Electric Vehicles
Why It’s Time to Officially Get Over Your EV Range Anxiety
Electric vehicle batteries keep getting larger, and the typical driving range between charges keeps growing. The shift is partly a response to “range anxiety”—the fear of being stranded because EV batteries don’t have enough power to get to the next charging station—an idea so familiar in discussions of electric vehicles that it was spoofed in […]
Read MoreFinally, Some Good Climate News: The Biggest Wins in Clean Energy in 2022
You can forgive people who work on U.S. energy policy for being tired this month. They have just sprinted, and sometimes slogged, through an extraordinary year of action and progress at the federal, state and local levels. “It’s been a big one, for sure,” said Autumn Proudlove, associate director for policy and markets at the […]
Read MoreCar Companies Are Now Bundling EVs With Home Solar Panels. Are Customers Going to Buy?
It makes sense that someone buying an electric vehicle would also want to buy a charging system and get it installed. But how about solar panels, and home battery storage? Automakers are increasingly wanting to sell all of these products. Hyundai recently announced the rollout of Hyundai Home, a service to help the company’s customers […]
Read MoreThree Midwestern States to Watch as They Navigate Equitable Rollout for EV Charging
Arthur Burton founded his renewable energy company, AMB Renewable, three years ago in Chicago to help ensure that disadvantaged communities are part of the transition to clean energy. For him, the injection of $7.5 billion in federal funds into electric vehicle infrastructure nationwide marks the start of a clean energy future that truly includes everyone. […]
Read MoreCalifornia Climate Measure Fails After ‘Green’ Governor Opposed It in a Campaign Supporters Called ‘Misleading’
The only statewide climate measure on California’s ballot Tuesday failed, even though it would have raised billions to help meet the state’s ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by subsidizing electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, among other things. Its downfall resulted largely from the high-profile opposition of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has arguably worked harder […]
Read MoreThe EV Battery Boom Is Here, With Manufacturers Investing Billions in Midwest Factories
Last week, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the headquarters of Our Next Energy, a battery manufacturing startup in Novi, a Detroit suburb. This is an increasingly common scene as demand for electric vehicles is leading to an expansion of U.S. battery manufacturing on a scale so large that it’s almost difficult […]
Read MoreHow a New ‘Battery Data Genome’ Project Will Use Vast Amounts of Information to Build Better EVs
How much does an electric vehicle’s battery performance change in hot weather? How about cold? If someone drives aggressively in an EV, how does that affect the battery life? How much do variations in battery materials make a difference in how an EV performs in various conditions? Researchers and manufacturers have partial answers to these […]
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