Category: eV

How Much Solar & Battery Capacity Do You Need For Van Life?

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I recently came across a great video from CheapRVLiving on YouTube. In it, Bob Wells goes through some things people need to consider when shopping for things like power stations, solar generators, and permanently-mounted ... [continued]

VW reportedly plans 8 cheaper electric models by 2027

Volkswagen ID.2all conceptVolkswagen plans to launch eight affordable electric vehicles by 2027, brand boss Thomas Schaefer said in a recent interview with German publication Auto Motor und Sport (via Reuters). "We have to produce our vehicles profitably and put them on the road at affordable prices," Schaefer said in the interview. One of those affordable models will be...

Honda created a manual transmission for EVs

2023 Honda Civic Type RMost electric vehicles don't have multi-speed transmissions—and don't need them. Multi gears may even hurt efficiency, in fact. But that hasn't stopped Honda from experimenting with a manual transmission for electric cars. The automaker is currently testing a manual gearbox—complete with a clutch pedal—for EVs, an engineer told...