Important Innovations Collection

Chevy Equinox Costs About $30,000                                                  Source:  Chevrolet GM:  An EV For Everyone This is an epic automotive development - an electric vehicle that is affordable.  Chevrolet has just unveiled an EV for the masses.  It's the Chevrolet Equinox that is priced around $30,000. By comparison, the average EV in July 2022 sold for $60,000.  The 2024 mid-sized SUV is $35,000 less than the Tesla Y and $13,000 less than the Ford Mustang Mach E.  Equinox is currently GM's second-best selling vehicle, right behind the Silverado. The new, all- electric Equinox vehicle makes it inexpensive to be green, zero emissions and beneficial to the environment.  GM has designed it to be a game-changing EV.  The vehicle has a range on a charge up to 300 miles.  It will be ...

Detects Children Left Behind in Hot Cars Source:  Tesla  Boosts Theft-Prevention Systems Tesla is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)) to market and sell a short-range, interactive motion sensing device.  The company says the sensor can detect a child left behind in a hot car.  Tesla also says it enhances anti-theft systems in cars.  Tesla needs FCC clearance to use these unlicensed millimeter-wave sensors that operate at higher power levels than are currently allowed. Big Advantages Unlike camera based and in-seat occupant systems, the Tesla device is radar-based.  Tesla says it has depth perception and can see through soft materials like a blanket covering a baby in a car seat.  The device is so sensitive it can detect breathing, heart beats and can differentiate between a child and an object left on a seat.  The FCC is seeking public comment on the sensor through September 21.  In the US, 50 children left behi...

Lucid Air Sedan Source:  Lucid Air New Vehicle has Long Range Electric vehicle startup Lucid, based in California, has a new vehicle that can go the distance.  The Lucid Air sedan has an expected EPA rated range of more than 517 miles on a single charge.  That makes it the longest range electric vehicle on the market today.  In fact, it gets 115 miles more range than Tesla's current highest range vehicle, the Model S, which has an EPA rated range of 402 miles.  Tesla was the first EV company to break the 400 mile range with a widely available electric car. Proprietary High Tech Motors Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson credits the company's high tech motors, invented at Lucid, with the industry's leading EV range.  And, if you're wondering when you can buy one, the final version of Lucid Air will be presented on September 9, 2020.  The Air will go into full production at Lucid's Case Grande, Arizona facility.  First cars will be delivered to customers earl...

Tesla/Elon Musk Solar Energy Bundle for Consumers Source:  Tesla Solar Home First New Target Market is Europe Tesla is already the world's #1 electric vehicle automaker.  Founder & CEO ELon Musk is now considering offering a home energy package to consumers that would bundle solar panels and roofs, Powerwall energy storage and electric vehicle chargers.  It's the whole package for going solar at home and driving clean, green electric vehicles.  Tesla is currently surveying customers in Germany for their appetite of going very green and for their specific green energy needs.  The bottom-line:  entrepreneur Musk is attempting to add a brilliant layer of business onto Tesla electric vehicle operations as a global green energy utility to service his customers and new green customers' needs.  He has petitioned to be granted licensing as a utility in the UK and already has a small grid system in Australia. Specifics Tesla is very methodical in its approa...