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Walmart announced an upcoming expansion and modernization of its facilities in the United States, with sustainability in mind. It means more energy-efficient equipment and lighting, lower-impact refrigerants and EV charging points. During the next 12 months, the company intends to remodel 650 stores across 47 states and Puerto Rico. Separately, over the next five years, Walmart is planning to build or convert more than 150 stores in the U.S. All new and remodeled stores will reflect Walmart’s Store of the Future concept, which includes EV chargers. Get Fully Charged EV chargers coming… everywhere The electric vehicle charging infrastructure is gradually expanding.…
EVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever crash tests specifically looking at EVs and guardrails. The tests showed that guardrails previously tested with internal-combustion cars weighing up to 2,400 pounds and pickup trucks weighing 5,000 pounds might not be adequate for some heavier EVs. 2018 Tesla Model 3 In one test, conducted Oct.12, 2023, a Rivian R1T weighing about 7,000 pounds and moving at 60 mph “tore through the barrier with…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! An Argonne team developing materials for solid-state batteries took an unexpected detour to investigate tiny short-circuits known as soft-shorts. Their insights will benefit battery researchers around the world. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have shed important new light on what the early signs of battery failure look like. Their study — which relates to a condition called soft-shorts — provides the research community with valuable knowledge and methods to design better electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The Argonne team’s research focused…
After a report 5,000 hours of development time, custom tuning house Lunaz has breathed new life into this classic Range Rover Safari cabriolet by ditching the old 3.9L V8 and replacing it with dual electric motors — but there’s a lot more to this build than an engine swap! Lunaz says the project was originally inspired by the Range Rover convertible featured in the 1983 James Bond film “Octopussy” and driven by Roger Moore. Starting with a 1983 two-door wagon model, the Lunaz crew did more than just chop the Ranger’s top. Indeed, it seems like they really took Q’s…
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The warning signs appeared last year when Shell scrapped its plans to build 48 hydrogen refueling stations for light duty vehicles in California. The company was in line for over $40 million in state incentives to install those fueling stations, but even that was not enough to move the project forward. In September, Shell closed three of its five hydrogen stations in the state. “We can confirm that Shell has discontinued its plan to build and operate additional light-duty vehicle fueling stations in California,”…
More than 13.6 million plug-in electric cars were sold in 2023, accounting for about 16% of total car sales globally. Today, we will take a look at the largest manufacturers (automotive groups or OEMs) of rechargeable cars. According to EV-Volumes data, shared by researcher Jose Pontes, five OEMs continue to be responsible for more than half of all plug-in car sales. Get Fully Charged 2023 Plug-in car sales results In 2023, almost 13.7 million new plug-in electric cars were registered globally. Out of that, almost 9.5 million were all-electric (11% of all cars). First, we will check out the volume…
Which EV brand rolled out lower-priced versions of its electric pickup and SUV? Which hotels are soon getting Tesla wallbox chargers? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 9, 2024. In a first drive of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van, we saw how businesses and fleet managers are going to run out of excuses, as diesel’s living on borrowed time. And this quiet, super-efficient van leads the way to passenger vans, RVs, and the electric vanlife arriving in just a few more years. 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter Rivian…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! It’s the third time the Scholz government has threatened a last-minute U-turn on European environment laws. A planned vote on new EU climate targets for trucks is up in the air today after the German Transport Ministry, led by the FDP, backtracked on its support for the legislation. EU ambassadors were set to rubber-stamp a deal on the legislation today. But the FDP unilaterally threatened to withdraw German support without consultation with its coalition partners or the Chancellery. “We must ensure that Europe remains…
The first Hyundai plant dedicated to building EVs and batteries in the US will be open as soon as this October. According to Hyundai Motor America CEO Jose Munoz, the brand is “pulling ahead” to gain eligibility for the $7,500 EV tax credit. Hyundai will open its first EV plant in the US in 2024 Hyundai began construction on its massive $7.6 billion EV megaplant in Georgia in October 2022. A year later, the company announced that 99.9% of the foundation work was complete as it fast-tracked construction. The site “is advancing ever day,’” according to Oscar Kwon CEO of…