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I just did a quick check of Craigslist and it looks to me like you can get a older Nissan Leaf with low mileage which may have comparable range for less. I guess it depends on how well the Kandi is built and how likely the battery is to hold up.
$8K EV cleared for California roads; Kandi America’s Model K27
Kandi America, the US subsidiary of Kandi Technologies Group Inc., announced its certification by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for meeting the state’s emissions standards. With this approval in hand, Kandi is preparing delivery of the model K27. Including state and federal tax incen...
My initial reaction is that a dramatic decline in oil and gas investment will lead to higher oil and gas prices in the longer term, however, looking at the report it appears that something similar happened in 2015 where investment dropped by around 20% and oil prices have not reacted upwards much in the succeeding years. Suffice to say the market is very complex and difficult to predict. Investment in 2014 was 1.1 trillion, almost twice what is predicted for 2020.
EIA has expressed concern in the past that declining investment in oil and gas could lead to an energy crunch sometime in the future which will have an impact on the global economy, however my view is that oil and gas prices are too low and that high prices will greatly accelerate the development of mobility less dependent on fossil fuels like EV's and hybrids. Of course high oil prices could also lead to a flood of investment back in shale oil production. Interesting to see how it plays out.
IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history
The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year—from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency—the International Energy Agency said in a new report. Energy investment is set to ...
I wonder what they do for cabin heat as it can get pretty cold at altitude at times.
Successful first flight of the world’s largest all-electric aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan 208B
magniX, a company developing electric propulsion systems for aircraft, and AeroTEC, a leading independent company focused on aerospace testing, engineering and certification, announced the successful flight of an all-electric Cessna Grand Caravan 208B. The successful flight of the eCaravan, e...
The Tesloop model x that was recently sold and was the subject of a blog on Jalopnik had 317,000 miles on its original battery after about 2 years of service so that works out to about 435 miles per day (317,000/730). I would guess that this vehicle received way more than 50 fast charges so it seems that something in Tesla's battery management system is able to mitigate the degradation demonstrated in these tests.
UCR researchers find commercial fast-charging damages EV batteries, propose new internal-resistance-based technique
Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in a new open-access study published in the jo...
As a bicycle enthusiast I took note of Lemond buying the technology back in 2016 and was wondering recently what had become of it. It is interesting to see how long it takes to move from the lab to production even in the modern fast paced world of today. If even a small proportion of the technological advances we read about here come to fruition, we're in for an avalanche of change in the coming decade.
I'd imagine reducing the weight by only a few hundred kg is equivalent to a major advance in battery energy density.
LeMond Carbon obtains independent verification of its carbon fiber rapid oxidation technology
LeMond Carbon announced the results of an independent technical audit conducted by Bureau Veritas (BV) of its carbon fiber manufacturing process. The audit was conducted on a pilot line at Deakin University’s Carbon Nexus facility in Geelong, Australia. The total oxidation time and material p...
I can see it displacing the Toyota Hilux/Tacoma as the vehicle of choice among revolutionaries, freedom fighters, jihadists and war-lords around the world.
Tesla unveils its Cybertruck electric pickup
At a livestreamed event in Los Angeles, Elon Musk unveiled his company’s latest creation, the electric pickup Cybertruck. The idiosyncratically designed truck will come in three powertrain versions: single-motor RWD; dual-motor AWD; and tri-motor AWD. Three ranges will be offered correspondi...
Ugly for sure, but as the owner of a Honda Element, I can assure that one can get over that.
On the positive side is the pricing which should catch the attention of fleet managers. $40K US for the base model would be around C$53K. A similar F150 being used as a service vehicle in an urban setting probably gets around 12L/100km at best. So at 30,000 km per year the F150 would burn about 3600 litres per year or around C$40000 in most Canadian cities. The cost of energy for the cybertruck would likely be less than 1/3 so the fuel savings per year would be more than $2500, or $25 K over 10 years. The base price for a similar supercab F150 appears to be around C$38K so the fuel savings alone puts the Tesla in the game without considering the savings on maintenance. In addition the stainless steel panels may make the Tesla last longer and the advanced autonomous driving features may be of particular value in fleet operations.
I'm also wondering that if Tesla believes they can produce a basic truck for under $40K then they can probably produce panel vans for a similar price and if that is the case then that would also be of great interest to fleets.
Tesla unveils its Cybertruck electric pickup
At a livestreamed event in Los Angeles, Elon Musk unveiled his company’s latest creation, the electric pickup Cybertruck. The idiosyncratically designed truck will come in three powertrain versions: single-motor RWD; dual-motor AWD; and tri-motor AWD. Three ranges will be offered correspondi...
