This week, the new Tesla Model 3 (also known as the Highland upgrade) was officially listed in a catalog of upcoming models in China, which was shared by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). This is the final step before a new car model is officially launched in China. The public can check…
Porsche Taycan and Audi E-Tron GT electric cars are being recalled to address a battery-sealant issue. The two EVs are based on the same J1 platform and share many major components—including battery sealant. Both Porsche and Audi switched to a Teroson sealant during the period when the affected cars were produced, and it may have…
Since Ulysses S. Grant was in the White House, any company that mines gold or other metals from public land has been able to haul it away without paying a dime in royalties to the federal government. As demand is spiking for copper, nickel, cobalt and other metals and minerals that are essential for electric…
Lithium-ion batteries can degrade over time for multiple reasons, including cracking among cathode particles. Commonly mentioned in research papers as intergranular cracking or intergranular fracture, the phenomenon causes corrosion and mechanical degradation within a battery, leading to range loss. But new U Michigan research shows how cracking can be beneficial. The following might sound like…
Now that July’s sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization has made it official: July 2023 was Earth’s hottest month on record, and by a wide margin. July’s global average temperature of 62.51 degrees Fahrenheit was six tenths of a degree higher than the previous record set in 2019, the Copernicus Climate…
Electrify America recently announced a major change to how the network conducts its business. On August 17th, 2023, the network switched from a set pricing structure that offered consistent pricing on all of its locations around the country, to a dynamic pricing structure. In doing so, the network began charging different fees from location to…
Don’t let the rats fool you. Although the pizza-pilfering vagabonds — and a variety of other creatures — thrive in cities, for many wild animals urban environments are unappealing homes, covered in concrete and carved up by car traffic. As buildings go up and roads are laid down, some species seem to vanish from the…
Nearly ten months after Tesla handed over the first Semi to PepsiCo in December 2022, performance results from its first independent real-world test have finally emerged. Several companies are participating in the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s (NACFE) Run On Less program, with the goal of testing the real-world performance of electric commercial vehicles,…
By 2025, Peugeot will offer the widest range of electric cars of any generalist brand in Europe, and as of now, Peugeot is replacing its best-seller with an all-new electric fastback SUV: the Next-Level Peugeot E-3008. Peugeot has transformed the E-3008, taking to a whole new level the creativity of its design and the driving…
The farthest star ever detected, located behind what NASA describes as “a wrinkle in space-time,” is more than twice as hot as the sun and about a million times more luminous. The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new details about the star, dubbed Earendel, which was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope last year….
