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Why My Used Chevy Bolt Is Worth So Much More Than Its Trade-In Value

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:57:47 +0000

GM discontinued the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV at the end of the 2023 model year. During an early 2024 conference call with analysts, GM CEO Mary Barra agreed that environmental benefits of EVs continue to be compelling to the company. She also admitted that GM’s EVs need to be … [continued]

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What Role Should Governments Play in the rEVolution?

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Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:53:45 +0000

We all know the story about Norway and the massive government incentives to increase the uptake of electric vehicles in that country. We now see the start of a trade war between China and the west over China’s exports of subsidised EVs. The USA is talking about higher and higher … [continued]

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EHang Makes Flurry of Announcements on Its eVTOL Aicraft

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:29:47 +0000

The eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft space isn’t for everyone. Some people are crazy about it (perhaps too crazy) and others think it’s as much of a dead end as flying cars were in the 1950s. Frankly, I don’t know where I stand, but I’m interested to see … [continued]

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Zeekr Taking Over Lynk & Co

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:58:48 +0000

Geely is the giant EV company no one talks about. It’s the parent of Volvo Cars, Polestar, Zeekr, Lynk & Co, and others. Naturally, it’s a complicated company. Now, news is that it’s simplifying a little (or getting more complicated?), in that Zeekr is taking control of Lynk & Co. … [continued]

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CATL Founder’s Comments Tell Us Something About Tesla–CATL Relationship & Tesla–China Relationship

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:25:08 +0000

I have to admit — I wrote the article about CATL founder Robin Zeng’s comments on Elon Musk and Tesla batteries quite late last night, and I did not fully tease out what those comments meant. One of our readers, “Pitounet,” did a much better job of that in this … [continued]

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Best Value for Money EVs — Midsize (D Segment)

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Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:42:53 +0000

This is the fourth of a five-part series of articles (you can check the others here: part one, part two and part three), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for this series in the first two articles if you missed them. … [continued]

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Electric Patrol Boat Launched By Voltari

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Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:58:20 +0000

It was about two years ago when the Canadian electric boat manufacturer Voltari announced it had piloted one its Voltari 260 performance boats 91 miles on a single charge. The starting point was Florida and they ended in the Bahamas. The main point of the journey seemed to be demonstrating … [continued]

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

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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

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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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