XPENG CEO: “Elimination Round” Hitting in Chinese EV Market in 2025

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:53:57 +0000

The Chinese electric vehicle market has gotten a lot bigger in the past year as electric vehicles have gotten more and more competitive. As part of that, there have been occasional “price wars” in which automakers aggressively lower prices in order to reach sales targets — even to the point … [continued]

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Li Auto CEO Thinks Autonomous Cars Need Lidar in China

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:47:49 +0000

It’s a longstanding and vigorous debate — will robotaxis need lidar, or are cameras alone adequate? Of course, we have several companies now operating robotaxis in China, the US, and elsewhere. Those all use lidar. However, Elon Musk has said for about a decade that robotaxis shouldn’t need lidar, and … [continued]

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Colombia EV Sales Report: EVs Grow 159% YoY, Reach Record 8.5% Market Share in December!

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:12:50 +0000

After years of EVs being priced well above their thermal competition, the arrival of a veritable armada of competitively priced EVs in Colombia (most, but not all, being Chinese) has resulted in the obvious consequence: people are buying them in droves. Record after record has been placed since October, with … [continued]

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Electric Vehicle Sales Leaders — Best Selling OEMs, Part 4 of 4

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:42:47 +0000

A closer look at the best-selling PEV automotive groups — edition 4 of 4 This is the fourth and final edition of a series looking at the top selling OEMs in terms of plugin vehicle sales. To check out the other ones, please click here, here, and here. In this … [continued]

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Volkswagen ID.7 Goes 941 Kilometers (585 Miles) On One Charge

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:30:44 +0000

The Volkswagen ID.7 may not have won 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in Europe, grabbing the silver medal instead, but it’s an extremely capable, compelling, and cool car that deserves more attention than it gets. The company is pulling in a little bit more of that attention today. A non-modified, … [continued]

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Re-X Before Recycling Prize To Extend the Lifetimes of Manufactured Products

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:57:02 +0000

Ten teams receive a collective $1.5 million and Phase 3 opens to returning competitors. Latest Announcement The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) today announced the Phase 2 winners of the Re-X Before Recycling Prize, a competition to identify, prepare, and develop innovative ways to … [continued]

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EV Sales In China Are Fabulous! EV Sales In China Are Awful! Pick One.

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 03:33:16 +0000

If you are following the EV revolution in China, you can be forgiven if you are confused. The latest headline from the Associated Press says, “China’s electric car sales grew in 2024 as sales of gasoline cars plunged.” The latest headline from CNBC says, “China’s electric car boom is expected … [continued]

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8 Effective Approaches & Solutions For Electrifying Your Home

Credit to Author: GearTechnica| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:39:06 +0000

Electrifying your home involves shifting from fossil energy sources to more sustainable electric alternatives, as well as optimizing home energy usage and efficiency, all of which reduces your carbon footprint. As the urgency to adopt more sustainable living solutions grows in response to climate change, many homeowners (and renters) are … [continued]

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Commercial & United States Postal Service (USPS) Electric Delivery Vans Spreading Out Across USA

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:30:23 +0000

Two years ago this month, I saw my first Amazon Prime Rivian electric delivery van (lead figure of this article) just across my street. The driver said he loved the new van and was kind enough to pose for pictures and show me inside. He said Amazon already had ~100 … [continued]

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New Škoda Enyaq Revealed

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:53:29 +0000

In the US, electric vehicle news tends to be about Tesla, Chevy, Ford, Rivian, etc., and recently because BYD has made and sold so many EVs, there has been more attention on the Chinese competition. Zach has been diligently writing about Xiaomi, Zeeker, Xpeng, and some others which counters the … [continued]

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