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PSA: Recall & stop sale on all BMW i3s sold in US
BMW has issued a voluntary non-compliance recall and stop-sale on all new i3s until the issue of the recall can be remedied. So if you’re looking to buy a BMW i3, you might be in for some bad luck.
According to NHTSA testing, there’s an issue with frontal crash protection for drivers of the “5th percentile female” in the driver’s seat, if they don’t wear their seatbelt. Basically, that means that, in the event of a frontal crash, females of about 5-feet tall and 110 pounds have a “marginally higher risk” of sustaining neck injuries than is allowed.
@bwilson4web I hope you and yours are safe and having a happy Thanksgiving!
Recall and stop-sale to be issued on all BMW i3 models sold in America
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Georgetown Ky Toyota Plant
Source: Toyota Tells Camry Plant Employees to Cut Costs — Now | TheDetroitBureau.com
Employees at Toyota’s largest plant in North America were just delivered a message from Japan: cut costs or lose jobs.I've taken two tours of this plant and it is 'Disneyland for Engineers.' I hope they get the problem(s) resolved.
The company’s plant in Georgetown, Kentucky, produces the Camry, which is the best-selling sedan in the U.S., was told in a video from the company’s plant manager that currently it is cheaper for Toyota to build the Camry in Japan and ship it to Kentucky than it is to simply build it in Kentucky.
Bob Wilsonbwilson4web Nov 22, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 668 Likes: 1 Replies: 1 -
Industrial hydrogen
Source: Green Car Congress: UC Santa Barbara team develops catalytic molten metals for direct conversion of methane to hydrogen without forming CO2
In their study, the UCSB researchers prepared liquid alloys of active metals in low–melting-temperature metal “solvents” (Sn, Pb, Bi, In, and Ga) using known equilibrium phase behavior to produce catalysts that melt at <1000°C. The melts are used in molten-metal bubble columns, where carbon continuously floats to the surface where it can be removed.
The carbon produced—mostly graphite—accumulated as a fine powder at the top surface of the melt.
In addition to the problems of high-pressure hydrogen, a hard problem, steam reformulation of methane generates CO{2} and consumes water. This process eliminates the water and generates carbon in a form that can easily be sequestered.
Bob Wilsonbwilson4web Nov 21, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,953 Likes: 1 Replies: 20 -
Ex-semi driver has questions about Tesla Semi
Like, why aren't there outside mirrors? How about windows that roll all the way down? How fast can it stop? Are you sure it can't jackknife?
He raises some good questions about practicality and the laws of physics.
This ex-trucker has some questions about the Tesla Semi
Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.pilotgrrl Nov 21, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 2,352 Likes: 3 Replies: 22 -
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Tideland Prius Nov 21, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 805 Likes: 0 Replies: 7
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Tideland Prius Nov 21, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 713 Likes: 0 Replies: 1
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Tideland Prius Nov 21, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,003 Likes: 1 Replies: 1
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Tideland Prius Nov 21, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,284 Likes: 0 Replies: 13
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Prius v ends US run, Rav4 hybrid took its sales
Toyota Prius V hybrid wagon ends U.S. run; RAV4 Hybrid took its sales
Ashlem Nov 18, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 15,176 Likes: 4 Replies: 135 -
Tesla is Going Out of Business, says former GM Vice Chairman.
11/17/2017: Tesla is 'going out of business,' says former GM exec Bob Lutz
Tesla is a "losing enterprise" that won't last, Bob Lutz, former vice chairman of General Motors, told CNBC on Friday.
"The company, folks, is going out of business. At this rate they'll never get to 2019," the well-known Tesla skeptic said in an interview with "Power Lunch."
Among the issues facing the electric-car maker are fixed costs that are out of control, an inefficient manufacturing operation and no dealership network, Lutz said.
Plus, there's nothing about Tesla (TSLA) that can't be easily duplicated by other automobile companies, he argued.
"There is no secret sauce in Tesla. They use the same lithium-ion batteries as...exstudent Nov 18, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 13,808 Likes: 0 Replies: 187 -
Wipe out any progress we've made, right?
By 2019, Volvo says that every new car model that it sells will either be electric or a hybrid. By 2023, Ford plans to have 13 new electric or hybrid cars and GM will introduce 20 new electric cars. By 2025, Volkswagen plans to have launched around 30 new electric cars, and five years later, it will offer an electric version of every model it sells. But all of the manufacturers are also part of an auto industry trade group in the U.S. that is lobbying to weaken fuel economy standards.
Automakers Say They’re Going Electric–But They’re Also Lobbying For We
Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.pilotgrrl Nov 18, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 983 Likes: 0 Replies: 12 -
Faraday Future's Fantastic Flameout
The story of the EV that probably will never be, the Faraday Future.
Accidental Billionaire
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Tell Congress: Keep the EV Tax Credit
As new EV models come to market, automakers and drivers alike need to be able to count on policies that foster innovation and support a flourishing market. This is why we at ChargePoint support initiatives that protect American innovation, leadership, jobs, and help reduce emissions by increasing the adoption of electric vehicles.
We ask you to join us and other EV enthusiasts in signing this petition asking Congress to retain the EV tax credit.
Click here to read more from our CEO and to sign the petition.
Team ChargePoint Nov 17, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 707 Likes: 0 Replies: 2 -
Saw an Ioniq today
Saw a white Ioniq hybrid on my way to work this morning, near Park & Preston.
It's rather 2nd Gen looking in appearance, not even as striking as that. Anybody else have any thoughts?
Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.pilotgrrl Nov 17, 2017 Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News Read More Views: 1,967 Likes: 0 Replies: 21
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