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]
Category: eMobility
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...
Xpeng Aeroht says it has over 1,000 pre-orders for its modular flying car even before pre-sales begin
Xpeng Aeroht said it has received more than 1,000 pre-orders for its modular flying car, with more than 3,000 intended orders.
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Study: Initial high-power charging at factory could extend EV battery life
An EV battery's first charge is more than just symbolic. It could help determine the battery's overall longevity, according to a new study funded by the Toyota Research Institute and published in the scientific journal Joule. First spotted by InsideEVs, the study by Stanford University's SLAC-Stanford Battery Center found that giving lithium-ion...
BYD starts warming up for 2025 Han sedan, launch set for Sept 9
Originally launched in July 2020, the BYD Han has accumulated sales of more than 800,000 units to date.
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Electric Shipping — Looking at the Numbers, Where We Are Today
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A recent article by Zachary Shahan, “Largest Battery-Electric Container Ship Now Operating — You Know Where,” represents an interesting case study for electric shipping. It refers to earlier articles in which Michael Barnard reported ... [continued]