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Volvo’s CEO says dropping Apple CarPlay is a mistake, rejects monetization inside cars

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Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan’s shed some light on the company’s plans for the future and how it plans to adapt to the rapidly changing landscape. With a background in consumer electronics at companies like BlackBerry and Dyson, Rowan is up to speed with developments and commented on recent move by GM to remove popular features like Apple CarPlay. Volvo, under Rowan’s leadership, is poised for a significant transformation, with a pledge to become fully electric by the end of the decade. This ambition is underpinned by a broader industry shift towards electrification, autonomy, and… Read more…

Watt Electric Vehicle Company’s new van is made exclusively from recycled aluminum

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UK startup Watt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC) has announced an interesting new partnership today as it looks to reach production of its flagship commercial van, the eCV1. Together with the help of leading Norwegian industrial company Hydro, WEVC hopes to deliver an electric van built from recycled aluminum that can last decades and potentially enable closed-loop production. Read more…

Here’s how Tesla cleverly re-launched its Cyberquad for Kids by skirting ATV laws

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Despite Tesla’s long-awaited Cyberquad electric ATV likely still having a long wait ahead of us, it’s actually been two years since the company rolled out a smaller version designed for young riders. But after a Consumer Product Safety Commission recall put the kibosh on the original version, Tesla has returned with an updated model that managed to avoid the same laws that quashed the original. Read more…

Solar supplement for hybrid truck

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Scania has shown a prototype of an electric truck that uses solar panels to provide additional power for propulsion (writes Nick Flaherty).
The truck is a regular 100 kWh Scania plug-in hybrid connected to a trailer with 200 kWh of additional batteries as a power bank. These are connected to the solar panels.
“When we first began thinking about this, our starting point was the lithium-ion batteries used in battery-electric trucks,” said Eric Falkgrim, a technology leader at Scania’s Research and Innovation department and the project manager for the truck. “In the time that Scania has been working with that technology, we’ve seen the batteries become lighter, cheaper and more energy-dense.” Read more…

Renault is set to imminently unveil a small affordable electric city car

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According to “three sources familiar with the matter”, Renault is all set to unveil a small affordable electric city car on November 15. That’s hours from now. This EV will be smaller than the planned Renault 5 EV. It’s expected to be built at Renault’s Novo Mesto plant in Slovenia, which also builds the Twingo ICE car. With that in mind, this could very well be a Twingo EV of sorts. Renault 5 EV This model will go on sale in 2026, according to the already quoted anonymous sources, and as such will be one of six new EV models Renault intends to launch by 2030. Renault’s EV unit,… Read more…

Maersk’s APM Terminals explains why container port equipment must electrify

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Ocean shipping is often cited as one of the most difficult transport segments to electrify, and with good reason. However, there’s one segment of the container shipping industry that should be fairly easy to cost-effectively electrify: container handling equipment (CHE) at ports. APM Terminals—a unit of Danish shipping giant Maersk that runs about 8% of… Read more…