CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

One of our readers complained today that we were reporting on big price cuts to Tesla vehicles, and clear trends those price cuts might relate to dropping Tesla sales. continued] The post News on Tesla’s New Factories in Mexico, India, & Netherlands to Build 9 Million Cars a Year appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 27, 2025

Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America is a battery and vehicle assembly factory that Hyundai Motor Group invested $12.6 billion to build. continued] The post Hyundai, Kia, & Genesis Plant That Can Produce 500,000 Electric & Hybrid Vehicles Opens In Georgia appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2025

Here are the five least expensive new vehicles you can buy right now -- as well as what makes each one stand out. I also share the least expensive vehicles from Europe. About $4,400 separates the least to the fifth-least expensive vehicle on this list. Japan builds two of them, Korea builds another two.

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Electrek

MAY 8, 2025

Weve said it before and will say it again: Build Your Dreams (BYD) is coming. According to multiple sources, BYD aims to have half of its vehicle sales come from other markets outside China within the next five years.

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Teslarati

MARCH 28, 2025

Tesla critics would typically paint the company’s electric vehicles as reliability nightmares with subpar build quality and cheap materials. Tesla critics typically accuse Tesla of producing vehicles that are not reliable or are prone to imperfections like panel gaps. As per a survey from the U.K.,

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Instead, it will utilize the vehicles it has already built for the Robotaxi fleet. Hardware 4 vehicles will be what Tesla expects to use for Robotaxi, as Hardware 3 vehicles and their ability to handle the self-driving capability remain up in the air. cents per mile, 5 slightly higher than ARK’s estimate of ~$0.25

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Electrek

MAY 22, 2025

Rivian has shared an exciting update on the progress of the development of its R2 validation builds. The production-intent R2 vehicles will be put through long cycles of harsh real-world conditions and will do so in style.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 19, 2025

BYD, the worlds leading new-energy vehicles manufacturer, revealed a commitment to base its European business headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, supported by a new European research and development centre. The post BYD to build European R&D base and new HQ in Hungary appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2025

Tesla has countered concerns regarding the availability of electric vehicle chargers in Saudi Arabia with a quick response as it launched 24 Superchargers in the country’s most populated cities just one day after launching deliveries in the country. However, these are not the only charging piles that Tesla plans to build in the Kingdom.

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Electrek

MAY 4, 2025

Electric vehicles share of the market continues to climb in Americas second city, with BEV registrations up more than 50% in the first quarter of 2025 compared with the same period last year.

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DIY Electric Car

JUNE 28, 2025

Hello, I've wanted to get into building an EV for a long time, but it seems expensive and daunting. I've had the "Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Second Edition" book for years. Now it seems outdated. (1) 1) The latest consensus seems to be to use a Leaf donor and control it with a VCU. (2)

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 11, 2025

production of both gas and electric vehicles. The post GM to Build Next-Gen Affordable EV In Kansas appeared first on Electric Cars Report. General Motors announced plans to invest about $4 billion over the next two years in its domestic manufacturing plants to increase U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 25, 2025

While the automotive industry is gearing up to pivot toward “software-defined vehicles,” there hasn’t been a surplus of clear explanations on what exactly that will entail. Ford has even said that the term is "just jargon" used by the industry " to define modern, tech-forward vehicles that are increasingly differentiated by software."

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Ultra Mobility Vehicle: Teaching Robot Bikes to Jump Reinforcement learning isnt just good for maximizing the performance of a robotit can also make that performance more reliable. Its about building tools, about building infrastructure, building the basis for this to be done in a broader context.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Tesla has officially launched a new standard for the low-voltage connections in electric vehicles (EVs), which the company says will reduce necessary connection types in most EVs from over 200 to just six. Ford confirms it received Elon Musk’s “How to Design a 48-Volt Vehicle” pamphlet What are your thoughts?

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Build your own microgrid in a few days: Q&A with Paired Power CEO Tom McCalmont As fleet operators know (or soon find out), deploying EV charging infrastructure involves much more than buying some chargers and running some conduit. Maybe certain classes of vehicles need more during the day. How much power is available at the site?

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 8, 2025

Autonomous vehicle powerhouse Waymo, owned by Alphabet, is significantly ramping up its operations with a 239,000 square feet factory in the US dedicated to converting electric vehicles into fully autonomous taxis. The post Waymo partners with Magna to build robotaxi factory in Arizona appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2025

And with our pre-assembled Superchargers, which often have become our highest quality builds. Max (@MdeZegher) May 6, 2025 de Zegher also said the pre-fab Superchargers are Tesla’s “highest quality builds.”

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Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2025

Government, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking to ease some rules and streamline the application process that could hinder the development and licensing of autonomous vehicles. This has resulted in long processing times for applications for ADS-equipped vehicles.

