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IONNA Breaks Ground on 1st “Rechargery”

October 8, 2024 admin BMW, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, general motors, honda, Hyundai, ionna, Kia, Mercedes Benz, North Carolina, press releases, stellantis

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 02:07:54 +0000

Durham, NC — IONNA, the charging network founded by eight of the world’s top automakers: BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Stellantis and Toyota, announced they have broken ground on the first IONNA ‘Rechargery.’ In the thriving heart of Apex, North Carolina, just a few miles from its previously … [continued]

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US Gas Car Sales Down 1% in Q2, Down 14% Compared To Q2 2019

October 2, 2024 admin chevrolet, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, gm, honda, Hyundai, hyundai-kia, Kia, market research, Nissan, research, subaru, tesla, toyota, us auto market, us auto sales, us automakers

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 03:50:52 +0000

Overall, gas car sales decreased by 1% in Q2 2024 compared to Q2 2023. Looking back further, US gas car sales are down 14% compared to pre-pandemic Q2 2019. Looking at all auto sales, the market is just down 8% in that period, showing how much more gas sales have … [continued]

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Hyundai Motor Groups 1st 100% EV Factory — Kia Gwangmyeong EVO Plant

October 1, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Hyundai, hyundai motor group, Kia, kia ev3, kia ev4

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 03:56:07 +0000

Kia celebrates the completion of Hyundai Motor Group’s first dedicated EV manufacturing facility Kia Gwangmyeong EVO Plant, located at Kia Autoland Gwangmyeong, to mass-produce Kia EV3 and EV4 models The new facility to have production capacity of 150,000 units per year Previous internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle plant transformed to … [continued]

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Hyundai Cooks Up A Low-Cost EV Battery Scheme For The Affordable EV Of The Future

September 30, 2024 admin batteries, bipartisan infrastructure law, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Georgia, Hyundai, hyundai ioniq, inflation reduction act of 2022., Kia, korea, lfp, lfp batteries, lfp battery, lithium-ion batteries, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:25:27 +0000

Hyundai is planning the next step in electric vehicle affordability with a new lithium-iron-phosphate EV battery venture in partnership with Kia, Hyundai Steel, and the materials firm EcoPro BM.

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Kia to Begin PBV Sales in Japan in 2026

September 27, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Japan, Kia, kia pbv concept, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:59:52 +0000

Kia will develop Japanese-market-specific PBVs PV5 to be on sale in Japan in 2026, followed by PV7 and further PBV models and variants Kia will partner with Sojitz Corporation for PBV distribution in Japan Kia Corporation (Kia) today announced that it will commence sales of its Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) models … [continued]

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Kia America to Offer North American Charging Standard (NACS) Adapters in Early 2025

September 27, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, Kia, kia ev6, kia ev9, nacs, nacs adapter, press releases, tesla, tesla supercharging

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 01:24:14 +0000

Adapters will vastly expand charger availability to Kia EV customers Current and recent EV6 and EV9 customers will receive free NACS adapter in coming months Kia EV6 and EV9 customers will have access to more than 16,5001 NACS DC fast chargers across the United States in January 2025 Kia America will … [continued]

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Carmaker Progress Towards EU CO2 Target in H1 2024 — New Report

September 26, 2024 admin batteries, BMW, clean power, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, EU, Europe, European Union, ford, green economy, green jobs, Hyundai, investment, Kia, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, market research, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, policy & politics, policy research, renault, research, stellantis, toyota, Volkswagen, volvo cars

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 06:00:41 +0000

T&E analyses the strategies that manufacturers are expected to use to comply. Summary The EU’s 2025 Car CO2 target is reachable and feasible After years of stagnant EV sales due to the lack of new car CO₂ targets, carmakers will face stricter standards in 2025, following the last targets set … [continued]

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Kia EV9’s Motor Does The Electric Equivalent Of Shifting Gears

September 23, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Kia, kia ev9

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:57:49 +0000

A recent article at The Autopian raised an interesting point about the Kia EV9’s electric motor. Unlike most electric motors, it can change its winding configuration on the fly, effectively doing the same thing as shifting gears in an ICE vehicle. But, to explain how amazing this technology is, we … [continued]

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Kia Excited About Coming EV3

September 16, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Kia, kia ev3

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 19:38:55 +0000

It seems that we’ve had a few tiers of EV enthusiasm in the auto industry for the past decade or so. Naturally, you’ve got the very enthusiast EV-only leaders — Tesla, BYD, Rivian, NIO, Xpeng, Polestar, etc. On the other end, you’ve got the extreme foot draggers — Honda, Toyota, … [continued]

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EV Battery News Just Keeps Getting Better & Better

September 14, 2024 admin batteries, battery swap, battery swapping, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery swapping, factorial, Hyundai, Kia, lithium-ion batteries, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, solid-state batteries, stellantis, storedot

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:37:28 +0000

Some headline writers continue to write off 100% battery-electric vehicles as a passing fad, overwhelmed by a flood of hybrids and the insatiable thirst for liquid fuel. That’s just plain silly, of course. Global EV sales continue to rise. The question is how fast. Faster-charging and less expensive batteries with … [continued]

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