Green Car Reports
APRIL 10, 2024
Ford is cutting prices on some 2024 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks by up to $5,500, CarsDirect reports, citing a bulletin sent by Ford to dealerships. Effective April 5, the XLT Standard Range grade gets a $2,000 price cut, bringing its base price down to $65,090 with the mandatory $2,095 destination charge. The Lariat Extended Range gets.
Electrek
APRIL 12, 2024
CATL has unveiled Tener, a new large scale energy storage system to compete with Tesla Megapack. The system has almost twice the energy capacity of the Megapack, and CATL claims zero degradation after 5 years.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 11, 2024
Chinese EVs are coming to Europe in waves but many of them stay parked in port facilities for months waiting for transport inland. The post Unsold Chinese EVs Are Piling Up At European Ports appeared first on CleanTechnica.
The Driven EV News
APRIL 9, 2024
With EV sales at 90 per cent of the new car market, the number of electric cars on Norway roads s likely to overtake petrol cars within the next 12 months. The post Electric vehicle numbers could overtake petrol cars in Norway this year appeared first on The Driven.
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Green Car Reports
APRIL 11, 2024
Charging company Voltpost is preparing to roll out its lamppost EV chargers in major U.S. metro areas like New York, Chicago, and Detroit. The company on Thursday announced that it had "imminent plans" to deploy its chargers in these areas this spring. The Level 2 chargers are added to existing lampposts, with charging sessions and payment managed.
Electrek
APRIL 11, 2024
Chinese automakers are looking to export electric vehicles by the hundreds of thousands around the globe, but they need a lot more car-carrying vessels to make that happen. Demand is so high that the country is on track to amass what will be the world’s fourth-largest fleet in a few short years, with new trade routes being created especially for Chinese cars.
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Cars That Think
APRIL 10, 2024
Rapid and resourceful technological improvisation has long been a mainstay of warfare, but the war in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. This improvisation is most conspicuous in the ceaselessly evolving struggle between weaponized drones and electronic warfare, a cornerstone of this war. Weaponized civilian first-person-view (FPV) drones began dramatically reshaping the landscape of the war in the summer of 2023.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 9, 2024
Ford on Tuesday confirmed lasting price cuts on the Mustang Mach-E lineup, along with 20% faster road-trip charging and a boost in range of up to 20 miles for the new model year. The automaker has also substituted in a new in-house-designed motor unit and thermal changes that altogether will make top-performance versions quicker-accelerating than.
Electrek
APRIL 8, 2024
As rivals including Ford and GM pull back, Hyundai is surging ahead in the US electric vehicle market. Hyundai’s US CEO, Randy Parker, is calling out the competition as the brand goes “all in” on EVs.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 12, 2024
Much recent discussion around Tesla has been about a lower-cost, smaller Tesla (“Model C” or “Model 2,” as it is often called). In particular, there was the shocking news that Tesla reportedly killed the project in order to focus on a Tesla robotaxi vehicle. It seems that the majority of. [continued] The post Tesla Model Y & Model 3 Cost $10,000 Less Than Average New Car Price appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Teslarati
APRIL 7, 2024
Another Tesla executive has responded to recent reports that the $25,000 mass-market vehicle is no longer being planned, following CEO Elon Musk’s denial of the claims. Last week, Reuters reported that sources had told it that Tesla was canceling plans for its $25,000 electric vehicle (EV). Musk went on to deny the reports, literally saying that “ Reuters is lying (again),” with he and Tesla later announcing plans to unveil the upcoming robotaxi on August 8, 2024.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 12, 2024
American EV ownership is growing, but fewer car shoppers who don't already own an EV are considering one, according to a new Gallup poll. Of those households surveyed, 7% reported owning an EV, up from 4% a year ago, while a steady 16% of Americans over the past few years indicated that they are "EV consumers," which Gallup defines as those who.
Electrek
APRIL 8, 2024
BYD is expected to launch its next-gen Blade EV battery later this year. The battery will promote more range at an even lower cost. Will the new battery be BYD’s X-factor in its “liberation battle” over gas-powered vehicles?
Cars That Think
APRIL 7, 2024
I’ve enjoyed reading magazine articles about Ethernet’s 50th anniversary, including one in the The Institute. Invented by computer scientists Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs , Ethernet has been extraordinarily impactful. Metcalfe, an IEEE Fellow, received the 1996 IEEE Medal of Honor as well as the 2022 Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery for his work.
Teslarati
APRIL 6, 2024
Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) users have passed a significant milestone. As per the electric vehicle maker, Tesla drivers have driven over 1 billion miles on FSD. That’s a cumulative number of miles that exceeds the distance between the Earth and Saturn. Tesla announced the FSD milestone on its Tesla AI official social media account on X, with the company also providing a graph showing the cumulative miles driven by FSD users over the years.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 9, 2024
The 2024 Fiat 500e is a small electric three-door hatchback that looks remarkably similar to the previous Fiat 500, sold in the U.S. from the 2012 through 2019 model years. This one’s offered only as a battery-electric vehicle (hence the “e”), at least for the moment. But Fiat plans to market it as a fashion accessory as much as.