I'm skeptical.
Nikola Corporation to unveil novel battery cell technology; 500 Wh/kg on production cell
Nikola Corporation said that it has developed a new battery that has a record energy density of 1,100 Wh kg-1 on the material level and 500 Wh kg-1 on the production cell level—including casing, terminals and separator—more than double current lithium-ion battery cells. The Nikola prototype cel...
Does a typical EV actually use electricity at 60% efficiency? Does it take 100 kwh (at the house meter) to fully charge a 60 kwh battery pack? I would have guessed 75 kwh max.
What is the cost of usable energy for driving and heating our homes?
by Michael Sivak. This analysis compares the costs of usable energy when we buy gasoline and electricity for driving and natural gas for keeping warm. The unifying approach in this comparison involves the use of Btu (British thermal units), coupled with the costs of gasoline, electricity, and...
The total GDP is actually 19.3 trillion dollars. The source for this article is DOE fact of the week website and the error is in the text in spite of a graph on the same page that clearly shows that GDP is 19.3 trillion. 19.3 billion is barely enough to build a wall on the Colorado border.
Not a big issue except that it demonstrates a sort of sloppy and careless approach that one doesn't expect from US government sources.
Transportation accounted for 8.8% of all US Gross Domestic Product in 2017
By category, transportation accounted for the fourth-greatest share of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017. Transportation was at 8.8%, following housing at nearly 20%, healthcare at 16.5%, and food at 9.5%. Over time, transportation’s share of the GDP has remained fairly stable, va...
The way I understand it this is basically like throwing a curve ball. I wonder if you put two such towers on opposite ends of a beam with a pivot point in the middle could get any rotation around the pivot point?
Norsepower Rotor Sails delivered 8.2% fuel savings in year-long sea trials
Norsepower Oy Ltd., together with project partners Maersk Tankers, Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Ltd., announced successful trial results of two Norsepower Rotor Sails onboard the Maersk Tankers product tanker, Maersk Pelican. The ...
I had to check my calendar to make sure we weren't back in 2016. Unless the price is way down I can't imagine there being much interest in a 35 kwh vehicle.
Mazda unveils its first mass-production EV, the Mazda MX-30
Mazda Motor Corporation unveiled its first mass-production electric vehicle—the Mazda MX-30—at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. The model adopts Mazda’s new e–Skyactiv system (motor, battery pack, inverter, and DC-DC converter), with a 35.5 kWh Li-ion battery pack. The motor, inverter, DC-DC con...
Even if this is only a short term outage it will be of great benefit for oilsands developers and operators in Alberta as it will give credence to the argument that it is better to rely on petroleum sources from more stable countries. In the same way it could accelerate the development of alternative energies like EV's for mobility as it highlights the fragility of global oil supplies.
There is a widely held belief in Alberta that environmental and indigenous groups opposing pipeline development in Canada are secretly funded by international interests who benefit from suppressing expansion of the oilsands. So much so that our recently elected UCP provincial government ran on a promise to set up a "war room" to investigate and disclose who those interests might be. I don't follow these theories that closely, however, it seems to me that the list of beneficiaries that could benefit from suppressing Canadian oil could include Russia, Saudi Arabia, certain American refiners like Koch industries and who knows.
So if the Alberta war room discovers that Saudi's were secretly supporting anti-pipeline groups in Canada, then maybe the war room would rationalize that its ok to secretly support whoever attacked the Saudi facility?
Trump tweeted there is reason to believe he knows who done it, but at the same time it seems to me there is equally good reason to believe he hasn't got a clue. It could have been the Alberta War Room.
Good work Jason.
Drones strike Saudi Aramco Abqaiq and Khurais sites; temporary production suspension of 5.7M barrels per day
Drones attacked two key Saudi Aramco sites in Saudi Arabia—the Abqaiq processing plant and the Khurais oil field—on Saturday; Houthi rebels claimed credit for the strikes. Saudi Aramco emergency crews contained the fires at the plants; the company announced the production suspension of 5.7 mill...
A 6.6 fold increase in the CPI over 48 years works out to an average rate of inflation of about 4% overall. Not sure about the methodology used here but the 2.8 fold increase in price for new cars could reflect a change in the mix of vehicles, ie. more civics and corrolas and fewer chargers and superbees or whatever was popular back in the seventies, but I'd also expect the quality and durability of modern vehicles has improved substantially as well. I always buy used cars because I consider them far superior in value so I am grateful to those who feel the need to do the heavy lifting in terms of absorbing depreciation and buy new.
