Electric cars SOURCE: Reuters WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden took a step toward his goal of slashing greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday with an executive order aimed at making half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 electric, a move made with backing from the biggest U.S. automakers. The administration also proposed new vehicle emissions s …
Read moreSOURCE: Forbes Mercedes-Benz has become the latest automaker to announce plans to effectively abandon sales of gas and diesel-powered vehicles. Mercedes said Thursday that it expects plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles, or PHEVs and BEVs, to account for 50% of its global volume by 2025—double the target it originally announced two years ago. …
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Battery Technology SOURCE: Harvard University Long-lasting, quick-charging batteries are essential to the expansion of the electric vehicle market, but today’s lithium-ion batteries fall short of what’s needed — they’re too heavy, too expensive and take too long to charge. For decades, researchers have tried to harness the potential of solid-state, lithium-metal batter …
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