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$30,000 Tesla Cybercab due “before 2027,” Robovan concept seats 20

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Green Car Reports
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday night introduced the Cybercab, an autonomous electric vehicle so fully focused around the evolution of Tesla’s so-called full self-driving system that it doesn’t have a steering wheel or any pedals. Tesla may have gotten some pushback about omitting the turn signal stalk and shift lever in some of its… Read more…

Watch Tesla’s Cybercab and Robovan unveiling full replay here

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ArenaEV
You can almost feel the electricity in the air as Tesla prepared to unveil its highly anticipated Robotaxi. Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, has consistently pushed the boundaries of technology and people’s patience. His claims about a fully autonomous future have fueled excitement and controversy in equal measure. But did Tesla really deliver on its promise of a driverless revolution? The… Read more…

XPeng shows us more of the P7+, “the world’s first AI vehicle”

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ArenaEV
Today XPeng has semi-unveiled the P7+, which it initially showcased back in September. We still don’t have pricing, however, as that will come with a third announcement in November, which will also bring us all the still missing details. XPeng keeps wanting to bill this as “the world’s first AI vehicle”, because AI is the buzzword of the year. Pre-sales… Read more…

BW Converting debuts in-line cleaner for continuous battery foil production

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US-based industrial machinery manufacturer BW Converting, a Barry-Wehmiller company, is introducing its Baldwin Electrode Press Industrial Cleaning (EPIC) System, which can work with its Corona Pure systems for cost-efficient battery cell manufacturing. EPIC automates cleaning in calender processes, specifically for anode and cathode foil production. Operating at up to 302° F (150° C), EPIC is… Read more…

Tesla Model Y Juniper spotted in Europe

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ArenaEV
Tesla’s long-rumored and much-awaited Model Y refresh codenamed Juniper is almost finally here. Maybe. Hopefully. Anyway, a Juniper test vehicle has been spotted in Mataró, Spain, wearing a pretty heavy coat of camo. There isn’t a lot that we can glean from these images, that’s for sure, but the point here isn’t what they’re showing us necessarily, but the fact… Read more…

SLB makes breakthrough in sustainable lithium production demo

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Oilfield services company SLB (aka Schlumberger), has proven its lithium production process at scale at its demonstration plant in Clayton Valley, Nevada. The Nevada demonstration plant integrates direct lithium extraction (DLE), concentration and conversion technologies to produce lithium from brine 500 times faster than conventional methods while using only 10% of the land, as well as… Read more…

COOLBat project develops lightweight EV battery enclosures

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Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU have teamed up with partners in the COOLBat joint research project to develop next-generation battery enclosures for EVs. The COOLBat project focuses on making lighter enclosures to reduce power consumption and increase driving range by combining individual systems, packing more functions into a… Read more…