In 2018 in US, rise in prices for used vehicles outpaced that of new vehicles
The used vehicle Consumer Price Index (CPI) in 2018 was 4.4 times higher than in 1970, while the new vehicle CPI was 2.8 times higher—i.e., used-vehicle prices have risen more than new-vehicle prices. Used-vehicle prices were more volatile than new-vehicle prices over the period from 1970 to ...
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I don't own a Tesla or Tesla shares and at live at an elevation above 1000 m in a city where the economy is highly dependent on the production of oil so your point of view wrt batteries is somewhat reassuring, cause I'll survive.
Troubling however is that the latest leaked email suggested that in the 2nd quarter they produce and deliver a record number of cars and sofar that appears to be the case, although I suppose diligent sleuths will eventually find the lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations.
Bosch developing cloud-based swarm intelligence services to augment EV battery management systems
To help electric vehicle batteries last longer, Bosch is developing new cloud services that supplement the individual vehicles’ battery-management systems. Bosch is connecting electric-vehicle batteries with the cloud. Its data-based services mean we can substantially improve batteries’ perfo...
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So when I research "high mileage Teslas" I discover that there are a handful that have now gone over 300,000 km. Detailed articles on two vehicles owned by LA- Vegas shuttle service, Tesloop, say that a model x has logged over 500,000 km on its battery pack and actually is still better than 90% while a model s with 660,000 km (410,000 miles) is on its 3rd battery with the first replacement after about 190,000 miles and second after an additional 130,000 miles. Failures were attributed too overcharging in the first instance and manufacturing fault in the second. This is anecdotal of course and the age, usage and charging is atypical, but still to me it seems positive.
I would imagine that given the data Tesla is capable of collecting, they have a pretty good understanding of how their batteries will stand up and the factors that lead to degradation and measures that can be taken to improve and mitigate degradation rates. So if one 90 kwh battery is capable of 1000+ cycles then I'd speculate that they can figure out how to make 1000+ the norm if it isn't already.
Bosch developing cloud-based swarm intelligence services to augment EV battery management systems
To help electric vehicle batteries last longer, Bosch is developing new cloud services that supplement the individual vehicles’ battery-management systems. Bosch is connecting electric-vehicle batteries with the cloud. Its data-based services mean we can substantially improve batteries’ perfo...
Why would you you worry about the "average" service life and/cost of batteries. Clearly Tesla is the only game in town and if the other autoco's don't respond they'll end up getting canned like BMW CEO.
Even though Musk often appears to be working from the Donald Trump playbook, I don't see how you can ignore his April 19th, 2019 tweet ....
"Model 3 drive unit & body is designed like a commercial truck for a million mile life. Current battery modules should last 300k to 500k miles (1500 cycles). Replacing modules (not pack) will only cost $5k to $7k."
Is Musk completely FOS? Maybe but his detractors have been saying that for years and it looks like he'll be around for a couple more.
Even if you consider gross exaggeration and say the body will only last 500,000 the battery 200,000 miles and refurbishing cost is 10 -12 K, those are pretty compelling metrics to me. I'd assume that Musk has as much information about the durability and cost of batteries so it really comes down to a matter of trust. On the one hand you have his 4:20 tweet which appears to have been deliberately misleading, or you can balance that with the fact that the company pretty much appears to be on-course to deliver the products they promise albeit somewhat delayed.
The best power train warranty available for my Honda is 160,000 km but I have no doubt it will remain serviceable for twice that, so I don't see why one would simply assume that the battery warranty is the actual life.
But this is all off topic. WRT the Bosch software, I'd expect this is something that Tesla has had deployed for some time now.
Bosch developing cloud-based swarm intelligence services to augment EV battery management systems
To help electric vehicle batteries last longer, Bosch is developing new cloud services that supplement the individual vehicles’ battery-management systems. Bosch is connecting electric-vehicle batteries with the cloud. Its data-based services mean we can substantially improve batteries’ perfo...
I appreciate a well turned out team of percherons as much as any city folk, but I suppose I'm not enough of a gearhead to appreciate the technical achievements of this vehicle, but at the same time I fail to see what this vehicle is capable of, that a model x is not?
To me it looks like something that was pitched and proposed 4 years ago before dieselgate and now looks obsolete (to me at least) right from the get go.
I buy my cars used and often at auctions and I can't image anyone paying more than 15,000 for the Audi in 10 years when it has 200K+ km, whereas a similar used model x could fetch twice that in my expectation.