Electrek
APRIL 8, 2024
Tesla’s team of “hardcore lawyers” have decided to settle a lawsuit involving an Autopilot death instead of going to a trial that looked like it was about to get interesting.
The Driven EV News
APRIL 9, 2024
There's been a lot of misinformation on social media warning of a dystopian future of millions EV batteries piling up around us. The truth is that used EV batteries are valuable and will be in hot demand. The post Battery recycling capacity set to outstrip supply of end-of-life EV batteries by 4 to 1 appeared first on The Driven.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 10, 2024
If the electric vehicle of the future is lightweight and energy efficient, power generations will be able to keep pace with electrification. The post The Electric Vehicle Of 2050: The Best Is Yet To Come appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 8, 2024
New Jersey is introducing an additional registration fee for EVs. Starting July 1, drivers will pay an upfront fee of more than $1,000 on top of existing registration fees. Governor Phil Murphy signed a law last week renewing New Jersey's transportation trust fund that adds an annual fee set at $250 this year, and rising $10 over the remaining.
Electrek
APRIL 12, 2024
China has been heavily subsidizing its green tech sectors, but homegrown EV company BYD is a favorite child of the bunch, receiving enormous subsidies to the tune of at least $3.7 billion, according to a new German study.
Electric Cars Report
APRIL 6, 2024
The Finnish EV charging manufacturer Kempower has launched its state-of-the-art electric truck charging solution for power ratings above 1 MW. Kempower’s Megawatt Charging System seeks to be part of the solution to the challenges of electrification of heavy-duty vehicles to meet the EU’s decarbonization goals. To bridge the market transition towards full megawatt charging adoption […] The post Kempower launches 1.2 MW electric truck charging station appeared first on Electric Cars Report.
The Driven EV News
APRIL 8, 2024
Many analysts have been conditioned to view Tesla as just another vehicle manufacturer, but the truth is Tesla is a software company just happens to also be the world's most advanced EV maker. The post Robotaxi transitions Tesla from a seller of vehicles to a seller of mobility appeared first on The Driven.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 8, 2024
Automakers must reduce EV battery weight by 50% in the next decade in order to make electrification truly green, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said Wednesday during the automaker's Freedom of Mobility Forum. As Reuters reports, Tavares said that making a battery pack for an EV with a "decent range" of 250 miles currently takes, on average 1,000.
Electrek
APRIL 9, 2024
An EV for under $10,000? After selling nearly 35,000 Seagull models in March, cumulative sales of BYD’s cheapest electric car topped 360,000. And that’s in less than 12 months since it launched.
Teslarati
APRIL 7, 2024
A new study from the University of California (UC) Berkeley shows a steady, albeit modest, decline in carbon emissions with increased electric vehicle (EV) adoption over the last few years. The research looks at carbon emission trends between 2018 and 2022, utilizing data from 50 air-quality sensors throughout the Bay Area, as detailed in a report published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal on Thursday.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 6, 2024
Volvo sold more cars last month than ever before in company history, thanks in large part to big demand for the new EX 30. The post Volvo Sets All-Time Sales Record Thanks To EV Sales Surge appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 8, 2024
Kia remains committed to an ambitious EV sales goal, but plans to keep hybrids and plug-in hybrids as part of its product mix, the automaker announced Friday in a presentation to investors. Kia still targets 1.6 million global EV sales annually by 2030. That's the same goal the automaker stepped up to in 2023, versus a previous target of 1.2.
Electrek
APRIL 10, 2024
BMW just hit a milestone after reaching the one million EV delivery mark as sales surged in the first quarter of 2024. With EV sales climbing in all major regions, BMW outpaced the competition in Q1.
Teslarati
APRIL 11, 2024
Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to have given a subtle nod to the idea of more affordable Full Self-Driving (FSD) monthly subscriptions. A cheaper monthly rate for FSD would likely increase the take rate for the advanced driver-assist system’s subscription service. Musk’s apparent nod to a cheaper FSD subscription was observed by Tesla enthusiasts on social media platform X, several of whom noted that the CEO had liked a post from an EV advocate stating that the take rate for FSD subscriptions would
The Driven EV News
APRIL 12, 2024
Australians pay over $60 billion a year to import petroleum products, and tens of billions more for storing, distributing and selling them. Electric transport and sensible urban planning can reduce that. The post Electric cars and trucks can slash Australia’s $60 billion fossil fuel import bill appeared first on The Driven.
Green Car Reports
APRIL 12, 2024
EVs could end up using a lot of electricity, but efficiency improvements to support them could significantly reduce the need for new grid infrastructure, cut energy usage, and potentially save consumers billions of dollars, according to a new study from research firm EPRI and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). By 2050, charging of.
Electrek
APRIL 11, 2024
A new study shows that drivers of electric cars are saving everyone billions of dollars on their monthly electricity bills — even the people who don’t drive EVs!
Teslarati
APRIL 11, 2024
Tesla has launched a new variant of the its best-selling vehicle, the Model Y, to select European countries. The new Model Y variant currently stands as the second most-affordable and longest range variant of the all-electric crossover. Tesla announced the launch of the new Model Y Long Range Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) motor in a post from its Tesla Europe & Middle East account on social media platform X.
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