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Mercedes-Benz EV Drivers Will Get Access To Tesla Superchargers In February — Interview

January 10, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, tesla, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging, United States

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:32:43 +0000

Starting in February of 2025, US Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle drivers will be able to access Tesla Superchargers in the US and Canada. That’s a big deal because there are over 20,000 such chargers and Tesla chargers have the reputation for being the most reliable and some of the fastest. Tesla … [continued]

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South Africa’s ICE Vehicle Exports Decline by 23% In 2024

January 10, 2025 admin africa, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev production, green economy, Manufacturing, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:51:40 +0000

Growing competition from EVs in key markets cited as one of the reasons for sharp decline. Six years ago, I wrote an article on how South Africa could miss out on the massive opportunities from the EV transition if the country did not act fast enough. That’s because the auto … [continued]

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EVs At 29.6% Share In France — Renault 5 Poised For The Lead?

January 10, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, France, france ev market share, france ev sales, france ev transition, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, renault 5, renault scenic, research, tesla, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 13:09:18 +0000

December’s auto market saw plugin EVs at 29.6% share in France, down from 30.1% year on year. BEVs lost volume YoY, in a hold-back ahead of tougher emissions requirements in 2025. PHEVs and plugless HEVs both saw YoY growth. Overall auto volume was 183,661 units, up 1.5% YoY. The Tesla … [continued]

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How to Guarantee Seamless EV Charging in Shared Buildings — Right to Plug!

January 10, 2025 admin apartments, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, multi-family home ev charging, policy & politics, policy research, research, te, transport & environment (t&e)

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:59:17 +0000

T&E analyses the regulatory framework in six countries to see how to overcome obstacles to installing chargers in apartment buildings. Charging at home will remain the most convenient and affordable way to charge an electric vehicle (EV). But while installing an EV charger at home is quite simple for people living in … [continued]

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Zeekr Sales Increase 87% in 2024!

January 9, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, zeekr, zeekr 7gt, zeekr 7x

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:53:48 +0000

Zeekr, a young electric vehicle brand under the enormous Geely Holding Group umbrella, had a tremendous end of 2024, and a great year overall. In fact, it even beat XPENG’s and NIO’s great numbers, in volume terms and percentage growth terms. Zeekr sold 27,190 vehicles in December, a 102% increase … [continued]

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Mexico To Build Its Own Cheap Electric Car — Forget Tesla

January 9, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Mexico, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:47:27 +0000

You read that right. Mexico — the country — has gotten tired of waiting for Tesla to build a factory and produce cheap electric cars there, and it’s going to build cheap electric cars itself! Well, correction, it will do with with a private sector partner in a unique public-private … [continued]

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Pony.ai To Launch Robotaxis in Hong Kong

January 9, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, pony.ai, robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:45:29 +0000

Pony.ai Robotaxis Gallop to Hong Kong Pony.ai currently has 250+ robotaxis in operation in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen (without safety drivers). It’s now looking to expand into Hong Kong, following somewhat more mature rival Baidu there. In particular, Pony.ai will be operating robotaxis at the Hong Kong International Airport as … [continued]

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $12 Million to Livingston and Jefferson Parish for Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles as Part of Investing in America Agenda

January 9, 2025 admin clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, mass transit / public transit, michael regan, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:40:45 +0000

DALLAS, TEXAS (January 8, 2025) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Livingston Parish and Jefferson Parish have been selected to receive a combined total of $12,700,000 to assist in the purchase of 45 zero-emission vehicles through its first-ever Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program. “Thanks to President Biden, we are … [continued]

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Automakers Hit with Big Fines for Not Selling Enough Electric Cars in UK? Conflicting Reports

January 9, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev mandates, hybrid electric cars, policy & politics, uk

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 03:03:36 +0000

Okay, I’m going to split this article into two parts. The first part is based on some mainstream auto industry reporting on the topic. The second part is going to add more context. UK Automakers vs. EV Sales Targets Automakers selling cars in the UK had to reach 22% EV … [continued]

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US Focus On Domestic EV Battery Supply Chain Pushing Tesla to Move Supplies from China to US

January 9, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries, panasonic, panasonic batteries, tesla, tesla batteries

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 01:05:38 +0000

The most critical element of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was the broad effort to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US, and especially cleantech blue collar (or “green collar”) jobs in the fast growing EV, battery storage, and solar industries. We’ve never had such serious and impactful reshoring … [continued]

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