I note that the Audi does have the feature that you can tune the sound of the exhaust to the owners preference, which gives me the idea that you could mount speakers on the model x and play Wagner's "Ride of the Valkaries" as you swoop down the autobahn. Now that would be cool.
Audi’s mighty diesel: SQ8 TDI SUV coupé; 48V MHEV
Audi’s sporty top model of the Q family, the SQ8 TDI SUV coupé, features a biturbo V8 TDI diesel that delivers 435 metric hp, 900 NN·mm (663.8 lb-ft) of torque, and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 4.8 seconds. 4.0-liter V8 TDI Biturbo engine with electric powered compressor (EP...
Call me a fanboy if you like, but to me, all this technical hype amounts to little more than trying to put lipstick on a pig.
Audi’s mighty diesel: SQ8 TDI SUV coupé; 48V MHEV
Audi’s sporty top model of the Q family, the SQ8 TDI SUV coupé, features a biturbo V8 TDI diesel that delivers 435 metric hp, 900 NN·mm (663.8 lb-ft) of torque, and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 mph) in 4.8 seconds. 4.0-liter V8 TDI Biturbo engine with electric powered compressor (EP...
Per vehicle consumption has declined from around 6 liters per day in 2010 to less than 2.5 lpd in 2018 (roughly based on the graph). The graph appears to show an inflection point around 2014 which is a bit odd because around that time oil prices were tanking and demand was picking up in places like the US. Its possible that China withdrew subsidies around then but it would be interesting to study what was going on.
Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide
Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “Low-Speed Electric Vehicles: An Underappreci...
Yes. Careless math. Too anxious to prove others wrong. I stand corrected.
Nel launches containerized large-scale PEM electrolyzer
Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, launched the M Series containerized Proton PEM electrolyzer. We have spent considerable effort over the last year to finalize the design of our M Series Proton PEM electrolyzer in a containerized version. It is a pleasure to now officially i...
or if the actual output from the 1 mw unit is 207 nm3/hour then the efficiency would be 70%. I'm not sure it would be safe to use the nameplate values as they seem to be rounded.
Nel launches containerized large-scale PEM electrolyzer
Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a subsidiary of Nel ASA, launched the M Series containerized Proton PEM electrolyzer. We have spent considerable effort over the last year to finalize the design of our M Series Proton PEM electrolyzer in a containerized version. It is a pleasure to now officially i...
I think petroleum for mobility will be on a distinctly different track from coal and natural gas to produce electricity and heat. I think the big players in regards to petroleum nowadays, Putin, bin Salman and Trump (whomever he represents) may resist or try to slow the decline in use of oil but right now it's demise looks to be a question of when more than if.
I presume the Rockefellers and Rothchilds have already divested of their coal investments and are most likely in the process of exiting oil and since renewable energy is too relatively simple to control and manipulate, the logical next step would be too gain control of nuclear power production and rehabilitate it's image which should be fairly simple given their omnipotence of these invisible hands. Curious though that they were unable to stop the fracking that unleashed gas and killed off coal.
Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers
In an opinion piece in the journal Nature, a team from the US and Europe suggests that the transition to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers, and that it is therefore necessary to put geopolitics at the heart of debates about the energy transition. … abating carbon ...
In spite of all the numbers in this article I had to do my own calculations to determine that the current market appears to be a bit over 7 billion dollars and it is projected to grow to 13.13 making total growth in 5 years about 87%. Appears to be about 13% CAGR.
GlobalData: Global battery energy storage market to grow by 7% to reach $13.13B by 2023
The global battery energy storage market will to grow to $13.13 billion by 2023, according to a new forecast by GlobalData. Asia-Pacific (APAC) and EMEA will be the dominant markets for battery energy storage systems over the forecast period 2019-2023. The company’s latest report “Battery Ene...
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I'm all in when it comes to solutions and like most, I'm skeptical about FCEV's for most mobility applications but the whole energy landscape is so unpredictable you never know. For me personally I drive about 12,000 km per year and most of those are in long distance 250 km + trips so I might only be able to get 200 electric kms per month which wouldn't justify the extra cost.
Ultimately a full electric would be best suited for me but I'd want to have the 300+km range that is only now coming out and for the amount of driving I do buying new isn't a smart choice from an economic perspective.
Lifecycle results for Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL vary widely depending on the power and hydrogen source
The fuel cell plug-in hybrid Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL (combined hydrogen consumption: 0.34 kg/100 km, combined CO₂ emissions: 0 g/km, combined power consumption: 13.7 kWh/100 km) has successfully passed its 360° environmental check. The results have been verified by the TÜV Süd technical servic...
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