As the demand for pure electric vehicles seems to be cooling, plug-in hybrids are shooting up in popularity and price.
Category: eMobility
More Than 150,000 EV Chargers Are Now Installed In California
The State of California has installed more than 150,000 electric vehicle chargers. California Energy Commission staff answered some questions about those chargers for us.
Tesla Cybertruck Ownership Experience: Biggest Complaints After 8,000 Miles
The Cybertruck is far from perfect. Here are some issues this owner has.
Volvo Sales Are Down, But Hybrids And EVs Are Up
It's Volvo's internal-combustion cars that are dragging down the numbers.
EVs Have Definitely Not Peaked — Here’s Why!
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There’s a lot of negativity spreading around the internet and media about EVs right now. If you believe everything you hear, EV sales are in the toilet, automakers are ready to abandon them, and ... [continued]
EVs Take 29.4% Share In The UK
August’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 29.4% share in the UK, up from 27.8% year on year. BEVs grew volume, whilst PHEVs shrank.
UK Dealers Are ‘Rationing’ Gas Cars And Pushing EVs To Meet Government Quota
At least 22% of new cars sold in the U.K. in 2024 were supposed to be electric, but the target isn’t being met.
Ford still investigating inductive charging while driving
Ford has filed a new patent application for hardware that would allow EVs to charge while driving. The new patent filing was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Aug. 15 and was submitted by Ford to the agency earlier this year. It deals with a method for aligning the wireless inductive charging coils mounted on an EV... What Plastic Reduction Policies Might Help Protect The Environment From Pollution?
What kinds of plastic reduction plans should be part of the next administration? It's time to move beyond plastics-as-the-norm -- quickly.
How often should you charge your EV’s LFP battery?
Automakers are increasingly turning to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for affordable EVs, and packs with that chemistry can benefit from a different charging regimen than that usually used for the currently dominant nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) chemistry. As laid out in a recent Engineering Explained video, automakers are recommending... 