Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Honda is recalling approximately 720,000 vehicles in the U.S.—including several hybrid models—due to fuel pumps that may crack and leak. The automaker announced that recall Tuesday, noting that 2023-2024 Accord and Accord Hybrid sedans, 2025 Civic and Civic Hybrid sedans, and 2023-2025 CR-V Hybrid crossovers were included. But it.
The Driven EV News
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla uses innovative method for the first time in Australia to speed up supercharger rollout as 60,000 superchargers now open globally. The post Tesla opens first pre-fab Australian supercharger site that took just days to install appeared first on The Driven.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Prior to ending its much-discussed electric-vehicle project, Apple worked with Chinese automaker BYD on batteries, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. A partnership between the two companies started around 2017, according to the report, with the goal of developing lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells for the Apple car. BYD has much experience.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
People are angry, cars aren’t selling, and now for the first time ever Volkswagen is likely to close one of its factories in Europe – the state-of-the-art Brussels plant that makes the Audi Q8 E-Tron.
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Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 17, 2024
California police forces are seeing the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y as too tight for police duty There's no official Tesla police package, and few other EV options Police-duty F-150 Lightning pickups have been better received—and other patrol EVs are on the way Tesla electric cars have convinced many civilians to make the switch from internal.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla recently shared an update video featuring the most recent capabilities of its humanoid robot, Optimus. The update video was posted less than a week after the company’s “We, Robot” event, which showcased a number of Optimus robots walking around and interacting with the event’s attendees. The 90-second video update was posted by Tesla through its official Tesla Optimus account.
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Teslarati
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla Cybertruck has officially launched in Canada, the company announced today. The Cybertruck initially started deliveries in the United States last November, and it took ten months for it to be available in an additional country, as Tesla launched the all-electric pickup in Mexico last month. As it was launching the Cybertruck in Mexico , the Vehicle Program Manager, Siddhant Awasthi, confirmed on X that the pickup would make its way to Canada in late October.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
A Chinese maker of inexpensive TVs you’ll find at Walmart or on Amazon is launching a new family hatchback EV designed to rival the VW ID.3, Cupra Born, and BYD Dolphin. So far, it looks like the real deal.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 17, 2024
There are many benefits to electric cars — the convenience of charging at home or work, the fun and usefulness of instant torque, the much lower CO2 emissions and air pollution, and various benefits during a hurricane. However, one of the biggest incentives has long been lower operational costs. Electric. [continued] The post Ford Launches Tool To Help Businesses Go Electric, Save Money appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Innovation News Network
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Biopolymers made of hemp oil form a versatile platform for high-performance plastics with benign degradation products. The post Unlocking the potential of hemp-based polymers appeared first on Innovation News Network.
Green Fleet Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Amid natural disasters and political upheaval in the 2024 election, Harris’s and Trump’s proposed policies present both challenges and opportunities for fleets in uncertain times.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Hyundai’s cheapest EV is now even more affordable in Korea. The Casper Electric gained a new Premium trim starting at $20,000 (27.4 million won). With subsidies, Hyundai expects the new model will be available for as little as $7,300 (10 million won).
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 17, 2024
People have been pondering, analyzing, and predicting what the future of transport will look like. It is easy to say that it’s robotaxis because that can come in a lot of stages, scales, and flavors. Tesla just held its “We, Robot” event, and there’s been much discussion around it. However, [continued] The post Tesla Robotaxi Strategy: A Medium Sized Fleet appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Elon Musk has elevated Omead Afshar, who worked in his office in what many saw as a “chief of staff” position, to a top executive role at Tesla after the young engineer was reportedly in hot water at the automaker. This appears to be part of a broader leadership shake-up at Tesla.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla is already getting to work trying to move more Tesla Model 3s from factories to customer homes before the end of the year. It sent out a new mailer a couple of hours ago offering what is truly a super low monthly leasing price — “for now.” The monthly. [continued] The post Tesla Lowers Leasing Price on Tesla Model 3 in USA appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
X Shore , a leading Swedish electric boat maker, has just announced its largest single sale yet. The company is preparing to fulfill an order of 32 electric boats signed with M Yachts , a yacht management service.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 17, 2024
General Motors (GM) announced a $10 million investment for battery development. The company’s venture capital arm, GM Ventures LLC, is investing $10 million in Forge Nano, a materials science company. Forge Nano focuses on atomic layer deposition (ALD) solutions, a method used to coat lithium-ion batteries. The company developed its Atomic Armor technology to “engineer the surface of raw materials atom-by-atom, strengthening their properties and improving product performance.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
San Diego-based Beam Global’s (Nasdaq: BEEM) new solar-powered BeamWell water desalination and e-mobility delivery system provides clean drinking water, electricity, and mobility for crisis zones.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Well, this Waymo update came as a surprise. The California-based robotaxi company is trialling something interesting through November 15. It will provide Waymo One riders with a $3 credit for future Waymo rides whenever they connect to certain transit stations in the Bay Area. Presumably, this is partly about promoting. [continued] The post Waymo Now Encouraging Mass Transit appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
FUELL Inc., the electric bicycle and e-motorcycle startup built largely on the name of the legendary motorcycle visionary Erik Buell, has entered into chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.
