Tesla is introducing a new 50% discount for Supercharging during the night at Supercharger stations in metro areas in California. It’s the automaker’s latest move to help with network capacity. Last year, Tesla started testing temporary Supercharger discounts in California. In that case, it looked like Tesla was trying to incentivize people to charge at night
Month: April 2021
Volta Trucks, the leading full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer, has confirmed that the Volta Zero will make its Spanish debut as it continues its tour of important, sustainability-focused European cities. The touch-down in Spain follows successful French customer events, with more than 300 individual vehicle demonstrations undertaken over the past five weeks in a Covid-secure environment.
By Maria Merano Posted on April 5, 2021 Tesla experienced a 109% growth this first quarter after delivering nearly 185,000 vehicles, beating Wall Street consensus estimates. With these results, Loup Ventures believes the company is now entering the slope of its growth S-Curve, signaled by Tesla’s acceleration in growth. Loup Ventures noted that Tesla’s delivery
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What’s our new champion for the greenest sports car you can likely afford? And, who’s built a plug-in hybrid with armor plating–and why? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse–right here at Green Car Reports–for the week ending on Friday, July 31, 2015. For links to all the stories mentioned in
Only 2 days into 2021 Tesla has made a big announcement about their delivery and production numbers and Elon Musk is certainly entering the new year on top of the EV world. InsideEVs contributor Tom Moloughney will be hear to tell us about another exciting Tesla story which he broke last week, and other electric
Despite the components shortage, the production of Hyundai Ioniq 5 has started in Ulsan factory in March and continues into April, at a lower rate than initially planned. Here is a very short video, recorded on April 4 in South Korea, that presents a parking lot with probably dozens of brand new Ioniq 5, ready
California looks at how utilities in the state might use V2G technology to balance the grid. SK Innovation is back in the U.S. battery game. The GMC Hummer EV SUV gets pricing, feature details, and WTF. And don’t miss our walk through some of the details in Mercedes’ first true Model S alternative. This and
Draper is developing a family of electric motors and generators based on fundamentally different principles from common e-motors used today. Underpinning the initiative is a recent patent on aspects of the technology. Draper says its approach to electric motors has numerous advantages over conventional electric motors, including lower weight, higher efficiency, higher specific power and
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If Formula E is a dignified ambassador for electric performance, Extreme E is an in-your-face wild beast (but with a green conscience). Custom electric off-road SUVs tear through some of the harshest and most vehicle-punishing terrain on the globe. Extreme E’s first race, the Desert X Prix, took place on April 3 and 4, on
Lime is expanding its vehicle lineup to include seated electric scooters (often referred to as mopeds) in addition to standing electric scooters and electric bicycles. All of Lime’s various micromobility vehicles are offered as part of the network’s shared vehicle fleet and can be rented by the minute. Some also offer subscription models. After announcing
SUBSCRIBE, LIKE & SHARE if you want Clean Energy & Electric Vehicles to be the norm. Battery swapping is the perfect solution for keeping first generation EVs like the Nissan Leaf on the road and giving them a new lease of life. Robert heads to Cheltenham to visit Cleevely Electric Vehicles who have partnered with
Guangzhou, China, March 31, 2021 – XPeng Inc. (“XPeng” or the “Company”, NYSE: XPEV), a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (“Smart EV”) company, today announced the consolidated results for its 3,000 km navigation-assisted autonomous driving expedition, China’s longest real highway autonomous driving challenge by mass-produced vehicles. The XPeng P7 fleet, which drove over 3,600+ km
By Maria Merano Posted on April 4, 2021 Tesla Giga Shanghai’s Vice President of External Affairs Grace Tao shared the results of a rather interesting survey , which showed that Elon Musk’s word-of-mouth marketing strategy is effective in China, too. Nearly 1,000 car owners participated in the survey, and over 90% of the participants stated
