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Honda announced it would partner with General Motors to develop "next-generation" batteries in 2018. [3] The BEV3 architecture was first announced by GM in January 2019, [4] with Cadillac announced as the lead marque, [5] and BEV3 was officially detailed on March 4, 2020, during the GM EV Day briefing in Warren, Michigan, and supports Ultium batteries and Ultium Drive motors.
The car's on-board charger accepts AC power at a maximum rate of 7.2 kW, and a CCS DC charging port is optional, accepting DC power at a maximum rate of 50 kW. [60] LG Chem shifted production of the traction battery from Korea to Michigan for the 2020 model year Bolt, which advertised a capacity increase to 66 kW-hr. [ 61 ] [ 62 ]
Lithium-ion batteries for example now have an energy density of 0.9–2.63 MJ/L whereas lead-acid batteries had an energy density of 0.36 MJ/L (so 2.5 to 7.3x higher). There is still a long way to go if comparing it to petroleum-based fuels and biofuels, however (gasoline having an energy density of 34.2 MJ/L -38x to 12.92x higher- and ethanol ...
Then in 2018 the take-rate rose to 2.1%, [10] but declined to 1.9% in 2019. [11] Until January 2019, the Chevrolet Volt was the all-time best selling plug-in electric car in the U.S. [158] [159] In July 2016, the Volt became the first plug-in vehicle in the American market to achieve the 100,000 unit sales milestone. [160]
The European Union on Friday voted to adopt definitive tariffs on China-made battery electric v. ehicles. “Today, the European Commission’s proposal to impose definitive countervailing duties ...
The Tesla Model Y is the first electric vehicle to become the world's best-selling car in 2023, outselling the Toyota Corolla. [1]Battery electric vehicles are vehicles exclusively using chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, with no secondary source of propulsion (e.g., hydrogen fuel cell, internal combustion engine, etc.).
The stock of plug-in electric cars in Germany is the largest in Europe, there were 1,184,416 plug-in cars in circulation on January 1, 2022, representing 2.5% of all passenger cars on German roads, up from 1.2% the previous year. [174] [175] As of December 2021, cumulative sales totaled 1.38 million plug-in passenger cars since 2010.
General Motors started with a regular-cab, short-box (6-foot (180 cm) bed) S-10 pickup, with a base-level trim package plus a half-tonneau cover. In place of a typical inline four cylinder or V-6 internal combustion engine, the Electric S-10 EV was equipped with an 85-kilowatt (114 hp) three-phase, liquid-cooled AC induction motor, based on GM's EV1 electric coupe.