Weekly-ish News - Episode 23 (July 21, 2021)
- Author
- Tyler Herrmann
- Published
- Thu 22 Jul 2021
- Episode Link
- https://www.spreaker.com/show/whats-the-alternative_1
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**I apologize for the audio quality of this episode, I had a weird mic issue this week and was not able to get it fixed before this episode.**
Electric Vehicles:
Ford patents a method for charging EVs while they're being towed.
- Focus is on RVs, so it's not quite as bonkers as it sounds.
- The article also mention the idea of using the EV to provide extra power when needed, essentially making a weird sort of two-component hybrid, though the patent doesn't mention this.
- Engineering Explained video about charging a Tesla by towing it.
Rivian R1T (the truck) deliveries are delayed again until September from July.
Tesla will apparently open up its European Supercharger network by September 2022.
- This came out during a meeting with the government of Vestland, Norway.
- Similar is expected in Sweden, and potentially the rest of Europe.
- $199/mo if you currently have basic lane-keeping and such.
- $99/mo if you currently have Enhanced Autopilot
- You need to pay for Hardware 3.0 upgrade if you don't have it ($1500)
Nikola announced 51 new dealerships in 9 states.
- Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, Delaware, Virginia, and Maryland.
- National Highway Transportation Safety Administration said this should be done regardless of whether owners received the recent software patch.
- This is the result of two battery fires from November 2020.
Electrify America intends to double its network by 2025.
- This would mean around 10k DC Fast Chargers across the country.
- They expect commercial deliveries in 2026.
Honda is going all-electric by *2040*.
- This is deeply frustrating because they're going all-electric in Europe by 2022 (which includes hybrids, but still).
