Last week’s announcement from Tesla to create the North American Charging Standard (NACS) from its proprietary charging plug has raised serious questions in some quarters. Tesla’s plan is a smack in the face of regular standardization efforts, and it seems aimed at satisfying the requirements of the National Electric Vehicle…
(November 11, 2022) Today, Tesla Motors made an announcement it seems is meant to solve the issue of electric vehicle charging standards in North America. Tesla’s solution is to unilaterally declare their proprietary charging port is now open for all to use, and that it is now to be called…
The future of electric vehicles is starting to happen with a deal between Lightning Motorcycles and battery maker Enevate. Lightning has a long history of making fast and powerful electric motorcycles. Their partnership with Enevate makes Lightning one of the first companies to offer a Silicon-based EV battery. The new…
Several times now, Tesla vehicles struck stationary first responder vehicles dealing with stuff on the road. The concern is whether Tesla’s autopilot system exacerbates human factors to undermine the effectiveness of the driver’s ability to supervise the vehicle. Remember that Tesla’s autopilot system is not a full-fledged driving automation system…
Last week in Perugia, Italy, a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus caught fire, spectacularly. The fire was put out, the bus was completely destroyed, and thankfully nobody was injured. However, on Twitter, the video is being shared by people claiming it to be an electric bus. What we have is…
Russia’s occupation of its neighbors, and threats to the Nord Stream 2 project, risk a war between Russia and Ukraine.
Li-Bridge alliance hopes to solve supply problem where China manufactures over 75% of lithium batteries worldwide.
Avoiding a dependency on foreign batteries requires the USA to manufacture its own lithium batteries.
Nation-wide EV charging networks looking to close gaps in charging infrastructure coverage.
California is leading the way to integrating solar, wind, energy storage, and electric vehicles, as distributed energy resources.
Large Tesla Megapack storage array being built in California to supply power for Apple infrastructure.
Romania is finally going to see Tesla Supercharger support, two years after Elon Musk’s promise.
Volkswagen marketing stunt name change to Voltswagen was either innocent, or a lie.
