Tag: EV

Daimler, and therefore Mercedes-Benz, stops the development of future internal combustion engines and will now focus on the development of the electric mobility. According to Markus Schaefer’s statements to Auto Motor und Sport, in Daimler there are no plans for future internal combustion engine developments, although this situation could change. All of the attention and therefore most of Daimler’s resources will now go

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Industry and commodities experts fear that the growth in electric vehicles (EVs) could be much slower than predicted due to bottlenecks in global battery market supply chains. “People seem to think that the switch from the internal combustion engine to electric vehicles just means you plug your car in rather than fill it with petrol,” a battery industry source explains. 

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A recent series of fires in China affecting prominent electric vehicle makers like Tesla and NIO has made authorities nervous—the last thing they want to see is people losing confidence in electric cars in an already slowing auto market. Yesterday (June 17), China issued an order (link in Chinese) to electric car companies to carry out safety checks and submit reports to

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BorgWarner introduces its Onboard Battery Charger (OBC), adding to the company’s portfolio of technologies for plug-in hybrid and pure-electric vehicles. The OBC uses pioneering silicon carbide technology and BorgWarner says that it is the best in its class for power conversion efficiency, power density, and safety compliance. With installation in hybrid or full EVs, the OBC converts ac from the power

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Volkswagen’s ID.3 electric car is its next big thing after the Beetle and Golf. This claim was made by Jürgen Stackman, Volkswagen board member at the global preview of the ground breaking VW in Berlin on Wednesday. The new EV is designed for the people, he says. In the metal it’s Golf-sized on the outside, but inside larger and closer to a

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Germany has opened its first-ever “electric highway”, which allows hybrid cargo trucks to charge their batteries while they are on the move, on its A5 motorway, Bloomberg reported Monday. According to Bloomberg, the highway connects hybrid trucks to overhead wires, allowing them to recharge while traveling on the country’s main transportation arteries. The 10-kilometer (6-mile) stretch, which was opened last

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Recent advances in battery technology, from the engineering of their cases to the electrochemistry that takes place inside them, has enabled the rapid rise of Teslas, Leafs, Volts and other electric cars. Now, scientists at Scripps Research, inspired by the refined electrochemistry of these batteries, have developed a battery-like system that allows them to make potential advancements for the manufacturing

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Volvo Trucks has a really extensive electrification program with several electric trucks currently being tested and developed. They are teasing a new all-electric semi truck to be added to the list. Earlier this year, the Swedish group announced that it will bring its electric trucks to the road as soon as this year and start selling them next year. They

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