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August 26, 2021

 August 26, 2021  

What do you call someone who performs a symphony on top of a Tesla Truck? (You'll have to scroll to the bottom for this one)

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Genesis

Genesis recently unveiled pictures and details of its first electric vehicle, the GV60, which should be on sale in the U.S. in 2022. The vehicle features an 800 V electrical architecture, which allows the battery to be charged to 80% in 18 minutes. A clear inverter supports 400 V DC fast charging and bidirectional charging by using the EV’s battery pack to supply up to 3.5 kW of AC power.One notable difference from other EVs is the absence of traditional reflecting glass mirrors. Instead, the GV60 has side-view cameras. However, this type of technology is unfortunately illegal in the United States. Genesis’ GV60 will also have optional wireless charging that charges the floor-mounted batteries. The wireless charging will fully charge in 6 hours compared to 10 hours when using a conventional wall charger.   

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InsideEVs

Plug-in electric car sales in China almost set another monthly record in July. In total, some 231,000 passenger plug-in cars were registered, just 4,000 less than June. These numbers are roughly 143% more than a year ago. Over 1.3 million passenger plug-in cars were sold, which is 12% of the total market.Ford 

Due to increased interest by prospective customers, Ford intends to spend $850 million to double its original output goals for the electric truck. Ford has increased its production target for the F-150 Lightning electric pickup to 80,000 for 2024. Ford has 120,000 pre-orders for the EV truck, which is scheduled to launch next spring with a 15,000-unit run for the 2022 model year. Ford is planning a gradual ramp-up for the F-150 Lightning, with the hope that they build 15,000 Lightnings for the 2022 model year. In 2023, Ford will produce 55,000 Lightnings and 80,000 in 2024. In 2025, The Lightning is scheduled for a redesign, during which Ford hopes to be selling 160,000 EV pickups each year. This number would account for 18% of F-series pickup sales in 2019. 

In other EV News

  • A BMW projectfocused around the development of a long-distance electric vehicle battery has been awarded $36.07 million in joint funding from industry and the U.K. government.

  • Cielo Hernadez, CFO of XL Fleet, whose focus is on electrification solutions for the companies engaged in mass commercial transport. Cielo wants to foster a better environment for diversity, equity and inclusion, a topic that relates with climate change for corporate attention. Under Cielo’s leadership, XL Fleet has over 4,400 electrified powertrain systems sold and the systems have driven over 160 million miles by over 235 fleets.

  • More than 20 government agencies, universities and electric utilities in Louisiana will be getting 82 electric vehicle charging stations worth more than $1.7 million from the Department of Environment Quality.

  • Investments in electric vehicles is fueling the demand for factories for equipment manufacturers.

Mazda Canada

  • Mazda announces the MX-30 EV, its first all-electric vehicle in Quebec and B.C. The EV will go on sale in Fall 2021, starting at $42,150.

  • Charge Ahead Colorado, a grant program run by 2 state agencies, has awarded Boulder, Colorado with $120,000 to install 19 new EV chargers across 16 city facilities. Boulder has a fleet of more than 500 vehicles that assist city departments. Additional charging stations will allow the city to introduce more EVs into the fleet.

  • California Mobility Works and Imperium Motors have announced a 3 wheel, 4 passenger Sagitta. The vehicle boasts new technology that allows easy configurability alongside a wide range of owner-defined interior features. The vehicle aims to “dramatically expand” the accessibility of environmentally responsible EV technology to consumers. Sagitta will begin initial testing in mid 2022. CMW will begin accepting reservations with a target of reaching limited production in late 2022.

  • The Russian government has formalized a plan to bring more EV’s to its roads over the next three years.

  • West Sussex City Council has led the search for a contractor to run a consistent and affordable charging network within West Sussex. The council is set to give the contract to Connected Kerb, a UK based EV charging specialist with experience of working with other local authorities in the UK.

Autonomous Now

Peronne Robotics

Perrone Robotics, Inc., a leading provider of fully autonomous vehicle technology and turnkey vehicle solutions for the mobility of people and things, was awarded a contract by the University of Wisconsin-Madison to deliver a low-speed electric vehicle (LSV) shuttle integrated with Perrone’s TONY autonomous system. It will be used across student, faculty, and guest transit operations.

In other AV News

Waymo is broadly the leader of the world’s autonomous vehicle effort and claims to have solved “99% of the problem” of driverless cars. However, small disturbances like construction crews, bicyclists, left turns, and pedestrians remain the main obstacle to fully autonomous vehicles' widespread commercialization.

To further autonomous vehicle testing, Waymo has been testing AV vehicles in San Francisco since 2009. It’s vehicles now clock north of 100,000 miles of San Francisco’s roads each week. The company’s vehicles have autonomously driven more than 20 million miles on public roads as well as 20 billion miles in simulation, which helps the AI technology recognize and adapt to local driving behaviors.

  • Project Endeavor, an autonomous vehicle program designed to test real-world conditions, concluded in London this week. The project had 70 members of the public participating in on-road demonstrations. During the project's two-week time span, the Oxbotica vehicles were tested with participants' perceptions of AV safety analyzed by partner DG Cities.

  • Baidu's CEO, Robin Li, unveils his vision for future mobility: a robocar that moves, communicates, and learns through voice activation and driver preferences. The design of the new robocar features zero-gravity seats and a control pad. As of the end of Q2 2021, the Baidu Apollo autonomous driving service has provided more than 400,000 rides and driven more than 8.7 million miles. This service is estimated to account for 60% of China's $347 billion ride-hailing markets by 2030.

  • Self-driving startups like Cruise and Pony.ai have begun testing their driverless cars in some parts of California withhuman operators in the past year. There's no driver behind the wheel, but the passenger seat is occupied by a safety operator who can stop the vehicle whenever.

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