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German University Students Set Record for Longest-Range EV | Giga Gears
The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX concept was designed from the ground up to be the “most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever built,” and a little over a year ago, it managed to drive nearly 750 miles on a single charge. That’s the kind of range that puts pretty much every other electric vehicle to shame, but a team of German…
Oil Firms Extract Lithium from Fracking Wastewater | Giga Gears
The transition to electric vehicles has increased demand for various minerals, including nickel, cobalt and lithium. This has created geopolitical issues for the United States, with the People’s Republic of China refining a majority of the world’s lithium production. Now, the oil and gas industry is trying to…
Biden Admin’s $100M Plan to Repair US EV Chargers | Giga Gears
EV charging in this country still sucks. From too much tech to simply being unreliable, there’s still no practical incentive to buy an EV. No matter how many tax discounts the government can offer, no one wants a car that they can’t charge because all their local infrastructure is broken. Thankfully, many of those…
UAW to Strike Plants if No Deal Reached: Report | Giga Gears
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Jennifer Granholm’s EV Road Trip: A Messy Adventure | Giga Gears
NPR recently went along on a four-day EV road trip with Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm. She got to experience the realities of owning an EV in the U.S. firsthand.