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  • Electric Vehicles in US to grow in 2023

    There are expectations that Electric Vehicles in US is going to be really growing in the next year. Next year is expected to even top the fabulous year that United States has had this year and that is because of the number of EVs which are going to hit the market and most of them being less expensive ones. This along with the new rules of government are expected to make the current vehicles which may have a heavy price currently more affordable too. 2022 was a great year as the electric vehicle market share grew twice despite the supply chain issues along with inflation. EVs in 2022’s first 10 months accounted for close to 5.3 % of all the vehicle sold. This was 60% higher than the previous year. This is a great number considering the new electric vehicles are in the upper tier which is the $50,000 or more price range. There is still a lot of room according to the experts for growth in this field.  

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    However, it is widely believed that if the number was to grow significantly, it would happen with an increase in the EV charging numbers and offering Electric vehicles which are more affordable. There are many surveys which substantiate the fact that the number of consumers who are going to switch to an electric vehicle will grow considerably high if the market was to support them with more affordable electric vehicles.

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    This is what would help the market grow in the coming years as there is an expectation that there will be many cheap electric vehicles which will come from the more famed vehicle manufacturers such as Hyundai, Nissan and a few others. Chevrolet too has been considering a price for its electric version of Bolt. This will help the market grow to a high rate in the United States.

  • Model S Vs Taycan (Tesla Vs Porsche) Drag Race

    Tesla No longer the Only Electrical Vehicle brand in the world.

    Truth to be told, whenever the Tesla Model S Drag Race Vs Porsche Taycan debate is considered, Porsche has had its flag dug on as the winner. In fact, in all the 5 drag races by Top Gear, Porsche has successfully flaunted its performance each time with a tiny however increased margin with every succeeding race.

    For the Taycan Turbo S, the foremost figures recorded were:

    0-60:                          2.61

    0-100:                        6.12

    ¼ mile:                       10.69s @ 131.6mph

    Porsche Taycan (Image Credits: Porsche Newsroom)
    Porsche Taycan (Image Credits: Porsche Newsroom)

    For the Tesla Model S, the top figures recorded were:

    0-60:                          2.83

    0-100:                        6.64

    ¼ mile:                       11.23s @ 123.2mph

    Tesla Model S
    Tesla Model S (Image Credits: Tesla)

    The above figures are as per the TV show Top Gear.

    Obviously, we cannot expect Elon Musk to sit hand on hand when it comes to his electric cars! He further took this video issue in his hands as the video clearly shows Porsche Taycan Turbo S beat Tesla Model S. Further it came into picture that Top Gear hadn’t turned on the “Ludicrous Plus” feature of Tesla Model S. This feature enables the car to achieve the fastest acceleration possible.

    As per Tesla, the performance trim of Model S can accelerate from 0–60 mph in just 2.4 secs and that the top speed of it is 163 mph. Musk further commented that the Top Gear show should rather be called as Low Gear!

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    So when the Model S Vs Taycan drag race debate is considered, Tesla is very confident about its Model S. On the other hand, Porsche won’t take a step back when it comes to enter into competition with Tesla. However, some third party making any kind of false comments on both these competitors’ electric vehicles and damaging their images is just not fair to the competition itself! What do you think? Do let us know your views on the same in the below comments.

  • USPS to purchase Electric Vehicles for delivery

    On Tuesday, the United States Postal Service has said that it has an intent of purchasing as many as 66,000 electric vehicles for delivery as it is going to help in pushing to transform the delivery feet into electric vehicles.

    This electric vehicles would then total over half of the 106,000 vehicles which is going to be huge if it happens between now and 2028 as per the plan. The new vehicles are going to start replacing the aging fleet.

    There has been a lot of pressure from the environmentalists for electrifying their fleet. In the month of April, the environmental groups have filed a suit against USPS for their failure of conducting an analysis with consideration to environment before deciding to replace the vehicle fleet with a more fuel oriented fleet.

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    The statement has also said that now instead of receiving pollution with the packages, the communities will now get a cleaner air relief.

    USPS has further said that the investment which it has made is going to reach close to $9.6 billion and about one third of that amount comes from the Inflation Reduction Act. The funding is going to help the Postal service build what will have the potential to be among the biggest electric vehicle fleets in the United States as per their statement. They further said that they have a statutory compliance of delivering mail to as many as 163 million address and do so six days in a week and also cover the costs while they are doing so. They further said that their target is going to be to achieve that target in the most environment friendly manner and help in the growth of the sustainable development of the country while they can do so in a cost effective manner for the USPS.

  • Ford To Change Plans for Electric Car, New UAW Agreement Says

    Ford Motors sees 65% dealers agreeing to sell its electric vehicles.

    Ford might be in plans to change its electric car strategy. The tentative agreement of Ford with the UAW shows that the plan of bringing the EVs production to the Flat Rock factory manufacturing Lincoln Continental and Ford Mustang is changed. As per the Ford electric vehicle plan made in March, the factory is to start building EVs in 2023 at the facility.

