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The Primary Energy Fallacy

CleanTechnica EVs

Everyone has some idea of how much energy an ICE vehicle uses. After all, if you’re putting fuel in and then seeing how much you can drive before it needs fuel again, you know that you’re pumping a certain amount in. Add in the knowledge of other things a gallon. [continued] The post The Primary Energy Fallacy appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla China rolls out RMB 10,000 discount for Model Y

Teslarati

Tesla China has launched a rather rare discount for select Model Y variants. The discount was announced by Tesla China in a post on its official social media account on Weibo. As could be seen in Tesla China’s post on Weibo, domestic customers who order the Model Y Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) and Long Range All Wheel Drive (AWD), and take delivery of their vehicles between November 25 and December 31 can take advantage of a RMB 10,000 ($1,379) discount on their purchase.

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Review: 2025.5 Volvo XC90 PHEV spans the gas-electric divide

Green Car Reports

XC90 plug-in wears fresh face, revamped interior It inherits EX90 EV’s interface and OTA update capability EPA-rated EV range should be 33 electric miles Core, Plus, Ultra trim packages; six- or seven-passenger versions XC90 Core costs $59,745; Ultra, $81,495 Søren Kierkegaard had it right: life must be lived forwards. Still, not.

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EV Sales Are Not Just Rising, They Are Stealing Market Share From Gasmobiles

CleanTechnica EVs

Politics aside, EV sales have nowhere to go but up as battery costs continue to decline and battery performance continues to improve. The post EV Sales Are Not Just Rising, They Are Stealing Market Share From Gasmobiles 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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Hyundai recalls 145,000 Ioniq and Genesis EVs for loss of drive power

Green Car Reports

145,235 Hyundai and Genesis EVs have been recalled The recall stems from a potential issue with the onboard charger The issue results in a potential loss in drive power Hyundai is recalling 145,235 electric vehicles from its main brand and Genesis luxury brand because of a potential issue with onboard chargers that could cause vehicles to enter a.

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Tesla preps a remote control team for robotaxi – taking a page out of Waymo’s book

Electrek

Tesla has confirmed through a new job listing that it plans to establish a ‘teleoperation’ team to remote control its upcoming robotaxi fleet. It’s something that Tesla really needs in order to deliver a robotaxi service, and something that market leader Waymo has already deployed.

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Tesla Superchargers are getting longer cables for non-Tesla EVs

Green Car Reports

Superchargers are getting longer cables in preparation for V4 Tesla can detect when a non-Tesla EV is plugged in That means more accurate real-time stall availability Ahead of the overdue rollout of its V4 Supercharger hardware, Tesla is installing longer cables and making other changes that may help avoid friction at Supercharger stations as EVs.

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Tesla China extends five-year zero interest loan offer to end of 2024

Teslarati

Tesla has extended its “limited time” five-year, 0% interest financing offer for the Model 3 and Model Y in China. The offer applies to all variants of the Model Y crossover and Model 3 sedan. As could be seen in Tesla China’s order page for the Gigafactory Shanghai-made Model 3 and Model Y, the five-year, 0% interest financing program has been extended until the end of December 2024.

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Rivian CEO: Dealer laws are "as close as you can get to corruption"

Green Car Reports

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe pointed to a "horrific state-by-state level of rules" Dealers' lobbying efforts have made it hard for Rivian to interact directly with customers Rivian's aware it has a service backlog, views it as a short-term problem Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe isn't a fan of U.S. dealership franchise laws. These laws work against the EV maker.

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Starlink supporting Police in Western Australia

Teslarati

Starlink supports police stations and vehicles across Western Australia (WA) through the “anywhere communications project.” Western Australia’s “anywhere communications project” has spent $3.5 million on Starlink data services from reseller Vocus. The project has provided Starlink data services to 122 remote police stations and 550 vehicles across Western Australia.

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

Brief

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Curious Tesla vehicles under covers raises some questions

Electrek

A group of Tesla vehicles spotted under covers at the automaker’s test track at the Fremont factory is raising some questions.

