Electric Vehicles Made These Engineers Expendable

Electric Vehicles Made These Engineers Expendable

At Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, in Dearborn, Mich., workers assemble the F-150 Lightning, an all-electric, full-size pickup truck. When veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Mike Colias began writing about the automotive industry in 2010, the internal-combustion engine still served as the beating heart of legacy carmakers. Since then, the hard pivot to electric vehicles has sidelined engine design and upended a century of internal order at these companies. Colias has observed the trans...
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One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.

One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.

In the fall of 2024, a trucking company in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, temporarily stored a storm-damaged Tesla at its yard. A few weeks later, the car burst into flames that grew out of control within seconds, some shooting out 30 feet. A local fire company tried in vain to squelch the blaze, spraying more than 2,000 gallons of water on the vehicle. Eventually, the firefighters requested help from a fire company in neighboring Bristol Township, led by volunteer fire chief Howard McGoldrick. H...
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BMW pauses £600m electric vehicle Mini production

BMW pauses £600m electric vehicle Mini production

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5 Electric Vehicles With Over 1,000 HP (Ranked By Price)

5 Electric Vehicles With Over 1,000 HP (Ranked By Price)

Over the years, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers have given us some of the most impressive high-power speedsters the automotive industry has ever seen, thanks in part to the fact that the electric motors in these EVs make a great amount of torque. Advertisement With EVs now coming in all shapes and sizes, you bet there’s a 1000-hp EV to suit almost every want and need, whether that’s a hypercar, truck, or sedan. But they’re not cheap to buy, as the cheapest 1000-hp EV you c...
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NIPCO Converts 15,000 Vehicles To Use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

NIPCO Converts 15,000 Vehicles To Use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)

NIPCO announce the conversion of 15,000 vehicles to run on the cheaper Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The firm also announced partnership with Delta State to construct a CNG station conversion workshop in Asaba. Says that it is actively working with PCNGI to increase the availability of CNG conversion kits and workshops. In its efforts to promote the “Switch to CNG” campaign in Nigeria, the Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) has announced the conversion of 15,000 vehicles to run o...
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UAE to Install Over 500 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by 2025

UAE to Install Over 500 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by 2025

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to install more than 500 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by the end of 2025. Sharif Al Olama, the UAE’s Under-Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, announced the initiative, designed to support clean transport and reduce carbon emissions. Al Olama stated that the ministry had already installed more than 100 charging stations across the country in 2024. He highlighted the rapid expansion of the netwo...
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Italy investigates four electric vehicle makers over consumer information

Italy investigates four electric vehicle makers over consumer information

A Prima 500 electric car manufactured by Italian car maker Fiat. Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP Italy’s competition watchdog said on Friday it was investigating four electric vehicle makers, including Tesla and Stellantis, over alleged unfair commercial practices linked to “contradictory” information given to consumers. The four separate probes are targeted at BYD Industria Italia, Stellantis Europe, Tesla Italy and Volkswagen Group Italia – all Italian or European subsidiar...
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See a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire

See a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire

When firefighters arrived on scene, they asked the driver to dump his load in the street, which would reduce the risk of anything on the truck itself—gasoline, CNG, etc.—catching fire. Then the firefighters could put out the blaze easily, treating it like a normal trash fire, and have Groot haul away the debris afterward. But this didn’t work either. The flames had spread far enough by this point to put the truck’s dumping mechanism out of commission. So, firefighters unrolled ho...
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Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates New Bus Station In Abule-Egba, Says CNG And Electric Buses To Join BRT Fleet By Q3

Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates New Bus Station In Abule-Egba, Says CNG And Electric Buses To Join BRT Fleet By Q3

Sanwo-Olu inaugurates new bus station in Abule-Egba to enhance seamless mass transportation from the area to other parts of the State.  Says that this infrastructure reflects our commitment to continuously enhancing public transportation systems.  He also revealed that the State was expecting the arrival of new CNG buses and electric buses by the Q3 2025 to enhance bus services. Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday February 18th (today) commissioned the newly completed Abule-Egba...
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NNPCL Takes 15% Equity Stake in Starzs Gas’ CNG Mother Station in Delta

NNPCL Takes 15% Equity Stake in Starzs Gas’ CNG Mother Station in Delta

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) through its subsidiary, NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML) has agreed to take a 15-per cent equity shareholding in Starzs Gas Limited’s 2 million standard cubic feet per day (2mmscf/d) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mother station in Iwhrekan, Ugheli South Local Government Area of Delta State. As part of the equity partnership, the national oil company has also agreed to guarantee gas supply to the multi-million-dollar facility on a competit...
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