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A teaser image of Lexus’ upcoming modular EV concept was published by the Japanese automaker in its home market, revealing part of the car’s front end, including what appears to be a set of LED daytime running lights. The concept car will be fully revealed next month during the Japan Mobility Show 2023 and sets the stage for the Nippon brand’s first new-generation battery-powered car that’s scheduled to debut in 2026 using a brand-new platform, reengineered production process, and an emphasis on efficiency. It’s unclear if the car that appears in this latest teaser image has any relation to the…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! One of the biggest stories of 2023 has been Tesla’s NACS connector. Not only did Tesla offer it up as a charging standard other manufacturers could use, but it eventually managed to sign deals with many of them for access to the Supercharger network. In story after story after story, more and more manufacturers signed up. The story of NACS in 2023 is not unlike the end of Lake Bonneville, basically a freshwater inland sea that once covered a good chunk of present-day Utah,…
China’s NEV penetration at retail is expected to be around 37.9 percent in September, up from 37.3 percent in August. China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) sales are on track to hit a record high for the second consecutive month in September, after a slight dip in sales in July. In September, retail sales of China’s passenger NEVs are expected to be around 750,000 units, up 22.3 percent year-on-year and up 4.7 percent from August, the CPCA estimates released last night showed. The figure means that China’s passenger NEV retail sales are expected to continue to reach a record high in…
Making some key decisions surrounding home charging can sometimes be far more daunting than deciding on the EV itself—especially for those who are newbies to electric vehicles and charging. That’s part of the reason why Hyundai created its unified Hyundai Home service a year ago. While Hyundai Home aggregates home charging-station possibilities for EV buyers, as well as solar and energy storage options, it also provides three bids for each installation and taps into a network of electricians and energy advisors. ChargePoint Home Flex Now, for those who purchase or lease one of three Hyundai EV models, it’s providing a…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Hyundai gave its popular Kona a facelift for 2024, and we were some of the first people outside the company to take one of the fully electric prototypes for a spin. We typically drive early production builds, so they still might tweak a few things before its locked in for production later this year, but the major features are likely locked in at this point. Design Hyundai brought us out to countryside surrounding Baltimore, Maryland, to wheel around on the company’s new popular CUV.…
Jaguar jumps on with Tesla’s charge port and Supercharger access. Automakers are irked by Britain’s backtracking on EV policy. And don’t expect Tesla’s NACS to spread to China anytime soon. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed that future Jaguar EVs will have the Tesla NACS port and allow access to Tesla Supercharger stations. While those models are due in 2025, expect Supercharger access sooner than that for I-Pace EVs with an adapter. The U.K. is likely to delay its policy banning non-plug-in gas and diesel models from 2030 to 2035. That’s irking not…
Jaguar Land Rover announced Thursday that current Jaguar EVs will soon have access to Tesla Supercharger stations in North America, while all future EVs from the Jaguar brand will include the Tesla NACS charge port. Next-generation EVs from the brand, set to launch in 2025, will have the NACS port, with no need to use an adapter. That’s the intent for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, according to the automaker. Expect models from companion brand Land Rover to do the same. Tesla Supercharger connector – now called NACS NACS will completely replace the CCS Combo 1 port in those future…
The App Store for Nio’s vehicle cockpits will go live in the next few days, with more than 40 apps that have already been adapted to be available this month. (Image credit: Nio) Nio (NYSE: NIO) unveiled an App Store for the smart cockpit of its vehicles, which is expected to deliver a better experience with popular apps adapted specifically for the vehicle’s center screen. The App Store for Nio’s vehicle cockpits will go live in the next few days, with more than 40 apps that have already been adapted to be available starting September 22, the electric vehicle company…
SkyOS is Nio’s full-featured operating system, gradually realizing more functionality from the NT 1.0 platform to NT 2.0. The NT 3.0 platform will see the full-featured SkyOS. (Image credit: Nio) Nio (NYSE: NIO) unveiled an operating system called SkyOS, which it said is China’s first operating system for smart electric vehicles (EVs), at the Nio IN 2023 innovation day event in Shanghai today. SkyOS is Nio’s full domain operating system, which builds a “1+4+N” technology cluster covering vehicle control, intelligent driving, cockpit, mobile connectivity and many other areas. The 1 refers to SkyOS-H, which is a hypervisor that supports multi-operating…
China, the world’s largest new-car market and the largest market for EVs, will continue with its own national DC fast-charging standard. On September 12, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation and National Administration approved three key aspects of ChaoJi-1, the next-generation version of the GB/T standard currently used in the Chinese market. Regulators released documents outlining general requirements, communication protocols between chargers and vehicles, and requirements for connectors. The latest version of GB/T is suitable for high-power charging—up to 1.2 megawatts—and includes a new DC control pilot circuit to enhance safety. It’s also designed to be compatible with CHAdeMO 3.1,…