Toyota recasts hybrids without charge ports as “hybrid EVs”

Hybrid cars have combustion engines but, unless they are plug-in hybrids, not EV charge ports. A new Toyota marketing campaign appears to downplay the difference. Announced Monday, the new “Electrified Diversified” campaign emphasizes the variety of options available from Toyota, encompassing battery-electric, hydrogen fuel-cell, plug-in hybrid, and hybrid powertrains. In an accompanying press release, Toyota…

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Researcher shows bodies of purported “non-human” beings to Mexican congress at UFO hearing

A journalist and researcher on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), or UFOs as they’re better known, presented the remains of purported “non-human” beings to lawmakers in Mexico on Tuesday during the country’s first public congressional hearing on the topic. Jamie Maussan brought two boxes containing what he said were the small, stuffed bodies of extraterrestrials recovered…

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Volkswagen’s ID.7 Tourer Electric Estate Brings Wagons Into The EV Era

Today, Volkswagen revealed the first photos of its first all-electric estate model, which is called the Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer. The Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer, still camouflaged, is based on the Volkswagen ID.7 sedan model, which entered series production in Emden, Germany this summer (alongside the ID.4). Both versions of the ID.7 will be produced together starting…

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China to restrict Export of Graphite disrupts Supply Chain for Li-ion Batteries Manufacturing  

China restricts the export of graphite from December 1. Under the new restrictions, exporters need to apply for Beijing permission to ship two types of graphite, including high-purity, high-hardness and high-intensity synthetic graphite material, and natural flake graphite and its products. Graphite is a crucial material for Li-ion battery manufacturing. It is used in the…

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