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USA: Kentucky makes NACS mandatory for charging subsidies

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Kentucky has become the first US state to require charging infrastructure providers to implement the Tesla charging system as a condition of receiving funding. The corresponding regulation in Kentucky went into effect last Friday. In addition to federal requirements for the competing Combined Charging System (CCS), Kentucky stipulates that Tesla’s so-called North American Charging Standard […] More…

Fisker teases best look at the Ronin super GT to date, says it anticipates 600 miles of range

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Fresh off the first US deliveries of its flagship SUV, the Ocean, the EV automaker’s chairman and CEO teased its third model on social media – a convertible GT called the Fisker Ronin. We still don’t know much about this EV yet (Fisker still needs to deliver a model before this one), but we do know the automaker is planning to deliver BIG range, and shared our best look of the super GT below. More…

Canada’s RecycLiCo to build a battery recycling plant in Taiwan

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Battery materials company RecycLiCo (formerly American Manganese) has entered a 50-50 joint venture with Zenith Chemical Corporation to build a battery recycling plant in Taiwan. The first facility, estimated to cost $25 mn, is to process 2,000 metric tons per year of lithium-ion waste. The partners expect to convert the materials into valuable resources such […] More…

Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in July 2023

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Here at Electrek we have spent countless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through those thousands of miles of riding, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bicycles on the market for just about any budget.. More…

ZF presents ‘ultra-compact’ e-drive for passenger cars

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ZF has unveiled its electric concept vehicle, the EVbeat, in which the components of an e-driveline have been optimised and combined into a holistic system. These include an ultra-compact 74 kg driveline with a torque density of 70 Nm/kg, holistic thermal management and cloud-networked driveline software. At temperatures around freezing point, the range in real-world operation… More…

Argentina to start battery cells production before this year

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Argentina plans to start producing battery cells for electric cars in September 2023. The production plant, built by the state-owned energy research company Y-TEC, will use lithium carbonate extracted from Livent in northern Argentina. Nothing is known yet about the production capacity. “We will start to produce the first lithium-ion battery cells in the country,” […] More…