/** * Theme functions and definitions. */ /* Set up the content width value based on the theme's design. */ if ( !function_exists('chromium_content_width') ) { function chromium_content_width() { $GLOBALS['content_width'] = apply_filters( 'chromium_content_width', 1200 ); } add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'chromium_content_width', 0 ); } /* Adding additional image sizes. */ if ( function_exists( 'add_image_size' ) ) { add_image_size( 'chromium-recent-posts-thumb-s', 160, 190, true); add_image_size( 'chromium-recent-posts-thumb-m', 225, 267, true); add_image_size( 'chromium-recent-posts-thumb-top', 384, 216, true); add_image_size( 'chromium-gallery-s', 384, 216, true); add_image_size( 'chromium-gallery-m', 640, 360, true); add_image_size( 'chromium-gallery-l', 1024, 576, true); add_image_size( 'chromium-grid-blog', 350, 350, true); add_image_size( 'chromium-grid-blog-m', 600, 600, true); } /* Sets up theme defaults and registers support for various WordPress features. */ if ( ! function_exists( 'chromium_setup' ) ) : function chromium_setup() { // Translation availability load_theme_textdomain( 'chromium', get_template_directory() . '/languages' ); // Add default posts and comments RSS feed links to head. add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' ); // Let WordPress manage the document title. add_theme_support( 'title-tag' ); // Enable support for Post Thumbnails on posts and pages. add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' ); add_image_size( 'post-thumbnail', 870, 350, true); // Custom Logo $logo_defaults = apply_filters( 'chromium-custom-logo-defaults', array( 'height' => 40, 'width' => 235, 'flex-height' => true, 'flex-width' => true, ) ); add_theme_support( 'custom-logo', $logo_defaults ); // Nav menus register_nav_menus( array( 'primary-nav' => esc_html__( 'Primary Menu (Under Logo Group)', 'chromium' ), 'logo-group-nav' => esc_html__( 'Logo Group Menu', 'chromium' ), ) ); // Enable support for Post Formats. add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'aside', 'image', 'video', 'audio', 'quote', 'link', 'gallery', ) ); // Switch default core markup for search form, comment form, and comments to output valid HTML5. add_theme_support( 'html5', array( 'search-form', 'comment-form', 'comment-list', 'gallery', 'caption' ) ); // Add theme support for selective refresh for widgets. add_theme_support( 'customize-selective-refresh-widgets' ); // Enable woocommerce support add_theme_support( 'woocommerce' ); // Enable layouts support $chromium_default_layouts = array( array('value' => 'one-col', 'label' => esc_html__('1 Column (no sidebars)', 'chromium'), 'icon' => get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/img/one-col.png'), array('value' => 'two-col-left', 'label' => esc_html__('2 Columns, sidebar on left', 'chromium'), 'icon' => get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/img/two-col-left.png'), array('value' => 'two-col-right', 'label' => esc_html__('2 Columns, sidebar on right', 'chromium'), 'icon' => get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/img/two-col-right.png'), ); add_theme_support( 'chromium-layouts', apply_filters('chromium_default_layouts', $chromium_default_layouts) ); } endif; /* end of if (!function_exists('chromium_setup')) */ add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'chromium_setup' ); /** * Enqueue scripts and styles for the front end. */ if ( ! function_exists( 'chromium_inline_styles' ) ) : function chromium_inline_styles(){ $styles = ''; $thumb_width = get_theme_mod( 'product_thumb_width', '85' ); $styles = '@media screen and (min-width: 1024px){ .product-images-wrapper .flex-control-thumbs { width: '.$thumb_width.'px !important; } }'; return $styles; } endif; if ( !function_exists('chromium_scripts') ) : function chromium_scripts() { //---- CSS Styles wp_enqueue_style( 'chromium-style', get_stylesheet_uri() ); wp_enqueue_style( 'chromium-fonts', get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/css/fonts.css' ); wp_enqueue_style( 'fontawesome', get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/css/font-awesome.min.css' ); wp_add_inline_style( 'chromium-style', chromium_inline_styles() ); if ( class_exists('WooCommerce') ) { wp_enqueue_style( 'chromium-woo-styles', get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/css/woo-styles.css' ); } //---- JS libraries wp_enqueue_script( 'chromium-navigation', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/navigation.js', array(), '20151215', true ); wp_enqueue_script( 'hoverIntent', array('jquery') ); wp_enqueue_script( 'chromium-theme-helper', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/theme-helper.js', array('jquery'), '1.0', true ); wp_enqueue_script( 'magnific-popup', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/magnific-popup.js', array('jquery'), '1.1.0', true ); // 3rd party script if ( is_page_template( 'page-templates/gallery-page.php' ) ) { wp_enqueue_script( 'filterizr', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/filterizr.js', array('jquery'), '1.2.3', true ); // 3rd party script } //---- Comments script if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) { wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' ); } } endif; /* end of if (!function_exists('chromium_scripts')) */ add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'chromium_scripts' ); /** * Init Sidebars. */ if ( !function_exists('chromium_sidebars_init') ) : function chromium_sidebars_init() { // Default Sidebars register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Blog Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-blog', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Appears on singular blog posts and on Blog Page', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Front Page Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-front', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Appears when using the optional Front Page template with a page set as Static Front Page', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Pages Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-pages', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Appears on Pages', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Header (Logo group) sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'hgroup-sidebar', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Located in header section', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '', ) ); // Store Sidebars if ( class_exists('WooCommerce') ) { register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Shop Page Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-shop', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Appears on Products page', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Single Product Page Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-product', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Appears on Single Products page', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Special Filters Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'filters-sidebar', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Located at the top of the products page', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '', ) ); if ( true == get_theme_mod( 'add_cart_sidebar', true ) ) { register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Cart Page Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'sidebar-cart', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Appears on Cart page under main table', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); } } /* Footer Sidebars */ register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Footer Sidebar (1 Col)', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'footer-sidebar-1', 'before_widget' => '
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', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Footer Sidebar (2 Col)', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'footer-sidebar-2', 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Footer Sidebar (3 Col)', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'footer-sidebar-3', 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Footer Sidebar (4 Col)', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'footer-sidebar-4', 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); /* Top top_panel_text_color Sidebars */ if ( true == get_theme_mod( 'header_top_panel', true ) ) { register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Header Top Panel Left Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'top-sidebar-left', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Located at the top left corner of the site', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Header Top Panel Right Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'top-sidebar-right', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Located at the top right corner of the site', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '

