It’s One Thing To Read About EV Progress, It’s Another To See It For Yourself “In The Wild”

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:50:01 +0000

It’s one thing to read about EV progress or see it at a dealer, it’s another to see it for yourself “in the wild.” I’ve been reading about the GMC Hummer EV now for at least a couple of years. Those of us who believe in modest vehicles think the … [continued]

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CATL Founder Burns Elon Musk

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:51:31 +0000

I was reading through Steve’s article on CATL’s fascinating new move into producing EV platforms and CATL founder Robin Zeng’s take on solid-state batteries. Then, way down at the bottom, I got to Zeng’s comments about discussions with Elon Musk. Holy cow — there were some jaw droppers there! I’m … [continued]

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Kia & DHL Partner On Big EV Plans

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:03:39 +0000

I remember years ago when Kyle Field emphasized to me that he thought postal vehicles and delivery vehicles should be some of the first vehicles to go electric. It made a lot of sense — clearly known routes or at least delivery territories and mileage, efficiency pays off quickly in … [continued]

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BYD Sales Up 36.5% in 2024 — Charts

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:34:53 +0000

BYD is the clear electric vehicle winner of the year so far. While Tesla’s sales have stagnated, BYD sales are up, up, up. We’ve been writing about its growth in various ways as big news comes out, but I decided to jump into BYD’s monthly sales reports to create some … [continued]

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CATL Prepares To Add Grid Storage & EV Platforms To Its Portfolio

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:28:17 +0000

Robin Zeng,. the founder and CEO of CATL, explained recently that he plans to take the company in important new directions.

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Best Value for Money EVs — Compacts (C Segment)

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:46:53 +0000

This is the third of a five-part series of articles (you can check the first part here and the second part here), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for this series in those articles as well. C Segment — Compacts Having … [continued]

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Trump & Musk Will Quash NHTSA Investigation Of Tesla Full Self Driving System

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:02:53 +0000

The extent of the corruption that will be standard procedure in the next administration is now becoming clear. Elon Musk put $119 million of his own money into promoting the candidacy of Donald Trump. Now, he is set to reap the reward he anticipated, as he will be appointed to … [continued]

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Extended Range Electric Vehicles Are The Talk Of The Town

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:27:21 +0000

It’s not a hybrid. It’s not a plug-in electric vehicle. An extended range electric vehicle (EREV) is effectively an all-electric vehicle, with all the motive power provided by an electric motor but with a small internal combustion engine (ICE) present to generate additional electric power. And the extended range EV … [continued]

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What Will It Take To Make EV Sales Go Through The Roof?

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:20:13 +0000

The shocking truth: To increase the pace of EV sales, automakers need to focus on that which all car buyers value: safety, value, and reliability.

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BYD Leadership Shining, EV Sales Booming, Toyota Nonsense — 10 Top Cleantech Stories

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:15:14 +0000

Quite a lot has happened in the past 10 days. Aside from the demented elephant getting back into the china shop, there are various big stories you may have missed, or (like me) would just benefit from being reminded of. Scroll down below for the stories and some commentary. Note … [continued]

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