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Pilot and Flying J travel centers will host 500 DC fast-charging stations, all manned 24/7 and equipped with 350-kw chargers—with most to be installed by 2025.
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Hyundai Ioniq 6 improvements boost range and efficiency, will get full over-the-air updates
How was Hyundai able to secure additional driving range from the Ioniq 6 given the same battery pack? An executive summed what the electric sedan gains.
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Hyundai Ioniq 6 vs. Ioniq 5: How sibling EVs' very different designs fit harmoniously
The Hyundai Ioniq 6, confirmed for U.S. arrival in Q1 2023, looks very different than the Ioniq 5 crossover but has a lot in common.
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Panasonic selects Kansas City for what it claims will be largest battery plant in the world
Panasonic says that the $4 billion plant will make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles—likely for both Tesla and other automakers.
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Canoo electric vans, Celestiq photos, charging robot, VW battery recycling: Today’s Car News
Canoo comes back to life with a Walmart order. Redwood will recycle Audi and VW EV batteries. Ziggy the robot will find cars to charge. And GM has a reveal date for the Cadillac Celestiq. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM has revealed a few more teaser photos of the Cadillac Celestiq...
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Cadillac Celestiq flagship teased ahead of July 22 debut
Another teaser image presages the reveal of the Celestiq electric show car.
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The robot finds the car, plugs in, and then returns to a staging area to be recharged from the grid, a solar array, or energy storage batteries
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Redwood Materials aims to recycle all VW and Audi EV batteries in North America
Redwood will work directly with VW dealers to recover batteries after they've ended their useful lives in EVs, and they'll be shipped to Nevada for recycling.
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Walmart gives new life to struggling Canoo with order for 4,500 electric vans
The Canoo electric van has had a strange journey toward production, and a move to Walmart's Arkansas hub might have kept it going.
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Honda CR-V Hybrid redesigned, point-of-sale EV rebates, faster-charging cells and downsizing: Today’s Car News
Americans prefer point-of-sale EV rebates, and we’d all save money in the process. Could faster-charging batteries save raw materials? And Honda rolls out a new generation of the CR-V Hybrid, with hopes for it to be a sporty, high-mpg sales leader. This and more, here at Green Car Reports...
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2023 Honda CR-V Hybrid goes sporty, angles for half of sales
Honda has rearranged its two-mode hybrid system and boosted the motor torque. Will it gain mpg?
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Study: Point-of-sale EV rebates buyers prefer could have saved $2 billion vs. tax credits
Buyers prefer a rebate that's applied at the point of sale—sometimes referred to as "cash on the hood"—to a delayed tax credit, even if the credit amount is higher, the study found.
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Reducing battery size could help lower costs and the environmental impact by lessening the need for rarer materials like nickel and cobalt.
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Tesla Powerwall virtual power plant, Hyundai Ioniq recall, “wear-free” motor: Today’s Car News
Tesla Powerwall owners will ally to smooth the California grid. A new motor design is claimed to be good for performance EVs and wear-free. And Hyundai issues a recall on the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid and PHEV—again. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a pilot program with the California...
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German supplier claims to have a "wear-free" electric motor good for towing, performance EVs
Mahle claims the motor can run continuously at 90% of its max output, with durability assured by a new integrated oil-cooling technique.
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Backseat fires prompt recall replay for Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid, Plug-In Hybrid
Owners of Ioniq Hybrid and PHEV models that have already been fixed for a previous recall will need to plan for some more time at the dealership.
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Thousands with Tesla Powerwalls will back up the grid in a virtual power plant experiment
Participating customers' Powerwalls will collectively form a "distributed" battery that can absorb excess energy during low electricity demand, and discharge it back into the grid during high demand.
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VW battery gigafactory, Bolt EV discounts, Toyota EV tax credit phaseout: The Week in Reverse
Which automaker beat Tesla so far this year in EV sales, according to some reports this past week? Which company confirmed that it has 1,000 battery swapping stations? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 8, 2022. This...
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Sales of electrified vehicles are surging in rural America. Toyota and Panasonic lead in solid-state battery patents. And EV interest is up tremendously, even before considering gas prices. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Even before this spring’s spike in gas prices—now at $4.72, on a national average according to AAA—Consumer Reports found far greater determination from shoppers in making their next vehicle an EV. Although the 71% that are interested in an EV closely aligns with a similar survey in 2020, it noted 14% said they would “definitely” buy...
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Study: Demand for hybrids and EVs is soaring in rural America
Looking at used-vehicle market share, demand for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery electric models is growing faster in areas outside coastal urban and suburban population centers.
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Toyota and Panasonic lead in solid-state battery patents
That's no guarantee they'll be first to market with the technology, though. Toyota started researching solid-state batteries in the 1990s.
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Survey: Even before the gas-price surge, 71% of Americans would consider an EV
The consumer organization found that the portion that would "definitely" buy or lease an EV has more than tripled versus 2020.
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VW battery gigafactory, Nio battery swapping, Tesla still tops BYD in EVs: Today’s Car News
Is Tesla or BYD the top global EV seller? Nio has hit 1,000 battery-swapping stations, in what is far from an experiment. And VW is building its first of many big EV battery factories. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen today officially broke ground on its first EV battery cell...
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VW breaks ground on first EV cell “gigafactory,” starts PowerCo battery business
The Salzgitter battery cell factory, termed SalzGiga by VW, will be a hub for global battery activities and a template for factories around Europe and potentially North America.
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