Hyundai To Begin Autonomous Electric Shuttle Service In Irvine, California Next Month

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 23:05:30 +0000

Hyundai autonomous ride sharingHyundai is partnering with Pony.ai and Via to provide autonomous ride-sharing services in Irvine, California. It will provide at least 10 specially modified Kona Electric SUVs to the BotRide experiment.

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Chevy Bolt & Hyundai Kona EV Crushing Tesla Model 3 In US Sales — Or Not

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:47:35 +0000

There are a handful of hilarious and informative pro-Tesla Twitter accounts. Elon Musk’s may be the most famous (either his or Earl’s), and he’s got a pretty good handle on humor (dad humor), but another tweeter who makes me laugh on a routine basis and who I think more people should follow is The Short Shorts Historian (@TeslaHistorian). This history professor is quite adept at picking LOL-funny tweets from yesteryear and bringing them to the harsh neon lights of modern-day Twitter

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Chevy Bolt & Hyundai Kona EV Crushing Tesla Model 3 In US Sales, + Model 3 No Mass Market Car

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 05:47:35 +0000

There are a handful of hilarious and informative pro-Tesla Twitter accounts. Elon Musk’s may be the most famous (either his or Earl’s), and he’s got a pretty good handle on humor (dad humor), but another tweeter who makes me laugh on a routine basis and who I think more people should follow is The Short Shorts Historian (@TeslaHistorian). This history professor is quite adept at picking LOL-funny tweets from yesteryear and bringing them to the harsh neon lights of modern-day Twitter

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Tesla Model 3 = #1 In EV Sales In Germany In Record Month — CleanTechnica EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:43:26 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market continues on the fast track in September, having scored a new record, 9,452 registrations, which doubles last year’s result. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) were up 150% year over year (YoY), and this time plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) were also helping (+51%), allowing the PEV share to reach a record 3.9% share last month. BEVs alone hit a best ever, 2.4%. That pulled the 2019 plug-in share to 2.7% (1.7% BEV)

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BMW i3 = #1 Electric Vehicle In Germany In August, Record Performance

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:15:35 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle market continued on the right track in August, having registered 8,121 units. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) were up +104% year over year (YoY), while plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) keep suffering (down 9%). The plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) share was 2.6% in the month, with BEVs alone hitting 1.6%. That kept the 2019 plug-in share at 2.6% (1.7% BEV)

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Volkswagen ID.3 vs. Nissan LEAF & Hyundai Kona EV — Range & Price Comparisons

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 06:05:17 +0000

We still don’t have much info on the Volkswagen ID.3, but we have a little bit to go on regarding price and range. The base version of the ID.3 is supposed to be under €30,000. I’m assuming that means just under, so will round up to €30,000. The “up to” (idealistic) WLTP range on that trim is 330 km (205 miles). How do these figures compare to the Nissan LEAF and Hyundai Kona

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Top Reasons To Buy These 13 Electric Vehicles

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 03:58:16 +0000

Some people like to say that we here at CleanTechnica only write about Tesla, only care about Tesla, only want to hug Tesla, and only promote Tesla’s vehicles. That’s not true. We’ve actually published more than 1,000 articles regarding the Nissan LEAF, hundreds regarding the Chevy Bolt, hundreds regarding the Renault Zoe, hundreds regarding the BMW i3, and many more. Yes, nowadays, the Tesla Model 3 — as the first truly mass market electric car — dominates our EV coverage, just as it dominates EV sales in the markets where most of our readers reside. But we actually love and obsessively cover numerous EVs

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The Netherlands — Fossil Cars Down 20%, Electrics Up 75%

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:03:00 +0000

Numbers for August passenger vehicle sales in the Netherlands were just published. The detailed numbers are not yet available, only the totals. Officially, sales are down by 16% year over year (YoY)

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Hyundai & Kia Create Great Electric Vehicles, But Where Are The Battery Contracts?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:30:17 +0000

The Hyundai Kona EV and Kia Niro EV have won a lot of praise, as well as prestigious awards. The Kona EV even won the 2019 CleanTechnica Car of the Year award. These vehicles, as well as some other EV offerings from the companies, are stylish, offer long range, and come with creature comforts you’d expect in their price range

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Volkswagen e-Golf = #1 EV in Germany in July

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 23:10:55 +0000

The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market continues on the right track in July, with 9,233 registrations. Fully electric vehicles (BEVs) were up 136% year over year (YoY), while plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs) keep stuttering (+6% in July, bringing year-to-date numbers out of the red)

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