#vehicles
Going Fully Electric
Half of US Buick dealers chose buyouts over selling EVs in 2023
https://electrek.co/2023/12/20/half-of-us-buick-dealers-chose-buyouts-over-selling-evs-in-2023/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/aLgKJJWrhzd4/
#Electric #vehicles #EV KILLING MACHINES
are so prone to spontaneously bursting into flames
Reporter explains big problem with Morocco relief efforts | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra says queues several kilometres long have built up as aid and emergency vehicles try to access villages near the epicentre of Mo...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AtlasMountains #HashemAhelbarra #Reporter #access #aid #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #earthquake #efforts #emergency #epicentre #latestnews #newsheadlines #problem #queues #relief #vehicles #villages
Reporter explains big problem with Morocco relief efforts | Al Jazeera Newsfeed
Colossal Cache of Lithium Found in US May Be World's Largest
Hydrothermal enrichment of lithium in intracaldera illite-bearing claystones
Developing a #sustainable supply chain for the global proliferation of #lithium ion batteries in #electric #vehicles and grid storage necessitates the extraction of lithium resources that minimize local environmental impacts. Volcano sedimentary lithium resources have the potential to meet this requirement, as they tend to be shallow, high-tonnage deposits with low waste:ore strip ratios. Illite-bearing Miocene lacustrine sediments within the southern portion of McDermitt caldera (USA) at Thacker Pass contain extremely high lithium grades... #economics #geology
The True Cost of Electric Vehicles
360View - https://sovren.media/video/the-true-cost-of-electric-vehicles-2828.html
On this episode of 360 View Scottie Nell Hughes speaks with Lauren Fix, the Car Coach, to discuss the steps various governments are taking in regards to transportation and climate change and the present day impacts they are having. Plus, our international correspondent Roxana Solano breaks down the true cost of an electric car.
Lithium-air battery with solid electrolyte
US researchers have developed a new lithium-air battery with solid electrolyte and the potential to reach a record energy density that is nearly four times that of lithium-ion batteries. The test cell demonstrated stability over 1,000 charge and discharge cycles.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/02/28/lithium-air-battery-with-solid-electrolyte/
#technology, #electric, #storage, #distributed, #energy, #vehicles
Squad Mobility prices solar car at $6,250
Squad Mobility will start selling its new two-passenger Squad solar electric vehicle in the US market in January. It is designed for quick trips like grocery shopping or short-distance commutes.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/12/09/squad-mobility-to-sell-new-solar-car-for-6250/
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#quote from #pa
Ukrainians don’t have much to be thankful for, but they may be a little thankful they’ve not all got #electric #vehicles
https://tass.com/defense/1531611
Over 100 strikes on #Ukrainian power facilities carried out in 20 days — energy company
#Ukraine a President Vladimir Zelensky said at a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson on Tuesday that about 40% of the country’s energy infrastructure had been damaged
KIEV, November 2. /TASS/. More than a hundred strikes have been carried out on Ukraine’s energy facilities since October 10, when #Russia launched attacks on the country’s infrastructure following a terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, says the Ukrainian company YASNO, one of the country’s major electricity providers.
“Russia has attacked energy infrastructure 103 times <…>. Only shelling after October 10, whose consequences have been made public is taken into account,” says the infographic on the company’s Facebook page (a social media site banned in Russia since it is owned by Meta Corporation, which has been deemed extremist by Russia’s authorities).
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said at a meeting with European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson on Tuesday that about 40% of the country’s energy infrastructure had been damaged.
YASNO supplies electricity, gas and energy solutions in Ukraine. According to the company, it serves about 3.5 million customers.
On October 10, two days after Ukraine’s terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a massive attack on Ukrainian military, energy, and communications facilities with the use of long-range smart weapons. According to him, the Ukrainian authorities have long been using terrorist methods, including an attempt to blow up a section of the TurkStream gas pipeline, strikes on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and three terrorist attacks against the Kursk NPP. The Russian president then warned Kiev about a tough response to such actions.
Strikes against facilities in Ukraine were to a certain extent a response to the attack in Sevastopol, President Putin said on October 31. On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported about a terrorist attack in Sevastopol, which was carried out by the Kiev regime with the participation of British specialists against the Black Sea Fleet and the commercial vessels involved in ensuring security of the grain corridor.
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Nord Stream AG Says Completed Initial Data Collection From First Line of Nord Stream Site
MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Nord Stream AG said on Wednesday that it completed initial data collection from the site of damage at the first line of the Nord Stream in Swedish exclusive economic zone, having found man-made craters and a completely destroyed section of pipeline at the site.
As of 2 November 2022, Nord Stream AG has completed initial data gathering at the location of the pipeline damage on Line 1 in the Swedish exclusive economic zone," the statement read.
According to preliminary results of the inspection at the damage site, man-made craters with a depth of 3 to 5 meters (9-16 feet) were found on the seabed and a damaged section of the pipeline, the operator said.
“The section of the pipe between the craters is destroyed, the radius of pipe fragments dispersion is at least 250m,” the statement said.
Experts will continue to analyze the findings, according to Nord Stream AG.
