08 Jan 2022 | Report: 15 Tesla Semi’s Delivered This Month

Episode 1334,   Jan 08, 2022, 01:00 AM

Today’s big EV stories:
• Volvo Cars records full-year sales growth, sales of electrified cars grew more than 60%
• Volkswagen Group is number one for battery electric car sales in the UK
• Germany marks 48,436 new EV registrations in December
• Walmart and FedEx ordering thousands of electric delivery vans from GM’s BrightDrop
• Rivian Rolls Out First OTA Update to Customers
• First 15 Tesla Semi units to be delivered to PepsiCo by end of January: report
• ChargeNet Raises $6 Million to Put EV Chargers in Fast Food Parking Lots
• Watch Teslas And Audis And Other Cars Smack Into Fake Kids
• Tesla's cameras-only autonomous system stirs controversy
• Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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VOLVO CARS RECORDS FULL-YEAR SALES GROWTH, SALES OF ELECTRIFIED CARS GREW MORE THAN 60%

- Volvo Cars global sales grew by 5.6 per cent per cent to 698,693 cars in the full year 2021.

- Sales of Recharge models grew by 63.9 per cent in 2021, compared with 2020. Recharge cars made up 27 per cent of the company’s total sales volume in 2021.

- Almost 40 per cent of all new Volvo cars sold in December were Recharge models, whereof fully electric cars made up 7.4 per cent. In Europe, the share of Recharge cars was almost 60 per cent, while in the US it was close to 30 per cent of overall sales volumes.


VOLKSWAGEN GROUP IS NUMBER ONE FOR BATTERY ELECTRIC CAR SALES IN THE UK

- With over 37,000 battery electric car sales (equal to a 19.5 percent share of the segment in 2021), the Volkswagen Group in the UK not only further developed its market leadership in car sales, but also became the clear market leader in the growing zero emission battery electric vehicle segment in 2021

- The year 2021 saw battery electric vehicles breakthrough to become mainstream in the UK car market with overall BEV sales up 76.3 percent on 2020 to a total of 190,727 units, equivalent to 11.6 percent of all cars registered (source: SMMT).

- With multi-award winning cars, from the Volkswagen ID.3 and World Car of the Year ID.4; plus the outstanding Audi e-tron GT and Audi Q4 e-tron joining the existing Audi e-tron line up; and the ŠKODA Enyaq iV entering the market, Volkswagen Group UK outperformed the car market with an increase in battery electric registrations of over 100 percent to 33,239 in 2021. Meanwhile Porsche Cars GB registered 4,039 Taycan models leading total Volkswagen Group BEV registrations in the UK to more than double to 37,278 cars in 2021 compared with the year before.


GERMANY MARKS 48,436 NEW EV REGISTRATIONS IN DECEMBER

- With 48,436 new electric cars, the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) recorded a new record for new registrations in December. With a share of 21.3 per cent, this segment reached another record high.

- Looking at the new registrations from January to December of this year, the picture is as follows: A total of 355,961 electric cars were newly registered – an increase of 83.3 per cent (share of around 13.6 per cent) compared to the previous year (194,163 new registrations, share of around 6.7 per cent). The increase in plug-in hybrids, on the other hand, was somewhat smaller. From January to December 2021, the KBA recorded a total of 325,449 new PHEV registrations


WALMART AND FEDEX ORDERING THOUSANDS OF ELECTRIC DELIVERY VANS FROM GM’S BRIGHTDROP

- Walmart struck a deal with General Motors-backed BrightDrop to reserve 5,000 of the company’s electric delivery vans, the companies announced today. The retail giant says it will integrate the EVs into its fleet in the coming years.

- BrightDrop, which is GM’s dedicated electric delivery spinoff, will sell to Walmart both of its vehicles: the EV600 and the EV410. The EV600, which went into production last fall, has 600 cubic feet of cargo space, can travel up to 250 miles on a full battery, and has a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds. The smaller EV410 features 400 cubic feet of cargo space and can cover 250 miles on a single charge.


RIVIAN ROLLS OUT FIRST OTA UPDATE TO CUSTOMERS

- Rivian is still new on the market, and their R1 line of cars only started deliveries last November. This means owners did not have the chance to experience an OTA update up until now. You see their excitement when they finally got one and we must say we are impressed this came in sooner than expected. It is not a big update by any means, but one meant to iron out some bugs here and there, just to make things smoother onboard the R1T and R1S.

- The update procedure was documented by the user “Iwantatesla” in Rivian Forums, who also mentioned everything seems “much snappier” after the update.

- the update covers things from Bluetooth connectivity to the improved Navigation app. Various user interface refinements were also on the menu, with smoother transitions between apps as well as improvements to the infotainment system’s performance.



FIRST 15 TESLA SEMI UNITS TO BE DELIVERED TO PEPSICO BY END OF JANUARY: REPORT

-Recent reports from the electric vehicle community have suggested that PepsiCo may end up taking delivery of its first 15 Tesla Semis as early as this month.

- The EV maker has reportedly started installing several Megachargers at PepsiCo’s Modesto, California facility. Images shared with EV publication Drive Tesla indicated that the Semi’s Megachargers are connected to a Megapack battery. The power output of the Megachargers was reported to be a whopping 1.5 MW as well

- Perhaps the most exciting factor about the Semi’s reported deliveries this month, however, would be the vehicle’s batteries. Expectations are high that the Semi would be using Tesla’s new 4680 battery cells, which were unveiled on Battery Day. Tesla has been showing some encouraging signs with its 4680 ramp


CHARGENET RAISES $6 MILLION TO PUT EV CHARGERS IN FAST FOOD PARKING LOTS

- Electric vehicle charging startup ChargeNet raised a $6.2 million seed round from local investors including the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, as it looks to expand its network of charging hubs at fast food restaurants across California.

- The funding will aid San Diego-based ChargeNet’s strategy of deploying solar-powered EV charging stations at fast food restaurant parking lots, starting with six charging ports at a Taco Bell in South San Francisco later this month. The company plans to add similar locations in and around Los Angeles as part of its goal of expanding to more than 80 fast food restaurants by the end of the year, ChargeNet CEO Tosh Dutt told dot.LA.


WATCH TESLAS AND AUDIS AND OTHER CARS SMACK INTO FAKE KIDS


TESLA'S CAMERAS-ONLY AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM STIRS CONTROVERSY

Original Source : https://techxplore.com/news/2022-01-tesla-cameras-only-autonomous-controversy.html

MODELING STUDY SUGGESTS 1.8M EXCESS DEATHS ATTRIBUTABLE TO URBAN AIR POLLUTION IN 2019


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