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Some sleuthing Corvette fans were off to the races night when they noticed a visualizer for the new 2024 Corvette E-Ray hybrid inadvertently went live on the Chevy website. Catching the mistake, Chevrolet quickly removed the photos. But screenshots of the car are still available for everyone to see online, thanks to some quick-acting members of CorvetteBlogger.com. BREAKING: 2024 Corvette ERAY Leaks on the Visualizer, Includes New Exterior and Interior Colors https://t.co/BeSVvhrfjq #Corvette #C8 #ERAY — CorvetteBlogger (@CorvetteBlogger) December 9, 2022 Last April, Chevrolet released a teaser video of a new Hybrid Covervette, saying it "will be available as early as next year and a fully electric version to follow." But very little information has been released about the vehicle. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVZ_HNDE2MY[/embed] The leaked photos didn't reveal too much but what to expect, but according to the website Jalopnick : "It uses ...

Redwood Materials announced today that it will break ground on a new EV battery recycling plant in the heart of the "Battery Belt," just outside Charleston, South Carolina. Introducing Redwood South Carolina! Just outside of Charleston, we will recycle, refine, and manufacture, initially, 100 GWh of battery materials on over 600 acres, creating more than 1,500 jobs in the Palmetto state. https://t.co/0zweydHqrY — Redwood Materials (@RedwoodMat) December 14, 2022 The $3.5 billion campus, the company's second, will take old batteries, break them down to their basic metals (such as nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium) and then rebuild them into cathode and anode products, the most critical and expensive components in an EV. The plant will sit on 600 acres and create more than 1,500 jobs, according to a statement from the company. Redwood's founder, JB Straubel, was a co-founder and CTO at Tesla, where he was known as Elon Musk's right-hand man. Consid...

Photo : Virrage Images ( Shutterstock ) During last year’s stretch of record-high gas prices, a lot of people were rethinking how and when they used their car, and considering alternative options. Not everyone is able to walk to work and to run errands, and outside of major cities, there’s not much in the way of public transportation in the U.S. So naturally, some people looked into getting electric vehicles. While the idea of saving money on gas is certainly appealing, that’s only one financial aspect of car ownership. In fact, owning an electric vehicle comes with several hidden costs. Here’s what to know. The hidden costs of owning an electric vehicle First, we should point out that while electric vehicles may have hidden costs of ownership that consumers may not factor in, overall, they tend to be less expensive over time. A 2020 report from Consumer Reports found that the lifetime ownership costs of the latest generation of electric vehicles were an average of between $6,...

Photo : Yauhen_D ( Shutterstock ) As electric vehicles continue to grow in popularity, more and more EV startups are following Telsa’s example of the direct-to-consumer style of sales, cutting out what many consider to be the auto- sales middle man: dealerships. While dealerships offer the customer certain advantages (an array of vehicle options, the ability to test drive multiple models on the spot, the convenience of driving your purchase off the lot on the same day), the experience of visiting a dealership to negotiate a sale is also something many of us dread. As Nora Naughton and Alexa St. John write for Yahoo News : “The consumer experience and the consumer journey is too precious to delegate to a third party,” Peter Rawlinson, Lucid’s CEO, told investors during an earnings call in November 2021. The auto consultancy Berylls said the benefits would include the potential to provide a better buying experience, cut the haggling shoppers hate, and reduce overhead costs. This a...

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has announced that the company will make organizational and operational changes, effective April 1, 2023, as it further solidifies the direction of the organizational changes made last year with an eye toward the realization of carbon neutrality by 2050. Specifically, Honda will strive to further accelerate its electrification business and create new value by leveraging its broad and expanding range of mobility products and services. Key changes include the creation of Electrification Business Development Operations for the company. Related: General Motors and Honda create alliance to produce millions of electric cars How Honda is plugging in Established in April last year to strengthen Honda's electrification program, Electrification Business Development Operations will consolidate the business strategy and BEV product development functions of the automobile business and electrification-related strategy and development functions of the motorcyc...

Redwood Materials announced today that it will break ground on a new EV battery recycling plant in the heart of the "Battery Belt," just outside Charleston, South Carolina. Introducing Redwood South Carolina! Just outside of Charleston, we will recycle, refine, and manufacture, initially, 100 GWh of battery materials on over 600 acres, creating more than 1,500 jobs in the Palmetto state. https://t.co/0zweydHqrY — Redwood Materials (@RedwoodMat) December 14, 2022 The $3.5 billion campus, the company's second, will take old batteries, break them down to their basic metals (such as nickel, copper, cobalt, and lithium) and then rebuild them into cathode and anode products, the most critical and expensive components in an EV. The plant will sit on 600 acres and create more than 1,500 jobs, according to a statement from the company. Redwood's founder, JB Straubel, was a co-founder and CTO at Tesla, where he was known as Elon Musk's right-hand man. Consid...