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Gogoro, the global leader in battery-swapping for light electric vehicles like scooters and motorcycles, just can’t seem to slow down. After a week full of major news, the company is back with perhaps its biggest announcement lately: a plan for a major partnership that will see the company greatly expand the use of its swappable battery standard. Oh, and not just for light electric vehicles anymore. Today, Gogoro announced signing an MOU to form a new partnership with Japanese giants Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd. (SMFL) to accelerate Gogoro’s global business expansion. The agreement is…
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about the impending wave of cheap Chinese electric cars that may upend the U.S. auto market as we know it. Even Donald Trump waded into the topic recently when he predicted a “bloodbath” for American manufacturing due to an influx of Chinese vehicles. If elected, he said, he’d slap a 100% tariff on Chinese cars. As bombastic and controversial as that statement was, Trump isn’t totally off-base. The rapid rise of China as a global exporter of high-quality, affordable electric cars poses a real threat to established Western automakers, many of whom are…
Hyundai reneges on the promise of an all-EV plant. Polestar tests a different kind of battery at the charger. Federal researchers see ways to make fast-charging more reliable. And the EV with Saab roots might be made in Italy. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai last week confirmed that its Metaplant in Georgia, once due to be a dedicated EV plant, will also get U.S. production of more hybrid models, as part of an effort to expand the range of hybrid trims of its gasoline vehicles. Polestar reports that with StoreDot’s “silicon-dominant” cells it has a prototype…
About a week ago, Kia dropped something pretty special in my driveway: an EV9 GT-Line! I have to admit that I was a little skeptical at first, but I also remembered being pretty impressed with a Sorento Hybrid I reviewed in 2021. So, the big question was this: would Kia … [continued] The post Final Thoughts On Kia’s EV9 appeared first on CleanTechnica. Source link
WeLion and JAC Yiwei will work together to develop a model powered by 4695 large cylindrical semi-solid battery cells with a range of 600 km to 1,000 km. (Image credit: WeLion) Beijing WeLion New Energy Technology, a supplier of semi-solid-state batteries to Nio (NYSE: NIO), and an electric vehicle (EV) unit of Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC) have reached an agreement to jointly develop long-range cars. WeLion signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Yiwei, the EV arm of JAC, on April 22, according to a statement from the battery startup yesterday. The two companies will collaborate on the development of…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There have been a lot of questions about the Tesla Cybertruck’s mass-production potential since the truck was first shown, and we’re clearly in a kind of “production hell” period of the Cybertruck ramp-up. Recently, production was paused and a recall issued because of an issue with the accelerator pedal. Nonetheless, Cybertruck production capacity is slowly ramping up. In the Tesla shareholder letter today and then also on the conference call, it was stated that Tesla reached production of 1,000 Cybertrucks in a single week…
Now that the new 2023 Tesla Model 3 Performance has officially dropped, it’s time for the buyers who put off buying a new car to decide if they want to move forward with Tesla’s newest flagship Model 3 trim. Most buyers cross-shopping the Model 3 trims are generally looking between the Long Range and Performance trims. Both are all-wheel-drive, offer decent zero-to-60 MPH times, and have the premium bits that the Standard Range doesn’t. The biggest factor that many ask is if the extra few thousand dollars is worth it. But this new revelation might make your decision even easier—the…
Teslas are less expensive to maintain than other car brands, including some with strong reputations for reliability, according to Consumer Reports. As part of its 2023 Annual Auto Surveys, Consumer Reports asked owners how much they paid out of pocket for maintenance costs like oil changes over the previous 12 months. Researchers then compared cumulative costs by brand for years one through five and years six through 10 of ownership. Tesla had the lowest reported maintenance costs, averaging $580 for the first five years of ownership and $3,455 for the sixth through 10th years of ownership, for a total 10-year…
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.…