Polestar, the premium electric performance car brand, has announced record sales for the first four months of 2022 as well as excellent global order intake fuelled by continued expansion into new and existing markets. In the first four months of the year, vehicle sales more than doubled to approximately 13,600 […]
BYD has equipped the Seal with powerful features and offers attractive price tags, making it one of the strongest competitors so far to Tesla’s Model 3 in China. After months of warm-up, BYD’s (OTCMKTS: BYDDY, HKG: 1211) highly anticipated Seal sedan is finally available for pre-order in China today.Read More
City Transformer, EV tech disruptors from Israel, is accelerating along the road to mass production of its first foldable microcar, the CT-1, following completion of its Series A financing.Read More
A recent report from the United Kingdom highlights a maturing charging network and a reduction in range anxiety. The Automobile Association (AA) reports that the percentage of breakdown callouts for low battery has halved in the past 12 months. They have found that range anxiety does not match reality — […]
A rural Michigan man became the first person in the nation to receive a Ford F-150 Lightning, according to Bloomberg. Nicholas Schmidt, the chief technology officer of a grid optimization startup, took delivery Thursday of a silver electric truck at Richardson Ford, a dealership in the small town of Standish, […]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are vehicles that use electricity as a power source rather than the fossil fuels typically used in modern automobiles. Within this class of vehicles, there are two main types: Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) run completely on electric energy stored in the battery, while plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) […]
In Part 1 of this story, we talked about charging an electric car at home. Next, let’s address charging your EV when you are out on the highway far from home. That’s when 440 volt or 880 volt Level 3 DC fast chargers are necessary. [Note: many hotels and B&Bs […]
People who read CleanTechnica on a regular basis are quite knowledgeable about electric cars. But there are still a lot of people who find the whole idea of charging an electric car mysterious and a little scary. In this article, we will clear away the mystery and eliminate those fears […]
Toyota, predictably enough, is gaga about the bZ4X, its all new battery-electric SUV. In a press release, it exclaims, “When it comes to SUVs, this all-new, all-electric model is breaking the mold. Futuristic styling and designs — like the curved front bumper and large hammerhead shark-like shape that runs from […]
If global automakers think they can extend their dominance in China into the electric era, they may be in for a shock.Read More
