Cleantech & EV’s

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NASA is developing an all-electric experimental plane called the X-57 Maxwell as part of an effort to share insight with regulators before EV planes establish a market. Propellers for the electric X-plane recently completed wind tunnel testing at the Langley Research Center in Virginia. Wind tunnel test Positioned along the leading edge of X-57’s cruise-efficient wing, these motors and…

Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess said today that a Joe Biden win in the US presidential election would boost the German automaker’s efforts to mass-produce electric vehicles globally. Diess said on a Bloomberg webcast [via Reuters]: A Democratic program would be more aligned with our worldwide strategy to fight climate change to go electric. The United States, when it comes to market share…

GM is kicking off its hiring effort and making construction progress at its Ultium battery factory under its new Ultium Cells LLC joint-venture with LG Chem. The new startup is looking to hire over 1,000 workers that will support the production of GM’s future electric vehicles. In December 2019, GM announced its own battery factory in partnership with LG Chem in Lordstown, Ohio. The project…