    Ford electric vehicle plan and UAW agreement
    Ford-UAW agreement (Image Credit: REUTERS)

    The UAW released the terms of this new agreement which state that the factory will receive an investment of $250 million in order to continue the production of Mustang along with the new version and derivatives coming soon (date unspecified). Also, the plant will produce the present-generation Continental. As per the document, at Flat Rock, Ford will continue to scout out all the future opportunities throughout this agreement.

    The head of electric vehicles at Ford, Ted Cannis, was not willing to offer any details regarding the Ford electric vehicle plan at Flat Rock. However, the agreement specifies that new product will surely be further added to the Ohio Assembly Plant of Ford in 2023, which is also a part of the investment of $900 million.

    Ford Transit PHEV
    Ford Transit PHEV

    Ford was also in news with its all new plug-in hybrid electric car. According to Ford, Transit PHEV is a greener way to get the goods delivered. This new hybrid electric van comes with a 1L turbocharged 3-cylinder engine along with its motor powered by a huge 13.6 kW-h battery which can last for 31 miles. However, in October, Ford stated that Transit’s plug-in hybrid version will not be made available to the U.S.

  • Trudeau promises competition with the United States.

    The cross border tensions in terms of automaking are a thing of the past for United States and Canada and Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau is now talking about the bigger bilateral challenge which is coming for Canada and that is the economic competition with United States.

    From the perspective of Canada, the first two years of the president Joe Biden had been all about the countering of United States protectionism by the preaching of virtues related to trade between the like-minded partners.

    Biden/s plan which was to energize the electric vehicle industry by increasing sales has brought Mexico and Canada into the contention and has led to the coining of a new term which is friend-shoring for placating the anxious allies of America.

    But Trudeau’s pitch means that Canada is about to make a few important decisions in the battle for the high paying jobs, sustainable growth, international talent and foreign investment.

    In an interview recently he said that competing with United States is going to be a big challenge for them as it has been under all the previous administrations.

    He also said that there will always be ways in which he is able to make the situation advantageous for the Canadians as there is a lot of room for growth along with the workforce which is well-educated, reliable and diverse and the one that comes with the built-in health care and that is going to make Canada a great place to invest in

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    The PM used the example of Arcelor Mittal Dofasco which is now converting its plants into being less carbon-intensive by using the electric material instead of coal and that is going to reduce the carbon emissions by 60%. He also highlighted the need for the electric vehicle policies and promised 50,000 electric vans by 2025

  • EV charging sees 228% rise in investment in 2022

    There is a new report about the zero emission vehicles which states that the there is an estimate about the cumulative investment in the charging of electric vehicles and its hardware. The estimate of cumulative investment states that the EV charging hardware and installation is going to reach $62 billion by the year end with the investment of $28.6 billion in 2022 and that is an increase of 228% from the previous year of the total investment. There is a major expense here which includes 600,000 chargers being built by the Chinese. The total investment all over the world is going to pass the market of $100 billion in the year 2023 if the pace that China has maintained is kept up. This is a milestone which is going to transition into the new phase of the EV charging lifestyle.

    Many signs are there of a transition being underway and the facts suggest that the factories are now scaling up and the increase in purchase commitments. There has been an influx of the investors on infrastructure and coordination all over the charging ecosystem with the automotive, utility and charging sectors all working together.

    The growth has happened through various stages. It began when the Nissan Leaf launched in the year 2010.

    The new scale of this industry was hit during the year 2019 when the public charging infrastructure. Tesla more or less has been a lone performer up to the point with the 12,000 superchargers all over the world and 120 kw max charging speeds.

    The peak adoption has become a great boost for the electric vehicle charging which is going to grow further in the years to come with the infrastructure development in the developing countries where the pollution levels are higher such as India where the adoption will grow the market considerably.  

  • Delta to become one stop shop for the electric vehicles.

    In India, Delta is an electric charging station which is a very popular place to charge their electric cars. This is a major global leader in power and a thermal management solutions, Delta has cumulatively delivered more than 6000 electric vehicle chargers for the customers in the country.

    The close cooperation between major stakeholders and Delta in the charging infrastructure sector like Bangalore Electricity Supply Company, Tata Power, Bharat Petroleum and the Energy Efficiency Services Ltd as well as the OEMs has made the breakthrough possible. The managing director, Niranjan Nayak, Delta Electronics India has said that the track record in integrating energy-saving solutions and variety of the Electric Vehicle Charging portfolio has made them a preferred Electric Vehicle charging solution partner in India.

    Globally, Delta has been delivering over 1 million Electric Vehicle chargers since the year 2009.

    Every region in the world has been coming up with the own standard of charging which include CHAdeMo, CCS followed by the other carmakers such as Tesla Supercharger but the discussions are going on a single charging standard for the entire world.

