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News on Tesla's New Factories in Mexico, India, & Netherlands to Build 4 Million Cars a Year
I hear Tesla is currently planning gigafactory GAZA. It’s going to be a huuuge beautiful factory on some of the best seafront property in the world. GigaGaza will offer tours to the public and you can stay in the new trump tower hotel planned next door. Amazing things coming soon….! see more First they've got to get GF-Austin's "ecological paradise" in working order.
Honda to Sell Electric Car Under $30,000 in USA?
Wow - knee jerk! Hmmm. I won't assume who you would vote for as that would be insult to those voters. Oh - did you see that Elon has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for free speech advocacy? Although he (Elon) says he doesn't want any prizes for what he does. Now you, being a thoughtful person who celebrates diversity and civil rights will surely celebrate this nomination. I am sure you and I can both be pleased with this, as we both support free speech. see more Yup.
Recycling Battery Metals Could Supply 25% Of Europe’s Electric Cars By 2030 — Study - CleanTechnica
I'm a bit surprised that there is even a hint of uncertainty in recycling large lithium batteries based on the success of of recycling much smaller lead-acid car batteries. My understanding is that lead battery recycling is in the high 90%s range. see more Lead acid batteries are not s fire risk. I think as we move to better battery chemistry without thermal runaway issues we will see recycling become as successful as it is with lead acid.
Mexico To Build Its Own Cheap Electric Car — Forget Tesla - CleanTechnica
it will do with with a private sector partner in a unique public-private partnership. Unique like Togg, or unique like one of the Chinese private public partnerships? see more Good on Mexico. I have seen a number of Citroën Ami on the streets of Istanbul. Perhaps a similar type vehicles as this appears to be would work well in Mexico city. Parking is a tough competitive sport in Istanbul and that little Ami fits just about anywhere.
Zimbabwe Reduces Import Duty On Electric Vehicles From 40% to 25% Starting January 1, 2025
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Yesterday, Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Professor Mhtuli Ncube, presented the 2025 National Budget under the theme “Building Resilience for Sustained Economic Transformation.” There were a lot of mixed reactions to most of the stuff announced in that proposed budget. Most of the feedback focused on the plethora of additional taxes proposed in a number of areas.
CATL Will Put Its Second-Generation Sodium-Ion Batteries Into Production In 2025
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Electric Buses Rule Down Under
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The 2024 National Bus and Coach Show was held in Brisbane last month featuring a vast array of buses in all sizes and drivetrains. Of course, CleanTechnica’s readers are mainly interested in battery electric vehicles, and so we will be focussing on those. Presently, only about 0.2% of buses on Australian roads are battery electric. That is about to change.
Real Zero at Fortescue
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Fortescue has been in the news a lot recently.
Will These Curbside EV Chargers + Light Poles Proliferate In Cities?
Just another needlessly costly scam. Just the fact they put a small solar panel and vertical WT, shows they are incompetent technically as not even a rounding error charging EVs. The solution is cheap and easy, just a pole drop to a prewired roll of stations they just roll out, glue down, connect to the pole. For those who need street charging, one can have their own pole drop cheaply, especially if on the pole. Another is a long FG pole over the sidewalk and drop down a cord to the EV.
100 Electric Buses for Uruguay — Thanks, Build Your Dreams (BYD) - CleanTechnica
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! BYD (Build Your Dreams) continues to help electrify the world. Aside from opening up dozens of markets to cheap electric cars, let’s not forget that the company has been deliveries thousands of electric buses and trucks around the world in recent years.
A Battery-Swapping Secret Is Behind The New Nio Affordable L60 Electric Vehicle
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Bruised and battered Tesla is still hanging onto a hefty slice of the global electric vehicle market, but the competition is heating up, and the Chinese firm Nio aims to be front and center. The company has just made good on its promise to launch the affordable L60 SUV this year under its Onvo brand with battery-swapping available, a technology that Tesla once favored but has since fallen out of love with.
