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Volkswagen Develops More Efficient Drivetrain Components For Electric Cars

Volkswagen says it has developed a pulse inverter internally that improves powertrain efficiency by 20%. That's a really big deal.
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Studying Ship Tracks To Inform Climate Intervention Decision-Makers

Sandia scientists develop computer tools to study inadvertent marine cloud brightening.
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Tesla’s Big Gross Margin Advantage

Most of the world’s legacy automakers are slowly but surely raising their electrification games, and that’s good news for all concerned — car buyers need more choices, and the industry needs healthy competition. However, they still have a lot to learn, and some painful choices to make, if they hope to catch up to the […]
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World Risks “Doom Loop,” IPPR Warns

A UK climate advocacy group is warning about a
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Two Years In The Making — How The Ford/CATL Deal Got Done

Bloomberg is out today with the story of how the Ford/CATL battery factory deal got done. It took two years and many trips back and forth across the Pacific. Even now, there are politicians who are unhappy about the deal to build a battery factory in Michigan that involves CATL and no one can say […]
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Woke In The Streets: In-Road Wireless EV Charging Comes To Indiana

The dream of an in-road, wireless EV charging system is not so dreamy any more. Indiana is among the states developing systems that will enable electric vehicles to recharge while in motion. That’s the sort of convenience that will help more drivers make the switch from gasmobiles to electric drive, much to the delight of […]
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Volvo CE Invests in Battery Pack Production

Volvo CE has announced plans to invest millions into its excavator plant in Korea, where it plans to build some seriously big EV batteries!
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Speculations On The New Tesla Platform

I don’t think I have ever been more curious about a Tesla investor day as the one coming up March 1st. There is so much speculation on what we are going to see, and I usually just read what others try to predict and then grab my popcorn and enjoy the live event, but this time […]
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Wasted Wind Energy & Tenable Transmission During Winter Storm Elliott

More wind energy and interregional transmission could have mitigated the impacts of rolling blackouts experienced during December’s winter storm.
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Cyclone Freddy, 1st Category 5 Storm In 2023, To Slam Madagascar (Video)

Cyclone Freddy is on track to hammer Madagascar with extreme winds and significant flooding early this week. The first Category 5 storm of 2023, Freddy is the second-strongest of only five February Category 5 storms ever recorded. Video above: International Space Station Views Cyclone Freddy from Space Cyclone Freddy has weakened somewhat over the weekend […]