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Vietnam’s Richest Man Backs Battery-powered Automobile Aiming to Make Inroads in the U.S.
by John R. Quain
August 19, 2022

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(The National) A man in a day-glow jacket waves us ahead with a green flag, and we stamp on the accelerator, the trees zipping by on closed stretch of bitumen on Hon Tre Island off the coast of Vietnam.

The SUV, a pre-production VinFast VF 8, spins up to more than 120kph before we hit the end of the road.

While the test drive was a little too fast with only a dash of fury, it demonstrates the company's high aspirations for the vehicle, the ultimate destination of which is the US market by year's end.

It is an audacious goal for a five-year-old car maker, but VinFast has deep pockets.

It is backed by parent company Vingroup, which operates a network of shopping malls, resorts, real estate interests and amusement parks in Vietnam, with revenues of $4.7 billion last year.
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caltrek’s comment: This is another one of those I know I am in the future moments. When I came of age, the U.S. was extracting itself from a war in Vietnam that it had “lost” against a Communist government. Anybody else see the irony here?
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California is Ready to Drag the Rest of the U.S. into the EV Age
by Andrew J. Hawkins
August 24, 2022

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(The Verge) California is poised to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles — a far-reaching policy that is likely to reverberate throughout the rest of the country and the world.

On Thursday, the California Air Resources Board will issue the new rules that were first rolled out by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020, which would require 100 percent of new cars sold in the state to be free of carbon emissions, according to The New York Times.

The rule would phase in over time, with 35 percent of new passenger vehicles sold by 2026 and 68 percent by 2030. California says that over 16 percent of new car sales were “zero-emission vehicles” in 2022 — up from 12.41 percent last year and 7.78 percent in 2020.

“It’s ambitious, it’s innovative, it’s the action we must take if we’re serious about leaving this planet better off for future generations,” Newsom said in a statement. “California will continue to lead the revolution towards our zero-emission transportation future.”

California’s stance on new car sales is extremely consequential given the state’s status as a standard bearer for clean air regulations. To date, 14 other states have adopted its progressive zero-emission vehicle program for passenger vehicles, which was launched in the early 1990s and has spurred automakers to develop hybrid and fully electric cars. California is also one of the largest markets for car sales in the world, with nearly 15 million registered vehicles on the road and 1.85 million new vehicle registrations in 2021.
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Miky617 wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 4:15 pm
Nanotechandmorefuture wrote: Wed Aug 17, 2022 9:52 am Btw what does the crying cat mean? I kept seeing cats as memes or cats in general here and there growing up. What is that? Some sort of intel or something meaning?
It doesn't mean anything serious, it's a funny yet relatable picture. If someone shoved a microphone in my face and expected me to talk unprompted, I'd probably start crying, too
Not to derail the thread too much but no way. I'm starting to realize the cat thing may not be as innocent as I think it is. Please DM if you want to continue the conversation more. I consider it sinister even if others may find it funny at some level :cry:
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GM Venture Starts Building Battery Cells at New Ohio Factory
August 31, 2022

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DETROIT (AP via Courthouse News) — General Motors said Wednesday that a new electric vehicle battery plant built in Ohio has started producing cells, which could help customers get federal tax credits.

The joint-venture plant near Warren, Ohio, is focused on training as it prepares to ramp up manufacturing. A spokeswoman for the venture said it is producing cells but they are not yet being shipped. They'll go into vehicles with GM's Ultium batteries, which currently include Hummer EVs, Chevrolet Silverado EV pickups and the Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV.

Eventually, though, the plant should help GM's EVs meet requirements to qualify for a $7,500-per-vehicle federal tax credit.

Under the Inflation Reduction Act recently signed into law, electric vehicles and their batteries must be manufactured in North America to get the credit. Battery minerals must be mined or recycled on the continent as well, or half the tax credit would be lost. And the batteries can't have any components from China, another difficult hurdle.

The requirements are designed to build a North American supply chain for EVs so the country isn't reliant on China and other overseas countries.


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Startup Adden Energy Granted Technology License from Harvard to Scale Innovative Fast Charging Lithium-metal Battery Technology for Commercial Deployment
September 2, 2022

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(EurekAlert) Harvard’s Office of Technology Development has granted an exclusive technology license to Adden Energy, Inc., a startup developing innovative solid-state battery systems for use in future electric vehicles (EVs) that would fully charge in minutes. Adden Energy has closed a seed round with $5.15M in funding led by Primavera Capital Group, with participation by Rhapsody Venture Partners and MassVentures.

