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Aptera shows solar EV is closer to production, omits timeline

Green Car Reports

Aptera this week gave an update on its solar-assisted EV, but still hasn't provided a firm timeline for production. The Aptera 3-wheeler uses integrated solar panels to boost range up to 1,000 miles in some versions, with enough power to outrun some sports cars, Aptera has claimed. It can also be charged conventionally, and Aptera was the first.

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The Average Price Of New EVs Dropped By Almost $15,000 In A Year: KBB

InsideEVs

Thanks to Tesla’s aggressive pricing strategy, the average transaction price (ATP) for a new EV is now less than $51,000.

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2024 Kia EV9 range: 3-row EV tops 300 miles on less than 100 kwh

Green Car Reports

Kia on Thursday confirmed final EPA range estimates for its 2024 EV9 electric SUV—and they’re better than originally targeted. The 2024 Kia EV9 will return up to 304 miles of EPA range with its 99.8-kwh battery pack, Kia revealed, in the EV9 Light Long Range. The base EV9 Light, with its 76.1-kwh battery, will return 230 miles. Both of.

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Tesla releases official API documentation to support third-party apps

Electrek

Tesla has officially released its API documentation to support third-party apps – after years of operating in a gray zone with an unofficial API. For now, it is geared toward fleet management, but developers are hoping it is a first step toward creating a healthy app ecosystem. more… The post Tesla releases official API documentation to support third-party apps appeared first on Electrek.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Lexus EV concept preview, Aptera update, Kia EV5 details, EV3 and EV4 concepts: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Lexus looks to several concepts as a starting point toward becoming an EV brand. Aptera shows how it’s at work on its solar EV. And Kia provides a look at several future affordable EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. As part of its first EV Day, Kia showed a suite of affordable EVs set to be priced at $35,000 to $50,000. Along.

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The average EV is now $14K cheaper than a year ago in the US

Electrek

Kelley Blue Book released its new vehicle average transaction price report today, and it shows the average price paid for an EV in September was $50,683, down from more than $65,000 a year ago. more… The post The average EV is now $14K cheaper than a year ago in the US appeared first on Electrek.

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Electric vehicle sales hit 7.9% of US market as Volvo, Mercedes, and Hyundai post sizable gains

Electrek

EV sales surged past 300,000 for the first time in the third quarter, a nearly 50% increase over last year. As automakers like Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Hyundai ramp production, Tesla’s market share is slipping. more… The post Electric vehicle sales hit 7.9% of US market as Volvo, Mercedes, and Hyundai post sizable gains appeared first on Electrek.

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IKEA Follows In The Footsteps Of Organizations Abandoning Hydrogen For Energy

CleanTechnica EVs

IKEA will figure it out, just as everyone who goes down this pathway does. It's remarkable that people keep making the mistake when it's so obviously a mistake with tiny amounts of number crunching and the slightest awareness of battery energy density improvements.

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New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm just gave a $100M promise to be online by 2025

Electrek

Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted just put up a $100 million guarantee that it will have New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm, Ocean Wind 1, online by December 2025. more… The post New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm just gave a $100M promise to be online by 2025 appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla Cuts Model 3 And Y Lease Prices To $329 And $399 A Month

InsideEVs

The EV manufacturer also anticipates its tax credit to halve come the start of 2024.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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BMW begins production of its lowest-cost electric motorcycle yet

Electrek

After recently unveiling a production version of the BMW CE 02, the company has now begun production of the commuter electric motorcycle. more… The post BMW begins production of its lowest-cost electric motorcycle yet appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla Model 3 & Model Y Now Cost Less Than Gasoline-Powered Equivalents

CleanTechnica EVs

It's a miracle. The Tesla Model 3 and Model Y now cost less than the average new car in America. Let the EV revolution begin in earnest!

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Tesla slashes lease pricing on Model 3/Y, expects to lose half tax credit on 3

Electrek

Hot on the heels of a price drop that makes the Model 3 the cheapest Tesla yet , Tesla has also cut the base lease pricing for Model 3 and Y by $90/month and $100/month respectively. But the company also now says that it “expects” to lose access to half of the US $7,500 federal tax credit on the Model 3 at year’s end, reducing that credit down to $3,750. more… The post Tesla slashes lease pricing on Model 3/Y, expects to lose half tax credit on 3 appeared first on Electrek.

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The Kia EV6 Will Be The First Kia To Get Tesla’s NACS Plug

InsideEVs

Charging Kia’s quickest car is about to get much easier soon.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Tesla raises wages at Giga Berlin amid union push

Electrek

Tesla has announced it is raising wages at Gigafactory Berlin amid a new unionization effort at the factory. more… The post Tesla raises wages at Giga Berlin amid union push appeared first on Electrek.

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Volvo Cars, Ford, Renault Group, IKEA, Others To Climate Commissioner: Electrify Corporate Fleets By 2030

CleanTechnica EVs

Volvo Cars, Ford, Renault Group, Ikea and others call upon new climate Commissioner to deliver on his promise to electrify corporate fleets by 2030

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Tesla Summon feature saves owner locked out of parking garage

Electrek

Tesla’s Summon feature, which enables moving the car remotely on short distances without anyone inside the vehicle, saved an owner who got locked out of a parking garage. more… The post Tesla Summon feature saves owner locked out of parking garage appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla's New V4 Superchargers In The US Get CCS Adapter, Credit Card Reader

InsideEVs

Tesla's already getting ready for lots of new customers.

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Man who swindled 5 free cars from Tesla gets 4-year sentence

Electrek

A man who managed to swindle Tesla into giving him one free car after another has received a four-year sentence for the fraud. more… The post Man who swindled 5 free cars from Tesla gets 4-year sentence appeared first on Electrek.