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Tesla highlights FSD safety in edge case test videos

Teslarati

Tesla has not shipped FSD V13 yet, but the system’s latest update that has been released to consumers is already a very capable and safe advanced driver assist suite. This was highlighted by Tesla recently when it shared some videos of FSD safety tests being conducted in closed courses. As it turns out, Tesla really does push FSD’s capabilities to ensure that it can react in a proper and safe manner to as many edge cases as possible.

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Tesla Superchargers Are Getting Longer Cables

InsideEVs

Tesla also has a couple of other tricks up its sleeve to prevent non-Tesla EVs from taking up two spots when charging.

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Tesla launches lower lease program Down Under

Teslarati

Tesla launched a lower lease program Down Under, called the LeaseMyTesla program. Tesla’s new lease program is powered by Driva, which offers personalized rates for car and personal loans. Tesla Australia and New Zealand’s Country Director, Thom Drew, announced the launch of the new program with its new calculator via LinkedIn. “Today, we have taken a huge step toward demystifying Novated Leasing in Australia.

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

Oil

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This “Lollipop” Brings Taste to Virtual Reality

Cars That Think

Virtual and augmented reality setups already modify the way a user sees and hears the world around them. Add in haptic feedback for a sense of touch and a VR version of smell-o-vision , and only one major sense remains: taste. To fill the gap, researchers at the City University of Hong Kong have developed a new interface to simulate taste in virtual and other extended reality (XR).

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EU China negotiations over EV import tariffs nears end

Teslarati

The European Union (EU) and China have been negotiation over Europe’s imposed import tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs). A Chair of the trade committee in the European Parliament recently hinted that the EU and China are close to reaching an agreement, marking the end of negotiations. “We are close to an agreement: China could commit to offering e-cars in the EU at a minimum price.

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BYD confirms next-gen Blade EV battery is coming soon promising even more range

Electrek

BYD is launching a new Blade EV battery next year to power its next wave of vehicles. China’s EV giant confirmed the advanced batteries will unlock even more driving range for its next-gen electric cars.

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SpaceX eyes 25 annual Starship launches starting next year

Teslarati

SpaceX is potentially looking to launch Starship 25 times starting next year, a major uptick in the number of times the rocket will take off compared to years past. Starship launches are becoming more frequent now that SpaceX is moving quickly toward both unmanned and manned missions to Mars in the coming years. This year, SpaceX launched Starship four times.

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Tesla (TSLA) introduces new direct discount in China at critical time

Electrek

Tesla (TSLA) has introduced a new direct discount for the Model Y in China as the latest of a series of incentives to boost demand during this critical end-of-quarter push.

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Police left to clean up anti-Tesla Giga Berlin protesters’ encampment: report

Teslarati

Recent reports have revealed that Grünheide police have torn down the encampment of anti-Tesla protesters near Giga Berlin. During the police’s operations, they took down treehouses built by the anti-Giga Berlin protesters, who dubbed themselves as environmentalists who were looking to stop Tesla. Unfortunately for the Grünheide police, they were left with a rather dirty task afterward—the cleanup of the protesters’ encampment.

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Utah Transit Authority Clean Energy TRAX (Street Cars) & Electric Buses Plus Front Runner (Heavy Rail)

CleanTechnica EVs

In preparation for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) planned and executed significant upgrades to the Salt Lake County and eventually Wasatch Front transit systems. The first element in the upgrade was the implementation of TRAX, the first Salt Lake City light rail. [continued] The post Utah Transit Authority Clean Energy TRAX (Street Cars) & Electric Buses Plus Front Runner (Heavy Rail) appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla starts hiring software engineers for robotaxi and Optimus teleoperations

Teslarati

It appears that Tesla is laying the groundwork for some serious real-world testing of its robotaxi and Optimus programs. This was hinted at in a recent job listing that was posted on the company’s Careers website, which focused on a C++ software engineer for the teleoperation of the Tesla bot and robotaxi. As per the job description , Tesla’s AI Teleoperation team is tasked with providing remote access to the Cybercab and Optimus.

