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XCMG shows electric heavy equipment with BYD battery swap tech ahead of CES

Electrek

Electric equipment from XCMG can now be ordered with interchangeable battery swap tech, enabling heavy trucks and construction equipment to swap out their BYD-developed, 400 kWh battery packs in just three minutes, and top-off as quickly as diesel.

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Tesla’s sales in China jumped by 8.8% in 2024

Teslarati

Tesla had record electric vehicle (EV) sales in China for the last month of the year and an increase in sales for the full year, again solidifying the world’s largest automotive market as an important one for the U.S. company. On Friday, Tesla China reported that its 2024 EV sales rose 8.8 percent year over year to more than 657,000 vehicles, while the company’s global deliveries fell slightly by 1.1 percent to over 1.79 million (via Reuters ).

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350 new Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses headed to Hamburg

Electrek

Hamburger Hochbahn AG operates the city of Hamburgs bus system, and theyve just placed an order with Daimler Buses for 350 fully electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses to be delivered to the northern German city for use as zero-emission public transport.

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EVs take 62.8% share in Sweden – 2024 A Year to Forget

CleanTechnica EVs

December saw plugin EVs take 62.8% share in Sweden, down slightly from 63.1% year-on-year. BEV share increased YoY, but was outweighed by falling PHEV share. Overall auto volume was 26,237 units, down by 10% YoY. The Tesla Model Y remained the best selling BEV, for the eighth consecutive month. Decembers. [continued] The post EVs take 62.8% share in Sweden – 2024 A Year to Forget appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

emissions global warming Norway climate change carbon dioxide youtube lighting

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The Honda Prologue Was The Surprise EV Hit Of 2024

InsideEVs

Oh, and the Prologue was also the best-selling General Motors electric vehicle, too.

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Volvo EX30 Wins CleanTechnica Car of the Year in Europe

CleanTechnica EVs

It’s time to announce the winners of 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year voting. After coming up with four finalists for 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in Europe, we opened up voting to readers to choose the winner. Here are the results: Volvo EX30 43% Volkswagen ID.7 . [continued] The post Volvo EX30 Wins CleanTechnica Car of the Year in Europe appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Chevrolet Equinox EV Wins CleanTechnica Car of the Year in USA

CleanTechnica EVs

Its time to announce the winners of 2024CleanTechnicaCar of the Year voting. After coming up withfive finalists for the 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in the USA, we opened up voting to readers to choose the winner. Here are the results: Chevrolet Equinox EV 45% Tesla Cybertruck . [continued] The post Chevrolet Equinox EV Wins CleanTechnica Car of the Year in USA appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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EV-Swapped 1928 Ford Model A Pickup Is A Prohibition Electric Truck

InsideEVs

Putting an electric powertrain into an old classic is a great way of keeping it on the road; its also fully reversible.

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VW ID.4 now costs less than $200/month to lease

Electrek

Volkswagen is advertising its 2024 ID.4 Standard at $999 down, $149/month for 24 months. Thats an average monthly lease cost of just $184/month plus tax and license, making it the cheapest of all January EV lease offers weve found.

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Tesla Sweden strikes leave over 100 Supercharger stalls waiting for power

Teslarati

Tesla drivers and others with electric vehicles (EVs) have had to wait in line to access the company’s Supercharger stations in Sweden during holiday travel in recent weeks, as ongoing sympathy strikes have blocked more than 100 new stalls from getting energized during the winter season. Sweden’s largest auto and metalworkers union, IF Metall, has been lodging strike efforts against Tesla for over a year now, and ongoing sympathy strikes with the country’s electric utility oper

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

Brief

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‘Not safe or legal’ – Cops continue crackdown on Sur Ron style electric bikes

Electrek

As powerful electric motorbikes such as those from brands like Sur Ron and Talaria become more popular, especially with teens , police departments in the US are increasingly cracking down on their use on public roads.

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Comment on Global EV battery market share in Jan-Nov 2024: CATL 36.8%, BYD 17.1% by TSLAtrek

CN EV Post

CATL and BYD continued to hold the top two positions as the world's largest battery makers in January-November, with the former's share unchanged from January-October and the latter increasing slightly.

