NIO Has Now Produced 100,000+ Electric Vehicles
One of the hottest young electric vehicle startups, NIO, hit a notable production milestone this week. It produced its 100,000th vehicle on April 7. Ridin’ on up the production ramp,…
Continue readingElectric vehicles alone won’t solve climate change
Politicians and auto manufacturers alike are joining the electric vehicle caravan. At the end of March, the Biden Administration announced plans to invest $174 billion in the EV market, with…
Continue readingTesla Delivered 184,800 Electric Vehicles In Q1 2021 — Blowing Away Expectations
Tesla has reported its vehicle production for the first quarter of 2021. Those numbers were well past what many were speculating, including well known Tesla delivery tracker Troy Teslike, who…
Continue readingAT&T to Bring Wireless Connectivity to Maserati Vehicles ⋆
AT&T is bringing cellular connectivity to Maserati vehicles in the United States and Canada, through a new multi-year agreement enabling the next-generation Maserati Connect services for the luxury brand. maserati Connectivity With AT&T 4G LTE…
Continue readingFoxconn’s profit disappoints, but the big manufacturer has set its sights on electric vehicles
Bottom line: The impact of the pandemic on Foxconn’s business lasted into the fourth quarter of 2020, and an ongoing shortage of chips will reduce its outlook for the present…
Continue readingVolkswagen accidentally leaks its new US name referencing its focus on electric vehicles
Volkswagen accidentally revealed that it is set to change its name in the United States to “Voltswagen” in a nod to the company’s commitment to electric vehicles. The German automaker…
Continue readingCutting Grants For Plugin Vehicles In UK Will Reduce Plugin Vehicle Sales
Most people these days realize that rapid climatic change poses a grave risk to human society and will lead to innumerable catastrophes. So, when a policy supporting clean technologies gets…
Continue readingEdmunds Re-Tests Tesla Vehicles, Gets Better Results
In a previous article, I covered some of the reasons that Tesla vehicles didn’t do as well in Edmunds‘ testing compared to EPA cycles. After getting some suggestions from Tesla…
Continue readingUK switch to hydrogen vehicles would need thousands more wind turbines
By Adam Vaughan A hydrogen bus in London Ian Shaw/Alamy Switching to hydrogen trucks, buses and cars in the UK would require about 2000 more wind turbines around the country’s…
Continue readingSome Members Of The Auto Industry Are Still Clueless About Electric Vehicles
Yeah, big shocker, right? Even though this cluelessness is hardly new information, it is still fascinating to see it when it presents itself. I recently had an exchange with said…
Continue readingVauxhall Changes Its EV Pricing To Keep Vehicles Eligible For UK Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG)
The Vauxhall Mokka-e and Vauxhall Vivaro-e Life just got price reductions in the UK. The UK government has revised its policy supporting electric vehicle purchases. Well, it has reduced that…
Continue readingChina suspects Tesla vehicles of spying, restricts use by military and state employees
The big picture: Following a security review of Tesla vehicles, the Chinese government has decided to restrict their use by military and state personnel due to concerns that the cameras…
Continue readingGrant Program Proposal That Would Fund EV Charging Stations But Tax Electric Vehicles Advances In FL Senate
WFSU Public Media reports that a proposal meant to support the construction of more EV charging stations passed its first committee stop today. This proposal would create a grant program…
Continue readingMarket Share Growth of Plugin Vehicles in 7 Top Countries from 2% Share
CleanTechnica has been publishing a lot of articles about plugin vehicle market share in different countries. Under a couple of recent ones, some commenters asked for a graph comparing plugin…
Continue readingIan Asks: How Often Do People Drive Electric Vehicles?
Credit: Electrek The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) recently came out with an analysis that suggests that electric vehicles are being driven less than originally expected: “We provide the first…
Continue readingNewly discovered material may ease wear and tear on extraterrestrial vehicles
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover continues to explore the surface of Mars, scientists on Earth have developed a new nanoscale metal carbide that could act as…
Continue readingBill Aims to Fund Electric Version of New USPS Delivery Vehicles
When the long-awaited replacement for the Grumman LLV (the current USPS mail trucks) was announced, people were excited that the vehicle would be available as an EV. I argued that…
Continue readingPOTD: Norwegian CV90 Light Infantry Vehicles and Snipers
Posted 2 hours ago in Defense, Photo Of The Day with No CommentsTags: Barrett MRAD, CV90, norway The “Cold War” photo below is pretty cool, where we have a Hind…
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