Articles tagged "Misc"

Writing about politics is never fun, in fact that’s probably the least interesting thing to write about despite the politics actually affecting our lives a lot. What is even less fun - if that’s possible - is writing about politicians. Sometimes it...

There’s nothing sexy about numbers, most of the time they are just boring bunch of digits getting in the way of our easy lives. But often the numbers tell us interesting stories and even forecast the future. A truly electrifying skill. There is...

The California Air Resources Board issued a new rule meant to speed up the shift to electric vehicles. The vote of the new legislation was unanimous and is hoped to have a huge impact on other states, with 15 already adopting California’s previous...

SAIC Motor is the Chinese state owned car manufacturer and it is the biggest of the Big Four - SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng and Changan Automobile. Just to give you an idea how big the company is, it sold 5.37 million cars in 2021. That’s 8% of global car...

More and more car manufacturers announce their intentions to stop selling fossil fueled cars. Volvo made its pledge a long time ago, Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz have plans to stop by 2030, Stellantis, Ford Europe, GM, Audi and VW - they all set their...

Yesterday President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. A momentous day, although highly controversial, the act will mean a lot of changes in the US with many of them hailed as the biggest changes in a generation. Among many...

It feels like every time we look into news from China, there is a new EV company popping up. But the truth is, the speed of electric car development in China is immense and hard to keep up with. Yes, there are plenty of new companies showing up and...

Not too long ago, ICE cars with power outputs of 150-200 ps were considered high performance machines and had all the acronyms associated with this, GTi, Type R, S etc. In the ICE world, the basic outputs of the cars start from very low and the...

The Inflation Reduction Act has been approved by the US Senate by the narrowest of margins - 51-50 votes. What is the IRA? It is the improved Build Back Better bill introduced by president Biden, which unfortunately got stuck in the Senate thanks to...

P3 Group offers engineering and software development services for automotive and energy sectors. The company also created the P3 Charging Index - an independent comparison tool that can show real charging speed of different electric vehicles. The...

150 kW, 200 kW, 250 kW - when it comes to the peak power of DC charging the race seemingly won't stop. But is importance of the maximum charging power of an electric car blown out of proportion? After all DC charging in an electric car’s life...

QuantumScape is a name that comes up often when we talk about solid state batteries. The company is at the forefront of the development of technology that is supposed to revolutionize the EV industry. Established in 2010 and its progress earned it...

A lot has been said in recent days about the proposed 2035 EU wide ban on sales of new fossil fueled cars. Only yesterday we reported that 5 countries objected to it on the basis of infrastructure development delays and electric car affordability....

The EU has announced its controversial proposal to ban all ICE vehicle sales from 2035 only a couple of weeks ago and now the member states are preparing to vote whether to approve it or not. As it turns out, it’s not a clear cut case with quite few...

Teslas are known for popularizing the massive touchscreen on the dashboard, but as Tesla owners know all too well, that screen can’t be used to connect your phone using Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. But what if there was a way, a very convoluted...

Li Auto is not a new company any more - it has been manufacturing cars at scale since 2019, it has been listed at NASDAQ since 2020 and at the HKSE since 2021. It is one of those rare companies that didn’t suffer any losses in recent market trouble,...

The EU made news recently with its plans to ban the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars starting from 2035. The proposal was backed by EU Parliament members earlier this month, and the next step is negotiations with EU countries on the...

CharIN is a global non-profit association dedicated to establishing the Combined Charging System (CCS) - a unified charging system for electric vehicles. They are responsible for establishing many standards and solutions currently used by electric...

With inflation running rampant across the world, with the costs of living going through the roof for everybody out there, the UK government is clearly struggling to balance its books and is reaching out for desperate measures. With people being...

Not a good day for founders of the Electric Last Mile Solutions. Both James Taylor and Jason Lou resigned from their posts, perhaps due to an ongoing SEC investigation into the company accounting processes. The company has announced it is filing for...