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Using Industrial Automation to Monitor Vertical Farms

Cars That Think

To find out about the latest technologies being used by the agricultural industry, I virtually attended the second annual AgTech Innovation Summit , held in February in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The event was hosted by AeroFarms , an indoor vertical farm company based in Newark, N.J, that has an R&D facility. It has another R&D complex in Abu Dhabi, plus a commercial farm in Danville, Va.

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Toyota joins race to try and bring solid-state batteries to mass production

Electrek

Toyota Motor Company is the latest automaker delving into solid-state battery technology, vowing to mass-produce the safer and more energy dense cells in the next four years. In typical Toyota fashion, the Japanese automaker continues to smell its own farts, declaring that it and its new battery partner Idemitsu already “lead the world” in solid-state battery material development.

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A Carbon Correction Factor For Trucks? Don’t Be Fooled By The Oil Industry’s Latest Con

CleanTechnica EVs

The industry’s proposal is not about climate ambition or incentivising alternative fuels. Instead, it’s an attempt to slow down the transition to zero-emission trucks.

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Kia’s EV3 Concept has a center console grown from… mushrooms

Electrek

I won’t lie: We don’t know a lot about the Kia EV3 Concept from a technical perspective. Like, basically anything. We don’t have battery capacity, range, power output, or even dimensions. It’s a compact crossover based on the E-GMP platform that slots in roughly where the Kia Seltos does at the moment, which should give you a sense of what kind of size class we’re talking about here.

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SpaceX Starlink lands Maersk in new deal for Ocean fleet

Teslarati

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service has landed a new client in Maersk, as the two companies came to terms on a deal that would provide the company’s Ocean fleet with internet access. Maersk announced this morning that more than 330 own-operated container vessels will now have Starlink installed, enabling the fleet to access high-speed internet with speeds at over 200 Mbps.

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BMW taps Great Wall Motor’s SVOLT Energy for EV battery order worth $13 billion

Electrek

Following EV battery agreements with CATL and EVE Energy last fall, BMW shared it is adding SVOLT Energy to its rolodex. The battery developer is a spinoff of China’s Great Wall Motor and has reportedly been awarded a massive contract to supply EV builds in Europe worth up to $13 billion. more… The post BMW taps Great Wall Motor’s SVOLT Energy for EV battery order worth $13 billion appeared first on Electrek.

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High Court to deliver landmark ruling on EV road tax next week

The Driven EV News

High Court to deliver landmark ruling on Victoria's EV road tax next week. The post High Court to deliver landmark ruling on EV road tax next week appeared first on The Driven.

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Tesla’s latest funky product is 2 bottles of beer for $150

Electrek

Tesla has started selling a limited-edition “CyberBeer + CyberStein” product, the latest in a line of funky products, and like many others, this one isn’t cheap. more… The post Tesla’s latest funky product is 2 bottles of beer for $150 appeared first on Electrek.

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2024 Kia EV9 Achieves Up To 304 Miles Of EPA-Estimated Range

InsideEVs

The figure is for the EV9 Light Long Range RWD model; the EV9 Wind and Land AWD variants are EPA-rated at 280 miles of range.

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The Kia EV4 Concept would look right at home in Cyberpunk 2077

Electrek

There’s no denying that Kia is on a roll with its EV design language. The spaceship-sleek EV6 still turns heads, and the upcoming EV9 and EV5 SUVs feel like a breath of fresh, boxy air on the staid sport-utility formula. Now Kia has a new EV concept, the EV4 sedan – and it’s certainly unlike anything else on the road. more… The post The Kia EV4 Concept would look right at home in Cyberpunk 2077 appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla adds Clear PPF to protect Model 3/Y paint

Teslarati

Tesla has added a Clear Paint Protection Film (PPF) to protect your Model 3 and Model Y in its Online Shop just a day or so after it initially started offering wraps for the cars. Tesla writes : “Wrap your Model 3 or Model Y in one of our premium Clear Films, only available through Tesla. Offered in Gloss Clear, which will keep your paint’s existing gloss finish, and Satin Clear, which will change your paint’s gloss finish to matte.” Tesla says the wraps are “self-h

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Yamaha unveils new three-wheeled electric vehicle with triple-wheel steering

Electrek

Yamaha is back with another futuristic electric vehicle concept unveiling, this time with three wheels. The Yamaha Tricera, which will be showcased at the upcoming Japan Mobility Show 2023 at the end of this month, is a radically unique three-wheeled electric vehicle. more… The post Yamaha unveils new three-wheeled electric vehicle with triple-wheel steering appeared first on Electrek.

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Lexus concepts preview transformation "into a battery EV brand"

Green Car Reports

Lexus will unveil multiple concept cars at the 2023 Tokyo auto show which the automaker claims will preview a shift toward EVs. At the show, Lexus will "debut its next-generation battery electric vehicle concept model lineup, with the aim of transforming into a battery electric vehicle brand by 2035," according to a press release from Lexus parent.

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Kia to launch even cheaper EV2 electric car that could serve as Soul EV’s spiritual successor

Electrek

After revealing a slate of new electric models at the brand’s EV Day in Korea, Kia is already planning its next-gen lineup. Kia will launch an EV2 electric car starting at around $30,000 that could serve as a worthy follow-up to the Soul EV. more… The post Kia to launch even cheaper EV2 electric car that could serve as Soul EV’s spiritual successor appeared first on Electrek.

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From Ducati, Honda, & Rome to Benzina Zero in Australia

CleanTechnica EVs

What’s it like to go from a Ducati to an electric moped? Can you use a scooter to get to work? I asked Ben Silver of Benzina Zero in Australia for some customer reactions to his product offering. He put me in touch with John, Vera, and Stuart.

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