV sales surged by 25% in 2024, while the sales of the biggest EV automaker, Tesla, declined by 1%...Musk is virtually erasing two decades of hard work to build Tesla's brand..."
10 Mar 2025 | Synopsis
"EVs can be the affordable, reliable transportation devices we all need. But only if we stop trying to fit them into gas car boxes.""Give the EV a 150-mile range and make road-trip capability the upsell. Hell, offer range-extender rentals, or the ability to rent more battery modules. Dealership service centers will surely be looking for new ways to stay busy as EVs quickly eclipse ICE reliability...EVs aren't gas cars. That's a good thing."
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