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Plug in America

APRIL 21, 2025

Electric vehicle (EV) batteries can charge and store energy when demand is low and feed it back into the grid when demand is high. They partnered with Fermata Energy, a company that makes a bi-directional EV charger that can transport electricity between a vehicle and the grid (which is called vehicle-to-grid or V2G charging).

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InsideEVs

JULY 11, 2025

The Slate Truck isn't just a new vehicle. It's a new way to build vehicles for the American auto industry.

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2025

Tesla is moving closer to the initial production of the Semi later this year, and outside of its dedicated factory in Nevada, which will be responsible for building the all-electric truck, frames, and other parts of the vehicle, are beginning to stack up. Foods , Frito-Lay, and PepsiCo. I think it’s really similar to Optimus.

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Electrek

MAY 13, 2025

Honda announced that it is pausing about $15 billion in planned EV investments to build electric vehicle and battery factories in Canada amid uncertainty over trade. Its the latest example of Canadas backing the US plan backfiring.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2025

Among the several companies that have had the opportunity to add Tesla Semi all-electric Class 8 trucks to their fleets earlier than others, the most notable is arguably Frito-Lay, which has utilized the vehicle for a couple of years now. In Reno, you never know whats going to happen.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 24, 2025

Sadly, the resulting products havent been popular with fans of the relevant brands and even created a sort of spiritual crisis for some of them particularly Dodge, which had become famous for offering big vehicles with giant engines producing large amounts of power at competitive prices. Dundee presently builds the 2.4-liter

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 4, 2025

The Latest Developments in Low and Zero-Emission Commercial Vehicles The largest coming together of the clean energy industry for commercial vehicles, ACT Expo 2025 (for A dvanced C lean T ransportation) was held this past week in Anaheim, California. Its propane-powered vehicles are designed for medium to long-range deliveries.

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Teslarati

JUNE 2, 2025

Tesla is bailing on a crucial piece of the puzzle that would likely enable the production of its vehicles in India, and will instead rely on imports, a bold strategy in the broader scheme, as the country has prioritized local manufacturing in an effort to bolster its economy. Electric vehicles made up just 2.5 percent of sales in 2024.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Mercedes-Benz, like a number of other manufacturers, figured out over the past few years that relying on charging companies and government to power electric vehicles wasn’t going to work out. It was their job to build. This, of course, flies in the face of what car manufacturers have always done.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Tesla already operates one of the most expansive and reliable electric vehicle charging networks in the industry. Kathy Hochul announcing that NY Green Bank and Revel have completed a $60 million transaction to build 267 new charging stalls across New York City. Tesla is not just rolling out more powerful Superchargers.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 6, 2025

During Work Truck Week 2025, Ford Pro announced a 40 percent increase in connected commercial vehicles over the last two years. Connected vehicles have become the norm in recent years and have been marketed to fleet operators as a way to improve efficiency by amassing vehicle data. Fleets today are more intelligent than ever.

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Teslarati

APRIL 29, 2025

The positions are varied, with listings being posted for engineering-related roles in Palo Alto, California, to manufacturing-related roles in Sparks, Nevada, and vehicle service-related roles in Sacramento, California. Tesla also shared a recent video of the ongoing progress of the Semi factory’s construction near Giga Nevada.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2025

ZF Friedrichshafen has confirmed development of a new range extender intended for electric vehicles, with manufacturing starting sometime in 2026. The part supplier believes that this will help facilitate the industrys pivot toward all-electric vehicles and that there will be sufficient demand to rationalize production.

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Teslarati

MARCH 18, 2025

BYD recently debuted a 5-minute electric vehicle (EV) charging system, a game-changer in the ever-growing industry. BYD’s 5-minute EV charging system means all-electric cars can charge as fast as internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles fill up at a gas station. ” It can reach a peak charge of 1,000 kilowatts (kW).

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 17, 2025

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) regularly updates its crash-testing standards, which often knocks some vehicles out of contention for a Top Safety Pick award, but Mazda put up a strong showing. Every vehicle that earns a 2025 award offers a high level of safety in both the front seat and the second row.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Cadillac’s V brand has given us some of the most exciting General Motors vehicles in decades, and it’s not slowing down as the automaker heads into the electric age. The company plans to launch the Lyriq-V in early 2025 and said that it will offer the vehicle in both left- and right-hand drive versions for the U.S.,

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Teslarati

JUNE 26, 2025

Affordable Models Tesla said earlier this year, on two separate occasions, that it is still on track to develop, build, and unveil the first affordable models that will be built on both the next-gen platform and also have aspects of the current vehicle platform. The customer would likely be extremely local to Gigafactory Texas.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 3, 2025

Fords application covers Motor vehicles, namely gasoline and electric automobiles, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles and their structural parts. The automaker has been expected to build a four-door Mustang for years, and the rumor mill has been churning on the subject since before the Mach-Es rollout for the 2021 model year.

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