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The first electric-car president? Ike Eisenhower liked them

Green Car Reports

At least a couple of presidents have been drivers of electric cars, but they're not all in the recent past. Our 34th President, Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, may have been one of the first. Long before Ike became perhaps the 20th century's most famous general, Eisenhower drove around in an early electric car that belonged to his in-laws. John.

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Smartphone-maker Xiaomi unveils SU7 Ultra, a 1548hp, 4-door electric hypercar

Electrek

Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone-maker that has recently taken a dip into electric cars with the SU7 has now unveiled a hyper-sports version of its 4-door EV in the SU7 Ultra, which it aims to be the fastest 4-door car in the world, gas or electric.

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U.S. EV Registrations Increased In May 2024, Despite Tesla's Decline

InsideEVs

The all-electric car market share improved a bit to 7.5%.

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Tesla Cybertruck is ready for Full Self-Driving with v12.5, Musk confirms

Teslarati

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed the Cybertruck would be getting Full Self-Driving capabilities for the first time when the EV maker releases version 12.5, which will use a single stack as it combines inner city and highway driving. The update comes just two months after Musk’s prediction that FSD for the Cybertruck “was a few months away,” as he said in May.

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

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2025 Lucid Air Pure is America's most efficient EV

Green Car Reports

The 2025 Lucid Air Pure just became the most efficient car in America. The Pure has an EPA-rated range of 420 miles. The price? $71,400, base. The 2025 Lucid Air Pure—the single-motor, rear-wheel-drive version of the Air electric luxury sedan—continues to offer more range than the Tesla Model S for less than $80,000. Lucid on Tuesday.

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Tesla secures absurdly large multi-billion Megapack contract

Electrek

Tesla has secured an absurdly large contract to provide over 15 GWh of Megapack to California’s Intersect Power. The Megapack.

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Tesla bears officially have their next big threat: Tesla Energy

Teslarati

Tesla bears officially have their next big threat to deal with when factoring in their thesis: Tesla Energy. After Tesla reported delivery and production figures for the second quarter, it shocked with two big surprises: a delivery beat of 6,000 vehicles and a new record for energy storage deployments. “We deployed 9.4 GWh of energy storage products in Q2, the highest quarterly deployment yet,” Tesla said in its quarterly press release.

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Rivian’s EV charging gateway to Yosemite used to be a gas station

Green Car Reports

Rivian is turning an old gas station into a charging hub Yosemite Outpost will also serve as a charging education point Station will have solar and be net zero, Rivian says Rivian has set up a so-called Yosemite Outpost for EV charging that will serve not only as a logistical stop for adventurers headed into or out of the national park but also as.

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Solar to meet half of global electricity demand growth in 2024 and 2025

Electrek

Global electricity demand is rising at its fastest rate in two decades, but solar is on course to meet half of demand growth, says the IEA.

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Volvo EX30 Online Reservation Page Disappears In The U.S.

InsideEVs

The future of Volvo’s most affordable car in the United States is getting harder and harder to decode.

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

Brief

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Tesla stock set for ten-fold surge on Robotaxi: ARK Invest

Teslarati

Tesla stock ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) is set to surge in value by ten-fold if the automaker can come through on the development and subsequent release of its Robotaxi platform, ARK Invest said recently. It is no secret that Tesla’s Robotaxi project is among the company’s biggest long-term catalysts. Solving Full Self-Driving and allowing owners to make money without physically driving their cars is one of the biggest developments in passenger transportation in the last 100 years.

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Scientists: Dump hydrogen-powered Toyota as official car of Olympics

Green Car Reports

Scientists are questioning the green credentials of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles The Toyota Mirai is the official car of the 2024 Paris Olympics Hydrogen tech failed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics A group of 120 scientists, engineers, and academics have drafted an open letter to the organizers of the Paris Olympics, rallying to ditch the Toyota Mirai.

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Elon Musk might give up on Tesla’s 4680 battery cell by the end of the year

Electrek

Elon Musk might give up on Tesla’s 4680 battery cell if the situation doesn’t improve by the end of the.

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China's CATL Hints At EV Batteries That Last 16 Years

InsideEVs

According to CATL, its "Long-Service-Life Battery" packs can last up to 16 years or 1.24 million miles. That's a lot of driving.

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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 Cybertruck is 5th most registered EV in the US

Teslarati

It is no secret that the Tesla Cybertruck is a vehicle that is equally loved and despised by many, so much so that there seems to be a group of people who are itching to see the all-electric pickup truck fail. This was evident in headlines stating that the “Cybertruck’s failure is now complete,” as well as multitudes of YouTube videos arguing that the vehicle is a flop.

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Mercedes-Benz adds Starbucks locations to its EV fast-charging network

Green Car Reports

Mercedes-Benz will install EV fast-chargers at over 100 Starbucks locations, the two companies announced Monday in a press release. The initial phase will see Mercedes install 400-kw DC fast-chargers at Starbucks locations along the I-5 corridor, the highway route that served as the location for one of the earliest charging infrastructure.

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China is on track to reach its clean energy targets this month… six years ahead of schedule

Electrek

China, the world’s largest pollution emitter, is going green with clean energy alternatives and doing so quickly. Recent energy reports detail the nation’s commitment to implementing solar and wind power, so much so that it is expected to achieve its 2030 clean energy targets by the end of the month.

