Articles tagged "Misc"

Lightyear 0 promises to be the revolution the whole world has been waiting for - apparently. The idea is truly amazing, can you imagine a car you pay for only once and never have to recharge? According to Lightyear - it is possible. Lightyear has...

The EU Parliament voted yesterday on eight climate protection laws that will address the renewable energy targets, the aviation sector, pollution control as well as how forests management and vehicles. Compulsory speed limits in France in order...

The Norwegian Automobile Federation (NAF) is equivalent to the German ADAC, the American AAA or the UK AA. It was established in 1924 and is responsible for national vehicle safety testing, while also offering roadside recovery services and camping...

The largest battery recycling factory in Europe is now operational. Hydrovolt, based in Fredrikstad, Norway, is a joint venture of aluminum producer Hydro and battery producer Northvolt. The factory has the capacity to process 12,000 tons of...

The first commercial lithium refinery in Europe is being setup in Northern England by Green Lithium. The project has just received backing from Trafigura, one of the largest metal trading institutions in the world. Trafigura will supply the new...

Norway started the EV revolution with an earthquake - dropping VAT on new electric cars, introducing toll discounts, offering free parking among other incentives, just to convince people to move away from ICE vehicles. It worked - Norway has the...

With everything going on around the world, White House is not waiting for the dust to settle and is pushing to limit or end America’s reliance on foreign suppliers. With this latest move the administration is planning to support local companies...

If you are interested in performing a deep dive in internal combustion engine technology, you must be prepared to be bombarded with many different concepts. Naturally aspirated engines, turbocharged engines, direct injection, indirect injection, or...

The US saw a record-breaking first quarter of 2022 with a total of 208,411 EVs sold. That brings the total of electric vehicles sold in the US since 2011 to more than 2 and half million cars. As usual, it was California's high EV adoption...

Replacing the regular old side mirrors with cameras has been one of the latest trends in modern car design. After a few notable concepts, such as the Volkswagen XL1, Audi finally took the plunge in 2019, announcing the Audi e-tron will offer mirror...

Battery EVs have batteries, and we all know those batteries cost a lot of money. But just how much? And what's the actual breakdown of the cost structure for your average EV battery? That's what the folks over at Elements by Visual Capitalist set...

President Biden set the US on a path to become carbon-neutral by 2050 and switching away from gas-powered vehicles is a large part of that. However, currently less than 1% of vehicles on American roads are electric. There are a lot of factors to...