US, UK, other G7 countries to ‘predominantly decarbonize electricity sectors by 2035’

The G7, made up of the world’s largest economies, today agreed to “predominantly decarbonized electricity sectors by 2035.” The G7 also agreed to end government financing for international coal-fired power generation and speed up the phase-out of unabated coal plants by 2035. more….Brought to you by: EV Driven

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Free Charging in New Zealand — Is Home Charging Even Needed?

Conversations with EV drivers in the United Kingdom and New Zealand are pointing to a massive increase in the availability of free charging at level 2 chargers. This leads to the question: As chargers become ubiquitous, do I need a home charger? What about that weekend road trip? “It’sBrought to you by: EV Driven

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Live Webinar: Ensuring A High Quality EV Charging Experience With NEVI

What’s all the fuss about BIL and NEVI? They mean great things for the cleantech revolution, the adoption of EVs in the US, and for improving the EV driver and charging experience. Let’s break down those acronyms first: we all know EVs (electric vehicles); BIL = the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which was passed in 2021; […].Brought to you by: EV Driven

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“Great Capacity!” “Less Latency!”—How Wi-Fi 7 Achieves Both

New generations of Wi-Fi have sprung onto the scene at a rapid pace in recent years. After a storied five-year presence, Wi-Fi 5 was usurped in 2019 by Wi-Fi 6 , only for the latter to be toppled a year later in 2020 by an intermediate generation, Wi-Fi 6E. And now, just a couple years later, we’re on the verge of Wi-Fi 7.Brought to you by: EV Driven

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CATL to supply BMW with cylindrical cells for EVs starting in 2025

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) said it would begin supplying German automaker BMW with cylindrical battery cells for its next generation of electric vehicles beginning in 2025.Brought to you by: EV Driven

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How the FCC Settles Radio-Spectrum Turf Wars

You’ve no doubt seen the scary headlines: Will 5G Cause Planes to Crash ? They appeared late last year, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned that new 5G services from AT&T and Verizon might interfere with the radar altimeters that airplane pilots rely on to land safely.Brought to you by: EV Driven

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Rivian makes executive changes to overcome ‘extremely challenging’ production ramp

Rivian is making changes to its leadership team, parting ways with its Vice President of Manufacturing engineering as it continues to try and overcome an “extremely challenging” production ramp due to current industry conditions. Rivian will part ways with Charly Mwangi, who has been at the company since May 2020.Brought to you by: EV Driven

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Video Friday: Robot Training

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, LONG BEACH, CALIF.Brought to...

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NIO reportedly recruiting positions to build a US manufacturing plant

According to a report out of China, EV automaker NIO is hiring a number of positions related to manufacturing vehicles in the US.Brought to you by: EV Driven

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Podcast: Tesla 100-year battery, software update, first Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries, and more

This week on the Electrek Podcast , we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. This week, we discussed the newly published research on Tesla’s 100-year battery, a new Tesla software update, the first Ford F-150 Lightning deliveries, and more. more….Brought to you by: EV Driven

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