Category: eV

Undercover Investigation: Leasing Companies Push Customers To Opt For Fossil & Hybrid Cars In France

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A new undercover investigation commissioned by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows that sales staff of leasing companies in France rarely promote battery electric cars to customers, unlike some of their German counterparts. In France, leasing companies aren’t […]

GM invented rare-earth magnets but hopes to purge them from EVs

Motor family for GM Ultium-based EVsNearly 40 years ago, General Motors invented the rare-earth magnet and thus laid the foundation for modern electric motors. But now the automaker is moving on to a different technology. GM recently announced a partnership with Niron Magnetics, a Minnesota-based company that claims to have developed automotive-grade permanent-magnet motors without...