Daily Archive: January 23, 2023

In the last few days, there has been some bad news and some good news for Volkswagen’s heating and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. New owners might have to miss out on an efficient heat pump due to the chip shortage, but a near-production version of an upcoming vehicle looks like it could improve efficiency even […]

On the surface, doing right by the environment may sound like a simple thing. Do things that are good for the environment, and don’t do things that are bad for it, right? Often, that’s the choice we’re faced with, and we have to balance it with other things, like cost and logistics, to come up […]

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida did not say what the investment is for, but it likely has something to do with expanding e-motor production.

Today, the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) released a report identifying how the United States can develop a robust and equitable domestic supply chain required to achieve the national offshore wind target of 30 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. This report describes how the United States could develop a fully domestic offshore wind […]

Why LEAF Battery Replacements Are A Big Deal There’s a good chance that if somebody mentions the Nissan LEAF, and you’re an EV enthusiast, the next words out of someone’s mouth will have something to do with battery health. The first LEAFs sold in 2010-2013 had what were possibly the worst batteries to ever be […]

The low levels of motorization on the African continent present an incredible opportunity for another major leapfrog event similar to what happened with the mobile phone revolution. Most African countries have very low motorization rates of less than 50 vehicles per 1,000 people, which means the transport landscape at the moment is not inclusive and […]

Could Amprio's compact RMAG be relaunched under SRAM branding?