Toyota and Nissan EV tax credit, Vinfast factory in the US, breaks the partisan divide EV: The reverse week
Which automaker has announced plans to make electric SUVs in North Carolina?
What is the most expensive material needed for an EV battery?
Here’s our look back at Reverse Week — right here at Green car report—For the week ending April 1, 2022.
Toyota and Nissan are both about to offer exciting new electric cars — bZ4X and Ariya, corresponding. But both are close to hitting the 200,000-vehicle cap, which will trigger soon off the full $7,500 EV tax credit. We looked at how timing might work.
2023 Toyota BZ4X
It’s been an important week for regulation and policy stability. On Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration perfecting harsher fleet fuel economy standards that would bring the fleet of passenger cars and light trucks to about 49 mpg by 2026. These standards, outperforming the annual advances proposed by the previous Biden administration, replace the standards. launched by the Trump administration and could lead to about 17% of EVs and plug-in hybrid sales by 2026. Earlier in the week, the federal government reinstate higher penalties—And their collection — for automakers that don’t meet the standards. That could guarantee Tesla a “fatty revenue stream” from selling emissions credits — and perhaps, a higher value for those credits. And in the midst of all this, a coalition of 16 states and ethanol groups continues challenge EPA . emissions rulesallege that they signal the EPA is favoring one technology over another.
USPS Next Generation Delivery Vehicle – Oshkosh . Defense
The US Postal Service is working efficiently double the number of mail trucksin a surprise move that throws another wildcard into a confusing hand around its next-generation trucks, which will begin to be used on roads in 2023.
If the US builds policy around the sale of all-electric passenger cars by 2035 and all-electric heavy-duty trucks by 2040, the American Lung Association projected this week. accumulate $1.2 trillion in public health benefits between 2020 and 2050. That’s in addition to the global climate benefits.
Prototype VinFast VF 8
The biggest domestic production announcement of the week did not come from GM or Ford, but from Vietnamese automaker Vinfast, which announced its plan. to produce electric vehicles in North Carolina starting in 2024—With a $2 billion plant capable of producing 150,000 vehicles per year.
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have announced plans for a Canadian joint venture battery factory. Capable of generating up to 45 GWh annually – enough for hundreds of thousands of EVs per year – it will be the automaker’s first large-scale venture in North America.
Battery maker CATL on Wednesday announced a third-generation version of the cell-to-pack technology to help reduce costs and create a packaging advantage. It claims that this version of it generates more power – with the same volume – than the latest Tesla 4680 format battery technology.
CATL . Third Generation Cell Encapsulation Technology
Cobalt is the most expensive material needed for electric vehicles and recent price volatility threatens the affordability of EV. Will the US lose control of this resource to oil?
According to a German magazine, Porsche is said to be working on a version of the 911 sports car powered by solid-state battery technology. Porsche’s parent group Volkswagen has been a longtime investor in solid-state company QuantumScape, and VW hints that the technology could allow luxury models to have some very fast charging packages by the end of the decade.
Former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, now CEO of battery recycling company Redwood Materials, recently suggested that EV batteries will last about 15 years. That’s a bit longer than the battery warranty. Meanwhile, Straubel emphasized that with current supply chain uncertainties, the runway for EV battery recovery and recycling processes has been shortened.
Lotus Eletre
Lotus reveals about Eletre, The first SUV as well as the first car produced outside the UK. The performance electric SUV will offer all-wheel drive and 350 kW charging, and is built on a new dedicated EV platform and developed with extensive use of carbon fiber and aluminum – to match the point. Light pressing of the Lotus.
Kia plans to offer EV9 electric SUV in Europe in 2023, the company announced this week. The EV9 is one of 14 new EVs launched by the brand globally by 2027. Despite earlier hints that the model will be available in the United States, Kia has yet to make the same confirmation about the model. for America.
Kia Concept EV9
A recent study highlighted how priorities differ for current electric vehicle owners versus “interactive people” who do not currently own. Cost and convenience are higher priorities for the originals.
And results from a national poll released Monday by a trade group in the electric vehicle industry show that Growing partisan divide in Congress over EV policy can be disconnected from reality. It found that there was broad bipartisan support for “smart policies designed to increase electric vehicle adoption,” including consumer incentives and public investment in the infrastructure. infrastructure.
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