Green Car Reports
MAY 16, 2024
Aptera late Wednesday announced the end date for its crowdfunding stage, as it seeks private capital on its way “towards high-volume production” of its high-efficiency, three-wheel solar EV. The company’s Regulation A crowdfunding, which bypasses traditional investors and the stock market and emphasizes smaller amounts, will end.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
In under 66 hours after launching its new low-cost electric SUV, VinFast’s VF 3 racked up nearly 30,000 pre-orders. Starting under $10,000 (235 million VND), the VinFast VF 3 is already creating a buzz. Following the special price promo, the VF 3 will cost around $20,000.
Green Car Reports
MAY 16, 2024
BMW still aims for about 50% global EV sales by the end of the decade, in line with a plan the automaker rolled out in 2021, but still isn't ready to declare an end date for internal combustion. "By 2030, all-electric vehicles should account for about half of our deliveries," CEO Oliver Zipse said Wednesday in a speech to shareholders. But the.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
If you’ve been waiting for the all-electric Chevy Equinox, you may be in luck. Chevy officially began Equinox EV deliveries as customers received their first electric SUVs.
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Green Car Reports
MAY 16, 2024
Ford is recalling nearly 9,000 hybrid vehicles to address a software issue that could cause the drivetrain to shift into neutral unexpectedly. Affected vehicles include 8,369 Maverick hybrid pickup trucks from model years 2022-2024, as well as 277 Escape crossovers from model years 2020-2022 and 81 Lincoln Corsair plug-in hybrid crossovers from.
Teslarati
MAY 16, 2024
Tesla has won approval for its expansion of Gigafactory Berlin, its production facility in Germany, after a meeting between community members and local officials was held on Thursday. The meeting took place in the Hangelsberg district of Grünheid under police protection, as protests against the expansion have been going on since the weekend. Other opponents of the expansion have been living in the forest surrounding the factory in treehouses as a form of protest.
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Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Is this the Ford F-150 Lightning rival we’ve been waiting for? The first Kia electric pickup was spotted testing in the US as the brand gears up for an EV offensive.
The Driven EV News
MAY 16, 2024
A call has gone out for projects that think big on ways to achieve the rapid conversion of half the Australian vehicle fleet to EV’s – over 10 million vehicles. The post Retrofit nation: Call for mass conversion of Australia’s truck fleet to spark battery industry appeared first on The Driven.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) announced plans to invest more than $40 million in a new electric vehicle engineering facility at its Swan Island headquarters in Portland.
InsideEVs
MAY 16, 2024
Criminals are targeting Tesla Superchargers and other charging infrastructure in Texas, California, Minnesota and around the world.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Honda is done standing by while rivals like Tesla and BYD steal market share. To stay competitive, Honda is doubling its investment in EVs to $65 billion (10 trillion yen) through 2030. The plans include slashing costs and launching seven new electric models.
Teslarati
MAY 16, 2024
Tesla Model Y units at the company’s Gigafactory Berlin in Germany were seen today equipped with Hardware 4, the company’s newest and most robust self-driving computer. Hardware 4 was first seen last year and revealed Tesla would equip future vehicles with more cameras and potentially radar systems, among other things. It is the newest and most complete self-driving computer Tesla has rolled out.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
ChargePoint’s (NYSE: CHPT) new Megawatt Charging System for commercial electric trucks is capable of dispensing enough energy to power around 1,000 homes.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 16, 2024
Waymo has spent most of my adult life working on self-driving vehicles (originally under the Google brand, until about 7½ years ago). For a long time after it finally started offering robotaxi service for non-employees, the service was free. Since December 2018, though, Waymo has offered and slowly expanded commercial. [continued] The post Waymo Reaches 50,000 Paid Customer Trips A Week appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Ford is putting “everything on the table” to keep up with Tesla and fast-rising Chinese EV makers like BYD. In a new memo, Ford asked suppliers to cut EV costs after its Model e unit continued to bleed billions in Q1.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 16, 2024
Hanoi, Vietnam — VinFast Auto (Nasdaq: VFS) today announced that it received a record-breaking number of 27,649 non-refundable and non-transferable pre-orders for the mini-SUV VF 3 within 66 hours, setting a Vietnamese automotive record, demonstrating the impressive appeal of the VF 3 and its potential to become a “national car” [continued] The post VinFast Receives 27,649 Pre-Orders for VF 3 in Vietnam — 66 Hours After Accepting Deposits appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
The 704-megawatt (M) Revolution Wind, Rhode Island and Connecticut’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, just hit a major milestone.
