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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! This week marked a significant milestone as NRDC, in collaboration with partners Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), unveiled a first-of-its-kind initiative to pilot electric vehicles in rural areas. The primary objective of this pilot is to catalyze an inclusive and equitable transition towards cleaner mobility — by weaving together the threads of climate justice, livelihoods, and women’s empowerment. Pilot beneficiaries in Anand, Gujarat, with their newly purchased EV two-wheelers. Image via NRDC India. Transport infrastructure…
The upcoming Chinese New Year holiday is February 10-17 and will cause significant disruptions to production and deliveries in the automotive industry, making it harder to accurately predict delivery wait times. (Image credit: CnEVPost) The vehicle configurator in Nio’s (NYSE: NIO) mobile app has stopped showing delivery wait times as the Chinese New Year holiday approaches. The electric vehicle (EV) maker is currently delivering the ES8, ES7, ES6, EC7, EC6, ET7, ET5, and ET5 Touring, the first five of which are SUVs and the last three are sedans. The configurator for all eight models stops displaying the waiting time today,…
At the end of January, NOP+ reached 651,640 kilometers of urban road coverage in 606 cities. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Nio (NYSE: NIO) is accelerating the coverage of its ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) capabilities on urban roads in China, doubling the number of kilometers covered last month. As of the end of January, NOP+ (Navigate on Pilot Plus) had 651,640 kilometers of coverage on urban roads, excluding urban expressways, Nio’s vice president of intelligent driving research and development, Ren Shaoqing, announced on February 1. This means that NOP+ coverage of urban roads increased by 103.75 percent, or 331,819 kilometers, from…
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The rise of electric vehicles is, overall, a very good thing for the planet and its inhabitants. But any technological upheaval like this is bound to have some less-than-savory side effects. The enormous weight of some new EVs has road safety experts looking into whether America’s highway guardrails need a major overhaul to keep up with the times. An initial test from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility suggests that guardrails are no match for the new crop of hefty electric pickup trucks. In an October test, a roughly 7,000-pound Rivian R1T traveling at 60 mph ripped straight…
It’s almost as if 2024’s setting up to be a come-to-Jesus moment for EVs, as manufacturers ask what level of growth is truly sustainable for an electrified future. Overspending on development for returns that aren’t happening as fast as expected is leaving manufacturers with a dilemma: Do we press forward, or slow-roll existing plans? GM, Ford, and more are all scaling back their EV plans in the face of softer-than-expected (but growing) demand. Just recently, Elon Musk was candid with shareholders that he does not expect Tesla to be able to sustain the same level of growth it saw in…
Volvo Cars will discontinue funding all-electric performance brand Polestar, the Swedish carmaker said today in its 2023 financial statement. Describing this move as a “decisive transformation phase,” Volvo plans to reallocate funds from Polestar towards its own projects. The decision comes in the wake of a 43% increase in Volvo’s profits in 2023, a record in its 97-year history, the company claims. Both Volvo and Polestar are subsidiaries of China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding group. Under the new agreement, Volvo intends to transfer a portion of its 48% stake in Polestar to parent company Geely, which will become a “significant” new…
Just over a week after initially teasing a new compact SUV called the Yuan Up, Build Your Dreams (BYD) has posted several of the first official images of the new EV’s exterior. Expected to arrive priced in a range between $14,000-$20,000, the BYD Yuan Up has the making to be an ultra-affordable model in China, which could very well make its way over to other markets. Despite snagging the EV sales crown from longtime leader Tesla in 2023, BYD remains a relatively unknown brand outside China. The auto conglomerate knows it has an image problem in Europe and North America…
Following our Q4 and 2023 all-electric car sales report for non-Tesla brands in the U.S., it’s time to take a look at the automotive group level. This will reveal which companies are selling the highest number of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and which are achieving the highest share of BEVs out of their total sales volume. Get Fully Charged Traditional OEMs are scaling up their EV sales In 2023, sales of all-electric cars by traditional carmakers almost doubled compared to 2022. The Hyundai Motor Group, Ford and General Motors were among the top non-Tesla OEMs in terms of BEV sales…
Buying a new car shouldn’t be difficult, but we live in a time where interest in new platforms is gauged by reservations and traditional car buying is still plagued by dealer markups. According to a new study from Cox Automotive, one solution to car-buying woes is to buy an EV. And it looks like GM is a big target for those EV pickup buyers. Welcome to Critical Materials, your daily dose of all things electrified and automotive tech. In today’s roundup, we’re talking about car buying. Specifically, that GM says it has 100,000 reservations for its battery-electric pickups, EV buyers…