Green Motion Planet is going Airborne!

Dear readers and followers of Green Motion Planet,

My mission was always to be on the forefront of technology and new thought, looking for empty space, blue oceans, and solving real-world problems. One of the crucial problems, besides CO2 and other car-caused pollution, which we face globally, is traffic congestion, which again increases micro location pollution and causes delays, stress, and waste of energy. We, humans, need to get airborne in an urban environment, so to say "rise above" the problem of traffic congestion.  

The aim of this blog is to promote such solutions. Join me, share your thoughts and add your comments, ideas, articles, and impressions.

I hope you will find a solution for your needs that will serve the rising market for flying traffic solutions and the related industry based on principles of sustainability and service. 

Svem Vranko, Founder 

Photo credit: unsplash.com/@declansun

The top of the pops EV charger

When it come s to owning an electric car the most important thing is to have it charged and ready for your next busy day or a weekend escape. And home charging is just one third of the cost of public chargers.

Upon long hours of testing and research author of the article decided that on the top of their list is ChargePoint Home Flex Level 2 EV Charger.

Photo by Philippe Murray-Pietsch on Unsplash

Why this one?

ChargePoint, the big cheese in the electric charging world, has stations peppered all over the US. This bad boy smoothly merges into their app, linking you not just to their public stations but also letting you register your ride. And get this—it customizes how much juice your vehicle slurps up and how many EPA miles it gets. Fancy, right?

The app? It's a user-friendly wizard, showing off charge-rate graphs and dishing out the deets on your total charge time and energy chugged during each session. Plus, you can schedule your charging spree to cash in on those sweet off-peak electricity rates (something most EVs dream of having).

But hold your horses! The ChargePoint app takes the cake with its high-tech cost tracking. You can pick from a gazillion rate plans from your local utility, calculating your charging bill down to the cent, even on those ever-fluctuating rates. And hey, kudos for the nifty notch on the unit to wrap your cord around—no extra cord-wrangling gadgets needed here.

In a world of charging chaos, ChargePoint's got your back.

If you are looking for a fast, reliable, and easy-to-use charger for your EV, look no further than the ChargePoint Home Flex. It has everything you need to keep your battery full and your wallet happy. Plus, it comes with a 23-foot cord, which is long enough to reach your car even if you park it in your neighbor’s driveway. Just don’t tell them I said that. 😉

Technical features:

Output capability: 50/48/40/32/24/16 amps (12.0/11.5/9.6/7.7/5.8/3.8 kW) 

Cord length: 23 feet 

Cord management: Built in 

Outdoor rating: Yes (NEMA 3R) 

Note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases if you decide to get this lovely piece of high end tech equipment for your EV through link provided. Thank you for being here and may your charging be low cost and uninterrupted.

Buy it on Amazon: ChargePoint Home Flex Level 2

Charging Electric Cars with Solar Power

Photo by Peggy_Marco on Pixabay

Owning an electric car that is charged by a solar power system is an excellent way to ensure your transportation is both cost-efficient and emissions-free. As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to shift market share away from traditional internal combustion engines, the world will see an increased demand for the rapid and efficient charging of lithium-ion batteries. 

As the opportunity to seamlessly integrate the EV charging process with residential solar grows, SolarEdge’s new inverter-integrated EV charger promises to offer a more efficient, less expensive, and environmentally-friendly method of powering homes and cars.

Please read the whole article on Greentech Renewables here.

Audi E-Tron sport back vs. Tesla model X

 

Audi e-tron, photo by audi-mediacenter.

In the late summer, we (Electrek) were given the keys to Audi’s second all-electric car, the E-Tron Sportback, and while there is much to admire, it has taken us a little longer than usual to broadcast. Why? Well, there has always seemed to be more affordable, and in turn more accessible, electric cars to talk about to the public, including the VW ID.4, VW ID.3, Honda e, Tesla Model Y, and most recently the Mazda MX-30. 

                                                               

Read the whole article here. 

