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Jaguar's Totally New EV Concept

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Vector Concept That's Electric, Autonomous & Urban Source:  Jaguar Land Rover Vector Designed for Urban Mobility & Destination Zero Jaguar Land Rover just unveiled a brand new concept electric vehicle, Project Vector, that CEO Ralf Speth says is "autonomous ready". This EV is designed for private, shared and commercial use in urban areas. It looks more like a shuttle van than a traditional car.  But, it's very important to Jaguar Land Rover.  They are collaborating with what they call "the brightest minds in academia" at the UK's National Automotive Innovation Center at the University of Warwick, supply chains and digital services to create a connected, integrated mobility system to get to "Destination Zero".  That's a destination that has zero accidents, zero emissions and zero congestion. Future of Driving The design of the Vector is a form that's becoming very popular with

Norway Leading the World on EV's

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Norway Shows Refueling Industry How to Evolve Source:  Norway Electric Cars Big Oil Goes to Norway to Learn if Roadside Refueling Is At the End of the Road More than 50% of new cars sold in Norway are now electric vehicles.  In one city Bergen, one out of every 5 cars on the road is electric.  That's the most for any city in the world.  By 2025, Norway wants to end the sale of fossil fuel powered cars.  It's the new world of zero emissions driving and Norway is leading the way.  But,where does that leave traditional gas stations?  Big Oil is looking to Norway to find answers. Norwegian Tours Canadian refueling giant Alimentation Couche-Tard says Norway is its laboratory.  The company is following what works in Norway.  It's converting a number of its gas refueling stations to electric recharging stations. The company is also offering home and workplace recharging services.  Norwegian officials says oil industry executives are coming to Norway for gas

2021: Kia's Halo EV Affordably Priced

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High Performing Halo EV 2021 Kia's EV Concept "Vision" Setting New Standards at Affordable Price Kia plans to launch a high performance, all electric vehicle - the Halo - in 2021.  Kia is promising the EV will have long range, very high performance and ultra quick charging. And, very importantly, they say is will be reasonably priced at considerably below the cost of Tesla, Mercedes and BMW EV's.  Kia's goal is to establish its electric vehicle leadership by setting a very high bar in the EV global industry. Being all-electric, the Halo will have zero emissions. Halo Crossing Boundaries The Halo is expected to blend the boundaries between sedans and SUV's.  Part of the mindset behind the Halo is the EV concept car Vision, that Kia showcased at the recent Geneva Auto Show.  Kia won't launch the Halo until 2021 because they're waiting for parent company Hyundai's new, all electric platform that it wants to use to build the

New Book "Electric Vehicles For All" by Edward Kane

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On Amazon and Kindle ASIN: B084TRHRH1   ASIN: B084T37NBC Latest 2020 EV's and Exciting Concept EV's Journalist Edward Kane's latest book "Electric Vehicles for All" has just been published as an e-book on Kindle and a paperback on Amazon.  For a free sample read. go to https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B084TRHRH1&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_J6wsEbGX7BCTW For anyone interested in electric vehicles, including mass appeal, affordable ones, Ed's  book profiles the latest 2020 EV's rolling out globally and exciting, brand new concept EV's that will be launching during the decade. One Stop Information Source on EV's Ed's book is a one-stop source for everything about EV's that you'll want to know including e- cars, e-trucks, e-SUV's, e-bikes, e-planes and flying taxis, along with the breakthrough technologies behind them.  To take a look at Ed's  books on new innovations, go to 

Sliding Glass Door: Remote Pet Control

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New Device to Remotely Let Pets In and Out  Thru Your Sliding Glass Doors Source:  Wayzn Automatic Pet Door Device Wayzn Automatic, Smart Pet Door With Your Smart Phone  A new invention turns your sliding glass doors into a very smart, automatic pet door when you're not a home.  It puts you in control of the pet going in and outside through your smart phone.  The device is called Wayzn..  The company, which is US based,  says  the device can be installed by the owner within minutes. The smart device detects the pet at the door and sends the owner an alert to let the pet outdoors or to come back inside. The process is remotely handled by the dog/pet owners. You and Your Dog Working Remotely The device works with a camera and smart speakers like Alexa and Nest to give the human owners full control remotely of the sliding glass doors no matter their location. The company says this works with all standard doors and is much more secure than traditional dog doors.  It also fo

Big Oil Getting Greener

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BP, Shell, Total Target Carbon-Free Oil Platforms Source:  North Sea Oil Platform Petition Norway for Green Electricity There's yet another sign that big oil is making an effort to go green and use renewable energy.  BP, Shell and Total have petitioned the government of Norway to connect some of their oil platforms in the North Sea to Norway's power grid.  The oil companies want to reduce their carbon emissions by electrifying the platforms with energy generated by wind and hydro power. Underwater Cable Connections The offshore platforms in the North Sea could be connected to the grid by a 300 kilometer underwater cable. BP says electrifying the platforms would significantly reduce carbon emissions. Norway generates electricity primarily from wind and hydro power. Electrifying the oil platforms would replace fossil fuel energy with carbon free energy. Green Moves This week, the new CEO of BP Bernard Looney said that BP will radically cut carbon emissions and

Airbus' Radical New Passenger Jet

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Blended Wing MAVERICK Source:  Airbus Future of Flying & Cutting Fuel Consumption French airplane manufacturing giant Airbus just disclosed that it has developed and tested a radical new flying machine.  It's a blended wing commercial passenger jet.  The new aircraft has great promise. It cuts jet fuel consumption by 20%.  And the radical, wide bodied, V-type design opens up tremendous opportunities to redesign the cabin area for passengers. In fact, it has the capacity to accommodate many more passengers than traditional passenger jets. Model Aircraft Demonstrated at the 2020 Singapore Air Show Airbus says this is radical new aircraft design.  It says it's testing disruptive aircraft configurations like the MAVERICK to evaluate their potential use.  They will continue testing their blended wing aircraft through 2025.  They demonstrated how the concept aircraft works with a small, remote-controlled version at this week's Singapore 2020 Air Show. Next Prio