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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! We decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco. My daughter opened the Waymo app, and, poof — 1, 2, 3, and a Waymo robotaxi arrived in 5 minutes outside the house, calmly waiting for us to unlock and open the door. Shannon unlocked the Waymo. Image by Cynthia Shahan | CleanTechnica Waymo greeted Shannon and gently asked her to buckle her seatbelt. As the doors closed firmly, we floated down the street with…
The Galaxy E5 is a compact SUV, the first to feature Geely’s Aegis Short Blade Battery, and will target global markets. (Image credit: Geely) Geely Auto Group has launched a new model in the Galaxy lineup, the E5, a compact SUV (sport utility vehicle) that will also be available in overseas markets. Geely rolled out the Galaxy E5, an all-electric SUV with a starting range of 440 kilometers and a starting price of RMB 112,800 yuan ($15,750), at a launch event in Guiyang, Guizhou province in southwest China yesterday. The compact SUV will be aimed at the global market, with…
If you own an electric vehicle then you’re probably sick and tired of the anti-EV crowd telling you how much you hate your electric car. One of the oldest lies is some variation of “you’ll have to get a new battery every 75,000 miles”. It is a practically ancient line of attack for social media trolls. And as anyone driving a modern EV with a 60 kWh+ pack like a Tesla Model 3 will tell you: this supposed EV reliability concern is completely untrue. We now have more than enough evidence to show that batteries will provide a usable driving range…
EVs cost less to fuel in every state of the U.S. By electricity cost vs. gas prices, there’s a vast range among states EVs have the strongest advantage in Idaho, Washington, and the Northwest Fluctuating gas prices can make internal-combustion vehicles cost up to six times more to drive than EVs, but the potential savings can vary in different parts of the country. The Northwest is the U.S. region where EV owners save the most money compared to fueling gasoline cars, according to the Department of Energy (DOE). That’s based on analysis by Argonne National Laboratory, which estimated cost savings…
As a serious heat wave expands across the US, we look at how high temperatures affect EV range from battery range experts Recurrent. An intense heat wave is expanding from the Midwest to the East and West coasts, with 6.4 million people under excessive heat watch as of today. Temperatures are expected to reach 100F in multiple areas in the US in the coming week. So, I’m resurfacing this June study from Recurrent, which provides EV battery health reports for owners, shoppers, and dealers. Recurrent’s study, “Summer & Hot Weather on Electric Car Range,” looked at real-world data from more than 7,500…
The Yangwang U9, an all-electric supercar, went on sale on February 25 at a starting price of RMB 1.68 million ($231,560). (A Yangwang U9 on display at the Beijing auto show in April 2024. Image credit: CnEVPost) Yangwang, the luxury brand of BYD (HKG: 1211, OTCMKTS: BYDDY), will begin deliveries of the U9 next month, after launching the electric supercar model in February. The Yangwang U9 is already in the production scheduling phase and will begin deliveries in late August, Yangwang said in a July 27 statement. “Over the past few months, we have been pushing full steam ahead in…
The YouTube channel The Fast Lane Truck is known for pushing trucks to their limit. Based in the Denver, CO area, the team frequently hauls large loads across difficult terrain. They subject multiple vehicles to the same tests in order to see where each truck excels and where each truck fails. This recent comparison between the Tesla Cybertruck and Ford F-150 Tremor showcases some of the clear benefits of electrification when towing large loads at slow speeds and high elevations. Both trucks will be towing a very un-aerodynamic 10,500-lb load, maxing out the F-150 Tremor and nearly reaching the Cybertruck’s…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! School buses, intended to provide safe and secure rides for all children, are largely failing kids with disabilities, prompting urgent calls for improvements. “I experienced accessibility problems at least three times a week,” one youth reflected in a student discussion. Either there was not enough space to secure a wheelchair, or “the wheelchair securements were set up in a really awkward configuration that required me to contour myself like a pretzel.” They added that “the lift breaks all the time or it’s so slow…
The Tesla Cybertruck’s being turned into a police car The Irvine Police Department said it’s taking delivery of its police-spec Cybertruck soon The conversion to police spec is being handled by UP.FIT The world hasn’t gotten quite bad enough for the emergence of RoboCop, but the first police Cybertruck will soon report for duty in California. First spotted by Electrek, the Irvine Police Department announced on X (formerly Twitter) this week that it would soon take delivery of a Cybertruck. No further details were given, but Electrek notes that the accompanying photo indicates the truck looks like one used in…
So far this month, Nio had 13,300 insurance registrations in China, Tesla 28,400, Xiaomi 7,500, Xpeng 5,400, Li Auto 30,200 and BYD 187,300. Major electric vehicle (EV) makers continued to see mixed sales performance in China last week. For the week of July 15-21, Nio (NYSE: NIO) vehicles saw 4,600 insurance registrations in China, up 35.29 percent from 3,400 in the previous week, according to data shared today by Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI). Li Auto stopped sharing weekly insurance registration numbers earlier this year, after doing so for about 1 year. It resumed sharing those numbers in early May. So…