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Toyota & Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

June 20, 2024 admin bidirectional energy, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, pepco, toyota, toyota bz4x, vehicle to grid

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:28:54 +0000

This collaborative effort aims to research sustainable energy solutions and provide local energy grid resilience PLANO, Texas and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using a Toyota bZ4X. This collaborative effort … [continued]

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US Auto Sales Up 5% in Q1 vs. Q1 2023, Down 5% vs. Q1 2019

June 11, 2024 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, honda, lucid, market research, research, rivian, tesla, tesla sales, toyota, us auto industry, us auto market, us auto sales, us automakers

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:44:27 +0000

The US auto industry is in a very interesting place. In this US auto industry sales report, I compare 1st quarter (Q1) sales going back 5 years. It’s been an interesting roller coaster, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now that we’ve gone past that, it’s extra interesting to … [continued]

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Good Graph For People Misinformed About US EV Sales Growth

June 5, 2024 admin BMW, chevrolet, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, ford, gm, Hyundai, Kia, market research, mercedes, Nissan, research, rivian, tesla, tesla sales, toyota, us ev sales, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:20:45 +0000

Naturally, we’ve created many US EV sales charts of our own here on CleanTechnica, but there’s a chart I haven’t thought to make that Bloomberg recently created, and it’s a superb chart for some of the claims circling at the moment. First of all, let’s note that EV sales have … [continued]

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Was Toyota Right About Hybrids?

June 4, 2024 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, hybrid electric cars, phev, toyota

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 23:49:23 +0000

A few days ago, I came across an interesting Twitter (or X, or whatever Elon’s identifying it as these days) post/tweet from Car Dealership Guy. In short, he feels that Toyota was smart enough to either expect the recent U.S. government and industry turn toward more plugin hybrids and less … [continued]

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The Global Automaker Rating 2023: Who Is Leading The Transition To Electric Vehicles?

June 2, 2024 admin BMW, byd, changan, chery, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, geely, gm, Great Wall, great wall motor, great wall motors, honda, Hyundai, icct, international council on clean transportation, international council on clean transportation (icct), Kia, Mazda, mercedes, Nissan, press releases, renault, research, saic, stellantis, suzuki, tata motors, tesla, toyota, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:32:12 +0000

As The Transition To Electric Vehicles Continues, Which Automakers Will Keep Pace? There are big improvements in technology performance, but room to expand on ZEV models offered. Washington, D.C. — Today, the International Council on Clean Transportation released its annual assessment of automaker’s progress transitioning to zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). The … [continued]

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New Electric Trucks To Push Diesel Out Of US Transportation Market

May 25, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, class 8 trucks, clean transport, daimler, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev sales, fuel cell truck, green economy, hino, honda, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell trucks, Manufacturing, nikola, tesla, toyota, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:09:59 +0000

US ground transportation stakeholders are ramping up their interest in electric trucks, with batteries and fuel cells both in play.

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Automakers Continue To Lobby For Global Heating, Against EVs

May 17, 2024 admin BMW, bmw group, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, gm, honda, Hyundai, Lobbying, Mazda, mercedes, Nissan, policy & politics, policy research, renault, research, stellantis, suzuki, tata motors, tesla, toyota, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 21:11:20 +0000

We’ve turned a big corner when it comes to electrification of the auto industry. Just 5–10 years ago, automakers were largely laughing at electric cars, slow-walking the transition, and had modest electrification plans. That changed with the anticipation for and arrival of the Tesla Model 3, EU regulations requiring than … [continued]

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The Southeast US Battery Belt Is Learning To Love EVs

May 11, 2024 admin batteries, battery factories, battery manufacturing, battery supply chain, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev battery factories, inflation reduction act of 2022., lithium, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, North Carolina, toyota

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 08 May 2024 22:23:23 +0000

Laid-off workers in the Southeast have a new option. As electric vehicle battery plants rise in the region, they’re accompanied by good jobs, and these jobs are better paying than any of the previous textile or furniture industry positions from years past. EV battery plants are reinvigorating areas left destitute … [continued]

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Cadillac, Audi, & BMW Now Leading in Share of US Sales Being 100% Electric

May 8, 2024 admin Audi, BMW, bmw group, cadillac, chevy, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, ford, gmc, Hyundai, Kia, lexus, lucid, market research, Mazda, mercedes, mini, Nissan, porsche, research, rivian, subaru, tesla, toyota, us ev sales, Volkswagen, volkswagen group, volvo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 18:00:27 +0000

Overall, the pure electric vehicle (EV, or BEV) share of US auto sales was 6.9% in the first quarter of 2024. EV sales increased slightly compared to the first quarter of 2023, but overall auto sales increased more, so EV market share dropped from 7% to 6.9% year over year. … [continued]

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BEVs That International Automakers Sell In China, But Don’t Want To Offer You

April 23, 2024 admin buick, China, chinese ev market, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, ev transition, honda, hybrid electric cars, market research, Nissan, phev, research, toyota

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2024 13:59:12 +0000

If you ever had the suspicion that there are BEVs that international automakers sell in China but don’t want to offer to those of us in other markets, well … you were right. As Zach recently reminded us, China is currently the epicentre of the global EV revolution, representing 60% … [continued]

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