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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! When Captain Marvel becomes quantum-entangled with two other superheroes, only science can save them, so experts from Argonne and Fermilab set out to untangle the real quantum physics and cosmology concepts behind the movie The Marvels. Jessica McChesney of Argonne, Fanny Rodolakis of Argonne, Ana Botti of Fermilab and Rebecca Thompson of Fermilab participated in a science panel after “The Marvels.” (Image by Gillian King-Cargile/Argonne National Laboratory.) Disney’s “The Marvels” are some of the latest comic book heroes blasting across movie screens and streaming…
Tesla applied a special pricing update to the Model Y in the United States. It appears to be a new approach to price adjustments. Instead of simply changing the price like in the past, the manufacturer announced that the price change would only be temporary. The new Tesla Model Y RWD and Long Range AWD are now $1,000 less expensive, while the Performance version of the car maintained its previous price. However, the change is time-limited and concerns only vehicles that will be delivered by the end of the month (February 29). Get Fully Charged Tesla Model Y is the…
Walmart announced an upcoming expansion and modernization of its facilities in the United States, with sustainability in mind. It means more energy-efficient equipment and lighting, lower-impact refrigerants and EV charging points. During the next 12 months, the company intends to remodel 650 stores across 47 states and Puerto Rico. Separately, over the next five years, Walmart is planning to build or convert more than 150 stores in the U.S. All new and remodeled stores will reflect Walmart’s Store of the Future concept, which includes EV chargers. Get Fully Charged EV chargers coming… everywhere The electric vehicle charging infrastructure is gradually expanding.…
EVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever crash tests specifically looking at EVs and guardrails. The tests showed that guardrails previously tested with internal-combustion cars weighing up to 2,400 pounds and pickup trucks weighing 5,000 pounds might not be adequate for some heavier EVs. 2018 Tesla Model 3 In one test, conducted Oct.12, 2023, a Rivian R1T weighing about 7,000 pounds and moving at 60 mph “tore through the barrier with…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! An Argonne team developing materials for solid-state batteries took an unexpected detour to investigate tiny short-circuits known as soft-shorts. Their insights will benefit battery researchers around the world. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have shed important new light on what the early signs of battery failure look like. Their study — which relates to a condition called soft-shorts — provides the research community with valuable knowledge and methods to design better electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The Argonne team’s research focused…
After a report 5,000 hours of development time, custom tuning house Lunaz has breathed new life into this classic Range Rover Safari cabriolet by ditching the old 3.9L V8 and replacing it with dual electric motors — but there’s a lot more to this build than an engine swap! Lunaz says the project was originally inspired by the Range Rover convertible featured in the 1983 James Bond film “Octopussy” and driven by Roger Moore. Starting with a 1983 two-door wagon model, the Lunaz crew did more than just chop the Ranger’s top. Indeed, it seems like they really took Q’s…
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The warning signs appeared last year when Shell scrapped its plans to build 48 hydrogen refueling stations for light duty vehicles in California. The company was in line for over $40 million in state incentives to install those fueling stations, but even that was not enough to move the project forward. In September, Shell closed three of its five hydrogen stations in the state. “We can confirm that Shell has discontinued its plan to build and operate additional light-duty vehicle fueling stations in California,”…
More than 13.6 million plug-in electric cars were sold in 2023, accounting for about 16% of total car sales globally. Today, we will take a look at the largest manufacturers (automotive groups or OEMs) of rechargeable cars. According to EV-Volumes data, shared by researcher Jose Pontes, five OEMs continue to be responsible for more than half of all plug-in car sales. Get Fully Charged 2023 Plug-in car sales results In 2023, almost 13.7 million new plug-in electric cars were registered globally. Out of that, almost 9.5 million were all-electric (11% of all cars). First, we will check out the volume…
Which EV brand rolled out lower-priced versions of its electric pickup and SUV? Which hotels are soon getting Tesla wallbox chargers? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 9, 2024. In a first drive of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van, we saw how businesses and fleet managers are going to run out of excuses, as diesel’s living on borrowed time. And this quiet, super-efficient van leads the way to passenger vans, RVs, and the electric vanlife arriving in just a few more years. 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter Rivian…