A Battery-Swapping Secret Is Behind The New Nio Affordable L60 Electric Vehicle
The Chinese automaker and battery-swapping enthusiast Nio is adding the new L60 electric car to its electric vehicle lineup under the Onvo brand.
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Grid-Scale Storage Batteries Use Many Different Chemistries
Energy storage batteries are using many technologies that are not appropriate for use in automobiles and trucks.
Interesting Chart: How Much Solar or Wind Dominate Renewable Energy in Different Countries
I was going through the new Integrating Solar and Wind: Global experience and emerging challenges report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), and I noticed an interesting graph. Well, there are at least a few interesting charts, but this one chart is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen. The … [continued]
Trump’s Tirades To Michigan: Tariffs, Tragedy, And Teamsters
When former President Donald J. Trump appeared before Michigan workers earlier this week for a campaign town hall, he responded in typical meandering fashion to questions about the future of the US auto industry. He offered tangential thoughts about tariffs boosting the labor force. “We’re going to charge them – … [continued]
EV & CleanTech Round Up — More Battery Recycling, MAN Accelerates Charging, Wind Advances, &…
These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]
Three Mile Island Redux — Nuke Will Be Restarted To Power Microsoft Data Center
The surviving nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island will be restarted to make electricity to power Microsoft data centers.
2023 Was Another Big Year for Newly Installed & Proposed Hybrid Power Plants, Even with…
Newly released data compilation from Berkeley Lab tracks operational and proposed plants Improving battery technology and the growth of variable renewable generation are driving a surge of interest in “hybrid” power plants that combine, for example, utility-scale wind and/or solar generating capacity with co-located batteries. A newly released briefing from … [continued]
I Still Think Jim Farley Has Been An EV Leader At Ford — Here’s Why
We published an article the other day portraying Ford CEO Jim Farley as having just woken up after a long multi-year nap, particularly regarding Chinese electric vehicles and the EV transition. Having covered Ford quite closely over the past several years, and having talked to Ford reps about these and … [continued]
Ford Has A Huge, Honking Renewable Energy Trick Up Its Sleeve
Ford has a plan to hook up EV and hybrid EV drivers in the US with low-cost renewable energy, through a new vehicle-to-grid platform called ChargeScape in partnership with BMW and Honda.
New Tesla Wireless Charging Patent — May Feature At 10/10 Tesla Robotaxi Event
Tesla filed a wireless EV charging patent earlier this year that was just published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on September 6. This was spotted by SETI Park on X (formerly known as Twitter), and while the general concept is really nothing new, it implies that part of what … [continued]
