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World’s 1st Electric Timber Truck with Crane Takes Sustainable Forestry to the Next Level

September 12, 2024 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, sca, scania

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:45:38 +0000

The forestry industry just saw a major leap towards sustainability with the debut of the world’s first electric timber truck equipped with a crane. Unveiled in Sweden at the Elmia Lastbil fair, this cutting-edge vehicle is the result of a collaboration between SCA and Scania. It’s set to revolutionize timber … [continued]

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GM & Ford Are Struggling With EVs Again, But Why?

August 27, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, gm

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:02:20 +0000

Recently, there’s been some bad news out of Detroit. Ford’s backing off on some upcoming EV models, including a three-row SUV many had been looking forward to, and will instead be focusing more on hybrids. GM has been having different problems with software, recently laying off 1,000 developers after a … [continued]

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The Deeper Lesson Coal Rollers Accidentally Teach Us

August 27, 2024 admin clean transport, coal rolling, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla cybertruck

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 12:00:04 +0000

It doesn’t matter who you vote for. You could be the most dedicated MAGA Republican on the planet, but if you’re driving an EV, some people will make assumptions about you. Worse, some of them will pull alongside you in a modified diesel pickup and spew a cloud of black … [continued]

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Zeekr VP Burns Cadillac, Highlights “Rise of China” and “Glory of Detroit No More”

August 27, 2024 admin cadillac, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, zeekr

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 03:37:05 +0000

What has been going on between Zeekr and Cadillac over in China?! There’s been a little bit of trash talk going on over there in China between Zeekr and Cadillac. This follows some unhappiness among Zeekr customers and then Cadillac trying to capitalize on that unhappiness — but not exactly … [continued]

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Colombia EV Sales Report: 240% Growth Brings the Country Back onto the Regional Podium!

August 27, 2024 admin BMW, byd, byd sales, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Colombia, colombia ev sales, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, Kia, market research, renault, research, volvo, volvo ex30

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 02:31:02 +0000

Before November 2023, Colombia had been a consistent member of the podium in Latin America as far as EV adoption goes. That month the position got snatched by Brazil thanks to the lowering of the BYD Dolphin’s price and, later, the arrival of a more affordable BYD Dolphin Mini (BYD … [continued]

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Electric Motorcycle Sales Were Close to 4% of All Motorcycles Sold in Kenya in 2023

August 27, 2024 admin africa, clean transport, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, Kenya, motorcycles + scooters

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:06:43 +0000

There are over 2 million internal combustion engine motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycles are mainly used as public transport vehicles in Kenya. These motorcycle taxis are popularly known as boda bodas. The motorcycle taxi industry is a vital segment of Kenya’s economy. Transitioning this sector to electric will make a huge … [continued]

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Chinese EV Companies Continue Trend Toward Plugin Hybrids

August 27, 2024 admin avatr, catl, changan, China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, geely, Huawei, hybrid electric cars, phev, zeekr

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:10:30 +0000

Throwing the EV world for a bit of a loop, plugin hybrids are on an uptrend in China. Aside from the surprising explosion in popularity of the Li Auto models, BYD is selling a lot of plugin hybrids. In fact, plugin hybrid sales grew 70% in June 2024 versus June … [continued]

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Any Chinese Speakers Here? Xpeng MONA M03 Launch in a Few Days

August 26, 2024 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, events, xpeng, xpeng m03, xpeng mona m03

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 17:02:01 +0000

Xpeng is preparing to launch its next electric vehicle model, the MONA M03. This will be done at a big 10-year anniversary gala for the company in a few days. I, and I assume many of you, would like to watch the launch event and learn about the details of … [continued]

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More “See-Saw Effect” with Tesla FSD 12.5.3

August 26, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla fsd (full self driving)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:40:54 +0000

I wrote the other day about Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) reportedly getting much better with the 12.5 update. As I explained in that piece, I normally don’t go by what other people are saying on this because my history with doing that was massive disappointment and a tremendously different … [continued]

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NIO’s Big New EV Charging & Swapping Plans

August 26, 2024 admin battery swap, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev battery swapping, ev charging, ev charging stations, nio, nio battery swap, nio battery swapping, nio power

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:33:49 +0000

We all know that NIO is one of the more popular “new” EV-only car companies from China. (“New” is maybe not the best term now, since NIO is almost a decade old and there are many much newer companies.) It is well known not just for its cars but for … [continued]

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