Ahead of the upcoming world premiere of the Mercedes-Benz EQS, the manufacturer has released a lot of technical details for its upcoming all-electric flagship model. The EQS is based on the new EVA platform that will be used in several other models, including the EQE and SUV versions of the EQS and EQE. “The new
Which California EV startup abruptly changed its business plan? Which automaker created a separate plug-in hybrid system for performance cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 2, 2021. This week we saw—remotely, of course—several significant electric-car debuts. On Monday, Kia revealed its
Evonik has introduced the silicon-carbon composite material Siridion Black as a new anode material for lithium-ion batteries, claiming that it increases energy density, and improves fast-charging capability and energy efficiency. “Until now, graphite has been used as an anode material in lithium-ion batteries, but batteries with a higher capacity need new materials that also allow
After the GMC Hummer EV pickup, GM is now unveiling a SUV version of the Hummer EV and it starts at $80,000, but it is going to take a while for them to bring it to market. Last year, GM unveiled the GMC Hummer EV, a 350-mile electric pickup truck with an $80,000 starting price. The
After ending his exclusive partnership with Ford, Ken Block is also parting ways with some of his Blue Oval rides. Block is selling three of the cars used in his Gymkhana video series through broker LBI Limited. One of those cars is the 2011 Ford Fiesta rally car used in Gymkhana 3, which was Block’s
It now appears that Tesla has been selling EV regulatory credits on three continents, and ironically Volkswagen, the legacy automaker that seems to be the most serious about electrification, has emerged as the latest buyer. Tesla has made a tidy little side business out of selling EV credits to automakers that couldn’t (or chose not
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Federal Fleet Project Leader Cabell Hodge has a lot to think about these days. With the Biden administration announcing a push to electrify the entire federal fleet, NREL’s work supporting energy-savvy fleet management is more critical and timely than ever. The president’s ambitious new goal requires a considered plan: Which fleets
By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 3, 2021 While humanity has advanced significantly in the short time it has existed on Earth, the planet is, for all intents and purposes, still invisible, at least to potential advanced civilizations that are also looking for life in the cosmos. If an intelligent civilization were to look in
クルマの概念を変えるテスラモデルS。 日本のオーナーがその魅力を語るカスタマーストーリーを公開。 テスラ モデルSは電気自動車としてだけでなく、そのエレガントなデザイン、優れた加速性能、自動運転機能、さらにソフトウェアアップデートによる機能の進化や革新的なユーザーインターフェースによって、クルマという乗り物の未来の姿を示しています。 東京・軽井沢・淡路島・隠岐の島、それぞれ異なる環境で生活する日本のテスラオーナーが語るカスタマーストーリーを是非ご覧下さい。
It’s only in its second generation, but it’s fair to say the Chevy Volt is one of the most important vehicles ever built in America. Now it’s time for Volt 2.0, and it’s better in every way. Will that be enough to keep eco-friendly drivers steering in the direction of Chevy showrooms? Subscribe for the
Kman is our special guest today. He hosts his own Tesla vlog here on YouTube and has been a Tesla Model S owner and enthusiast for many years! A perfect guy to talk about Tesla and beyond covering the latest news and rumors. Let’s talk about it, Plus your comments and questions in the live
The GMC Hummer EV, a fast off-road electric truck, is joined by a fast off-road electric SUV, the Hummer EV SUV. Consumers now have a choice between two almost identical EV brutes. The Hummer EV SUV will debut in a commercial narrated by LeBron James during NCAA’s Final Four. The debut commercial can also be
The 2024 Hummer EV SUV, introduced virtually Saturday during the NCAA’s Final Four tournament, essentially puts the ball in the court of the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, and every other die-hard off-road SUV. With an all-electric version of one of the icons—and high-consumption eyesores—of the past couple of decades of bigger-is-better SUVs, GM isn’t aiming
Volkswagen and bp have announced a partnership to deploy DC fast charging facilities at bp and Aral retail sites in the UK, Germany and elsewhere in Europe. Oil giant bp aims to grow its public charging network to over 70,000 charging points worldwide by 2030. In the UK, bp pulse, the company’s charging arm, plans