BMW recently started production of its fifth-generation drive units at the Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing. This is the beginning of a much larger push to produce drive units and battery packs at more and more BMW production facilities, with a goal of 50% electric drive production by … [continued]
I’m not going to lie — I’m a sucker for community solar projects. In terms of pure output or emissions reduction, they don’t touch utility-scale solar projects. However, they bring a lot more people into the economic benefits that come from solar power. The latest community solar news I’ve seen … [continued]
Netherlands, CALSTART’s Drive to Zero to lead new int’l coordinated effort targeting zero-emission trucks, buses
NASA will design a new set of Earth-focused missions to provide key information to guide efforts related to climate change, disaster mitigation, fighting forest fires, and improving real-time agricultural processes. With the Earth System Observatory, each satellite will be uniquely designed to complement the others, working in tandem to create … [continued]
In 2019, we wrote an article raising the alarm that South Africa’s inertia in incentivising the adoption of electric vehicles could make it miss out on the incredible opportunities presented by the electric vehicle revolution. The motor vehicle assembly and motor vehicle component manufacturing industry is one of the key … [continued]
Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris We know what we need to do to cut carbon emissions and clean up the air we breathe — replace fossil fuel-burning vehicles with EVs, and fossil fuel power plants with renewable energy sources. Image courtesy of EVANNEX. (Photo by Casey Murphy) Stating the problem and … [continued]
University of Michigan researchers lay out hurdles for tech that could double EV range.
Ford and Sunrun will work together to make vehicle to home technology affordable for F-150 Lightning customers.
Originally published on RMI.org. By Jake Glassman & Sneha Ayyagari COVID-19 and the resulting economic downturn have turned the existing housing crisis from bad to worse. Renters in more than 8 million homes are behind on payments, and as they struggle to make ends meet, utility bills further burden tenants. Compounding … [continued]
When we think of cars and computer vision, the obvious applications are all on the car. Lane sensing, obstacle sensing, and seeing other cars enables driver assistance, and eventually autonomous vehicles. But what if someone did the opposite, and enabled the road to see the cars? That’s exactly what Volkswagen … [continued]