', 'after_title' => '

', ) ); } /* Primary Nav Sidebar */ if ( true == get_theme_mod('primary_nav_widgets', true) ) { register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Primary navigation widgets', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'primary-nav-widgets', 'description' => esc_html__( 'Located in the same row as primary navigation', 'chromium' ), 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
', 'before_title' => '', ) ); } register_sidebar( array( 'name' => esc_html__( 'Home Page Sidebar', 'chromium' ), 'id' => 'home-page', 'before_widget' => '
', 'after_widget' => '
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are taking over the roads, with major automakers under pressure to develop full EVs. Volvo will even be electrifying its entire fleet.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Electric vehicles (EVs) are taking over the roads, with major automakers under pressure to develop full EVs. Volvo will even be electrifying its entire fleet.<\/p>

Industry experts aren\u2019t sure when EVs will become the standard. However, it\u2019s safe to say once the mid-2020s roll around, EVs will be comparable to, or cheaper to buy and operate than, internal combustion vehicles. Once that point is reached, it\u2019s likely EVs will be on the fast track to market domination.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Much like the auto industry, the aftermarket parts industry will look quite different when EVs take over the market. To stay relevant, aftermarket manufacturers must have a plan for the changes. Which parts will stay, and which parts will be phased out? What new parts will be needed? Here\u2019s a quick look:<\/p>

Parts That Will Stay<\/strong><\/h4>

EVs and gas-powered vehicles drastically differ in some ways, but there are parts they have in common, such as:<\/p>

  • Brakes<\/li>
  • Batteries<\/li>
  • Suspension components (shocks, struts, etc.)<\/li>
  • Body parts<\/li><\/ul>

    Parts That Will be Phased Out<\/strong><\/h4>

    EV motors have about 20 moving parts, a big decrease from the 2,000 moving parts in internal combustion engines. That means a lot of parts will be phased out, including:<\/p>

    • Fuel system parts (fuel tanks, pumps, filters, etc.)<\/li>
    • Engine parts (oil and air filters, spark plugs, starters, etc.)<\/li>
    • Exhaust system parts (mufflers, oxygen sensors, catalytic converters, etc.)<\/li>
    • Multi-gear transmissions<\/li>
    • Clutches<\/li><\/ul>

      What Will be New?<\/strong><\/h4>

      The rise of EVs also will bring entirely new parts to the table, including:<\/p>

      • Single-speed gear boxes<\/li>
      • Motor controllers<\/li>
      • Electric motors<\/li>
      • Regenerative braking systems<\/li>
      • Electrically driven water pumps, steering pumps, air conditioners, etc.<\/li><\/ul>

        How Aftermarket Manufacturers Can Adapt<\/strong><\/h4>

        If an aftermarket auto parts manufacturer wants to stay relevant, they\u2019ll focus on the parts that will stick around and those that will come into the picture as EVs rise in popularity. Also, as internal combustion engine part sales drop, manufacturers of those parts will start looking for other parts to make. This will shake things up in the industry.<\/p>

        The parts that are only relevant to internal combustion engines will still be produced by some niche aftermarket parts manufacturers, as it will take a decade or two for demand for these parts to drop. However, these companies will have to figure out how to stay relevant in an EV-dominated market. The bottom line: expect to see a large shift in focus to EV aftermarket parts as EVs become more popular. Also, expect to see a lot of aftermarket companies phase out their internal combustion engine parts to make room for EV parts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Electric vehicles (EVs) are taking over the roads, with major automakers under pressure to develop full EVs. Volvo will even be electrifying its entire fleet. Electric vehicles (EVs) are taking over the roads, with major automakers under pressure to develop full EVs. Volvo will even be electrifying its entire fleet. Industry experts aren\u2019t sure when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1039],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n