Monthly Archive: June 2023

In a recent announcement, Rivian told the EV world that it bought a key route planning software company: A Better Routeplanner (ABRP). Before I dig into the announcement, I want to explain why EV route planning matters. Then, I’ll get into some important details existing ABRP users will want to know. Why Route Planning Software […]

Taiwan is a tech giant, and now it’s going to be home to the newest lithium-ion battery recycling plant. RecycLiCo Battery Materials Inc. and Zenith Chemical Corporation have created a 50–50 joint venture for the project, which will be able to recycle 2,000 metric tons per year of black mass material. The project will entail […]

UPDATE: Almost the entire article below can be ignored. The reason for Tesla’s dramatic drop in US inventory in the past couple of days is actually that Tesla has blocked the site behind these charts from accessing the root data. So, we are simply losing insight into US Tesla inventory if this doesn’t change again. […]

Utilities in three states are now prohibited from spending their customers’ money on lobbying activities in a win for consumer advocates who say the measures offer important transparency safeguards, the Washington Post reports. The laws passed recently in Colorado, Connecticut, and Maine — all with bipartisan support — prohibit utilities from using money from customers’ […]

At its Investors Day 2023 event this week, Hyundai announced plans to invest $80 billion to achieve its latest Hyundai Motor Way vehicle electrification strategy. Of that total amount, about $40 billion will be dedicated to developing next generation batteries and creating an all new platform for future electric cars known as Integrated Modular Architecture. […]

It’s a holiday long weekend. You’ve decided to take an EV roadtrip to a couple of New England summer tourist spots. You review your PlugShare app and identify chargers along the route. You pack up the vehicle and hit the highway. After nearing 200 miles of used range, you pull into a rest area on […]

The offshore wind industry is opening up new opportunities for solar panels, wave energy harvesters, and green hydrogen to piggyback on the operation. Seaweed farming is also beginning to make an appearance in amongst the wind turbines. Considering the rising interest in using seaweed for everything from food and fuel to plastics and pharmaceuticals, this […]