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Which major automaker might be partnering with Fisker for an electric pickup? Should EV charging stations be allowed where gas stations aren’t? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 2, 2024. Ford detailed how EV owners can reserve a free Tesla charging adapter that, with Ford’s app or in-vehicle interface, will provide Ford EVs with Tesla Supercharger access. Route planning isn’t part of it quite yet, and it’s unclear how Tesla will manage the extra congestion and whether, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk had hinted in the past,…

Thanks to electric bikes, more people than ever before are discovering the joys of car-free living. Many others find that they can at least leave their car in the garage more often, using an e-bike instead for many of their around-the-town trips and errands. But when the weather is cold, e-bikes can sometimes feel less enticing. For anyone who has dreaded the rude awakening of cold air in your face, I think I might have found a trick that can help: swapping a typical bike helmet for an insulated ski helmet. I’m not saying that I know how to ride…

Nio Capital-backed EV-Tech and Nio will jointly develop products based on Nio’s STEM Young high-voltage architecture, with deliveries to the Nio brand and Nio’s second brand expected to begin in 2025. (Image credit: Zhejiang EV-Tech) Nio (NYSE: NIO) has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with a local component supplier backed by Nio Capital to co-develop and manufacture components for high-voltage system applications. Zhejiang EV-Tech Co Ltd, headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, announced today that it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Nio on March 1 in Shanghai for a high-voltage system project. Shanghai is the location of Nio’s global…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The US military’s long, slow ride into the electrified world of the future has shifted gears, now that the Army Corps of Engineers is in the driver’s seat. The USACE has set itself a goal of developing dual-use electric vehicles that can support both itself and the Army on disaster response missions, and they are getting an assist from off-road experts at the Texas-based EV startup Volcon. Super-Sporty Electric Vehicles For Disaster Response It’s fair to ask why the US Army Corps of Engineers…

Update: In addition to the G6, Xpeng’s offers for the G9 and P7i have been extended. These discounts are a continuation of the February offer, bringing the G6’s starting price down to RMB 189,900. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) extended discounts on three key models in response to the fierce Chinese electric vehicle (EV) price war. Xpeng announced today that it is continuing to offer an RMB 20,000 ($2,780) discount on the G6, bringing the model’s starting price down to RMB 189,900, effective through March 31. It’s worth noting that the discount is not an adjustment to the G6’s…

The new Aion Y Plus starts at RMB 99,800, RMB 20,000 lower than the previous entry-level price. (Image credit: CnEVPost) GAC Aion, the electric vehicle (EV) subsidiary of GAC Group, has added a new version of its Aion Y Plus SUV, bringing the starting price down significantly in an on-going fierce price war. The entry-level Aion Y Plus starts at RMB 99,800, which GAC Aion said in a poster on Weibo today is the price-setter for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The starting price of the new Aion Y Plus has been reduced by RMB 20,000, or 16.69 percent, from the…

It’s an obvious question. If Ford’s new Fast Charging Adapter—which allows Ford’s electric vehicles to use the Tesla Supercharger network—isn’t some kind of “smart device,” won’t it theoretically let any EV charge that way as well? In other words, can’t you use the Ford adapter to charge a Rivian, or a Chevrolet Bolt, or anything else on the Supercharger network now?  The answer, unfortunately, is no. Not until more automakers get authenticated to use the Superchargers. Let’s dig into why. Our man Tom Moloughney of the State Of Charge YouTube channel was among the first to use Ford’s new adapter to…

The Tesla Roadster marked the start of the modern electric vehicle revolution. A tiny startup effort to transform the Lotus Elise into something that could prove the concept of battery-powered sports cars yielded what is, today, the world’s most valuable car company run by the world’s richest man. You might agree, then, that pristine Roadsters don’t deserve to be left to rot away in a shipping container on the coast of Shanghai, never to be found for over a decade.   That’s why Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur Dan O’Dowd took it upon himself to rescue the three lost Roadsters from China—even though he…

Lucid makes what is ostensibly the most efficient luxury electric sedan on the market, the Air. But according to head honcho Peter Rawlinson, EVs need to become even more efficient to “save the planet.” He noted in an interview with the UK’s Autocar that “the holy grail” would be an electric car capable of driving 6.2 miles (10 km) on one kilowatt-hour of energy calculated according to the stringent US EPA guidelines for EVs. That’s about 1.5 times more efficient than the most frugal version of the Lucid Air, the entry-level Air Pure RWD. The Pure RWD’s EPA-rated 4.1 miles/kWh puts it considerably ahead…

Nio’s latest NOP+ could be used outside of Greater China, further demonstrating its algorithm’s ability to adapt to different traffic rules and driving scenarios, Morgan Stanley said. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Nio (NYSE: NIO) said its NOP+ (Navigate on Pilot Plus) feature is now available for use on virtually all roads nationwide in China, a day after a similar development was announced by local peer Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV). Harry Wong, the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s head of smart driving products and experiences, announced the development in a March 1 post on the Nio App, calling the mode Unlimited Mode. Wong announced…