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Rivian R1T Tows Big Rig Out Of The Mud To Save The Day

InsideEVs

When the towing company and the truck driver are out of options, an electric pickup comes to the rescue.

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Energy utility completes EV fast-charging loop in world’s biggest isolated grid

The Driven EV News

W.A. energy utility completes the final fast charging installation of the network that covers the state's main grid - the biggest isolated grid in the world. The post Energy utility completes EV fast-charging loop in world’s biggest isolated grid appeared first on The Driven.

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Hyundai Is About To Have More EVs With NACS Plugs Than Tesla

InsideEVs

The automaker has a big leg up over rivals: Six EVs with Tesla's charging port coming soon from Hyundai, Kia and Genesis.

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Watch Hyundai’s massive $7.6B Georgia EV plant go up in just 2 years in this video from space

Electrek

Hyundai’s new EV plant in Georgia is now up and running. The massive $7.6 billion facility was built in just two years as the company preps for new US-made electric models like the upgraded 2025 IONIQ 5 and its new three-row IONIQ 9. A cool new video from space shows just how quickly Hyundai worked to open the facility.

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Unveiling the secrets of the Higgs Boson: The ATLAS Collaboration’s latest insights and measurements

Innovation News Network

CERN’s Katharine Leney discusses the ATLAS Collaboration’s latest findings and their implications for understanding the Higgs boson. The post Unveiling the secrets of the Higgs Boson: The ATLAS Collaboration’s latest insights and measurements appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Tesla maintains hiring efforts in the Philippines

Teslarati

After opening its first store in one of Metro Manila’s most prominent areas, Tesla Philippines now seems to be focusing on growing its headcount in the Southeast Asian country. This could be seen in the job openings for Tesla Philippines that remain on the company’s Careers website. Prior to Tesla’s official launch of the Model 3 sedan and Model Y crossover in the Philippines earlier this month, industry watchers observed that the electric vehicle maker was ramping its hiring efforts in the cou

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Renault Trucks to start sales of long range E-Tech T electric truck in H2 2025

Electric Cars Report

Renault Trucks will be taking orders for an extension of its Renault Trucks E-Tech T model in second half of 2025. With a range of 600 km on a single charge, this vehicle opens up new prospects for the decarbonisation of long-haul transport. With 30 million kilometres of use by hauliers, Renault Trucks electric trucks […] The post Renault Trucks to start sales of long range E-Tech T electric truck in H2 2025 appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Toyota Hilux EV by 2030: How the heavy hitter of the ute market plans to take on China

EV Central

An all-electric Toyota Hilux could be in dealerships by the end of the decade. Toyota says an engineering trial of a Hilux EV with mining giant BHP could pave the way for a production program designed to broaden the appeal of the brand’s top selling model – and take the electric car fight to China. Importantly, Toyota has now taken development of an EV ute wholly in-house rather than relying on third parties as it had previously.

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Meet Kia’s new EV5 GT Line SUV, starting under $30,000 in China

Electrek

We are finally getting a look at Kia’s sporty new electric SUV. With starting prices under $30,000, the 2025 Kia EV5 GT Line looks ready to compete with th e best in China.

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Tesla Shanghai Megafactory looks ready to start Megapack production in Q1 2025

Teslarati

Tesla’s Shanghai Megafactory seems to be closing in on completion. This was, at least, hinted at in recent updates that were shared on social media. Similar to the Lathrop Megafactory, the Shanghai Megafactory is designed to produce Megapack batteries. During his opening remarks at the Tesla third quarter 2024 earnings call, Elon Musk stated that the Shanghai Megafactory will start with a 20 GWh per year run-rate when it starts operations in Q1 2025.

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Former coal mine land to host 5.5 GW of solar as Peabody partners with RWE

Electrek

US coal giant Peabody and Germany’s RWE are teaming up to develop 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of solar and energy storage projects on former mining land in the Midwest.

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GM And Hyundai EV Pickup Could Be In Development

InsideEVs

The two global rivals are reportedly working together to build an EV pickup that could be sold under a "badge engineering" scheme.

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