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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The New York Times reported on January 24, 2024 that the Biden administration appears ready to delay and/or deny permits for new LNG terminals in the Gulf of Mexico. The White House is directing the Energy Department to expand its evaluation of the project to consider its impact on climate change, as well as on the economy and national security, people in the Biden administration told the Times. Until now, the Energy Department has never rejected a proposed natural gas project because of its…
We could get our first glimpse of Rivian’s next vehicle as soon as March 7, documents out of a Laguna Beach City Council meeting suggest. A document linked in the group’s Jan. 23 meeting agenda and spotted by local outlet Stu News Laguna revealed that Rivian had sought approval to use part of a public park for a “worldwide product launch event.” Which product could that be? A diagram of the proposed event was labeled “Rivian R2 Launch,” which clears things up. (For the uninitiated: The EV startup is gearing up to launch an R2 platform to follow up its R1S SUV…
Elon Musk has disclosed that Tesla is currently aiming for its next-generation electric vehicles, which will include a much cheaper electric car, to come in late 2025. At Tesla’s 2023 Investor Day in March, the automaker unveiled a new car manufacturing system, which CEO Elon Musk claimed would be faster, more efficient, and enable the production of cheaper electric vehicles. Tesla is calling it the “Unboxed Process”: The general idea is that Tesla wants to be able to work on separate sections of the vehicle individually and only bring the car together at a new “more final” assembly. It differs from the…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the carmaker plans to start building cars on its long-awaited next-generation vehicle platform starting next year. But he says it won’t be easy, and the timing isn’t set in stone. “Our current schedule says that we will start production towards the end of 2025, sometime in the second half,” Musk said on Tesla’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday. He warned that accelerating production on the new and “revolutionary” assembly line won’t be easy. “We really need the engineers to be living on the line,” he said. “This is not sort of an off-the-shelf, just works type…
In this video, the Tesla Cybertruck attempts to tow 11,000 pounds in bitter cold weather. Can it outperform the Rivian R1T and Ford F-150 Lightning in towing performance and range? We’ll answer that a bit later, but first up let’s focus on the Cybertruck and its towing abilities, as well as some observations from the YouTube channel JerryRigEverything, a channel that’s tested out all sorts of electric cars under all sorts of different conditions. Get Fully Charged The Tesla Cybertruck’s max towing capacity is 11,000 pounds, so how does it perform while towing that weight? Can the Cybertruck tow 11,000…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new policy that gives consumers and businesses access to federal tax credits that reduce the cost of installing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. And the U.S. Department of Energy published maps that make it easy for people to determine which census tracts will be eligible for these critical tax credits. To address climate and local air pollution, we must plug our cars, trucks, and buses into increasingly clean electricity. To do that, we need more plugs. The…
Tesla could be making its $25,000 EV next year, according to a report. The Apple Car project has backed away from the driverless-car designs. And Hyundai shows what a difference active aero can make to boost EV range. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai and Kia boast that its active air skirt tech could add range to EVs—up to 4 miles of additional range by cutting drag at highway speeds. With it, a simple flap deploys downward in front of the front wheels, reducing the coefficient of drag, reducing underbody turbulence, and helping boost stability and traction. …
Tesla’s $25,000 electric car is back on, and it may be due for production as soon as next year, according to a report citing several separate sources within the company. According to the Reuters report, Tesla sent an invitation for supplier bids for a model codenamed Redwood last year. At the time, the company predicted weekly production of 10,000 vehicles, implying a potential annual output for the model of more than 500,000. The news certainly doesn’t come out of the blue. Tesla made the potential of a “compelling” $25,000 Tesla with fully autonomous driving capability the focus of its 2020…
Hyundai and Kia this week unveiled a new aerodynamic element aimed at improving EV range. Dubbed the Active Air Skirt, it’s essentially a flap that deploys in front of a vehicle’s front wheels at certain speeds to reduce aerodynamic drag. While specific production plans weren’t discussed, Hyundai and Kia believe the skirt could be helpful in improving the aerodynamic performance of SUVs, or EVs with wider wheels. Genesis GV60 with Active Air Skirt The skirt deploys at speeds above 80 kph (49 mph) and is designed for speed up to 200 kph (124 mph), according to a Hyundai press release.…
Let’s be honest: the Tesla Cybertruck is great as a technological showcase, and for making viral YouTube videos. But $100,000 stainless steel trucks aren’t going to get Tesla to the promised land. That would be the holy grail of electric vehicles: one that can be built profitably and sold for around $25,000. And it may be coming sooner than we think. News of Tesla’s long-awaited “Redwood” project leads this midweek edition of Critical Materials, our morning news roundup. Also on tap for today: we may get fewer Volkswagen ID.Buzz vans in the U.S. this year than we expected, and a look…