The 2024 Polestar 5 will make its public debut in prototype form at the United Kingdom’s 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed June 23, Polestar confirmed Tuesday in a press release. Goodwood is known as an event not necessarily for EV enthusiasts but for vintage car enthusiasts in general—which may help point to the audience Polestar is seeking…
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LG Chem and KEMCO to produce battery precursor materials in South Korea
LG Chem has formed a joint venture with battery materials manufacturer Korea Energy Materials (KEMCO) to invest more than 200 billion KRW ($160 million) in the construction of a battery precursor materials production line in the Onsan Industrial Complex in Ulsan. Construction of the line is set to begin this July.
The metals provided by KEMCO and recycled metals from scrap and waste batteries will be recycled and used to produce NCMA precursor materials for EV batteries. LG Chem says, “The recycling process of the joint venture combines dry and wet processes to maximize the metal recovery rate compared to existing processes.”
After full production starts in the second quarter of 2024, LG Chem says the production line will produce 20,000 tons of precursor metals per year.
Precursor materials from the line will supply LG Chem’s cathode plant in Cheongju, South Korea.
Source: LG Chem
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Low-tech Charge Cable Channel could be a solution for drivewayless EV drivers
Regular Charged readers are familiar with the tragic Plight of the Drivewayless—millions of car owners living in urban neighborhoods depend on street parking, and thus have no way to charge EVs at home. All kinds of solutions, from the clever to the crazy, have been proposed.
Now UK-based firm Stormguard has launched a new product that offers a partial solution—one that could eliminate the problem for some drivers—at minimal cost. Is this miracle device a complex automated charging system? A super high-tech wireless charger? No, it’s a six-foot-long aluminum channel.
The product was born when retired engineer Colin Townend had a flash of insight: many urban EV owners could charge their cars at home if they could just run a cable across the sidewalk to the street—without creating a dangerous tripping hazard. His solution is a channel embedded in the pavement, with a brush strip that holds the cable in place.
The Stormguard EV Charge Cable Channel, which comes in 2- and 3-meter lengths, requires a 5 cm x 5 cm groove to be cut in the existing pavement with an angle grinder, which should take less than an hour. It’s shallow enough that it won’t interfere with underground utilities, wheelchairs and strollers can easily pass over, and the cable can be removed at any time.
The Channel could also be handy for homeowners with detached garages—installing the Channel is likely to be far easier and cheaper than trenching and burying cable.
Source: Stormguard
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These new rental electric mopeds in California are the latest evolution in e-scooter dominance
Love them or hate them, rental electric scooters have undeniably changed the game when it comes to short trips around crowded cities. Whether a quick form of commuting for locals or a convenient way for tourists to navigate a new city on vacation, rental electric scooters have become a staple of quick and easy urban transit. Now Lime’s newest electric moped could be showcasing the next evolution beyond small-wheeled standing electric scooters.
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Source: Charge Forward
Toyota Hits Back At Critics: Consumers Set Pace Of Electrification
Customers must have a variety of options available and the carmaker should not narrow those down, Toyota CTO Masahiko Maeda said.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
Elon Musk says solving self-driving is the difference between Tesla being worth a lot or nothing
Elon Musk made an interesting comment about Tesla’s effort to develop self-driving. The CEO says that solving self-driving is the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or almost nothing.
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Source: Charge Forward
Elon Musk Says Lucid And Rivian "Tracking Toward Bankruptcy"
Unless they manage to cut their costs dramatically, Lucid and Rivian will both go bankrupt, Tesla’s CEO believes.
Source: Electric Vehicle News
BLUETTI begins sales of EB3A power station with 268Wh capacity and 600W inverter
Following its initial debut at CES 2022, the BLUETTI EB3A solar generator has officially gone on sale starting today. This lightweight power station is ultra portable, while still delivering 268 Wh of stored energy and the ability to recharge at “turbo” speeds. All while delivering an output of 600 watts. Get yours from BLUETTI today!
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Source: Charge Forward
Can food waste be turned into green hydrogen to produce electricity?
West Lafayette, Indiana-based Purdue Research Foundation recently completed a licensing agreement with an international energy company – the name of which was not disclosed – for the commercialization of a new process discovered at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) for the biological production of green hydrogen from food waste. A second licensing agreement with a company in Indiana is under negotiation.
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Tesla Model 3 Stored For Two Years Is Not Your Usual Barn Find
This brand-new Model 3 Long Range was parked outside and almost abandoned for about two years; does it still work?
Source: Electric Vehicle News
