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BYD and Raízen Power plan to build 600 new DC charging piles in eight major Brazilian cities. (Image credit: BYD) BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDF) has entered into a partnership with a Brazilian energy company to build a charging network in the South American country. BYD entered into a strategic partnership with Shell’s Raízen Power on February 2, with plans to build BYD-Shell electric vehicle charging hubs in eight major Brazilian cities over the next three years, according to a company press release yesterday. The eight cities are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Salvador and Belém, and…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A good sustainability conference can be hard to come by. There seems to be conferences for every type of industry and sector. Unfortunately, sustainability professionals are often the black sheep of events that are typically adjacent to their focus. One of the premier events in sustainability is the Sustainable Brands annual conference. This year, I went to SB 23 in San Diego, California. I have been to the Sustainable Brands conference before, so this wasn’t my first rodeo. There was a lot to love…
Consumer Reports is out with its annual owner satisfaction survey, showing Rivian to be far and away the most-loved car brand according to owners. The rating comes soon after Consumer Reports strangely listed the R1S as one of its “least favorite cars we tested in 2023.” Consumer Reports does an annual survey of its readers, with 330,000 responses from owners of all sorts of vehicles in the 2021-2024 model years. In the past, electric vehicles have ranked well in the survey, and this year is no different, with Rivian topping the list by a commanding margin. In this year’s rankings,…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! As you may recall, in mid-2023, Tesla offered something that Tesla owners wanted for years, but it was supposed to be an option for one quarter only. As we presumed at the time, though, the need to stimulate demand in the future may bring it back. Also, frankly, Tesla should be offering this until FSD is actually Full Self Driving. People (like me) who bought FSD four or five years ago with the promise that it would soon be robotaxi-level full self driving should…
The upcoming Cadillac Escalade IQ, an all-electric full-size SUV based on the General Motors’ Ultium platform, will enter production in the summer of 2024 at GM’s Factory ZERO Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center in Michigan. It will be the third electric Cadillac model (after the Cadillac Lyriq and the unique Cadillac Celestiq) and targets the high-end, luxury, three-row SUV segment. In today’s post, we will summarize the main specs of the model. Pricing According to Cadillac, the Cadillac Escalade IQ will start at around $130,000, including destination charges. The model exceeds the $80,000 price cap for the $7,500 federal tax credit incentive,…
EV sales are still booming in California—and they continued to capture an even larger piece of the market in 2023. Although there was a slight downturn in the market share of EVs toward the end of 2023, EVs finished the year up 5% in market share in the Golden State versus 2022. And looking at all of 2023, BEVs added up to 33.8% of the market in California while they amounted to 7.5% for the U.S. as a whole. California New Car Dealers Association, Q4 2023 – data from Experian Automotive The update, coming from the California New Car Dealers…
The latest discount lowers the starting price of the Xpeng G6 to RMB 189,900. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) has begun offering a limited-time discount on the G6 SUV, after starting the offer on the flagship G9 SUV two days ago. Customers who buy any version of the G6 now can get an RMB 20,000 ($2,780) cash discount if they complete delivery by the end of February, Xpeng said today. Xpeng had offered an RMB 10,000 discount on the G6 in December, and that entitlement expired at the end of the month. The company did not mention whether the…
Nio’s eight models are included in a regulatory catalog that all add significantly shorter range options. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Nio (NYSE: NIO) may offer new variants with shorter ranges for existing models in next month’s facelift, potentially lowering the barrier to purchase for consumers in an effort to expand sales. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) today announced a new batch of NEVs (NEVs) that are eligible for vehicle purchase tax reductions, and Nio’s eight on-sale models — the ES8, ES7, ES6, EC7, EC6, ET7, ET5, and ET5 Touring — were included. The available battery packs for these…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Funds the Largest Single Investment in the Nation’s Waterpower Production, 46 Projects Across 19 States Funded to Increase Access to Affordable, Clean Electricity WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of the President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced the selection of 46 hydroelectric projects across 19 states to receive up to $71.5 million in incentive payments to increase the generation efficiency of the Nation’s existing hydropower fleet. Administered by the Grid Deployment Office…
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