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Ford is giving EV buyers a free home charger and more as part of its new 'Power Promise'

October 3, 2024
Buy a new Ford EV and get a free home charger as part of its new “Ford Power Promise.” The program is designed to finally put the EV misperceptions to rest while making it even easier to go electric. It’s “not range anxiety, but change anxiety,” Martin Delonis, Ford’s senior manager of business innovation and E-Marketing, explained. After some digging, Ford found that buyers on the…
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Thor electric RV concept packs a 140 kWh battery and 500 mile range

September 30, 2024
The latest electric RV concept from Thor is a Class A motorhome with big batteries, electric drive, and a range-extending generator. Will this PHERV (?) make it to production? Visually similar to Thor’s existing Vegas Class A motorhome and co-developed by Thor and commercial EV manufacturer Harbinger, this “world’s first hybrid RV” combines a gas-powered range extender that can generate…
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Rare earth element recycler Cyclic Materials to expand after $53M Series B funding round

September 27, 2024
A Canadian company called Cyclic Materials is working to create a circular supply chain for rare earth elements (REEs) using advanced recycling processes. The company just secured $53 million via a Series B equity round to accelerate its global expansion and recycling infrastructure. Cyclic Materials was founded in Toronto in the fall of 2021 following a successful seed round. From there, the Rare…
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E-quipment highlight: Unic UM325 electric spider crane

September 25, 2024
The Furukawa Unic corporation expanded its line of pop-up “spider” cranes earlier this year with the launch of the battery-powered UM325 electric spider crane – and it looks every bit like it’s ready to be cast in a Michael Bay Transformers movie. Developed with the zero emissions/low noise job sites of Europe in mind, the Unic UM325 features a a high-capacity lithium-ion battery pack…
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