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The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is not like other electric vehicles. The three- and five-door hatchback hurtles the performance brand into its electric future by embracing all the muscle car machismo of its past. As for range and efficiency—the typical pride points of an EV launch— Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis was characteristically blunt: “I don’t care.” “It’s not designed to get you 500 miles of range,” Kuniskis crowed to a media gathering last week before the global debut on Tuesday. “This is designed to be the ultimate performance car until we come out with the Banshee, of course.” The Daytona…
This is the largest-capacity battery pack mass-produced in the Chinese passenger car market, and Nio models equipped with the pack have a range of up to 1,055 km, Nio said. (Image credit: Nio) Nio’s (NYSE: NIO) 150-kWh semi-solid-state battery pack is finally going to start entering service in a few months, after several delays. The 150-kWh ultra-long-range battery pack will go live in the second quarter, the electric vehicle (EV) maker said today in its fourth-quarter 2023 earnings highlights posted to its social media accounts in China. This is the largest-capacity battery pack mass-produced in the domestic passenger vehicle segment,…
Nio reported mixed fourth-quarter results while providing a better than feared first-quarter outlook, said Deutsche Bank. Nio (NYSE: Nio) reported its fourth-quarter 2023 earnings today, showing that its revenue for the quarter exceeded expectations while gross margins missed estimates. As usual, Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu’s team shared their first look of the results. Here’s what they had to say. 4Q23 Earnings First Look Nio reported mixed 4Q results while providing a better than feared 1Q24 outlook. Deliveries for the fourth quarter were already reported at 50,045 units, leading to revenue of 17.1bn RMB, better than DBe/consensus 16.9/16.8bn due to…
The 2024 Nissan Ariya electric SUV gets a price cut for its second model year and, in the coming months, Tesla charging adapters for owners. The base Ariya Engage front-wheel-drive model now starts at $40,980 with destination, which is $3,600 less than the 2023 model, Nissan announced Monday in a press release. The same discount applies to Engage models with Nissan’s dual-motor all-wheel-drive system, dubbed e-4orce. Engage models have a 63-kwh battery pack, while all other Ariya grades have an 87-kwh pack. And with the 87-kwh Venture+ front-wheel-drive model now priced at $42,580—$6,000 lower than before—buyers only have to pay…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! By Victoria Beasley, Partner at Gigascale Capital In the fast-evolving world of climate tech, everything under the hard tech umbrella — hardware, deep tech, and science-driven innovation — is now commanding attention. This isn’t a fleeting trend; it’s a shift to contend with the most formidable challenges of climate change that require tactile, physical answers and cornerstones for anyone serious about driving down emissions and cleaning up the atmosphere. Considering the daunting scale of the climate challenge from a broad perspective obscures the change…
The 2024 Ford E-Transit gets a larger battery pack affording more range, among other changes. The E-Transit now has 89 kwh of usable capacity, compared to the previous 68 kwh for all E-Transits. This increases maximum EPA-cycle range to 159 miles, up from the 126 miles Ford quoted at the time of the E-Transit’s 2022 launch. The automaker claims this is an increase of 26% for low-roof and 32% for high-roof models. Ford says that, based on analysis of 30 million trips, the average daily range for commercial vans in the U.S. is 74 miles. And it previously said giving…
Zeekr will launch the Zeekr 001 and Zeekr X in the Philippines, with both models expected to begin local pre-sales and deliveries in the second quarter. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Zeekr, the premium electric vehicle (EV) subsidiary of Geely Holding Group, has entered into a partnership with Autohub Group, a Philippine dealer, to further expand its international presence. Zeekr and Autohub signed the partnership agreement on March 4 in Hangzhou, where the Chinese EV maker is headquartered, according to a statement today. Zeekr will launch the Zeekr 001 and Zeekr X in the Philippines, with local pre-sales and deliveries of both…
The Rivian R2, the electric vehicle startup’s upcoming new electric SUV, has leaked through the company’s website. It starts at $47,000 and gets up to 330 miles of range. The R2 is the first next-generation vehicle from Rivian, following the R1S and R1T. Rivian has framed the electric vehicle has its new entry-level option leveraging what it learned from the R1 program to deliver a more mass-market vehicle – something to compete with Tesla’s Model Y, which is now the most popular vehicle in the world. The automaker plans to unveil the R2 on March 7, but the specs, pricing,…
Faraday Future seeks monetary damages and demands that HiPhi’s parent company, Human Horizons, immediately stop infringing on its trade secrets related to the FF 91. (Image credit: Faraday Future) California-based electric vehicle (EV) maker Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc (NASDAQ: FFIE) today announced that it is suing Ding Lei, founder of HiPhi’s parent company Human Horizons Holdings, for allegedly infringing on its trade secrets and unfair competition. Faraday Future and its Chinese subsidiary filed the lawsuit in the Intermediate People’s Court of Shenzhen in China, and Ding is its former executive, according to a statement from the company. Faraday Future…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! It’s hard to know what is going to come in the autonomous driving world in the next few years, or next decade. Waymo — spun out of Google — has been working on the topic for a couple of decades. I recall seeing a Google self-driving vehicle on the roads of Palo Alto in the summer of 2006. Videos I recorded of it were some of the first videos I ever published to YouTube. Tesla’s been working on it in a very different way…