In-motion EV charging, drive motor clutches, Stellantis ponders $25,000 EV: Today’s Car News

Stellantis is contemplating a $25,000 EV, though price and labor hurdles stay. Magna argues for drive-motor disconnect clutches as a means of boosting vary. And is Ford contemplating dynamic inductive charging? This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automobile Reviews. 

In a current patent submitting, Ford laid out the know-how constructing blocks for permitting EVs to be charged wirelessly as they drive along. Though Ford hasn’t made public any plans to capitalize on the tech, which might show costly, it may be put to make use of for limited-loop fleets and supply autos or, in a extra distant future, private autos. 

Stellantis is reportedly mulling a $25,000 EV, though feedback by the corporate’s CEO and the UAW point out that it might need some lengthy negotiations to make earlier than such a mannequin may be seen as viable for U.S. manufacturing. Contemplating the EV tax credit score, nonetheless, that product is already right here in the present day within the Chevy Bolt EV. 

And because the provider Magna just lately argued—on behalf of merchandise it makes, we must always level out—disconnecting drive motors throughout cruising or coasting can potentially boost EV range 9%. The unit it’s selling is already attributable to launch on “a number of autos of a German premium automaker” quickly.

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