Europe is experiencing a green transport boom. Sales have quadrupled since 2018, and one in every ten new vehicles sold on the continent is now fully electric, a share that rises to four in ten when hybrid vehicles are taken into account. In Germany, where the Greens are in talks …
Read More »All-electric future comes at a huge cost
The “electrify everything” drive comes with higher upfront and—in some cases—higher maintenance costs for consumers, higher costs for homebuilding contractors, and higher intangible costs for politicians who may prematurely call the end of gas furnaces and boilers and saddle voters with higher energy bills. In addition, all-electric homes with electric …
Read More »‘We’re in competition with China’: Biden orders that US boost new electric car sales to 50% by 2030
“The question is whether we’ll lead or fall behind in a race for the future,” Biden said on Thursday before signing the order. “It’s whether we’ll build these vehicles and the batteries that got them to where they are here in the United States.” Biden noted that China is now …
Read More »Russia is finally embracing the electric vehicle boom
Russia is expected to start work on its EV infrastructure creation, starting in Moscow. The city plans to install 200 EV charging stations annually, until 600 are established by 2023, beginning in 2021. The head of the city’s transport department, Maxim Liksutov, stated “There are around 2,000 (electric) cars in …
Read More »American death row inmates face grizzly choice…die by electric chair or FIRING SQUAD
Put to death in 2011 by lethal injection, triple murderer Jeffrey Motts was the last death row inmate executed in South Carolina. The state has not executed anyone since, as the one pharmaceutical company that produced the anaesthetic most commonly used in executions suspended production in 2009, and batches in …
Read More »Russia to debut world’s first electric plane at MAKS 2021 airshow
“This is what was done with the Fund of Advanced Studies – an electric airplane based on superconductivity principles,” Borisov said. The electric motor is part of the hybrid powertrain demonstrator that Russia’s Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM) is developing. An innovative electric motor based on high-temperature superconductors with …
Read More »Apple & Hyundai to start production of self-driving electric ‘iCar’ in 2024 – reports
With negotiations between the two companies in full swing, the duo is expected to reach a final agreement by March, local newspaper Korea IT News reported on Sunday, citing industry sources. The outlet says the cars will be produced at a plant in the US, operated by Hyundai affiliate Kia Motors. They …
Read More »Nissan: Leaf battery will last for 10-12 years more of the electric vehicle
Leaf EV with proper maintenance can regularly last for about 13 years, and its battery, according to the manufacturer, is capable of up to 22 years. The company Nissan from the beginning of 2011 carried out extensive research aimed at studying the quality and the level of charge of the …
Read More »Electric cars Honda and GM will allow owners to earn
Honda FCV Concept “Smart grid” will use renewable energy sources. Honda and General Motors have launched a research project in the field of interaction of electric vehicles and “smart grid” of the future. The goal is to determine whether you can use the battery of the car for stabilization of …
Read More »In Kiev teen on homemade electric skateboard accident
The car received minor damage. Thursday, 23 may, in Kiev at the 53rd Garden line on Osokorki, an accident with victims. Faced Renault Sandero and a homemade electric skateboard. The accident injured 16-year-old boy. Call line emergency services received around 14:20. According to preliminary information, both vehicles moved down the …
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