CleanTechnica EVs
OCTOBER 17, 2024
A little while ago, the great CleanTechnica editor and famous man around what Steve Hanley calls the gold-plated CleanTechnica water cooler, Zach Shahan, mused, “I remember the Tesla fans trashing LFP battery chemistry! I could go on and on about how it was ridiculed and how Tesla fans claimed you. [continued] The post What Is It With LFP For Batteries?
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Despite admitting “the market is tough,” Lucid Motor’s (LCID) CEO Peter Rawlinson said the luxury EV maker is outpacing its.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla has reportedly promoted CEO Elon Musk’s right-hand man to a much bigger role. Omead Afshar has been at Tesla since September 2018 and held positions like Project Manager and Project Director in the Office of the CEO until July 2020, when he updated his position to a Cowboy emoji in July 2020, the same date Gigafactory Texas started construction.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla’s Supercharger network has reached the impressive new milestone of having deployed 60,000 charging stalls around the world. The Supercharger.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla Japan reecntly reached a new milestone by setting up its 60,000th Supercharger in the country. The milestone was celebrated by Tesla executives on social media platform X. As noted by Tesla Japan on its official account on X , the country’s 60,000th Supercharger—which also hosts Japan’s first V4 stalls—is located in Enshu Morimachi, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Lexus is giving you a massive new incentive to try out its all-electric luxury SUV. Through a new deal this month, Lexus is offering up to nearly $22,000 in lease cash on 2024 RZ models.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Tesla’s Director of Optimus and Autopilot Engineering Milan Kovac has been promoted to Vice President of Optimus (Tesla Bot). The update was posted on the executive’s personal LinkedIn page. Similar to Tesla’s Director of Autopilot Software Ashok Elluswamy, who was promoted to Vice President of AI Software recently, Kovac is a veteran of the electric vehicle maker’s Autopilot team.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Lucid Motors (LCID) stock was down as much as 20% during Thursday’s pre-market after the company announced plans to sell over 262 million shares. The new stock offering is causing share prices to slide ahead of Lucid’s first electric SUV, the Gravity, which will launch later this year.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Lesley-Ann Knee credits her father for introducing her to the world of patents. He’s an engineer who specializes in application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and holds several patents on technologies he developed while working for Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft. “I would hear stories of his experiences through the patent prosecution processes,” Knee says, which taught her about different kinds of patents, the importance of documentation, and using detailed language.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Today, Rivian is pushing a software update to its vehicles and Android and iOS apps that includes some fixes, features, and perhaps most notably, some neat Halloween surprises.
The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 17, 2024
In January of this year, I was lucky enough to get ahold of a 2024 Toyota GR Corolla Premium. Between being fortunate enough to have test vehicles and the fact that I can walk my kids to school, I don’t get to drive it anywhere near as much as I’d like, but when I do, I am excited every time to engage with the excellent manual transmission. Toyota recently told CarBuzz that it believes most customers feel the same way, saying that it expects the upcoming direct automatic transmission option in 2
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Mary Barra is sounding the alarm. GM’s CEO warned that China’s escalating EV price war is putting automakers globally under intense pressure. Although she called it a “race to the bottom” with many companies losing money, Barra admitted that the American automaker isn’t immune.
InsideEVs
OCTOBER 17, 2024
D.C. may soon set the template every city could want to follow for EV drivers, mandating more charging for renters and fast charging at gas stations.
Electrek
OCTOBER 17, 2024
On today’s educational episode of Quick Charge , Ford Pro cross vehicle brand manager Nate McDonald is here to tell us about a new fleet management tool that can help give fleets a better answer to that modern question: When is the right time to electrify ?
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