Toyota Solid State Battery, Tesla Tracking Mode, Electric Last-mile Delivery: Car News Today
Tesla tunes Model S Plaid with Track Mode. Apartment building fees may be more feasible with smart devices that are in highest demand. We find out why nearly every vehicle marker is so bullish on electric last-mile delivery vans. And is a solid-state battery bound for the next Toyota Prius? This and more, here at Green Car Report.
Toyota is planning launching solid-state battery technology by 2025 — in a hybrid battery, not in a battery power model. One of the company’s tech experts recently explained why.
Tesla last week revealed a Track Mode for Model S Plaid, additional torque vectoring, improved cooling, and more aggressive suspension settings. With more regenerative braking taking some of the load off the friction brake, the update could help Plaid avoid brake overheating, which some testers have noted.
Bringing rechargeable electric vehicles into multi-unit housing estates could implement some new strategies to avoid Charge requests can boost building energy bills thousands of dollars a month. A company aims to respond quickly in that situation by adjusting to that need.
And electric last mile delivery truck are increasingly sought after by all the packing giants — to avoid the dark clouds of smoke that follow every diesel delivery to the neighborhood. And they are being produced from all major commercial truck manufacturers. While they may not make a lot of money per electric truck, they can make huge profits from fleet services that size up demand for batteries and chargers.
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