Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:24:42 +0000
Sales of the Honda Prologue, the company’s first battery electric SUV, have been brisk. What makes it so appealing to buyers?
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:20:03 +0000
A recent video from the Electric Cycle Rider channel on YouTube gives us a look at a really cool bike that you can get from Can-Am. Yes, that Can-Am! Normally, the name Can-Am makes people think of three-wheeled vehicles (two in the front, one in the back for stability), but … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:55:05 +0000
Recently, CleanTechnica has featured articles about the COSCO Greenwater 01, the world’s largest electric ship, a container ship now operating in China along the coast and on rivers. It uses containerized energy storage to swap batteries. China has also electrified rail, more electric buses than anywhere else in the world, and … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:50:41 +0000
Modern electric vehicle batteries began with lithium-ion batteries, originally applied to portable electronics and other portable applications. Batteries based on sodium have now been developed. These batteries have something in common. They all use intercalation. Intercalation simply means that charged compounds are physically stuffed in between the gaps in materials. … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:50:42 +0000
We’ve written a couple of articles now about the US EV tax credit probably being killed by the Trump administration, and also other elements of the Inflation Reduction Act. In those articles, we’ve noted that this is bad for future US economic competitiveness. Some people don’t know the reason for … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 19:33:09 +0000
I was surprised the other day to see that Tesla drivers were more likely to be in fatal car crashes than drivers of any other auto brand. The results are based on US data, but there is no way to split out the numbers to know what caused the fatal … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:01:26 +0000
The federal tax incentives and rebates contained in the Inflation Reduction Act are likely to be eliminated soon. Now is the time to act.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:53:56 +0000
Despite having some bad history on the platform (getting a strange ban in 2023), X/Twitter has still been a useful platform. Not only are there a still a lot of good people on there, but there’s a lot of good information for articles. It has also been very useful for … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:25:46 +0000
Should student drivers learn to drive on an EV? Should there be a special EV licence, like the manual and automatic categories? Thanks to my neighbour Ken for supplying the L and P plates in the picture below. When I was a student driver (many decades ago), you passed your … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 01:26:57 +0000
Kia has announced that it’s going to launch 5 new models at the LA Auto Show. It shares that will include a variety of powertrains — ICEV (100% gasoline powered), HEV (100% gasoline powered but somewhat more efficient thanks to a small battery and motor), PHEV (plugin hybrid), and EV … [continued]
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