Explosions occurred on September 26 at three of the four strings of Nord Stream 1 and 2 underwater pipelines built to carry a combined annual 110 billion cubic meters of Russian gas to Europe.
The bombing halted gas deliveries to Germany ahead of the cold season, prompting a gas price hike and a scramble for alternative sources in the European Union.
Moscow has blasted the Nord Stream as an “obvious terrorist attack.” The spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova has recently said the world needs to know more about a text message allegedly sent by former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss to US State Secretary Antony Blinken minutes after the attacks on the Nord Stream pipeline network.
Earlier, Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload file-sharing website and an internet entrepreneur, tweeted that Truss used her iPhone to send a message to Blinken saying “It’s done” minutes after the pipeline explosion. According to the entrepreneur, the text Truss sent is well known to the intelligence service of Russia and it is the reason Moscow believes that the United Kingdom was involved in the bombing attack.
“As those #batteries #corrode, #fires #start. That’s a new challenge that our firefighters haven’t faced before.”
Firefighters in #Florida are dealing with a new challenge in the wake of #HurricaneIan—waterlogged #ElectricVehicle batteries erupting in flames. https://www.theepochtimes.com/floridas-top-fire-marshal-warns-tons-of-waterlogged-electric-vehicles-catching-on-fire-after-hurricane-ian_4781135.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=minds
Florida's Top Fire Marshal Warns 'Tons' of Waterlogged #Electric #Vehicles Catching #Fire After Hurricane Ian
Federation-style house and a cheery little truck
#photo #architecture #straya #vehicles #rural #oz #fog #banwinter #myphoto #mywork
Plans are to phase out some things (flying, shipping, fossil fuels), and to reduce other things (heating, materials production, food energy) to 60% . https://ukfires.org/absolute-zero/?fbclid=IwAR2isR6cSM4VxSBGOe1wREqMHqmxQSTLp4t04aIJ-D4XJ1Z_DoeAuk3yswU #absolutezero #fossilfuels #heating #food #beef #lamb #flying #cars #vehicles #energy #appliances #construction
Stilride uses "industrial origami" to create stainless steel electric scooter
Swedish startup Stilride has unveiled the electric Sport Utility Scooter One, which is manufactured from stainless steel using an origami-like process that reduces the amount of material used.
Built using a method described as "industrial origami", the scooter's body was made from stainless steel folded into shape by robots.
According to the company, this method can significantly reduce the environmental impact of production compared to conventional manufacturing techniques as it requires fewer raw materials and components.
The SUS1 is the first product from Swedish company Stilride
Named Sport Utility Scooter One (SUS1), the scooter is Stilride's first product and will go on sale in Europe later this year.
While conventional scooters consist of a tubular frame and a plastic body, the SUS1's chassis is constructed by taking a single sheet of stainless steel and cutting and folding it.
Its curves and intricate shape are created using specially developed software that controls a system of robotic arms and laser cutters commonly used to build vehicles.
"There are limitations when it comes to sheet metal: either you go down the workshop line where you are cutting, welding, and bonding and the level of refinement is pretty basic but it can be done by a company that doesn't have much money for research and development," said Stilride co-founder Tue Beijer.
The scooter is made using a process dubbed "industrial origami"
"Or you have pressing sheet metal like the car companies do, where you have high refinement but the cost entrance level is huge and you have to be producing thousands of units," he told Dezeen.
"So it's been in my head for years: what if you can take the good things from the workshop and the freedom of not having to fold things over straight lines? That's why I started to think about curve folding."
Curve folding is a well-established craft but has rarely been used in manufacturing
Curve folding is a well-established craft but has rarely been used in manufacturing. Modernist Danish architect Arne Jacobsen used the technique with plywood to produce his famous Series 7 chair.
Stilride compares its groundbreaking curve folding technology, called Stilfold, to "industrial origami".
Co-founder Beijer made the first SUS1 model out of folded paper, with the concept developed as part of a research project with the Metallic Materials programme, funded by the Swedish government's innovation agency, Vinnova.
Stilride co-founder Tue Beijer said he hopes the SUS1 has the same "presence" as a Vespa
A result of its origami production, the SUS1 has a distinctive aesthetic that gives it a physical presence similar to classic scooters such as the Vespa or the Lambretta.
"The curve folding itself creates a unique design DNA which is instant," he added. "It's like a dance between the sheet metal and the design. You are not totally liberated; you have to work with what is possible with the metal."
The company claims the scooter requires 70 per cent fewer components than a traditional scooter, reducing waste while contributing to a 20 per cent reduction in material costs and a 25 per cent reduction in labour costs.
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Stilride is planning to also create a production process to allow the SUS1 to be manufactured from flat-packed steel sheets in local factories across Europe. This process would further reduce the scooter's carbon footprint.
Stilride claims the small number of components makes its scooter more sustainable and better to ride
"We piggyback on existing workshops that are today working with laser cutters and robotic arms," explained Beijer. "It's a bit like making a three-course dinner when you look in your fridge and see there is not much in there."
"When we start off it is going to be a premium brand, but over time we will also launch products more for the mass market," he added.
