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Polestar has taken a page out of Nio’s book by stripping out some of the perks, thus lowering the Polestar 4’s starting price by 14 percent to RMB 299,900. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Polestar, the premium electric vehicle (EV) maker owned by Geely and Volvo Cars, has slashed the prices of its Polestar 4 SUV in China significantly, as deliveries of the new model are set to begin. Polestar China CEO Shen Ziyu announced at an event this evening that the benefit package that was originally included in the Polestar 4’s prices will be stripped out, thus lowering the model’s starting…
Volkswagen’s small and cheap electric vehicle, which will supposedly cost less than $22,000 (€20,000), could become a reality by the second half of the decade, the German automotive group’s CEO, Oliver Blume, said yesterday at a conference, quoted by Reuters. As it stands today, Volkswagen has not yet made a decision on producing what is considered a spiritual successor to the e-Up! electric city car, but Blume is convinced the company can get there after 2025. With this in mind, it looks like VW will fall behind its main competitors in Europe in the cheap EV race. Renault just announced…
This is part of Polestar China’s efforts to build its own charging service system, with the company building its own charging network and accessing more third-party chargers. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Polestar will plug into Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) charging network in China, becoming the latest carmaker after SAIC-GM to make such an announcement. Polestar China CEO Shen Ziyu announced the plan at an event this evening, saying the company has entered into a partnership with Tesla to become one of the first partners to share Tesla’s Supercharger network in China. It’s part of Polestar China’s efforts to build its own charging…
Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday unveiled the first of a planned network of charging stations that the automaker claims will be the fastest in the U.S.—and it represents a template for the form and function of future stations on the network. Located at Mercedes’ headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia, near Atlanta, this first location features 400-kw DC fast chargers provided by ChargePoint. Mercedes claims its charging network will offer 400-kw chargers “exclusively,” allowing for higher average charging speeds than other networks that use a mix of chargers, some with lower power rates. The site also features amenities like restrooms, vending machines, and…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Helpful hacker “Green” has uncovered more new Tesla code in a software update. Perhaps most notably, it appears that Tesla is preparing to charge drivers to activate the heated seats feature — not just for the rear seats (already a thing) but for the front seats. This seems a bit much. While carmakers have made money on extra features for decades, there are some features that have become standard or are standard at different levels or car classes. No one has to pay extra…
China’s retail penetration of NEVs was 41.3 percent in the November 1-12 period. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Retail sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China amounted to 222,000 units from November 1 to November 12, up 20 percent year-on-year but down 2 percent from a month earlier, according to data released on November 15 by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). So far this year, retail sales of passenger NEVs in China amounted to 6.175 million units, up 34 percent year-on-year. From November 1 to November 12, China’s wholesale sales of passenger NEVs were 240,000 units, up 31 percent year-on-year…
Nearly 18-months after the initial announcement of a new “N” performance line of EVs beginning with the IONIQ 5, Hyundai has brought its souped up model stateside to kickoff 2023’s AutoMobility LA event in California. Here’s the latest. Hyundai Motor Group’s N and N Line performance sub-brands were a mere seven years old when the Korean automaker publicly announced it was reimagining the performance arms for an all-electric future. Following a video of the global premiere of the IONIQ 6 last summer, Hyundai confirmed the IONIQ 5 would be the first production EV model to don the “N” performance badge. Over the…
Polestar has officially started series production of its second all-electric model, the Polestar 4, at the Hangzhou Bay factory in China operated by Geely Holding. And the electric performance brand has big plans for this crossover to become its mainstream mega-hit. The first customer deliveries in China are expected before the end of 2023. The next step will be the official launch of the Polestar 4 in all of the other current Polestar markets in early 2024, and the start of customer deliveries internationally next year too. The Polestar 4, called an SUV coupé, sits between the Polestar 2 sedan…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! NREL Analytical Tools Help Chart the Course for On-Route Charging During Road Trips From the Grand Canyon to the majestic Tetons, national parks in the western United States draw more than 80 million visitors a year. Most of these visitors rely on their personal vehicles or rentals to get them there. Today, electric vehicles (EVs) account for more than 7% of new light-duty vehicle sales in the United States, and EV sales are expected to soar to 30%–50% by 2030. On the high end,…
Mercedes-Benz inaugurated its first EV charging hub in North America today. It’s located at the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz USA in Sandy Springs, Georgia. With the official start of the Mercedes-Benz Charging Network, established by Mercedes-Benz HPC North America – a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and MN8 Energy – the company aims to deliver a fast, reliable, premium charging experience for drivers of all EV brands. In terms of charging speed, Mercedes-Benz says that the first chargers, provided by ChargePoint, are all capable of charging rates of up to 400 kilowatts, which is more than the current generation of electric cars…