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Bosch teases big announcement on electric bike battery innovation

Electrek

Bosch eBike Systems plans to announce something new at CES 2025, perhaps related to advances in its electric bicycle battery technology. A cryptic teaser video gives a taste of whats to come.

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Comment on Global EV battery market share in Jan-Nov 2024: CATL 36.8%, BYD 17.1% by MJE

CN EV Post

CATL and BYD continued to hold the top two positions as the world's largest battery makers in January-November, with the former's share unchanged from January-October and the latter increasing slightly.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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It’s an electric BMX bike! It’s a skateboard! It’s a DRYFT Board… something completely new [Video]

Electrek

A new company called DRYFT1 is sliding its way into electric mobility on the wheels of a new hybrid product that mixes a BMX bike with a skateboard. The DRYFT Board is a hybrid board cross (HBX) that has combined the best elements of BMX and skateboarding into a one-of-a-kind all-electric product that gives riders the freedom to freestyle on roads in ways we havent seen before.

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Nissan Leaf prices slashed, now starting under $A35,000

The Driven EV News

The price of the iconic Nissan Leaf has been slashed to all-time lows in Australia, with the base version now being offered at less than $35,000 driveaway. The post Nissan Leaf prices slashed, now starting under $A35,000 appeared first on The Driven.

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Tesla drivers stuck in wait lines at Swedish Superchargers, Tesla blames union strikes

Electrek

Tesla drivers in Sweden are stuck in wait lines at Superchargers stations. Tesla blames union strikes preventing them from connecting their new stations to the grid.

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SwitchBot Introduces Modular Mobile Home Robot

Cars That Think

Earlier this year, we reviewed the SwitchBot S10 , a vacuuming and wet mopping robot that uses a water-integrated docking system to autonomously manage both clean and dirty water for you. Its a pretty clever solution, and we appreciated that SwitchBot was willing to try something a little different. At CES this week, SwitchBot introduced the K20+ Pro, a little autonomous vacuum that can integrate with a bunch of different accessories by pulling them around on a backpack cart of sorts.

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December rebound ensures record year for EV sales in Australia, even as Tesla share slumps

The Driven EV News

EV sales rebound in the last month of 2024, with overall growth of 4.6 per cent in the calendar year as rivals continued to eat into Tesla's market share. The post December rebound ensures record year for EV sales in Australia, even as Tesla share slumps appeared first on The Driven.

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Comment on Tesla offers limited-time discount on Model Y in China, extends 5-year, 0-interest financing to Dec 31 by JessW90

CN EV Post

Tesla is offering a limited-time discount in China for two less expensive variants of the Model Y, probably because the crossover's major refresh is not far away.

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Hyundai launches low-cost Creta electric SUV in India

Electric Cars Report

Hyundai has taken a significant step in the Indian EV market with the launch of the Creta Electric, its first locally produced electric vehicle. Based on the immensely popular Creta SUV, this new model offers a compelling, budget-friendly alternative to the Kona Electric. The Creta Electric retains the familiar silhouette of its ICE counterpart while […] The post Hyundai launches low-cost Creta electric SUV in India appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Genesis reboots GV60 EV with giant 27-inch screen. A price cut would likely attract more Aussie buyers

EV Central

Seventy sales. That’s all Genesis Australia managed for its electric GV60 deluxe small SUV in 2024. Aussies bought twice as many facially freakish BMW XM giant SUVs last year, and they cost over $300,000 before charges. The GV60 needs to crack open a can of refresh, and it’s arrived with an exterior redesign rework and cabin enhancements, including a whopping 27-inch “connected car Integrated Cockpit (ccIC) infotainment system,” or in English, a bloody big dash screen.

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Australian EV sales rebound in December, show modest growth over 2024 as Tesla share slumps

The Driven EV News

EV sales rebound in the last month of 2024, with overall growth of 4.6 per cent in the calendar year as rivals continued to eat into Tesla's market share. The post Australian EV sales rebound in December, show modest growth over 2024 as Tesla share slumps appeared first on The Driven.