Lightyear One - solar powered electric car

https://youtu.be/WEjQkkrsY5Y

Lightyear One has been engineered coming from a radically different perspective. Our performance pushes us to focus relentlessly on to optimize efficiency and safety. We started from scratch, following not convention but only the laws of physics, to get the most out of every joule of energy. Lightyear One will get to a range of 725 km on the WLTP cycle. We will guarantee at least 400km in winter, at highway speeds and with heating on. Mostly, range will be between 500 and 800 kilometers.

Which EV's has the best range 2019

Here is the list of the EV's with best range:

 https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1149053/Electric-car-real-world-range-test-Tesla-Hyundai-Jaguar

Hyundai Motor Group Partners with Rimac to Accelerate Development of High-Performance EVs

• Hyundai Motor Group to invest EUR 80 million in Rimac Automobili
  - Hyundai Motor to invest EUR 64 million; Kia Motors to invest EUR 16 million
• Companies to collaborate on high-performance EV and FCEV prototypes by 2020
• New partnership to enhance Group’s status as game changer in Clean Mobility

SEOUL/ZAGREB, May 14, 2019 — Hyundai Motor Group and Rimac Automobili (Rimac) have announced a strategic partnership aimed to strengthen the Group’s efforts to lead the high-performance electrified vehicle market and enhance its status as a game changer in Clean Mobility.

Under the new partnership, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation will each invest EUR 64 million and EUR 16 million, respectively, for a total combined investment of EUR 80 million in Rimac. The companies will work closely together to develop prototypes for an electric version of Hyundai Motor’s N brand midship sports concept car and a high-performance fuel cell electric vehicle with the intent to bring them to market at a later time.

“Rimac is an innovative company with outstanding capabilities in high-performance electric vehicles,” said Euisun Chung, Executive Vice Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group. “Its startup roots and abundant experience collaborating with automakers combined with technological prowess makes Rimac the ideal partner for us. We look forward to collaborating with Rimac on our road to Clean Mobility.”

“We are very impressed by Hyundai Motor Group’s vision as well as prompt and decisive initiative,” said Mate Rimac, Founder and CEO of Rimac Automobili. “We believe this technology partnership will create maximum value for our companies and their customers. Rimac is still young and relatively small but a fast-growing company. We see a strong investor and technology partner in Hyundai Motor Group and believe this collaboration will charge our position as a Tier-1 electrification components supplier to the industry.”

Rimac was founded in 2009 by Mate Rimac as a garage project in Croatia with the vision to build the sports car of the 21st century. It has since grown rapidly into a technology powerhouse, with its expertise ranging from high-performance electric powertrains to various control technologies and battery systems.

Hyundai Motor Group will leverage the partnership to build on its existing R&D capabilities to meet its electrification plan, which includes deployment of 44 eco-friendly models by 2025. Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor’s N brand, dedicated to high-performance vehicles, has been introducing acclaimed high-performance models such as the i30N and the Veloster N since its launch in 2015.

“We want to build high-performance vehicles that are not only fast and powerful but also meet the highest expectations of our customers as the car of their dreams,” said Thomas Schemera, Executive Vice President and Head of Hyundai Motor Group’s Product Division. “Our goal is to popularize electric vehicles and to create social value through world-class technology and innovation in performance.”

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About Rimac Automobili
Rimac Automobili was founded in 2009 by Mate Rimac (then 21 y/o), converting his first Guinness-World-Record breaking electric car in a garage. Today, Rimac develops and manufactures key electrification systems for many global automotive companies, and at the same time, raises the bar for performance EVs with their own electric hypercars. This technology powerhouse with headquarters on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia, employs more than 500 people today with plans for strong future growth. The company is vertically integrated with many of the components produced in house. The next challenge ahead is to grow from a low volume manufacturer of complex high-end electrification components, to an established Tier-1 supplier for the industry. In the new facilities that are currently under way, Rimac is planning new high volume production lines for battery packs, powertrain systems and the C_Two hypercar production starting in 2020.

