The 2021 Ford Edge is ready to roll with added smart new technologies. These include a new standard largest-in-class 12-inch size center screen, all-new SYNC® 4A with connected built-in navigation and cloud connectivity with conversational voice recognition, plus refinements to Edge’s interior and exterior design. The 12-inch screen supports multi-tasking, enabled by splitting the screen into…
Due to their applicability in electric vehicles and stationary storage, Nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide (NMC) and nickel-cobalt-aluminium oxide (NCA) layered-oxide materials are the dominant cathode of today In current iterations, nickel can make up to 60-80% of the metal content. To improve these class of materials, many have been attempting to incorporate more nickel into these cathodes,…
The Volkswagen Group’s business was heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in first nine months of 2020, but recovered noticeably in the third quarter. This means that the declines in deliveries, sales revenue and profit as of the end of September were significantly more moderate than at the half-year mark. The countermeasures initiated worldwide to…
Cars with solar bodywork have long-range. This is contained in IDTechEx report, titled: “Solar Vehicles 2021-2041”. Tough sell. Even longer range is being achieved by those crudely shoving in an enormous battery. The real significance is that Lightyear and Sono Motors cars with solar bodywork achieve range with half the battery and, for the gentle, never suffer a charging point. Consequently, solar adds space, reduces fire risk, reduces end-of-life disposal…
