Solid state battery news that seems somewhat realistic
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"decade" that seems way more realistic than what's been reported the past few months about Mercedes, and the other manufactures.
Reply-I’m certainly not. Just happy they fairly used the term-decade for development vs next year
Decades. They were even talking about after 2040 in the article.Reply-I’m certainly not. Just happy they fairly used the term-decade for development vs next year
Seems the EV Tax Credit is done! / Gone For Ever! When this bill goes into effect…
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Florence's upcoming EV battery plant paused construction tied to 1,600 jobs but plans to finish
Florence County's upcoming electric vehicle battery plant is pausing construction. The $1.6B factory was set to create 1,620 new jobs in South Carolina.
Not surprised. It's not good for South Carolina, or our country.Florence's upcoming EV battery plant paused construction tied to 1,600 jobs but plans to finish
Florence County's upcoming electric vehicle battery plant is pausing construction. The $1.6B factory was set to create 1,620 new jobs in South Carolina.www.postandcourier.com
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Well I’d like to say a lot about this but as we are here to talk Scouts I’ll bite my lip. That’s a sad situation from every angleFlorence's upcoming EV battery plant paused construction tied to 1,600 jobs but plans to finish
Florence County's upcoming electric vehicle battery plant is pausing construction. The $1.6B factory was set to create 1,620 new jobs in South Carolina.
There’s been some reporting about vehicle production being affected by the new Chinese restrictions on the export of certain rare earths materials to anywhere in the world.
see for example this report:
Auto companies face shortages due to China's rare earth restrictions
I work for a company that uses neodymium magnets in some audio transducer products. We can no longer source the material because it all comes from china. We can’t even get it via another country because the Chinese ban is worldwide. We cannot replace neodymium with another material.One of our most popular products is now indefinitely out of stock.
When production lines stop, workers get laid off and I think these Chinese material export restrictions are going to hit more factories around the world in the coming weeks and months.
Neodymium is also essential to EV motors. Might it be possible that this new Chinese policy, reacting to US tariffs, will eventually stall EV production, both in the US and elsewhere?
see for example this report:
Auto companies face shortages due to China's rare earth restrictions
I work for a company that uses neodymium magnets in some audio transducer products. We can no longer source the material because it all comes from china. We can’t even get it via another country because the Chinese ban is worldwide. We cannot replace neodymium with another material.One of our most popular products is now indefinitely out of stock.
When production lines stop, workers get laid off and I think these Chinese material export restrictions are going to hit more factories around the world in the coming weeks and months.
Neodymium is also essential to EV motors. Might it be possible that this new Chinese policy, reacting to US tariffs, will eventually stall EV production, both in the US and elsewhere?
The tax credit is gone and they are adding a regressive EV registration fee. UghSeems the EV Tax Credit is done! / Gone For Ever! When this bill goes into effect…
I forget, I think that thread might have been lost.@THil08 - is this the thread you usually use to ask Jamie about monthly progress news? Figured it should be happening soon. Let the wagering begin
But I think Jamie likes screwing with us because the May update was released this week, but yet he never put it up on here.
This is a pretty big deal.
"R2 is the platform that will underpin actually all future EV products at VW," Bensaid said in an interview with Yahoo Finance. "So it's really that modular, scalable technology stack that we will take into VW brands, and we will do it in a way where we will still allow each of the brands to express their own identity."
With that platform and tech stack, Rivian will offer almost an “off-the-shelf” solution for Volkswagen to use for its upcoming ID1 EV. But the plan is that other VW brands like Skoda and Audi would get access to the R2 platform to use as they please.
"Each brand will have their own UI, look and feel," Bensaid said. "Each brand will have their own suspension tuning … but underneath the guts of the vehicle will be optimized based on the same technology and software architecture."
"R2 is the platform that will underpin actually all future EV products at VW," Bensaid said in an interview with Yahoo Finance. "So it's really that modular, scalable technology stack that we will take into VW brands, and we will do it in a way where we will still allow each of the brands to express their own identity."
With that platform and tech stack, Rivian will offer almost an “off-the-shelf” solution for Volkswagen to use for its upcoming ID1 EV. But the plan is that other VW brands like Skoda and Audi would get access to the R2 platform to use as they please.
"Each brand will have their own UI, look and feel," Bensaid said. "Each brand will have their own suspension tuning … but underneath the guts of the vehicle will be optimized based on the same technology and software architecture."
I would rather the registration fee and have lower overall taxes. So, I'll take this bill as a positive for my lower federal taxes being that NJ decides to take 75% of my income each year from state taxes so it feels like.
Well at least scout is being the bigger man and is building their own platform.
Wow, that is…huge. Honda is using GM’s ultium platform for their first few EVs (pilot, I think) but VW has plenty of resources to build their own. Kind of surprised they didn’t. Really speaks (hopefully) to R2’s quality.
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