About Hyundai Motor Group
Hyundai Motor Group is a global corporation that has created a value chain based on automobiles, steel, and construction and includes logistics, finance, IT and service. With about 250,000 employees worldwide, the group’s automobile brands include Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. Armed with creative thinking, cooperative communication and the will to take on all challenges, we are working to create a better future for all. 

For more information on Hyundai Motor Group, please see:
https://www.hyundaimotorgroup.com

Mate Rimac - CARS - TECHNOLOGY, PASSION, ART, SCIENCE

On Jan. 21, 2019 Mate Rimac talks in Zagreb, Croatia's Museum for Contemporary Art about connection of his work on hypercars with the art of design. In this awesome presentation Mate mentiones Elon Musk, Tesla Roadster and his biggest challenges with Concept One car production.

Check out his complete talk here

(Mate starts at 03:58)

Jaguar I-Pace The Top Gear review

The Top Gear just tested new Jaguar I-Pace Electric.

What they found please read here.

Photo credit: https://media.jaguar.com/news/2016/11/jaguar-reveals-i-pace-concept-electric-performance-suv

Flying car innovator believes he can finally make it a reality

No technological dream has captured the minds of the media quite like the flying car. Marcus Leng of Blackfly believes his invention will allow it to become a reality. CBS News correspondent John Blackstone, who has chased down the flying car fantasy for 30 years, reports on this Silicon Valley innovator.

Rimac C Two

On today's Sun, Friday 28 September of the Lord's summer 2018, this electric racing beast shone on Štrosmajerov trg in Zagreb: Rimac C Two Only a live experience can really convey the simultaneous controlled power, playfulness of lines, dominance of width and length, and yet a certain elegance of lines. Golden trim and aerodynamics, at the same time a retro experience like a Corvette, and futuristic like an aircraft from the future.

Tiff Needell drives The Electric Tesla GT P100DL

A Tiff Nadel's Team was invited to Barcelona for an exclusive first drive of the brand new Electric GT Tesla P100DL race car. Racing driver Tiff Needell got first dibs and was unquestionably the right man for the job to get behind the wheel for a short drive around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

This is excellent example how Tesla Grand Prix could look like!

Mate Rimac on LEAP Summit - his way to succes

In this video from March 17, 2018. Mate Rimac just came from Geneva Auto Show where he presented C TWO, the most advanced electric car today. CEO of Rimac Automobili talks to young Croatian audience about his way to the top in auto industry. 

Video by: Green Motion Planet

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster leaves Earth with 'easter eggs'

February 7, 2018 

— Starman is traveling through the solar system, riding in the driver's seat of a midnight cherry Tesla Roadster with the top down.

The improbable, if also surreal scene, captured in a video broadcast back to Earth, unfolded live on Tuesday evening (Feb. 6) as a finale to SpaceX's maiden launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket. The car served as a mass simulator, taking the place of a real payload given the risks that the test flight might have failed.

Please read the whole article on CollectSpace here.

Tesla Team of Croatia drives Rally Budapest (Hungary) - Bamako (Mali)

Team Tesla - powered by RWE Croatia reached $6000 + funding goal on Indiegogo as part of fund raising for their participation in Rally Budapest (Hungary) - Bamako (Mali). 

Oleg Mastruko (author, photographer and BUG and MREZA magazine contributor) and Sasa Cvetojevic (entrepreneur and electric car enthusiast) will drive 8629 km long amateur rally which can be compared to Paris - Dakar. 

Budapest - Bamako is rather Rally for regular people with irregular intentions. Start is on January 12 and planned completion on January 28, 2018.

Green Motion Planet will follow this electric car Team on their journey as they drive Model X. This will be great test for purely electric vehicle made by Tesla Motors and even bigger test of will and stamina for the Team.

Team Tesla Croatia - Oleg Mastruko and Sasa Cvetojevic

A word from Drivers:

Hi, this is a campaign to get funding for Team Tesla Powered by RWE for Budapest - Bamako rally, largest amateur rally in the world. We plan to go with Tesla X fully electric car!

