August 2023 – Page 33

Partially automated driving winning high-end market, low-end cannot deal with its costs: CPCA

BYD / China / Electric / Electric cars / eMobility / eV / Report / Tesla China
August 24, 2023

Over a third of new energy vehicles (NEV) in China offer partially automated driving or L2 ADAS, a survey by China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) shows. 34.9% of electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrids sold in China in the first half of the year offered L2, 8.3 percentage points higher compared to the last year. Higher levels of automation recorded an impressive increase to 4.9% from 0.4% last year.

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Dongfeng launches new brand Nammi to target mini EV market

China / Dongfeng / Electric / eMobility / eV / Industry News / Nammi
August 24, 2023

Nammi has unveiled its first model, the Nammi 01, which is expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter.

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Xiaomi on hiring spree for its EV plant in Beijing

China / Electric / eMobility / eV / Xiaomi / Xiaomi Plant
August 24, 2023

The factory's hiring of general workers signals that Xiaomi's EVs are about to enter production, according to local media.

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Battery-Electric Fishing Vessel Marks A Sea Change For Small Commercial Fishers

Electric / eMobility / eV
August 23, 2023

On a brisk morning this fall, a 46-foot commercial fishing boat will cruise into the cold waters of Sitka, Alaska, and cut the diesel engine. In that moment of near silence, an electric motor will whir to life. This moment will mark a sea change for Sitka’s small-boat commercial fishing industry: a transition to energy-efficient […]

Despite Protest At Home And Abroad, Japanese Government To Start Ocean Dumping Of Nuclear Wastewater This Thursday

Electric / eMobility / eV
August 23, 2023

The Japanese government has given the greenlight for Fukushima’s nuclear wastewater to start being dumped in the Pacific ocean from Thursday August 24th, despite widespread protest both in Japan, and in neighbouring countries. “We are deeply disappointed and outraged by the Japanese Government’s announcement to release water containing radioactive substances into the ocean. Despite concerns […]

Got Climate Change? Methane-Eating Bacteria To The Rescue!

Electric / eMobility / eV
August 23, 2023

As the reality that humans have permanently and wantonly screwed up the environment begins to sink in, lots of cockamamie ideas are being floated around that are designed to save us from ourselves. Giant sunshades in space, aerosols in the stratosphere, beaming electricity down to Earth from satellites, direct carbon capture. The list of things […]