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FCEVs still not as hot as Tesla
Glad no one was hurt. Hope this is not a new trend and Tesla figures this one out.
Tesla Model S Self-Ignites In Texas, Owner Wants Response From Tesla - Vehiclesuggest -
What Happens To Your Honda Clarity When The Lease Is Up?
It goes to the crusher. Shades Of the EV1.
I ran across this article on CleanTechnica.
What Happens When Your Honda Clarity Lease Is Up? Honda Destroys It! (cleantechnica.com) -
Solid State Battery 10 Minute Charge Toyota - Lets Go Places
Just when you think Toyota is years behind Tesla - Boom look what Toyota has been working on - amazing a 10 minute charge.
Toyota EV with solid-state batteries: 10-minute full charge, prototype reportedly due in 2021 -
Plug-In Hybrids Polluting more?
Not sure if this has been posted before, seems familiar? Maybe similar news article. Anyway, this was posted yesterday on Green Car Reports:
Report: Plug-in hybrids are polluting more than claimed
The argument skirted, but worth considering: even if the engines are polluting more, if they're only running say 20% of the time, does it cancel out? -
Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure
The California Energy Commission released its First Revised Notice of Proposed Awards for passenger vehicle hydrogen stations (GFO 19-602). 114 stations are recommended for approval.
Shell - 51, FirstElement - 49 and Iwatani - 14
It’s great to be a Trailblazer! -
Porsche building an e-fuel plant...
...with Siemens in Chile.
"Wind energy will power the electrolyzers to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. CO2 will then be filtered out of the air and processed with the aforementioned hydrogen to create synthetic methanol. A proprietary methanol-to-gasoline process provided under license by Exxon Mobil results in e-gas. Porsche says the liquid fuel will be safe without modification for all of its cars, including classic models."
How Porsche's new e-fuel plant could pave the way for guilt-free classic-car motoring - Roadshow
Chile was chosen for its wind supply. The first phase could be making 34k gallons by 2022. This will go to what Porsche called beacon projects; their race race program and other promotional projects. They plan a fast ramp up though; 14.5 million gallons by... -
About 150 Cadillac dealers would rather leave the brand than sell EVs
Source: About 150 Cadillac dealers would rather leave the brand than sell EVs
Dealerships might hamper GM’s plans to electrify its cars. Wall Street Journal tipsters claim that roughly 150 GM dealerships in the US have decided to drop the Cadillac brand and accept a buyout (ranging from $300,000 to over $1 million) rather than spend about $200,000 to upgrade the dealerships with charging stations, repair hardware and other equipment needed to sell EVs. Many of these brands only sell a few Cadillacs per month versus more for Buick, Chevrolet and GMC, but it’s still a significant blow when GM has 880 Cadillac dealers in the country.
Who would rather sell out than sell EVs.
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Electric Cars Are Not So Clean
Polestar spills the beans:
Electric cars aren’t clean — and it’s time the industry is honest about it -
Toyota Motor North America: New BEV Coming In 'Short Term'
"We're really clear: The future of this industry is electrification," Carter told Automotive News. "The question on the table is the level of adoption, how quickly the market will move."
Toyota Motor North America: New BEV Coming In 'Short Term'
Pay wall: Toyota, Lexus plan aggressive lineup overhaul; battery-electric vehicle coming to U.S. in 'short term' -
Japan Is Reportedly Aiming to Go All-Electric and Hybrid Around 2035
Is the age of cars powered solely by internal-combustion coming to an end? It certainly seems so, with more governments issuing proclamations about when they're aiming to transition to electrified cars. Nikkei's newswire reports that Japan is targeting the mid 2030s for when its cars are all electrified as part of its aim to become a zero-emission country by 2050. It's not as ambitious as the U.K.'s recently announced goal to ban internal combustion entirely by 2035, but still a big deal, as Japan's is a huge auto market.
Japan Is Reportedly Aiming to Go All-Electric and Hybrid Around 2035... -
More Tesla Quality Issues .......
Looks like Tesla has determined that there are roof issues on 9k Tesla’s.
Tesla recalls 9,500 Model X and Model Y cars over roof, bolt issues -
Deutschland and Hydrogen
Source: German lobbyists are pushing hydrogen fuel cells—but German automakers | EVANNEX Aftermarket Tesla Accessories
There’s a puzzling power struggle going on in Germany. The federal government, cheered on by various industry trade groups, has grand plans to build a hydrogen fuel cell ecosystem. However, two of the country’s three major automakers have stated in no uncertain terms that hydrogen fuel cells are unsuitable for passenger vehicles, and that battery-electric vehicles are the way forward (a conclusion that Tesla’s founders reached back in 2003, and that Elon Musk has reiterated in colorful terms many times).
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Works for me. We're seeing legacy leaders who have not gotten the updated memo that hydrogen is too expensive except by taking tax funds from other government services.
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Full-scale Ammonia Engine Test Announced
"Wärtsilä, along with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS, Repsol, and the Sustainable Energy Catapult Center, will begin what they say is the world’s first long-term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine."
Full-scale Ammonia Engine Test Announced - Diesel & Gas Turbine Worldwide
Ammonia and methanol are seen as the top two fuels for reducing carbon emissions in the shipping industry. Batteries simply aren't practical for crossing an ocean. Ammonia can be made from green hydrogen, and has a big advantage over hydrogen when it comes to storage and transport. 5% added to gasoline is reported as possible without modifying current cars. It can also be used in a fuel cell, and article mentions another project working on that.
The title pretty much reports the news. This will be the first test of ammonia in an engine. Done in a lab, the goals are to study how the... -
California incentive addition
Source: $1,500 Clean Fuel Reward Applies To All Electric Vehicles Bought In California
It applies to any fully-electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle with a battery pack bigger than 16 kWh.
In case you were looking for additional discounts when buying a new electric vehicle, then this new so-called ‘ Clean Fuel Reward ‘ may be of interest to you. It makes all EVs and some PHEVs purchased in the state of California $1,500 cheaper, and the only criteria is to have a certain size battery pack.
Its introduction can be credited to the California Air Resource Board (CARB) and local power providers and it actually applies to all fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. You can still benefit from it regardless if buy or lease a new plug-in vehicle in the state, although said vehicle does have to be registered in California and the buyer needs to be a state resident - buying one... -
Review of hydrogen
An accurate review:
There is one dodgy claim, $4/kg, for hydrogen. However, it is a minor point.
Bob Wilson -
Ford joins GM and Tesla
Source: In Reversal, Ford CEO Says Company Exploring EV Battery Production | The Motley Fool
A new managerial regime at Ford (NYSE:F) is signaling a new attitude in the carmaker's relationship with electric vehicle (EV) batteries. At the Reuters Automotive Summit, recently installed CEO Jim Farley revealed that the company is now considering producing its own battery cells for the increasingly popular vehicles.
"We are discussing [battery] cell manufacturing," he said bluntly in his remarks at the conference, which concluded on Friday. "I think that's natural as [EV] volume grows."
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That policy differentiated Ford from numerous well-known peers in the automotive sector. For example, the titan of the U.S. industry, General Motors, is devoting piles of capital and resources to such products, while Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) famously powers its... -
U.S. Charging Stations
Source: NREL: Strong Growth Of U.S. Charging Station Installs Continued In Q1 2020
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Good progress.
Bob Wilson -
Model 3 joins NYC yellow cab fleet
Source: First Tesla Model 3 NYC yellow cab hits the road - Electrek
Tesla Model 3 joins NYC Yellow Cab fleet, potentially 13,000. An earlier Leaf experiment failed due to limited range.
Bob Wilson
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