Too Many Heavy, Large EVs Undermine The Benefits Of Green Transportation, Says Researcher
I think there is another, much more practical, point: people size. A nearly 6' man over 280 lbs is going to struggle mightily to fit comfortably in any sedan, much less modern sedans. The overwhelming majority of new vehicles are bought by people over 40 (most by people over 50). Nearly one half of that group is clinically obese.
How Do People Get Tricked Into Believing Anti-EV, Anti-Solar, Anti-Wind Myths?
People are trapped by tradition, is far easier to repeat the same patterns, then think or try something new. We are all guilty of this. see more This comment was deleted. That is called "A Doom Loop". They only get broken if a a truly Massive Event or Two occurs that literally shakes the foundations of society. Those events can be any number of things but they must be massive, create great pain & misery and must absolutely "sting" a vast population of folks.
California To Begin Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train Service In San Bernardino
"Although, he might be persuaded to change his mind if more green hydrogen was available and if it didn’t suck up every bit of renewable energy available in the process of making it." Mr Hanley, if you think that's the extent of Michael Barnard's issues with hydrogen, I'd advise you to read his articles on the subject again. This H2-train meanwhile is an incredibly dumb idea, even if green hydrogen was abundantly available.
A Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehicle
This is a good debate. The DOE has the resources to make "informed announcements" but, I don't agree with this one. The CARB has been working on combustion particulate and it's sources since 1967. Their work with the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Credit market is useful here. Gasoline and diesel are high emissions intensity fuels and this label was born of decades of research. The air in Los Angeles in the 1960's was some of the worst in the world. As of today Los Angeles is the worst in the United States.
Cash For Clunkers Program In China Will Boost Electric Car Industry As EU Tariffs Bite
i love the notion of a cash for clunkers program to eliminate ICE from the road. I believe however, that a cash for clunkers that provides incentive to buy a new ICE, even one with better gas mileage, is just unhelpful but is actually counter productive for global warming. A new ICE car not only has a carbon footprint from emissions during production, but also supports automakers to continue investing in, and producing ICE vehicles.
Major New Commitment from Nearly 350 Mayors to Accelerate US Electric Vehicle Transition
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Electric Cars May Come To Several African Countries A Whole Lot Faster Than Most People Think
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I have always thought that adoption of electric vehicles in Africa will happen a whole lot faster than a lot of people think. So, it’s great that we are starting to see a lot more activity in several countries on the continent, from electric motorcycles to electric tuk-tuks to electric buses for public transport.
New Battery Chemistry From Nyobolt Promises Faster Charging For Electric Cars
350 kW can charge a 29 kWh battery 0-100% in 5 minutes. See, that's the problem. Putting anything more than 30 kWh in any battery in 5 minutes takes huge amounts of power. People should breathe a bit and spend 10 minutes and put 60 kWh in a 90 kWh battery charging from 10% to 80%, and away they go for another 240 miles. That takes a 350 kW charger. see more Good solid and rational comment. Thanks. Charging my MY or my old M3 after was rarely given a moment’s thought.
Petrol Sales In Norway Drop 8% Year Over Year
While gasoline fuel and dutiable diesel fuel sales are both down, jet fuel usage is up. Clearly people are flying to work instead of driving. see more Maybe Boeing will take care of that. The Ministry of the Future book lays out scenario where people stop flying because of "crash day." Boeing's mismanagement could cause an own-goal against the airline industry. see more If ypu look at the chart, year over year fuel sales are down 5.9%, mostly diesel as a percentage.
Florida EV Drivers Will Get The Chance To Experience Wireless In-Road Charging
Let me see if I've got my math right. Going 50 mph you'll cover 3/4 of mile in less than a minute. Charging at 50 kW for a minute will give you 50 kW-minute or less than 1 kWh of charge at 100% efficiency. I'm actually a big believer that stationary wireless transfer has great potential that goes beyond just driver convenience, but I am very skeptical of in-road dynamic charging. The elements that make up this in-road system could ne used to make many, useful stationary systems. see more er...
EVs Take 25.7% Share of the UK — Tesla Stays Top - CleanTechnica
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! May saw plugin EVs take 25.7% share of the UK auto market, up from 23.1% year on year. Most of the gain was from PHEVs, whilst BEVs barely improved. Overall auto volume was 147,678 units, up by some 2% YoY, and still below pre-2020 norms (~175,000). The UK’s leading BEV brand in May remained Tesla.
