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There has been a lot of negativity recently in the media regarding a “softening demand” for electric vehicles. Not even the mighty Tesla Model Y has been immune to this perceived slowdown in demand, despite being the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2023. Of course, we’ve had temporary slowdowns in the EV market in the past and we will have them again. The electric vehicle market is often influenced by a complex mix of regulations, government incentives, tariffs and high interest rates. These factors and more all contribute to the regular demand fluctuations we’ve seen over the years. It…
Velotric’s electric bikes stand out from all the other electric bike makers for more than just their eye-catching colors. Underneath that paint you’ll find a number of major differences. Everything from component selection, design choices, embedded technology, and a lot more helps to create a unique and high-performing electric bike that separates itself from the competition. Let’s take a closer look at the new Velotric Discover 2 to see just what goes into these premium e-bikes. Velotric gets UL certification for the battery and bike This is incredibly important because UL certification is the gold standard for e-bike safety these…
The two motors of the updated Model 3 Performance have a power of 137 kW and 265 kW, and the supplier of the battery cells is South Korea’s LG Energy Solution. (An image of Tesla’s updated Model 3 Performance from a regulatory filing page in China.) Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has made a filing in China for the updated Model 3 Performance, a new variant that was already unveiled here late last month. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released its latest catalog of models that will be allowed to be sold for public comment today, and the updated…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! My wife, our small dog, and our two large e-bikes recently made the 1500-mile trip from Utah to Northern Wisconsin in our Tesla Model 3 Long Range. It was our first cross-country trip with the new Version 12 of Tesla FSD (Supervised), V12.3.4. Supercharging The e-bikes on a tray-type bike rack in back drastically reduce our effective maximum range from about 250 miles to about 125 miles. Fortunately, Tesla’s marvelous Supercharger network still makes it a no-brainer and easy to manage. We stopped at…
Despite recent layoffs, the Tesla Supercharger network is due for an expansion, CEO Elon Musk claims. Tesla will spend “well over” $500 million on the Supercharger network this year, Musk said Friday on X (formerly Twitter), the social media network he owns, adding that this investment will fund “thousands” of new chargers and is separate from any operating costs needed to simply keep the current network going. For perspective, there are currently 25,507 Tesla Supercharger ports in the U.S. and 2,264 station locations, according to the Energy Department’s Alternative Fuels Data Center. Musk earlier this month fired nearly the entire…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Solar Scooters Solar E-Clipse 2.0 packs a lot of power into a lightweight package, making for a quick and nimble ride both on- and off-road. With a top speed of up to 60 mph capable from its 10kW (peak) motor, and a potential range of up to 70 miles per charge when driven tamely, this light e-moto is ridiculously fun to ride. The light e-moto scene is heating up, and we’re starting to see a lot more entries in this segment of the…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Investors ‘in for a shock’ as scope 3 disclosure requirements kick in next year with truckmaker emissions 50% higher than what they report to investors. The only sector T&E could find with an average carbon intensity higher than truckmakers is coal mining European truckmakers’ emissions are 50% higher than what they report to investors, a new Transport & Environment (T&E) study shows. The research looking at Europe’s leading truckmakers — Scania, MAN, Renault, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, DAF and Iveco — shows that investments in truckmakers are…
Xpeng had overseas sales of 1,783 units, Nio 388 units and Leapmotor 271 units in the first quarter. China’s local auto brands saw decent overseas sales growth in the first quarter, as the number of cars exported from the world’s largest car market remained strong. In the first quarter, local auto brands sold 470,000 units overseas, up 40 percent from a year earlier, Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the China Passenger Car Association, said in a May 4 article. Including foreign brands, 1.32 million vehicles were exported from China in the first quarter, up 23 percent from a year earlier. That…
After months of wavering, The Fast Lane (TFL) network of YouTube channels finally decided to pull the trigger on a Tesla Cybertruck. So it was only a matter of time before TFL Truck put the new electric truck through its paces by towing on the Ike Gauntlet. For this test, they’ve brought along two other big players in the truck market to compete against. Not the F-150 Lightning or the Silverado EV. No, the Cybertruck will be facing off against a V8 Ford F-150 XLT and a diesel Ram Cummins. The Cybertruck EV The Cybertruck has great performance and some undeniably cool tech. But its practicality…
Electrify America confirmed Thursday, on the sixth anniversary of its first fast-charger installation, that it’s planning a big expansion of its fast-charging network in 2024. EA aims to reach 5,000 chargers by the end of the year, including larger charging stations and broader support for Plug & Charge payment tech. In 2023 it expanded into North Dakota and Hawaii, pushing its total number of chargers over 4,000 by the end of the year. According to the DOE’s Alternative Fuels Data Center, as of May 2, there are currently 931 Electrify America station locations and 4,182 charge ports; the latter corresponds…