    While there had been initial discussions on the Bharat charging standard for the Indian people and Indian carmakers are following the CCS 2. The person said that the currently 80-85% electric vehicle chargers in India are the CCS2. The CCS2 are expected to become default charging standard in the country.

    Delta has been evolving from just the EV charger supplier to becoming a total solution partner. Nayak had said that Delta offers a complete solution in enabling the EV charging infrastructure from the site survey to the designing the specifications, aftersales and installation services.

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    While there was a lot of hardware for the infrastructure charging is usually imported, Delta has enhanced its local Research and development and manufacturing capabilities with over 50% content of the product offering in country now manufactured locally.

  • Canada Electric vehicle to be slower in the coming years

    The transformation of Canada Electric Vehicle is picking speed up rapidly with the automakers committing an estimate of $1.2 Trillion to the electrification through the year 2030 for building tens of the millions for the electric vehicles, more than the double of amount from only a year ago. As more of the electric vehicles come to the market, the countries around the world have been rapidly building the charging infrastructure and supporting the citizens in transition to the electric.

    While others race ahead for an electrified future, the country is on a low battery of Canada.

    As per the electric vehicle readiness index which is developed by the global accounting firm Ernst Young, Canada has now fallen from the eighth place in the year 2021 to the 13th in the year 2022 of the top 14 vehicle markets of the world. The main reasons are the lack of ambition on the charging infrastructure and the consumer incentives.

    The recent assessment of the needs of charging suggests that for every 24 electric vehicles on road by 2030, Canada is going to need just one public charger. Comparing this to California, a jurisdiction the federal government regularly co-operates with on the climate policy where the estimate of the California Energy commission estimates that every 12 electric vehicles on road is going to require one public charger by the year 2030.

    The charging infrastructure build-out of Canada is very concerning too. As of the year September 2022, only 2500 chargers had been operational of planned 84,500 government funded charging.

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    At the pace of construction, the chargers which are government funded won’t be operational until after 2050 which is decades after the target of EV sales which the government has set. Canada has an antiquated approach to the electricity which is becoming difficult for the country.

  • Electric Vehicle tyres may give better battery range by close to 10%

    Electric Vehicle drivers may boost their battery range by close to 10% while using the Electric Vehicle Tyres as per Michelin.

    However, the research which is conducted by the manufacturers of tyres showed that most of the drivers are unaware that the tyres which are specific to the Electric vehicles are available with the three-quarters of the drivers in dark.

    John Howe, the managing director at Michelin for Ireland and United Kingdom says that the tyres which are Electric Vehicles can enhance the battery range allowing the drivers to travel further at every charge but can also last longer on the electric car than the standard tyre.

    There is research which has also revealed that the increase for battery range has been viewed by the respondents as a huge benefit of the tyres that are Electric Vehicle specific with the second most important benefit proving to be tyres that are Electric Vehicle specific last a lot longer than the standard tyres.

    Howe has also said that a huge deal of innovation and research goes into the production of a tyre which can increase the range of the electric cars.

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    It requires incorporation of many new tyre technologies for lowering rolling resistance, increasing efficiency and optimization of the handling characteristics of the electric cars.

    However, to get the most of an Electric Vehicle, drivers should ensure that they are going to make use of every opportunity available to them.

    The electric cars have been notoriously faster off line than the diesel or petrol equivalents, but it has been wise to limit the full throttle accelerations to not only stay safer on the winter roads but also for extending the range of the Electric Vehicles. Wherever possible, keep the speed under the 60 mph, as speed increases, drage and rolling resistance increases too.

  • Electric Bikes to be converted from the traditional ICE

    Tomy Huang who is the president director of PT Trimentari Niaga said that motorcycle aftermarkets parts producer has capacity for converting thousands of the motorcycles from the traditional ICE into the electric bikes monthly.

    This has been explained during the electric vehicle funday event at Central Jakarta

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    Huang said that BRT has been able to convert thousands every month. Because they are not a motor garage but a manufacturer. They can reach thousands as they produce their own spare parts.

    The company which had been initially established as a provider of motorcycle racing aftermarket parts for close to 2 decades now and has 150 network dealerships across the 27 provinces in the country of Indonesia that will be able to offering electric motor conversion kits to be installed in the traditional motorcycles.

    They are saying that they will grow that to the 1000 existing networks by the month of June of 2023. Huang who had asserted that Electric Vehicle manpower is going to wear the yellow uniforms.

    Huang has asserted that BRT services are only going to need roughly the 45 minutes for swapping an electric motor into the motorcycle with the fuel-based engines.

    When it comes to early stages, the company had started with 3 days for converting a traditional motorcycle for a fully-functional motorcycle.

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    When it comes the cost, he explained that the motorcycles under 115cc engine capacity is going to be equipped with the 2-kw motor which is going to cost as much as Rp7.5 million but is going to exclude the battery which is going to be subject to the government subsidy program in near future. The cost of the assembling electric components and all the paperwork for the electric motorcycle which is going to reach Rp9.65 million. It is important to keep the electric vehicles