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Two models of the Model Y have entered a filing catalog with radar, different style wheels, and front fog lights as options. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/16122816/2023101604281653.mp3 Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has filed for a new Model Y in China, with radar as an option, the latest regulatory filing shows. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released its latest catalog of models that will be allowed to be sold for public comment today, and the Model Y is included. The public can submit feedback between October 17 and October 23. Entering the catalog is the last major regulatory process by which a model…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Hello! We’re changing up our weekly CleanTechnica newsletter a bit, so we figured it could be useful to show readers what it’s going to be like going forward (until further notice, of course). We are still including a list of completely original CleanTechnica stories and reports in the email, but before that, I’m going to write a summary of the coolest cleantech stories of the week. Some weeks that may be 5 stories, some weeks it may be 21 … like it was in…
In August, global sales of plug-in electric cars exceeded 1.2 million units, which was the third-best result ever (almost a new record). According to EV-Volumes data, shared by Jose Pontes, 1,238,484 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally in August (45 percent more than a year ago). That’s about 18 percent of the total market (compared to 15 percent a year ago) and one of the best results so far this year. Together with some 800,000 non-rechargeable hybrids, once again, roughly a quarter of the global car market is somehow electrified – xEVs (BEVs, PHEVs, HEVs). All-electric car sales…
During the third quarter of 2023, Porsche delivered 19,988 cars in the United States, which is 20.5 percent more than a year ago and the second-strongest quarterly result in the company’s history. The year-to-date result is 56,323 (up 15 percent year-over-year). Porsche’s all-electric car sales also improved (finally, after six consecutive quarters of year-over-year decline). In Q3, Porsche sold 2,050 Taycan electric cars (all versions), which is 55 percent more than a year ago. The Taycan accounted for slightly more than 10 percent of the brand’s total volume. The recent increase in sales probably means that the German brand solved…
In September, new passenger car registrations in Germany amounted to 224,502 – basically on par with the volume a year ago. During the first nine months of 2023, 2,138,066 new cars were registered (up 14.5 percent year-over-year). Meanwhile, the plug-in electric car segment experienced a significant decrease in new registrations last month due to the end of EV incentives for business buyers. The end of some incentives also explains the rush for new electric company cars in August, when all-electric car registrations surged by 171 percent year-over-year to almost 32 percent of the total market. In September, the total new…
The 2024 Lexus TX is exactly what it needs to be—almost, in one of its versions. It’s a big, boxy three-row SUV with adult-size space in all rows, wide-opening doors, loads of flat-folding cargo versatility, and low lift heights—plus a TX 500h hybrid version, as well as an available TX 550h+ plug-in hybrid version that can go up to 33 electric miles. In a first drive of the 2024 Lexus TX lineup this past week, I found that it definitely hits a sweet spot in the market. It feels more composed and settled in the corners, or on choppy road…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Energy storage with more than four hours of duration could play an important role in integrating lots of renewable energy onto the U.S. power grid, but it makes up less than 10% of the storage deployed since 2010. That may change with a potential shift to net winter demand peaks, according to a new publication by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This work builds on NREL’s multiyear Storage Futures Study (SFS) that analyzed the fundamental role of energy storage in maintaining a resilient, flexible, and low-carbon…
Tesla launched the updated Model Y in China on October 1, with minor configuration updates and unchanged pricing. Deliveries of the new Model 3 have yet to begin. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/15112934/2023101503293471.mp3 (Image from Tesla Weibo) Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has begun deliveries of the new Model Y crossover in China, while deliveries of the revamped Model 3 sedan have yet to begin here. Deliveries of the new Model Y have begun in China, and the SUV is the world’s top-selling electric vehicle and continues to evolve, Tesla said in a Weibo post today. Tesla’s Weibo post didn’t provide additional details, including a specific…
Two 49-kilogram female dummies, around 1.5-meters tall, wearing red t-shirts and white shoes escaped relatively unscathed after the electric vehicles they were driving collided head-on. Mercedes-Benz claims it was the world’s first crash test involving two pure EVs. The automaker wanted to go “above and beyond” the legal requirements to discover what happens when two EVs collide head-on, which is why it crash-tested an EQS 450 SUV and an EQA 300 head-on at the Group Technology Centre for Vehicle Safety in Sindelfingen, Germany. The electric SUV, weighing 3.0 tonnes, and its smaller sibling, weighing 2.2 tonnes, hurled towards each other…
Car makers making smartphones will be a trend in China, and if successful, the model will expand to the global market, Canalys said. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/13172237/2023101309223759.mp3 (Image credit: CnEVPost) Nio (NYSE: NIO) officially launched its first smartphone model last month, and the CEO of Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar mentioned last month that the company plans to launch a high-end smartphone in China in December. Why are car companies getting involved in phone making? Market researcher Canalys shared their thoughts in an October 11 research note. The core goal of carmakers choosing to produce smartphones is to boost the competitiveness of…