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Look out MG4 and BYD Dolphin! Distinctive iPhone-eyed Firefly hatch is Chinese luxury brand NIO’s debut budget buy

EV Central

NIO has revealed the first model in its new Firefly budget brand that will spearhead the sub-brand’s expansion into new markets including Europe. Australia? Thats yet to be confirmed but the expanding Chinese luxury brand has long had its eyes our congested market. Simply named Firefly, the new Chinese hatch blends simple styling with striking three-circular-element head and tail lamps, resembling an iPhone’s camera lenses.

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Bosch teases big announcement on electric bike battery innovation

Baua Electric

Bosch eBike Systems plans to announce something new at CES 2025, perhaps related to advances in its electric bicycle battery technology. A cryptic teaser video gives a taste of whats to come. In the video seen below, a Bosch PowerPack 800 e-bike battery can be seen along with the words Protect what is valuable on either side of the battery. The clues could lead in several directions, potentially relating to the batterys safety or to advances in theft prevention.

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VW ID.4 now costs less than $200/month to lease

Baua Electric

2024 Volkswagen ID.4 (Source: VW) Volkswagen is advertising its 2024 ID.4 Standard at $999 down, $149/month for 24 months. Thats an average monthly lease cost of just $184/month plus tax and license, making it the cheapest of all January EV lease offers weve found. We havent seen a great lease deal like this on a five-passenger electric SUV since last April, when Toyota slashed the average lease cost of its bZ4X XLE down to $191/month for 2023 model and $227/month for a 2024 model.

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XCMG shows electric heavy equipment with BYD battery swap tech ahead of CES

Baua Electric

Electric equipment from XCMG can now be ordered with interchangeable battery swap tech, enabling heavy trucks and construction equipment to swap out their BYD-developed, 400 kWh battery packs in just three minutes, and top-off as quickly as diesel. Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co., Ltd. (XCMG, for short) may not be a household name here in the US, but the Chinese multinational is the third largest manufacturer of construction machinery in the world and, with the launch of a full line of

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350 new Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses headed to Hamburg

Baua Electric

Hamburger Hochbahn AG operates the city of Hamburgs bus system, and theyve just placed an order with Daimler Buses for 350 fully electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses to be delivered to the northern German city for use as zero-emission public transport. Hamburger Hochbahn AG becomes the latest bus operator to put in a major order with Daimler as I type this, fully 95 examples of the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buse have already been deployed on the streets of Hamburg through Vhh.mobility, with

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It’s an electric BMX bike! It’s a skateboard! It’s a DRYFT Board… something completely new [Video]

Baua Electric

A new company called DRYFT1 is sliding its way into electric mobility on the wheels of a new hybrid product that mixes a BMX bike with a skateboard. The DRYFT Board is a hybrid board cross (HBX) that has combined the best elements of BMX and skateboarding into a one-of-a-kind all-electric product that gives riders the freedom to freestyle on roads in ways we havent seen before.

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‘Not safe or legal’ – Cops continue crackdown on Sur Ron style electric bikes

Baua Electric

As powerful electric motorbikes such as those from brands like Sur Ron and Talaria become more popular, especially with teens , police departments in the US are increasingly cracking down on their use on public roads. One of the latest examples comes to us from the Manhattan Beach Police Department in Los Angeles County. The MBPD has seen an uptick in juveniles riding Sur Ron-style electric motorbikes, which fall far outside the regulatory limits of electric bicycles.

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Porsche has been developing in-wheel electric motors since 1900

Baua Electric

Porsche built its reputation with internal-combustion sports cars, but at the turn of the 20th century Ferdinand Porsche, whose son Ferry would later start the sports-car brand, tinkered with electric motors including in-wheel hub motors. The first electric-vehicle boom occurred at the turn of the 20th century, before internal combustion established itself as the dominant technology.

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Tesla drivers stuck in wait lines at Swedish Superchargers, Tesla blames union strikes

Baua Electric

Tesla drivers in Sweden are stuck in wait lines at Superchargers stations. Tesla blames union strikes preventing them from connecting their new stations to the grid. For more than a year now, Tesla service workers in Sweden have been on strike, demanding inclusion in a collective agreement. Tesla has historically opposed unions and successfully resisted unionization at its manufacturing facilities.

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