Category: eV

Arkansas might be sitting on 19 million tons of lithium

Smackover Formation identified as a potential U.S. lithium source (via USGS)Lithium in a Smackover Formation could provide nine times the global demand for EV batteries The lithium deposits could be the key to U.S. battery production Lithium mining was extensive in North Carolina until the 1980s A lithium deposit located in southwestern Arkansas could hold enough of the metal to satisfy global EV battery demand nine times...

2025 Kia EV9 carries on with $700 price increase

2025 Kia EV9Kia's EV9 three-row electric SUV carries over into its second model year essentially unchanged, but with a $700 price increase for the Light Long Range model. Pricing for the 2025 Kia EV9 starts at $56,225 (with the mandatory $1,325 destination charge added in) for the Light Standard Range, the only model with the smaller 76.1-kwh battery pack...

Our Grid Is Old & Weak — Here’s $2 Billion To Improve It

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The US was supposed to have “Infrastructure Week” for about 4 years from 2017–2020. It just never happened. Some people just can’t get stuff done. However, after several months in control of the US ... [continued]

New Mexico Shows Us The Toll Vandalism Takes On EV Charging

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I recently came across something awful on Plugshare: a charging station that took a beating from an idiot before it could even be turned on. In this article, I’m going to discuss the station ... [continued]

Xpeng Bets On P7+ For European Market

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! As I just noted in another article, Chinese EV producers are selling many electric cars in China, but are also now looking for the best way to plant themselves and grow in foreign markets. ... [continued]