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Another Tesla With Over 400,000 Miles On One Battery

CleanTechnica EVs

A week ago, I wrote an article about a guy in the UK with two high-mileage Tesla Model S sedans that are still using their original batteries. One has about 430,000 miles on its battery and the other has around 375,000 miles, also on one battery. They are both still. [continued] The post Another Tesla With Over 400,000 Miles On One Battery appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla Giga Shanghai is back to operating at full capacity: report

Teslarati

Tesla Giga Shanghai is operating at full capacity once more. The update was posted by a Chinese media outlet which recently visited Tesla’s Shanghai-based Model 3 and Model Y production plant. Earlier this year, reports emerged suggesting that Tesla was throttling the vehicle production output of Giga Shanghai. Reuters even noted in late May that the electric vehicle maker was planning to cut at least 20% of the facility’s vehicle production in the March-June 2024 period.

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GM CEO backs away from 1M EV target, says market's "not developing"

Green Car Reports

GM announced in 2022 it could build 1M EVs annually in 2025 It aimed to make 400,000 EVs over 2022 and 2023—later extended into 2024 Backpedaling on both targets, CEO Barra now says an undeveloped EV market is to blame General Motors CEO Mary Barra has walked back the automaker's target of having production capacity for one million EVs in.

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Tesla claims a 95% automated production at Gigafactory Shanghai

Electrek

Tesla claims that it is now achieving “95% automated production” at Gigafactory Shanghai with recent updates. While Elon Musk disbanded.

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Tesla Sales Drop 17% in California

CleanTechnica EVs

But the Tesla Model Y is still the #1 best seller in the California auto market — by far. And that could be concerning. I don’t think it’s at all controversial to say that Tesla’s success was built from the hands of Californians. Tesla never would have reached the scale. [continued] The post Tesla Sales Drop 17% in California appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla Megapack project in California housed in former steam plant

Teslarati

Tesla has highlighted an upcoming Megapack project that has repurposed a retired steam plant in California, coming as the latest of the company’s many ongoing energy storage projects. The company highlighted the Arevon Condor Energy Storage Project in San Bernardino County, California, in a post on its Tesla Megapack account on X on Friday. The site is located in Grand Terrace, and as the company points out, it’s housed in a former steam plant.

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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 three-row electric SUV arriving in 2024

Green Car Reports

Hyundai's three-row electric SUV will arrive in 2024 The electric three-row SUV will likely be called the Ioniq 9 Interior packaging, range, and powertrain outputs could compare to the Kia EV9 Hyundai will unveil an electric three-row crossover SUV later this year, the automaker has confirmed. The unnamed three-row crossover will debut as a 2025.

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New UK gov’t approves 3 huge solar farms & wants to expand rooftop installs

Electrek

Just days after a massive election win, UK’s new Labour government has hit the ground running and is already making progress on increasing solar power deployment.

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The Lucid Air Just Hit A Huge EV Milestone

InsideEVs

The EV startup announced some tweaks to its 2025 lineup. Most notably, the Air is now the country's most efficient EV by a wide margin.

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Tesla Energy secures $375M Megapack contract

Teslarati

Tesla Energy secured a $375 million Megapack contract in Australia. The new Tesla Megapack contract will help build a 415 MW/1660 MWh battery Down Under, one of the largest four-hour batteries in the world. Tesla Energy will supply Megapacks to Akaysha Energy’s Orana Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). The Orana project is located in New South Wales within Central West Orana’s Renewable Energy Zone (REZ).

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Will in-wheel motor tech go big in electric pickups?

Green Car Reports

In-wheel motors became a reality in a production electric pickup for the blink of an eye—in the Lordstown Endurance. But the technology, also known as wheel-hub motors, hasn't yet been confirmed as production-bound for any other U.S. passenger vehicle or personal-use truck. That could change in the future. Based on some pictures recently.

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Lucid confirms the 2025 Air Pure offers 5 miles per kWh, making it the most efficient car in the world

Electrek

Lucid Motors shared details of a 2025 update to its Air Pure sedan today, which has achieved a landmark 5 miles of range per kWh of energy efficiency. Per Lucid , that figure solidifies the latest Air Pure as the most energy-efficient vehicle ever made. See more details of the 2025 Air lineup below.

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BYD Launches In Senegal, Starting With The ATTO 3

CleanTechnica EVs

BYD is one of the major EV firms that is now making its battery electric vehicles available in more places around the world. These days, it seems like we hear that BYD has introduced some of its models to a new country every week or something. Notably, BYD is one. [continued] The post BYD Launches In Senegal, Starting With The ATTO 3 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Tesla primed to conquer stronger demand with Giga Shanghai output levels: Barclays

Teslarati

Tesla is primed to conquer what Barclays believes is an indication of stronger demand for vehicles coming from its Giga Shanghai production plant in China after it was revealed earlier this week the facility was running at full capacity. After several reports of production volume cuts earlier this year, it seems Tesla is pushing Giga Shanghai to max capacity in order to handle what is assumed to be increased demand in China and other markets that the plant exports to.

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2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron grabs for power, range

Green Car Reports

Following a mid-model-year update for 2024, the 2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron electric crossover receives a few more significant changes for the new model year. The single-motor, rear-wheel-drive model gets an 81-hp boost to 282 hp, which lowers the 0-60 mph time by 1.7 seconds, to 6.2 seconds, according to Audi. Revisions to the 82-kwh battery pack (with.

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BYD’s answer to Tesla’s best-selling Model Y spotted overseas

Electrek

BYD is upping the ante in overseas markets. Its new electric SUV, Sea Lion 07, was spotted outside of China as the BYD looks to challenge Tesla in key overseas markets. BYD’s Sea Lion 07 is a mid-size electric SUV similar in size to Tesla’s best-selling Model Y.

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Second-hand electric car sales more than triple, as utes slow down

The Driven EV News

Used electric vehicles have been a standout seller, a new report shows, jumping 91 per cent in the last quarter and up 246 per cent on this time last year. The post Second-hand electric car sales more than triple, as utes slow down appeared first on The Driven.