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Best Value for Money EVs — Full Size (E Segment)

November 21, 2024 admin audi a6, best electric cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, mercedes, mercedes eqe, zeekr, zeekr 001

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 03:07:07 +0000

This is the fifth of a five-part series of articles (you can check the others here: part one: A segment/city cars, part two: B segment/subcompacts, part three: C segment/compacts, and part four: D segment/midsizers), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for this … [continued]

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Xiaomi Reports 17.1% Gross Profit Margin & Shocking Growth from “Smart EV & Other New Initiatives” in Q3

November 21, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, xiaomi, xiaomi su7, xiaomi su7 ultra

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 01:41:09 +0000

Xiaomi has just stormed into the electric vehicle arena, or “smart electric vehicle” arena, as several high-tech EV companies in China like to say. Yes, Xiaomi is mostly known for its smartphones — it’s second only to Samsung in annual production of smartphones. But as we’ve argued for years, giant … [continued]

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New Autonomous Air Taxi Trial in Thailand

November 21, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, Aviation, Bangkok, clean transport, ehang, electric air taxis, electric aircraft, Electric vehicles, evtol, Thailand, urban air mobility

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:29:12 +0000

Electric air taxis are not going to take over transportation. In my humble opinion, our skies are not going to be full of small aircraft that look like giant bugs. We won’t have swarms of aircraft risking collision and devastating crashes into buildings. However, I do believe that electric air … [continued]

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This E-Bike Is Powered By Discarded Single-Use Vape Batteries

November 21, 2024 admin batteries, bicycles, clean transport, electric bikes, electric micromobility, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, micromobility, recycling, repurpose

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:00:22 +0000

And now for something completely different… A creative YouTuber recently picked up a whole bunch of discarded single-use (disposable) vapes at a music festival, disassembled them, and then used their battery cells to build a functional e-bike battery pack. As lithium-ion batteries get smaller and cheaper, their inclusion into more … [continued]

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Honda Prologue Quietly Wins Over New Buyers

November 21, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, honda, honda prologue

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:24:42 +0000

Sales of the Honda Prologue, the company’s first battery electric SUV, have been brisk. What makes it so appealing to buyers?

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Do Can-Am’s Electric Motorcycles Make Sense?

November 20, 2024 admin clean transport, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, motorcycles + scooters

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:20:03 +0000

A recent video from the Electric Cycle Rider channel on YouTube gives us a look at a really cool bike that you can get from Can-Am. Yes, that Can-Am! Normally, the name Can-Am makes people think of three-wheeled vehicles (two in the front, one in the back for stability), but … [continued]

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Why Use Battery Swapping? Where Is Swapping is Most Needed?

November 20, 2024 admin battery swapping, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev battery swapping, ev charging, ev charging stations, Shipping

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:55:05 +0000

Recently, CleanTechnica has featured articles about the COSCO Greenwater 01, the world’s largest electric ship, a container ship now operating in China along the coast and on rivers. It uses containerized energy storage to swap batteries. China has also electrified rail, more electric buses than anywhere else in the world, and … [continued]

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Core Battery Fundamentals

November 20, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, lithium-ion batteries

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:50:41 +0000

Modern electric vehicle batteries began with lithium-ion batteries, originally applied to portable electronics and other portable applications. Batteries based on sodium have now been developed. These batteries have something in common. They all use intercalation. Intercalation simply means that charged compounds are physically stuffed in between the gaps in materials. … [continued]

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Why EV Subsidies Are Important For The Future US Economy

November 20, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev incentives, ev subsidies, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:50:42 +0000

We’ve written a couple of articles now about the US EV tax credit probably being killed by the Trump administration, and also other elements of the Inflation Reduction Act. In those articles, we’ve noted that this is bad for future US economic competitiveness. Some people don’t know the reason for … [continued]

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More Theories On Why Teslas Have The Highest Fatality Rate

November 20, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev safety, research, Safety, tesla, tesla safety

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2024 19:33:09 +0000

I was surprised the other day to see that Tesla drivers were more likely to be in fatal car crashes than drivers of any other auto brand. The results are based on US data, but there is no way to split out the numbers to know what caused the fatal … [continued]

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