Main sponsor of our project is, quite fittingly, energy company RWE, Croatian branch of the innogy group, one of the leading energy companies in Europe. In Croatia, they are mostly known as electricity and gas providers.

The project is in Croatian, because we plan to write travelogue in Croatian language, for our Croat readers (and others who understand Croatian). We will also post high quality photos. So, since photos do not require any translation – if you like nice photos and/or electric cars you can support the campaign too....

The rally itself is challenging enough, but to go with the electric car makes it almost completely crazy. Check out the video above, with the rough route shown. Follow, and of course participate in this campaign! As the campaign draws to a close, we will publish the name of the Facebook group and the media outlets that will be used to publish the photos, stories and news from Team Tesla Powered by RWE. Thanks!

Oleg & Sasa

Check their Indiegogo campaign here.

Route Budapest - Bamako

Link to whole schedule of Budapest - Bamako Rally find here.

VW Camper Van is returning

VW Camper Van is returning, but you won't believe what they've done to it

VW I.D. Buzz                             Photo credit: Car Magazine

VOLKSWAGEN is bringing back the iconic T1 Camper Van in 2022, but the new model will be an electric, self-driving version called the I.D Buzz.

Volkswagen is bringing back its iconic T1 camper van back in 2022 – but not quite how you’d imagine. 

As part of VW’s new I.D electric car range they are manufacturing the Buzz, a microbus concept, which is based on the famous T1, T2 and T3 Campers "hippy mobile".

VW I.D Buzz was unveiled earlier this year, but now it has been confirmed the vehicle will enter production in 2022. 

The I.D Buzz will both be electric-powered and have a degree of autonomy.

 Whether the car will be fully autonomous by 2022 or just have certain self-driving features has not been confirmed. 

Please read the whole article by Luke John Smith on EXPRESS.

Electric car brand Rimac Automobili teases new supercar

Following on from the Rimac Concept One, the new hypercar is a game changer, says Rimac.

Croatian electric supercar maker Rimac has given us the first indication of the shape its second generation hypercar will take when it arrives as the follow-up of the Concept One.

Rimac has given us little more than a dark silhouette to work with but we can see from the teaser that the new car is still obviously a supercar in form, featuring a recognisable mid-engined car shape and aggressive aero. Unlike the sleek Concept One, the first thing we can see is a rear wing and deeper front splitter. Looking closely at the image, it is also possible to see production car-like mirrors, usually a tell-tale sign of whether a car being shown is a concept or production car.

Please read the whole news by Jordan Katsianis on EVO.

2017 LA Auto Show — More Electric Cars Than Ever!

If you are still on the fence about going to the 2017 LA Auto Show because you’re an EV aficionado but were disappointed in the last few years, fear not. This year show has a lot of electric vehicles and autonomous driving, and security is high on the panel agenda.

Nissan Leaf 2018                      Photo credit: Ckean Technica

After test driving the Arcimoto and talking to Bollinger, we headed out to a new Nissan LEAF test drive.

Please read the whole article by Nicolas Zart on Clean Technica.

New Tesla Roadster - The BIG Picture

A video comment by ColdFusion, his thoughts on the Roadster and Tesla Truck and what it means for the auto industry. Subscribe to ColdFusion You Tube Channel here.

Mini's all-electric car brings a new charge to an old classic

Mini electric                                      Photo by BMW GROUP

Mini is making big moves in the electric car world and is introducing a fully-electric concept vehicle sporting the automaker's signature look with a few next-gen flourishes. 

The new EV design, which is called the Mini Electric Concept (at least for the time being), was unveiled at the IAA Cars 2017 event in Munich. The small car is designed for short city drives, according to the copmany, and is meant to offer a new zero-emissions option for urban dwellers.

Mini's parent company BMW Group aims to put the Concept design on the road in 2019, joining industry rivals like Tesla and GM with more accessible EV options for the driving public. The new design is the first truly all-electric car from Mini meant for mass production, although the automaker does offer electrified versions of a few of its current models.  

Read the whole article by Brett Williams on Mashable.com here.