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Some EV Drivers Were Thankful For NACS Adapters This Thanksgiving

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:56:08 +0000

About a year ago, I wrote an article warning people to stay away from Electrify America’s Quartzsite, Arizona station. Why? Because busy holiday weekends have been getting worse and worse. With all of the traffic that’s constantly on the I-10 corridor between Los Angeles and Phoenix (not to mention all … [continued]

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Always Get The Seat Heaters. They Could Save Your Life!

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:54:06 +0000

Recently, I came across a post on X/Twitter that I know will be retweeted (or reposted, or whatever) a bunch of times by anti-EV propagandists. Why? Because everyone knows that EVs can’t handle the cold! It has been 2.5 hours and these vehicles going westbound on I-90 have not moved. … [continued]

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Tesla Offers New Discount on Model Y in China

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 02:16:10 +0000

In addition to the US incentives Tesla has been offering to try to move more vehicles, the company is also trying to stimulate sales in China in a few ways. Tesla Model Y Discounts & Options in China First of all, if you take delivery of the two cheaper Tesla … [continued]

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Tesla Lease Buyouts — More Than Meets The Eye, So Many Options

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Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:34:26 +0000

The following is a Tesla leasing analysis, as well as a look at how leasing offers many advantages but also has significant drawbacks. First, though, Tesla boosts sales with many different incentives, so let’s list some of the others for a broader perspective. Tesla seems to be pulling out all … [continued]

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Zimbabwe Reduces Import Duty On Electric Vehicles From 40% to 25% Starting January 1, 2025

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Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 22:20:32 +0000

Yesterday, Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Professor Mhtuli Ncube, presented the 2025 National Budget under the theme “Building Resilience for Sustained Economic Transformation.” There were a lot of mixed reactions to most of the stuff announced in that proposed budget. Most of the feedback focused on the plethora of additional taxes proposed … [continued]

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Apollo Go Robotaxis Launch In Hong Kong

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:49:27 +0000

I wrote earlier this year that Baidu’s Apollo Go is likely to be the first profitable robotaxi service in the world. The service continues to expand in the meantime, or in its march toward profitability. Now, news is that Apollo Go robotaxi testing will begin in Hong Kong, near the … [continued]

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BYD’s Sealion 07 EV Comes to Norway

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:16:49 +0000

BYD continues to expand its electric vehicle offerings around the world. While more exotic locations have been getting more of the attention lately (like Guatemala, Paraguay, Chile, Kenya, Zambia, and Pakistan), that also includes offering more models in more European countries. The news this week is that BYD is now … [continued]

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EREVs Use Gasoline, & Are A Step Backward Compared To All-Electric Vehicles

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Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 18:12:04 +0000

Depending on what online sources you look at, Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREVs) may be an emerging trend in China. This vehicle type is one that has an electric motor (or two) with a large battery pack and an onboard gasoline-powered generator that provides electricity to ‘extend’ the range. To … [continued]

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LG Chem & ExxonMobil Sign Lithium Offtake Agreement

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:57:03 +0000

Oil was the “black gold” of the last century, and lithium might be called the “white gold” or “silvery-white gold” of this century. (No one calls it that, but that’s okay.) So, it’s only fitting that Exxon is planning to extract and sell some of this white gold now. In … [continued]

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Volkswagen Group & SAIC Extend Joint Venture to 2040!

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:58:34 +0000

Volkswagen Group is in an interesting position. It has done better than most legacy automakers to electrify, but it’s still had numerous struggles and is in the “legacy automaker” bucket — which just makes life harder when it comes to the electric vehicle revolution. Part of its solution for going … [continued]

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