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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! After getting my first impressions on Friday, I set out the next day to see how the Kia EV9 performed on the open road. So, I set out for Socorro, New Mexico, a small town on I-25 with some cool places in easy reach of the CCS charger. Everything went great visiting the two places I set out for. But, despite being failed by Francis Energy, the Kia had some tricks up its sleeve that helped me get out of the bind. The Trip…
The flagship SUV of the Galaxy array will be announced on the first day of the Beijing auto show on April 25, Geely said today. (Image credit: Geely) Geely Auto Group will unveil a new model for the Galaxy lineup at the upcoming 2024 Beijing auto show in response to increasing competition. A tech flagship SUV for the Galaxy array will be unveiled on the first day of the Beijing auto show on April 25, Geely announced today. The automaker didn’t provide any more details, but shared an image of the model showing that it could be a large SUV.…
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available. Stories we discuss in this episode (with links): Tesla Semi has been pushed ‘well beyond expectations’ by a new customer These new EV charging features are coming to Google Maps Tesla asks shareholders to move to…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! When a cargo e-bike is too much for your daily needs, but a standard e-bike isn’t enough, then a utility e-bike might be just the right fit, and the Vvolt Slice Lite is a solid contender. Although Portland-based Vvolt is new to the CleanTechnica team, the company has been designing and producing electric bikes for the last several years. The Slice Lite is its newest model, and is the company’s entry into the utility e-bike segment, which are kind of like the “lite” versions…
Mercedes-Benz Cars reports 463,000 global car sales during the first quarter of 2024, 8% less than a year ago. A similar decline concerns all-electric car sales. In Q1, all-electric car sales of Mercedes-Benz and Smart (an electric-only brand) amounted to roughly 47,500 (down 8% year-over-year). It’s about 10% of the company’s total passenger car sales. Mercedes-Benz electric car sales in 2023 In 2023, Mercedes-Benz Cars sold over 240,000 all-electric cars (including about 18,000 Smarts). This year, it might be challenging to improve the volume. Mercedes-Benz Cars sold a total of 90,200 plug-in passenger cars (down 2% year-over-year), which allows us to…
Lucid adds a heat pump and subtracts charging time for its range-leading Air electric sedan. Mercedes-Benz might not see what Ram sees in a plug-in range-extended vehicle. And why is each EV still losing thousands to full-line automakers? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring is now being delivered, and once again it hits a 516-mile EPA range—the best of any EV. But with the addition of a head pump, improved automatic preconditioning, and up to 30% faster DC charging, it’s likely to cut the time spent at road-trip charging stops even more.…
Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is making headlines as it gears up to produce right-hand drive (RHD) vehicles for the Indian market—a first for the German plant. Traditionally, Tesla’s RHD production has been managed by Giga Shanghai, serving countries like Australia, Japan, and the United Kingdom. However, this strategic shift indicates that … [continued] The post Teslas For India, At Last appeared first on CleanTechnica. Source link
GAC said its solid-state batteries have an energy density of more than 400 Wh/kg and could easily give an EV a range of over 1,000 kilometers. GAC Group has unveiled its solid-state battery technology and hopes to start making the new batteries available for production vehicles in 2 years. With its third-generation sponge silicon negative electrode and high-capacity solid-state positive electrode technology, GAC’s all-solid-state battery technology allows for energy densities in excess of 400 Wh/kg, the company said at a tech day event today. The all-solid-state battery offers a more than 50 percent increase in mass energy density and a…
The BMW Group reports 594,671 global vehicle sales during the first quarter of 2024 (up 1.1% year-over-year). The small overall growth was accompanied by a healthy increase in all-electric car sales. In Q1, BMW Group’s (BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce) battery electric vehicle (EV) sales amounted to 82,700 units (up 28% year-over-year). The share of EVs out of the group’s total volume increased to 13.9%, compared to 11% a year ago. BMW electric car sales increase In 2023, the BMW Group sold more than 376,000 all-electric cars, 74% more than in 2022. This year, the company intends to increase EV sales…
Lamppost charging is coming to more U.S. cities soon. Sagging full-size pickup sales might soon impact EV plans. And is a grille looking more like that of combustion versions what Mercedes needs to spur more EQS sales? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The big 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS hatchback is getting an extensive refresh for the new model year, including more battery capacity and driving range, improved brakes, and a limousine-like rear seating package. A grille that attempts to mimic that of the gasoline S-Class is also part of the revamp. A significant number of U.S. curbside EV…