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Ford cuts some hybrids and plug-in hybrids from the lineup. Cadillac previews its lowest-priced EV. And we see how the aero obsession has returned, nearly a century later, in EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  There won’t be a 2024 Ford Explorer Hybrid, the automaker confirmed last week, and the Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring plug-in hybrid has also been nixed from the lineup. That frees up room for the thriving police-duty Police Interceptor, based on the Explorer Hybrid—and, likely, focuses toward the fully electric seven-passenger SUV due in 2025.  GM’s Cadillac luxury brand confirmed Friday that its…

When analyzing all-electric car sales, often we focus on the volume, although there is a more important thing and that’s the share of BEVs out of the automaker’s total sales. This shows how advanced a carmaker is on its electrification journey to become 100% electric someday. In today’s post, we will compare the battery electric vehicle (BEV) share out of the total sales of 18 brands in the U.S. (Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, Genesis, GMC, Hyundai, Kia, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo), during the third quarter of 2023 and for the first nine months of…

Cadillac’s EV lineup will further expand with a compact SUV called the Optiq. In a brief announcement Friday, the General Motors luxury brand confirmed the Optiq as the “entry point for Cadillac’s EV lineup in North America,” sitting below the Lyriq. Further details will come next year, meaning the Optiq is likely to launch as a 2025 model. Today’s lowest-priced Cadillac is the CT4 sedan, starting at about $35,000. But the Lyriq, the only Cadillac EV currently on sale, is much pricier. The 2024 Lyriq starts at $59,990 and has an expanded lineup of trim levels and options this year,…

For orders placed from November 21, the expected delivery lead time for the two lower-priced versions of the Bao 5 is around 4-6 weeks, while the highest-priced version will be delivered from January. (Image credit: CnEVPost) BYD’s (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) personalization sub-brand, Fang Cheng Bao, will start deliveries of its first model, the Bao 5, this week, after officially launched the model earlier this month. The first batch of Bao 5 models are being prepared for the first nationwide delivery, which will begin on November 24, Fang Cheng Bao announced today. Fang Cheng Bao launched the Bao 5 off-road SUV at…

Nio will share its next-generation battery pack standard, the 800 V high-voltage, fast battery swap platform, with the entire industry, said William Li. (File photo shows William Li (left), founder, chairman and CEO of Nio, and Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of the company, during a media interview in Shanghai. Image credit: CnEVPost) Responding to an employee’s doubt about the sustainability of the battery swap business, William Li, Nio’s founder, chairman and CEO, mentioned today that the company will announce the first company that will use its battery swap network on November 21. After dozens of local media outlets picked…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! This article focuses on the 2023 findings of the annual State of Climate Action report series. View past articles here: 2022 | 2021 | 2020. Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories can make it challenging to understand the broader state of climate action. Are countries deploying climate solutions effectively if…

Ford has confirmed that there will not be a 2024 Explorer Hybrid—but the model hasn’t exactly been canceled either. Ford product communications director Mike Levine, in a response to Green Car Reports, confirmed that the Explorer Hybrid isn’t happening for 2024. The decision will free up hybrid capacity for a very specialized market: police duty. “To meet continued strong demand for the Ford Police Interceptor Utility hybrid and other Ford hybrid vehicles, the 2024 model year Explorer will only be offered with the fuel efficient 2.3-liter four-cylinder EcoBoost, which offers up to an EPA-estimated 24 mpg combined fuel economy, and…

The first brand to partner with Nio on battery swap could be China FAW Group’s high-end EV brand Hongqi, according to local media. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Nio (NYSE: NIO) seems to be about to see the first external partner that will be sharing its iconic battery swap station network. Nio will announce the first company that will use its battery swap network on November 21, and the electric vehicle (EV) maker is in talks with four to five other companies for similar partnerships, said William Li, Nio’s founder, chairman, and CEO, according to multiple local media reports today. Li today…

Amid the fallout from the accident involving a pedestrian in San Francisco, robotaxi company Cruise cofounder Kyle Vogt has stepped down from his role as CEO.  While Vogt didn’t specify his reasons for leaving (but we can guess why), he reportedly put in his resignation with the board on Sunday after sending an apologetic email to staff on Saturday. Then he took to X (Twitter) early this morning.“As CEO, I take responsibility for the situation Cruise is in today. There are no excuses, and there is no sugar coating what has happened,” he wrote in the email, reported by Reuters.…

BYD began pre-sales of the Song L on October 31, with a price range of RMB 220,000 to RMB 280,000 for the pre-sale. (The BYD Song L concept shown at the April 2023 Shanghai auto show. Image credit: CnEVPost) BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDY) will officially begin sales of the Song L in China in the middle of next month, after starting pre-sales of the SUV late last month. The Song L, the B-class shooting brake model of BYD’s Dynasty matrix, will officially go on sale on December 15, the new energy vehicle (NEV) giant said on November 18 on its Weibo…