The most recent cover story in The Economist announces, “The death of the internal combustion engine… it had a good run. But the end is in sight.” In a remarkable account, The Economist reports that the internal combustion engine’s “days are numbered. Rapid gains in battery technology favour electric motors instead. … Today’s electric cars, powered by lithium-ion batteries, can do much better.”
In Part 5, we covered solar panel installation. In this chapter, we’ll discuss using that solar system to power your cooking. I was also going to cover clothes washing here, but the article got too long, so look for laundry in Part 7.
Nissan may be planning to sell its majority stake (51%) in the lithium-ion automotive battery manufacturer AESC — which was established originally as a joint venture between Nissan and the Japanese information technology company NEC — according to a recent report from Bloomberg.
The Chevy Bolt was introduced to the Korean market two weeks ago at the Seoul Motor Show, where it was greeted enthusiastically by local customers. The company’s original allocation of 400 cars was spoken for in under two hours. By the end of the show, Chevrolet had received 2,000 orders for the all-electric car. “It completely sold out,” GM Korea CEO James Kim said while unveiling the Bolt. “Next year, we will make an effort to prepare more Bolt EVs.”
The South Korean battery cell manufacturing firm LG Chem will be further expanding its manufacturing capacity in the US and China, despite the presence of some onerous regulatory hurdles in China, according to recent reports.
To be fair, we don’t yet know what Donald Trump’s precise climate approach will be, but it seems all but guaranteed that he will slow and obstruct climate action and will do a great deal to increase pollution and CO2 emissions from out-of-date oil, coal, and gas industries. This is idiotic not just because it puts all of human society at great risk, but also because it’s one of the worst economic moves a politician can make.
Following the official unveiling of its very interesting “Air” luxury sedan model, and plans to build a manufacturing facility in Arizona, Lucid Motors has announced that it has signed a strategic supply agreement with LG Chem.
Faraday Future has entered into a lithium-ion battery cell supply agreement with prominent EV battery manufacturer LG Chem, according to a new press release from Faraday Future. The agreement will see LG Chem supply battery cells to be used in Faraday Future’s electric vehicles, but there’s more to it than … [continued]
The world is changing. It always is, but the change is particularly dramatic right now in certain technology sectors. To a normal person’s eyes, changes in the auto industry may seem only incremental. Cars are getting a bit more “connected,” more people are using 21st century taxis from Uber and Lyft (please … [continued]
As part of the rapid growth of its relatively new vehicle components unit, LG Electronics has begun gearing up for the mass production of core parts for GM’s Chevy Bolt electric car — which is expected to begin by the end of the month — according to reports. In preparation … [continued]