InsideEVs
MAY 16, 2024
"EVs are the most effective solution," Honda says in a major strategy shift. Can the Japanese automaker deliver?
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Solar EV startup Aptera Motors announced it is leaving its “crowdfunding nest” of sorts, putting a bookend on three years of its Regulation A offering to pursue private funding. The startup shared a deadline for public investors while it engages in discussions with private financial group US Capital to help (finally) get its solar EVs into scaled production.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 16, 2024
The share of electric and hybrid vehicle sales in the United States decreased in the first quarter of 2024 as battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales declined. Hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, and BEVs fell to 18.0% of total new light-duty vehicle (LDV) sales in the United States in the first quarter. [continued] The post Electric Vehicle Sales Decreased from 18.8% to 18% U.S.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Bobcat revealed a new, commercialized version of its battery-powered ZT6000e zero-turn electric lawnmower that promises up to eight hours of continuous runtime.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 16, 2024
On Wednesday, Apple announced it would be making changes to iOS that would benefit iPhone and iPad owners prone toward motion sickness. While the company is actually introducing a handful of new features, the one we’re interested in is called “Vehicle Motion Cues” which tweaks the user interface to help keep one’s cookies un-tossed whilst playing passenger.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Tesla has been spotted testing a Model 3 prototype with what appears to be a new camera setup. Is Tesla preparing a new vision rig for its next vehicles?
Teslarati
MAY 16, 2024
Tesla increased the price of the Model 3 Performance by $1,000 on Thursday night from $53,990 to $54,990. Tesla launched the new Model 3 Performance on April 23, listing it at $52,990 and equipping it with a brand new set of specs, including a 163 MPH top speed and a 0-60 MPH acceleration time of just 2.9 seconds. Just a few days after launching the new Model 3 Performance, Tesla pushed the price upward by $1,000 to $53,990.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Pedego announced a slew of big new bikes this month , and we got to try out our favorite, the Pedego Moto. This brawny, two-person, class 2/3 beast leaves its competitors in the dust in so many ways.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 16, 2024
Seismic shift in competitive landscape opens opportunity to further drive utilization of the EVgo network, expand footprint with new site host partners, and serve more Tesla EV drivers EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ: EVGO) (“EVgo” or the “Company”), one of the nation’s largest public fast charging networks for electric vehicles (EVs), this. [continued] The post EVgo Doubles Down On Commitment to Begin NACS Deployments in 2024 with Seismic Shift appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Ford is putting “everything on the table” to keep up with Tesla and fast-rising Chinese EV makers like BYD. In a new memo, Ford asked suppliers about ideas to cut EV costs after its Model e unit continued to bleed billions in Q1.
Teslarati
MAY 16, 2024
Tesla’s largest individual retail shareholder is continuing to protest the support of CEO Elon Musk’s $58 billion pay package, which is presumably the largest issue at hand in the upcoming Shareholder Meeting. KoGuan Leo has been one of Tesla’s largest shareholders for years and is the company’s biggest retail investor, with over 27 million shares held.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
I’ve been riding Ride1Up e-bikes since just about their first model. Over the many years since I first threw a leg over that bike, I’ve watched the company roll out an ever-increasing lineup of diverse e-bikes that all shared one common trend: great bang for your buck. So when I was recently touring Asia to visit micromobility factories for a peek behind the curtain, I knew Ride1Up’s factory would be high on my list.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 16, 2024
Ford has reported significant losses on its EV business, and a letter obtained by Crain’s Detroit Business/Automotive News shows that the automaker is looking to cut costs with its suppliers. The Blue Oval asked its partners to help lower materials costs, saying “we have all invested heavily in the success of the EV business, and we will all win or lose together.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
The refreshed Model 3 Performance was released on April 23 , but less than a month after release it’s having its price hiked again, for a second time.
CN EV Post
MAY 16, 2024
@GustavoMan627 In reply to GustavoMan627. I was CEO. And partner in owning a company. IT, to be more specific. Also industrial automation in European, but mainly German, automobile industry. Now retired. Thus, a lot of knowledge accumulated. Thats the reason, I liked and still like NIOs tech. But not its terrible management. BTW, already two years ago I posted on yahoo, to sell NIO and to buy LI instead.
Electrek
MAY 16, 2024
Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) is putting data at the heart of its decarbonization efforts as it invests in advanced telematics and beefs up its carbon footprint reporting.
CN EV Post
MAY 16, 2024
L60 is nice looking car at competitive price. Lot of EV competition in China. Few months to go to see if NIO hit the sweet spot on this model. Sales boost will certainly change NIO's slumping stock.
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