The SUS1 is set to be followed by cargo bikes and trailers built using the Stilfold tech
Stilride will next look to use its curve folding technique to develop cargo bikes and trailers.
Other innovative electric motorcycle designs include the bikes from fellow Swedish brand Cake being used to catch poachers in the South African bush.
The photography is courtesy of Stilride.
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Cake releases anti-poaching electric motorbike for South African park rangers
Swedish brand Cake has created an electric motorbike specifically for use in the remote South African bush that is "super-efficient" at catching animal poachers.
The Ösa AP (anti-poaching) bike, which was unveiled by Cake an expo in Denver last month, allows rangers to quietly track poachers.
"Before with the combustion engine bikes, the poachers would hear the guys four-to-five minutes away and just pack up and leave," Cake chief executive Stefan Ytterborn told Dezeen.
"In this case, they can sneak up on the poachers without being heard until they're really, really close."
Cake unveiled the Ösa AP in late January
As well as the lack of noise, the solar-charged Cake anti-poaching bikes also negate the need for costly and polluting truck or helicopter deliveries of petrol out into the remote bush.
It is the second product in Cake's Electric Bush Bike range after its Kalk AP was trialled last year by the Southern African Wildlife College.
Cake entered the electric motorcycle market in 2018 with the lightweight motorcross-style Kalk, followed by the workbench-bearing Ösa a year later.
For the anti-poaching series, these models have been adapted to cope with the demands of travelling off-road through the South African outback.
The Cake anti-poaching bikes are silent, making it easier for rangers to catch illegal poachers
That meant sealing the bikes' motors and drivetrains to protect against dust while finding new cooling solutions in order to mitigate the loss of ventilation, as well as fitting wider wheels and tyres to enable riding through muddy terrain.
Cake developed its software to allow the bikes to switch quickly between prioritising range and speed, depending on whether they are patrolling the bush or chasing down poachers.
Extra communication kit was also fitted to help riders contact the ranger camp while on patrol.
The Ösa AP is joins the Kalk AP in Cake's Electric Bush Bike series
Working with the US company Goal Zero, Cake also produced a solar-charged mobile power station for the Electric Bush Bikes.
"We pretty much started from scratch developing a bike that would deal with the African climate, whether that be humidity, mud, dust, and so forth; sealing bikes, and developing specific software to support their riding needs," said Ytterborn.
Cake says the Kalk APs have proved "super-efficient" for catching poachers
He added that since it began five months ago, the trial with the Southern African Wildlife College had shown the Kalk AP to be "super-efficient" for catching poachers.
Cake claimed the bikes have proven successful at assisting conservation, protecting the lives of wild suni, red duiker and blue duiker antelopes, while also significantly cutting carbon dioxide emissions and running costs – in turn allowing the college to hire more rangers.
Thanks to their solar-powered batteries, the bikes eliminate the need to transport fuel out into the bush
In total, ten bike have been donated to the Southern African Wildlife College, funded by private purchases of Cake products, with the launch of the Ösa AP intended to keep up the project's momentum.
Three per cent of the proceeds from purchases of Cake's AP bikes and apparel go to the college.
Part of the purpose of the anti-poaching initiative is to help Cake further develop the durability of its bikes in order to extend their useable lifetimes and so be more sustainable.
It is hoped that the anti-poaching initiative will help develop longer-lasting, more durable motorcycles for everyday uses
"We have a strong commitment to sustainability, and I would say that the biggest threat to sustainability is our pace of consumption, so on our side it's all about extending life cycles," said Ytterborn.
"And therefore, it's crucial for us to develop bikes that can stand jumping 30 metres, doing a double flip, or doing whatever it is that may be needed for anti-poaching in Africa, or for polar expeditions, so we can implement those learnings about durability and longevity in our bikes for more ordinary uses."
Kalk AP was the first bike in Cake's Electric Bush Bike range
Ytterborn admitted that the AP bikes currently in use are not yet "perfectly attuned", with dust clogging issues meaning they must be cleaned daily, but that he expects the models to be optimised over the rest of the two-year trial in South Africa.
It is now exploring alternative uses for the Electric Bush Bikes, including a current project, which would see them distribute Covid and malaria vaccines in rural Ghana and charge medical fridges with their mobile batteries.
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The Ösa AP is described by Cake as an "off-grid transporter". It was designed to haul heavy loads, while running on an extra-powerful battery that can be used to power electrical equipment.
A long, flat bar along its length can be used to attach baskets, bags and tools in more than a thousand possible configurations.
It comes in versions equivalent to a 50cc moped or a 125cc motorcycle, both of which are street legal in the US and Europe.
Cake has touted the Ösa as a portable and adaptable powered workbench
The non-street-legal Kalk APs can hit speeds of more than 90 kilometres per hour, weighing 62 kilograms with a battery range of up to three hours.
Cake has also has produced a city moped, the Makka, and developed versions of its bikes optimized for racing and deliveries.
Previous motorbikes featured on Dezeen include the "world's first" fully 3D-printed motorbike and Harley-Davidson's first electric motorcycle.
The photography is courtesy of Cake.
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