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Between February 8 and February 18, Nio owners who use battery swap stations along China’s highways will be exempt from service fees but will have to pay for electricity. (Image credit: Nio) During the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, Nio (NYSE: NIO) will waive a portion of the fees for vehicle owners to use battery swap stations located along highways, continuing a practice that has been in place for several major holiday periods in the past. Between February 8 and February 18, Nio owners can have their service fees waived when using battery swap stations along China’s highways, except for…
China already has 10 GWh of capacity for solid-state batteries, with more than 128 GWh planned for medium-term capacity, CITIC Securities said. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Solid-state batteries are seen as the next-generation battery technology, and a team of analysts shared their projected planned capacity as well as application roadmap. China already has 10 GWh of capacity for solid-state batteries, with more than 128 GWh of capacity planned for the medium term — around 2025, CITIC Securities analyst Liu Yi’s team said in a research note today, noting that this is an incomplete count. Solid-state lithium batteries are expected to address…
Kia’s sporty EV6 GT is getting a facelift. The new EV6 GT was spotted for the first time, boasting an aggressive design update and new Active Air Skirt technology. Kia unveiled the EV6 GT in 2022 as its most powerful vehicle. With 576 horsepower, the high-performance EV can sprint from 0 to 60 sprint in 3.4 seconds. The brand wasted no time in proving its high-performance EV’s capabilities. Kia put the EV6 GT up against a Ferrari Roma and Lamborghini Huracan EVO, with the sporty EV beating them both off the line. Powered by a 77.4 kWh battery, the EV6…
Honda’s first electric SUV, the Prologue, arrives at dealerships starting in March, the automaker confirmed Thursday, along with first official pricing for the model. As promised, the Prologue starts under $50,000. But for those who want all-wheel drive and a loaded version, it ranges nearly up to the $60,000 mark. In Single Motor front-wheel-drive form, the Prologue starts at $48,795, including the mandatory $1,395 destination charge. Dual Motor all-wheel-drive versions start at $51,795. The Prologue approaches 300 miles of range with either propulsion system. Single Motor models earn an EPA rating of 296 miles, while Dual Motor versions go 281…
In just the first few weeks of 2024, the realities of charging infrastructure in some parts of the U.S. struck like a bolt of lightning; first with the winter nightmare in the midwest that left several Tesla owners stranded last week, and again in New York City where we found an overburdened charging infrastructure from a growing number of electric rideshare vehicles on the streets. The charging problems were a confluence of several factors: lack of driver education, Arctic air wreaking havoc, and poor reliability. Experts at Flo and Revel told InsideEVs what might have gone wrong with the chargers…
The Tesla Energy business expanded in 2023 to over $6 billion, mostly thanks to the battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment, as the solar arm is struggling. According to the company, in Q4, Tesla Energy generation and storage revenues increased by 10% year-over-year to $1.438 billion (5.7% of the total revenues), while the cost of revenues amounted to $1.124 billion. Get Fully Charged Tesla BESS sales doubled in 2023 In 2023, Tesla deployed almost 15 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of battery energy storage systems (BESS), which is 125% more than in 2022. The main BESS products are the utility-scale Megapack containers and…
Honda just announced the pricing of the 2024 Honda Prologue—its first all-electric SUV in the U.S. market—where the model will arrive at the dealerships in March. As we described in December, there are five main configurations of the Honda Prologue (three trim levels: EX, Touring, and Elite) and two powertrains (front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive). Get Fully Charged Honda With GM’s heart The 2024 Honda Prologue is based on General Motors’ Ultium platform and utilizes similar components to some of the Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Acura versions. In the future, Honda intends to offer new all-electric cars using an in-house developed platform.…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! What was once a fairly small number of companies manufacturing portable power stations has now grown quite a bit, and not just companies with energy storage as their core competency, but also those which use batteries in their product line, and one of the latest ones to enter this growing market is Segway. Segway initially launched its Cube Series of portable power stations on Kickstarter in September of 2023, and attracted more than $400,000 in pledges before that campaign closed. But since Kickstarter only…
Tesla has the top-selling vehicle on the planet, it claims. Lucid teases a Model Y rival. Porsche puts a price on its electric SUV. And many VW ID.4 EV buyers will be able to claim the full EV tax credit. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volkswagen has confirmed that “most” 2023-2024 ID.4 models qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit, making it the first foreign automaker to get the nod under tightened sourcing rules. Models supplied with batteries from SK On—rather than LG—meet the requirements. It applies to about 80% of 2023 models and all upcoming 2024…
Lucid Group on Wednesday announced the opening of its second manufacturing stage at its assembly plant in Casa Grande, Arizona—setting the stage for ramping up production of the Gravity electric SUV later this year. While the second manufacturing stage will help allow higher production levels of its Gravity, as well as the Air electric sedan, it also teased what that second stage will help enable in the future: a somewhat smaller electric SUV, likely about the size of the Tesla Model Y, called “Project Midsize,” was shown in a presentation at the factory event. This is the Lucid ‘Project Midsize’,…