Plugin electric vehicles took 22.4% share of the UK auto market in September, up from 21.6% year-on-year. Full electrics grew share, while plugin hybrids declined. Overall auto volumes were 225,269 units, up 4.6% from a year ago, but down 34.4% from September 2019. The Tesla Model Y was the best selling all electric. September’s combined… Continue reading Cleantechnica: UK EV Share Grows, Tesla Model Y Overall Runner Up 002294
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Cleantechnica: Tesla Model Y Is Best Selling Automobile In Switzerland In 2022, Tesla Model 3 is 3rd Best 002293
The best selling automobile in Switzerland is now the Tesla Model Y. That’s not just electric cars, and it’s not just one month — it’s for the first 9 months of 2022. Furthermore, the Model Y’s older but somewhat smaller sibling, the Model 3, is the third best selling automobile in the Playground of Europe.… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Model Y Is Best Selling Automobile In Switzerland In 2022, Tesla Model 3 is 3rd Best 002293
Apple iPhone 14 Plus review: a big deal
Excellent battery life and a large display make the 14 Plus upgrade-worthy Share this story This is the new iPhone that most people want. It’s not the iPhone with the neat new display features or a high-resolution camera. It’s the iPhone with a big display and a battery that goes for days. That’s really all… Continue reading Apple iPhone 14 Plus review: a big deal
Cummins’ Second Largest Solar Farm Goes Live at Rocky Mount Engine Plant
COLUMBUS, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With a mission to power a more prosperous world, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) continues to make significant investments in solar energy with the installation of Cummins’ second largest solar array at Rocky Mount Engine Plant in North Carolina (U.S.). The RMEP solar installation will directly support the company’s environmental sustainability strategy, PLANET 2050,… Continue reading Cummins’ Second Largest Solar Farm Goes Live at Rocky Mount Engine Plant
Halo Car’s teleoperated car-sharing service to roll out this year with no one behind the wheel
Halo Car, a Las Vegas-based startup that combines teleoperations and car sharing, said it will remove the human safety operator from behind the wheel later this year — the last hurdle before its commercial launch. The milestone would mean Halo Car will use humans to remotely control vehicles through public streets and deliver them to… Continue reading Halo Car’s teleoperated car-sharing service to roll out this year with no one behind the wheel
2022 Maybach S580 is the car for when a mere Mercedes won’t do
Mercedes-Benz, justifiably renowned for building luxurious and advanced vehicles for going on 140 years, recently announced it will trim its lineup radically, dropping “low-margin” vehicles so it could concentrate on developing expensive new technologies, primarily electric vehicles. This was a classic example of corporate victim-blaming. Mercedes didn’t add those vehicles — the compact A-class sedan… Continue reading 2022 Maybach S580 is the car for when a mere Mercedes won’t do
@GM: GM Names Arden Hoffman Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer
GM Names Arden Hoffman Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer 2022-10-12 HR executive with extensive tech experience joins GM from Cruise Kim Brycz to retire after nearly 40 years with GM DETROIT – General Motors today named Arden Hoffman senior vice president and chief people officer. Hoffman joins GM from Cruise, the autonomous vehicle… Continue reading @GM: GM Names Arden Hoffman Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer
Is it time for Elon Musk to find a Tim Cook for Tesla?
Elon Musk has his fingers in a lot of pies. He’s CEO of automaker Tesla and rocket company SpaceX. He also founded tunnel construction firm the Boring Company and co-founded Neuralink, a brain implant startup. Now it looks like Musk will spearhead the effort to take Twitter private and potentially roll it into an “everything… Continue reading Is it time for Elon Musk to find a Tim Cook for Tesla?
UL Solutions Launches New Service to Evaluate the Safety of Lithium-ion Battery-Powered Aviation Ground Support Equipment
The new service helps advance the safety of battery-powered support equipment at airports as the aviation industry prioritizes mitigating operation’s carbon footprint. NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, today launched a new service evaluating lithium-ion battery-powered aviation ground support equipment to meet UL 5840:2022, the… Continue reading UL Solutions Launches New Service to Evaluate the Safety of Lithium-ion Battery-Powered Aviation Ground Support Equipment
How to upgrade your iPhone in-car charging experience
Quad Lock MAG wireless charging head and case Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET The other day I showed how the first things I do when I get a new daily driver iPhone is stick a screen protector on it and pop it in a case. It’s a great way to keep a new iPhone looking like new. But… Continue reading How to upgrade your iPhone in-car charging experience