Companies adding a robotaxi fleet must decide whether their designs will or will not include controls allowing for a traditional driver.
Daily Archive: October 17, 2024
Apple Secretly Tapped BYD To Build Battery For Cancelled Apple Car
Plus, Musk promotes one of his inner-circle to exec and The Boring Company's Vegas Loop has had some unwanted visitors.
Report: Apple worked with China’s BYD to develop EV batteries
Prior to ending its much-discussed electric-vehicle project, Apple worked with Chinese automaker BYD on batteries, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. A partnership between the two companies started around 2017, according to the report, with the goal of developing lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells for the Apple car. BYD has much experience... Unpacking The BYD Plan To Become A Global Company
the story of BYD began 30 years ago with a dream. Today, it is selling cars in more than 95 countries worldwide.
Tesla Wants To Flood The Streets With Robotaxis. A Federal ‘Cap’ Blocks The Way
Unless something changes, Tesla may only be able to produce 2,500 Robotaxis annually under current FMVSS exemption rules.
California police call EVs “nearly unusable”
California police forces are seeing the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y as too tight for police duty There's no official Tesla police package, and few other EV options Police-duty F-150 Lightning pickups have been better received—and other patrol EVs are on the way Tesla electric cars have convinced many civilians to make the switch from internal... Mexico’s own EVs could rival India and China, face Trump trade rules
Mexico is aiming to develop its own EV manufacturing and supply chain At present, global automakers' Mexico plants assemble EVs and other vehicles for the U.S. The push could be a preemptive move vs. Trump tariff policy Mexico is developing a small electric car to rival cheap imports from China and India. In her Oct. 1 inaugural address, Mexican... GAC Aion makes entry into Vietnam with 2 models
GAC Aion launched the Aion Y Plus and Aion ES in Vietnam on October 15 and delivered the vehicles to the first local owners.
For details, please visit CnEVPost.
Deutsche Bank expects Xpeng P7+ sales to average 6,000 units per month
Deutsche Bank also expects Xpeng to launch six products in 2025 and an additional four new products in 2026.
For details, please visit CnEVPost.
Pouring Resources Into AI — Does It End Well? Will Diminishing Returns On FSD Sink Tesla?
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I wrote an article the other day titled “Tesla Proved Many People Wrong For Years — Is This Time The Same, Or Different?” The core points of the article were these: Many people said ... [continued]