EV Sales Are Outpacing The Growth Of EV Chargers
While that might help low use stations, not much good for busy ones. And has it's own costs, energy losses. While 2024 stations look like they are not keeping up, they are much larger, faster so service say 5x the EVs/ stall of say 5 yrs ago. Every home has L1 and most have 240vac/L2 so not really a problem for most. Building codes in Florida call for L2 EV charge ports for 20 yrs now and for new apartments like the one next door with 1 L2 for very 5 spaces.
Redwood Partners with Ultium Cells
All batteries and metals should required by law to be recycled. That said EV packs especially need to be reused either the whole pack or modules. They all should be repairable as this structural pack BS has to stop as just wastes so much. While recycling is great, needed, it loses 70% of the value vs reuse. This is especially important for 3rd world countries that can buy them for local EV, storage use, not unlike what I do with them so they can go green cheaply.
What To Tell Family, Friends, & Neighbors So They Don’t Buy Another Gas Car!
Oivey ! 1) Everyone HAS A BUDGET and people have to be able to AFFORD a vehicle that suits their Needs & Wants. 2) There MUST be Vehicles available in the Price Ranges that different people can afford. ! CHOICES ! 3) Vehicle Sales/Service-Repair facilities MUST BE AVAILABLE ! Independent or Dealer but MUST exist. see more 5 yrs ago bought used 2018 leaf $17,000 with 25,000 miles on it. Today it's at 50,000 miles. Zero maintenance other than tires at 45,000 miles.
Over 4 Million Plugin Vehicles Sold Globally in 2024
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Global EV sales reached 1.1 million units in April 2024, according to EV research-house, Rho Motion, bringing year-to-date (YTD) sales to 4.3 million, 22% greater than the same period in 2023. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) represent 64% of units sold so far in 2024, with the remaining 36% Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV).
New Sodium-Ion Battery To Charge An Electric Vehicle In Seconds
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The electric vehicle revolution has barely gotten under way, and already the goalposts for charging times are moving. New research indicates that sodium-ion EV batteries could charge up in seconds, not minutes. That not only races past the best lithium-ion technology on the market today, it also beats gas and diesel fuels at their own game.
Hyundai Getting 100% Renewable Electricity In US, Partnering With Dutch Government
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Hyundai continues to be a bit of an under-hyped hero on cleantech. Well, maybe that’s going a little far, but it is definitely a company that has made many good decisions with regards to electric vehicles, and now we’ve got some great news from Hyundai regarding renewable energy as well. Hyundai has contracted to get solar power for all of its US factories.
Electrified Roads Are Coming To Michigan
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Innovations in the electric vehicle (EV) world continue to amaze onlookers. Maximizing regenerative braking. The continual development of battery technology. Shared and connected transport systems. The growth of EVs has also infused a new focus on charging infrastructure and the deployment of wireless charging technology on pavements.
The Electric Vehicle Of 2050: The Best Is Yet To Come
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Whenever zero emission electric drive replaces the 280 million gas-burning vehicles that currently travel along US roads, there will be a collective freakout over the cost of new power generation assets needed to handle the load. Or not, as the case may be.
EVs Take 91.5% Share In Norway
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! March’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 91.5% share in Norway, up from 91.1% year on year. BEVs alone took almost 90% share. Overall auto volume was 9,750 units, 50% down YoY, and the lowest March in 15 years. The Tesla Model Y was again Norway’s best selling vehicle. March saw combined EVs take 91.5% share in Norway, comprising 89.3% full electrics (BEVs) and 2.2% plugin hybrids (PHEVs).
Study Examines Cost Competitiveness of Zero-Emission Trucks
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tech Progress, Supportive Policies, and Infrastructure Investments Drive Down Costs and Spur Technology Adoption Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) account for just 5% of vehicles on the road in the United States, yet they are responsible for 21% of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing MHDV emissions is vital to mitigating the effects of climate change and improving air quality.