The license and the venture funding will enable the startup to scale Harvard’s laboratory prototype toward commercial deployment of a solid-state lithium-metal battery that may provide reliable and fast charging for future EVs to help bring them into the mass market.

Developed by researchers in the lab of Xin Li, PhD, Associate Professor of Materials Science at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the lab-scale coin-cell prototype has achieved battery charge rates as fast as three minutes with over 10,000 cycles in a lifetime, with results published in Nature and other journals. It also boasts high energy density and a level of material stability that overcomes the safety challenges posed by some other lithium batteries.

Adden Energy was co-founded in 2021 by Li, along with William Fitzhugh, PhD ’20, and Luhan Ye, PhD ’22, both of whom contributed to the development of the technology as graduate students in Li’s Harvard lab. Fred Hu, PhD ’93, founder and Chairman of Primavera Capital, is also a founder of Adden Energy.

The startup aims to scale the battery up to a palm-sized pouch cell, and then upward toward a full-scale vehicle battery in the next three to five years. “If you want to electrify vehicles, a solid-state battery is the way to go,” said Li, who is a scientific advisor to Adden Energy. “We set out to commercialize this technology because we do see our technology as unique compared to other solid-state batteries. We have achieved in the lab 5,000 to 10,000 charge cycles in a battery’s lifetime, compared with 2,000 to 3,000 charging cycles for even the best in class now, and we don’t see any fundamental limit to scaling up our battery technology. That could be a game changer.”


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OutfuckingRAGEOUS
Remember when the total number of EVs worldwide a decade ago wasn't even half of that?

Global passenger plug-in electric car sales do not disappoint and, considering that the overall car market is down, look very promising.

According to EV-Volumes data, shared by Jose Pontes, some 778,092 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in July, which is 61% more than a year ago.

That's one of the best monthly results and the best first month of a quarter. Compared to the overall market, plug-ins hold 14% of the market (including 10% for battery-electric cars).

It's amazing that one in ten new cars is already 100% electric and the segment is expanding at a healthy pace against all challenges.

Meanwhile, conventional hybrids are down year-over-year for the fourth consecutive month. Is this what prompted Toyota to invest more in BEV battery production?
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Investors Prove that Insurtech Isn’t Dead, Thanks to E-bikes and Pre-fab Homes
by Mary Ann Azevedo
September 19, 2022

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(TechCrunch) The ways in which we live and get around have evolved over the past few decades.

For example, sales of e-bikes are outpacing sales of electric cars in the U.S., according to recent research. And, pre-fabricated and manufactured homes are gaining in popularity as housing shortages persist globally.

It appears that their popularity is no fleeting trend. The Light Electric Vehicle Association predicts that over 1 million e-bikes will be sold in the U.S. in 2022. Research indicates that the global e-bike market will surge to nearly $41 billion by 2030, a big jump from being valued at US$ 17.56 billion in 2021.

Boundless Rider is a new insurance company founded specifically to serve riders of motorcycles, e-bikes and power sport vehicles. The Boston-based startup recently closed on $4.75 million in a seed funding round led by American Family Ventures, with participation from The Cross Country Group, SiriusPoint, and Belmont Capital. The company also previously raised $2 million in pre-seed funding that was never announced publicly.

“E-bikes can get very expensive. They are highly portable and get stolen often,” he (co-founder of Boundless Rider Blair Baldwin) said. “Many go up to 28 mph or even faster and there is a real liability in case something goes wrong – if there’s damage to a bike, or a replacement is needed, or if one creates an accident that hurts somebody else.”
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New York state to adopt California 2035 EV rules
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Sept 29 (Reuters) - New York state plans to adopt California's rules approved in August that would require all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, Governor Kathy Hochul said on Thursday.

Hochul said in a statement that she has directed a state environmental agency to propose and finalize rules adopting California's plan setting yearly rising zero-emission vehicle rules starting in 2026 that phases out gasoline-only new car sales by 2035.

The agency will hold a public hearing before the rules are finalized.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted its rules after Governor Gavin Newsom issued a 2020 executive order directing the move. CARB said the rules will reduce smog-causing pollution from light-duty vehicles by 25% by 2037 and result in 9.5 million fewer conventional vehicles sold by 2035.
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