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What Is Going On With The $43 Million In Rebates Tesla Claimed In Canada Over 3 Days?

March 11, 2025 admin Canada, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev rebates, ev subsidies, policy & politics, subsidies, tesla, tesla canada

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 23:37:30 +0000

People have been asking us to cover this story from Canada about 4 Tesla stores claiming $43 million in EV rebates from the Canadian government in 3 days and thus emptying the program account and blocking other auto dealers from getting reimbursed for EV rebates they passed along to customers. … [continued]

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Ursula von der Leyen Persuaded to Protect ICE Cash Cows — How to Make the Most of This

March 11, 2025 admin cafe regulation, car industry, clean transport, co2 targets, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, green economy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:20:56 +0000

Ursula von der Leyen proudly announced last week that she would help the EU car industry to comply with the EU’s CAFE regulations in a more lenient way. They could take three years to reach compliance with the regulation’s new CO2 limits, rather than doing so this year. Without this … [continued]

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EVs Take 27.3% Share In Germany — Volkswagen ID.7 Still Leading

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, cupra tavascan, dacia spring, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, GERMANY, germany ev market share, germany ev sales, germany ev transition, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, renault 5, research, volkswagen id.3, volkswagen id.4, volkswagen id.7

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:14:40 +0000

February saw plugin EVs take 27.3% share in Germany, up from 19.3% share year on year. BEVs were back to decent volume compared to 2024, though only modestly ahead of February 2023 figures. PHEVs have stepped up modestly. Overall auto volume was 203,434 units, down some 6% YoY. The best-selling … [continued]

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No Duty To Protect Us, But They Show Up For The Oligarchy

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, policy & politics, tesla

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:36:34 +0000

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (a prudent course of action in the US these days, especially for the unarmed), Elon Musk has been leading an effort to make the government more “efficient.” But, definitions of that word may vary. In Elon’s wake, there’s a lot of chaos and … [continued]

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Honda & Toyota Introduce New Battery Electric SUVs In China

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, honda, honda s7, toyota, toyota bz3x

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 15:23:25 +0000

With the exception of Nissan, Japanese car companies have been famously reluctant to bring competitive electric cars to market. On the other hand, the Japanese have always been good at tailoring their offerings to local markets. The EV revolution is in full swing in China, so if Honda and Toyota … [continued]

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EVs Take 33.9% Share In The UK — Tesla Takes Two Of Top Three

March 11, 2025 admin BMW, citroën e-c3, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, dacia spring, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, hybrid electric cars, leapmotor t03, market research, new automotive, phev, renault 5, research, smmt, tesla, tesla model y, uk, uk ev market share, uk ev sales, uk ev transition, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 12:28:38 +0000

February’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 33.9% share in the UK, up from 24.8% year-on-year. BEVs grew in volume by 42% YoY, with PHEVs close to 20% growth. Overall auto volume was 84,054 units, almost flat YoY. The UK’s leading BEV brand in February was Tesla, with two of … [continued]

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How Many Electric Cars Will The World Buy In 2025, 2027, 2030?

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, phev, polls/surveys, research

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:59:18 +0000

Last year, the world bought 17.2 million plugin vehicles, and 10.8 million pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). Overall, 22% of new auto sales were plugin vehicle sales, more than one out of five, and 14% were BEV sales, almost one out of seven. That’s “a robust rise from the 16% (10% … [continued]

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US Agency Says Congress Can’t Repeal California’s 2035 ZEV Mandate

March 11, 2025 admin California, california zev mandate, carb zev mandate, clean air act, clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev mandates, gao, Joe Biden, policy & politics, us environmental protection agency (epa), zev mandate, zev mandates

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:58:56 +0000

Under the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has historically granted California waivers to set stricter air pollution regulations on vehicles, power plants, and industry within its borders. That deal was reached decades ago so that California wouldn’t be dragged down by more lax federal regulations. Donald … [continued]

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Apple Legend Woz Torches Tesla UI

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, steve wozniak, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:57:26 +0000

I just wrote yesterday about Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak’s presentation at a big tech conference in Barcelona, Spain. He criticized Big Tech taking over our lives too much and tech billionaires becoming too directly political. On the sidelines of the conference, CNBC interviewed Wozniak (Woz) and got more comments from … [continued]

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EVs Get More Dependable, PHEVs Less So

March 11, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, jd power, phev, research, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 17:55:18 +0000

One thing electric vehicle proponents have long argued is that, due to EVs requiring many fewer parts, they should need service much less, be more reliable, and cost less to maintain. A new study from J.D. Power, the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Vehicle Dependability StudySM (VDS), surprisingly, finds full electrics … [continued]

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