EVs Grow 94% YoY in Mexico, Tesla Model Y Leads the Market
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! An interesting development is underway in developing countries, and it’s most visible right now in Latin America. Latin American nations, by and large, lack the means and resources to promote EVs like the US, Europe, and China have done.
Amenities Are Key To EV Charging At Convenience Stores
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! One thing we’ve written about a lot here at CleanTechnica is the future of convenience stores in the EV transition. My take has been that gas stations can’t just add EV chargers out front next to the gas pumps and hope for the best. Why? Because EV charging is a fundamentally different service than gasoline and diesel sales. Few local drivers are going to charge at a gas station because most charge at home.
SAE Adopts New Standards For Vehicle-To-Grid
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There is a delightful fantasy out there that says the batteries in all the electric cars in the world could act as a giant, distributed virtual power plant that would store electricity from renewables when it is abundant and supply it back to the grid when demand exceeds supply. The batteries could also perform grid stabilization chores.
First Pilot Fleet of BMW iX5 Hydrogen Fuel Cell EVs Launched In South Africa
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! South Africa is the world’s largest producer of platinum group metals. Anglo American Platinum is the world’s leading primary producer of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs). Platinum is used in a variety of applications, including auto catalytic converters, fuel cells, air and water purification units, heart pacemakers, computer screens, hard disks, and fertilizers.
Elegant Solid State EV Battery To Be Unveiled At CES 2024
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The crowded field of solid state energy storage technology is about to get a little more crowded next year, when the German automotive supplier Schaeffler will reportedly unveil its new solid state EV battery at CES 24. If the first two words that come to your mind are “Schaeffler” and “who,” join the club.
Getting Off The Fence: Tesla Bot Looks Like Tesla's Next Giant Success
I suspect that humanoid robots combined with a VR-like human controller may be another big market for these bots in industry and entertainment. Human controlled robot games, sight seeing and the like seem to be opportunities that extend current trends. Dangerous and boring professions may also be an application for human controlled humanoid robots; ocean freight ship crews, wind turbine repair, forest fire fighting ... may all be candidate jobs for human controlled robots.
Solar-Powered Semi Trucks — The Future Of Trucking? - CleanTechnica
Basic math says that 'solar powered trucking' is even more of a pipedream than solar-powered cars. It might help *a little bit*, but I'm not sure that the savings would offset the cost, etc. Yes, the trailer has a far bigger surface area to mount solar panels - but a truck requires an order of magnitude more energy to haul a full load (~750kWh, vs 75kWh for a typical long-range BEV). A 16m trailer that is 2m wide could theoretically mount 16x panels.
Beam Global Ramping Up Rollout Of Its Off-Grid Solar-Powered EV Charging Infrastructure
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Innovation often springs from solving a problem and realizing that an entirely new approach might be the best way forward. Thirteen years ago, Desmond Wheatley and his team were deploying grid-tied electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, some coupled with solar panels.
Here Are Three Reasons Why Electric Cars Will Soon Be Less Expensive
Good article, and I agree that 745 miles/1190 kms is more range than any EV really needs, but I also want to see a point where affordable EVS are readily available with about a 700km range. We live in British Columbia which is 95% mountains, so when we do our regular drive to visit family 500kms from our home we drive over 2 big mountain passes, through huge swaths of wilderness, with scarce charging opportunities.
Biofuels Vs Synthetic Fuels: The Five Points That Favor Waste Biomass To Fuels
While there may already be enough biofuel to power shipping, that has come at a tremendous cost in terms of deforestation and damage due to intensive agriculture, and CO2 emissions that are not that small compared to the fossil fuel they have replaced.
10 Takeaways On What We Need To Do & Not Do To Save The Planet
First off I've been driving cost effective lead battery EVs for 31 yrs and they have always been cost effective done right, 25% of an ICE version cost to run. Just a huge propaganda program to the tune of $1B over 40 yrs by big oil kept people from doing it. And they are still at it. A Lead battery 60 mile range with a RE fueled generator for unlimited range has always been viable. And they can be SC in 10 minutes 70%.
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