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When Juice Americas launched its portable two-in-one EV charger, the J+ BOOSTER 2, in North America, Electrek was invited to review it. Here’s how it went. January 23, 2024, update: J+ Americas has launched a revamped e-commerce website, jplusbooster.com, on the Shopify platform. The company has expanded its payment options to Shop Pay by Shopify, Paypal, GPay by Google, and Venmo. J+ Americas is offering a 10% discount on all orders with the code “BOOST2024” and offering free shipping for orders over $50 until February 15. July 6, 2023, update: The J+ BOOSTER 2 set is now available on Walmart’s website,…
Tech giant Apple is scaling back its ambitions and is pushing its car’s launch date farther down the road, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. But perhaps the bigger news here is that the Apple car—one of the most-hyped and most mysterious automotive projects of the 21st century—is still in play, despite years of radio silence. The “Apple Car” remains an enigma despite an estimated $1 billion per year shoveled into what’s called Project Titan. Not much about it is known, except that Apple has long had automotive ambitions and started working to make them a reality in the 2010s. At one point,…
GMC will soon launch the GMC Sierra EV all-electric pickup truck in its top-of-the-line Denali Edition 1 trim (offered exclusively in a Crew Cab model with an integrated 5-foot, 11-inch cargo bed). It’s essentially a more luxurious direct cousin to the Chevrolet Silverado EV, based on General Motors’ Ultium platform. The Denali Edition 1 version appears to be GMC’s equivalent to the Chevrolet Silverado EV RST (see its overview here). Besides the GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1, which is expected in the summer of 2024, there will be a regular Denali trim (in late 2024, according to the company’s website) and…
Toyota might see an EV-sales ceiling that’s below its own EV targets. Electrify America sets aside more money for reliability, but is it enough? And could we tap into old phone infrastructure to allow EV charging for street parking? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The chairman of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, has never been big on EVs, or even embraced the idea that they’ll be the technology on the way to market dominance by the end of the decade. In new comments, the Toyota executive says EVs won’t top 30% of the market—perhaps ever. And he wants a…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! U.S. Department of Transportation Approves $2.5 Billion in Private Activity Bonds Allocation for Brightline West Project WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the approval of $2.5 billion in private activity bonds authority allocated for the Brightline West High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail project connecting Las Vegas, Nevada, and Southern California. The 218-mile, high-speed rail line will primarily run along the I-15 median with trains capable of reaching 186 mph or more, cutting the trip to two hours — half the time…
The chairman of Toyota is most definitely not all-in on EVs—or the idea that they might even be a third of the market, perhaps ever. In comments published Tuesday in Toyota’s own Toyota Times corporate newsletter, Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda said in an event earlier this month that he does not see battery electric vehicles reaching more than 30% market share—no matter how much technological or cost-reduction progress is made with them. The remaining 70%, Toyoda argued, will be taken up by hybrids and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, with internal-combustion engines remaining part of the mix. 2022 Toyota Mirai XLE Earlier…
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is set to approve Electrify America’s proposed plan for its next cycle of charging-network investments. But some in California don’t believe the plan does enough to address charger reliability, the Sacramento Bee reports. Electrify America was created as part of the Volkswagen diesel settlement, with VW investing set amounts both on a national scale and for California specifically. This latest proposal, known as Cycle 4, represents the final installment in a 10-year, $800 million investment by VW under the terms of the settlement. Staff analysis of the plan was released on Jan. 11 and…
Xpeng is starting to offer a RMB 50,000 discount, or 14.7 percent, on the P7i Wing Edition, as competition heats up in China’s EV space. (An Xpeng P7i Wing Edition on display at the April 2023 Shanghai auto show. Image credit: CnEVPost) Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) is starting to offer a significant discount on the top-trim version of its flagship sedan, the P7i, as the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) market begins 2024 with a new round of price war. Customers who purchase the P7i Wing Edition between January 24 and February 29 will receive a discount of RMB 50,000 yuan ($6,970),…
When you think of a hybrid vehicle, your mind probably defaults to something that has a gasoline engine and some sort of battery-powered electric motor. But what if you get rid of the engine that’s emitting nasty pollutants out in the open and replace it with manpower? Well, then you get something like the Twike (it’s actually called the Twike 3, but we’ll stick with Twike for simplicity), which is neither a bike nor a car, but something in between. It’s also terrifying to drive, as YouTuber Aging Wheels found out on his own after buying one for himself. With…
The U.K. telecom firm BT Group this week announced a pilot program to add EV charging to street cabinets typically used to house broadband and phone cables. The first such refit has already been completed in Scotland, with more planned in the coming months, according to a BT Group press release (via IEEE Spectrum). The company aims for as many as 600 refits by the end of 2024. The pilot adds a device to existing street cabinets that can route power to street-side chargers while retaining existing broadband hardware. EV-charging capability can also be added to cabinets due for retirement,…