Tech: John Deere Bringing Tech Down on the Farm
John Deere will put its green-and-yellow fully autonomous tractor on sale later this year.
Event: City of Los Angeles Taking Green To the Streets
The route to electrification is now going through the streets of the City of Los Angeles.
News: Jaguar Land Rover Partners with Nvidia to Create Software-Defined Cars
The middle of the decade is game changer time for Tata’s Jaguar Land Rover group as the company plans to launch a new generation of electrified vehicles that will rely a new Nvidia-based operating system.
News: Tesla Announces Annual Earnings, New Focus on Production
At last week’s announcement of its quarterly and annual earnings after a record year, CEO Elon Musk actually downplayed the potential for this year’s profit and indicated the company’s focus would shift from introducing new models to maximizing production at its existing factories.
Tech: Another Day, Another Battery Breakthrough
QuantumScape unveiled new data showing its solid-state lithium-metal batteries with ceramic separators could charge in less than 15 minutes for at least 400 consecutive charges
Opinion: EVs for Everyone in 2022
This year–2022–is shaping up to be the year we have been expecting for two years—when the population of EVs expands so a great variety of vehicles at a range of prices spur the market to new heights.
Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years
Decision time came last month for me. I was at the end of a 3-year lease and a 6-month extension on my 2018 Chevrolet Volt Plug-in Hybrid.
CES 2022 News: EV Truck Wars Ratchet Up
GM points to the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV as one of its 30 global EV models to be introduced by 2025, maybe the most significant because it is based on the company’s best-selling U.S. model.
Welcome to the Year of the EV—Whatever It Will Be
Here are two big automotive EV news items from the first days of 2022—and a guess at what they might mean for the Year of the EV.