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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Regular Tesla customers are just starting to get Full Self Driving Beta V12. I have not. Use this article as a baseline to evaluate the improvements over V11. Also note: the new version is FSD Beta 12.2.1, so Musk didn’t have the nerve yet to remove the Beta moniker. My Experience Using Tesla Full Self Driving Beta for Over 2 Years Every Tesla comes with excellent autosteer that works on any highway with painted lines. Every Tesla also comes with smart cruise control. Both…
I’m not sure if you could really call it a legit SUV, but these fun-looking little Chinese electric vehicles might just be an interesting alternative to the car bloat clogging the streets of cities around the world. Oh, and they make an excellent entry for this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. I stumbled across these $2,600 gems while perusing Alibaba, and one of the first things to catch my eye was the “street-legal” moniker in the title. Based on several years spent elbow-deep in the Chinese electric micro-car industry, I can tell you these probably aren’t…
The Leapmotor C10’s official pricing is significantly lower than it was at pre-sale, and updated versions of existing models see price cuts across the board. (Image credit: Leapmotor) Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker Leapmotor (HKG: 9863) has officially launched its C10 SUV, and updated its existing model with lower pricing amid fierce price competition. The C10 is Leapmotor’s first global model, which made its world debut at the Munich auto show in September 2023 and went on pre-sale in China on January 10 this year. Leapmotor’s three existing models, the T03, C01 and C11, have been updated, with upgraded…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Doug Fraser, Queensland Director of eLu , certainly pulled out all the stops when he marshalled a range of players in the electric vehicle space to promote EVs at the Titans Rugby League home ground on the Gold Coast this week — Parkwood Village Golf Club. Doug is a master at creating community partnerships to raise electric vehicle awareness. For my American readers, I must explain: Rugby League is like grid iron for real men — the players don’t wear padding! Watch the annual…
Photo: Tesla Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows. The new findings come from the IEA’s annual update on global energy-related CO2 emissions and the just-released inaugural edition of the IEA’s new series, the Clean Energy Market Monitor, which will track clean energy deployment and broadly outline the implications for global energy markets. Renewables curbed emissions rise in 2023 The bad news is that energy-related emissions rose in 2023. But the good news is that continued expansion of clean energy…
The financing will be used for next-generation model development, smart driving technology development and entry into overseas markets. (Image credit: CnEVPost) SAIC Motor Corp’s electric vehicle (EV) unit IM Motors has secured more than RMB 8 billion ($1.1 billion) in new financing, the latest round of funding in China’s EV sector since Nio (NYSE: NIO) received investments from Abu Dhabi’s CYVN last year. IM Motors announced on March 1 that it had secured the financing, which is its Series B equity round, according to a statement yesterday. The financing will be used for next-generation smart model development, advanced smart driving…
Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. Dutch-Norwegian offshore solar company SolarDuck, Italian investment fund Arrow Capital, and Italian developer New Developments are jointly developing the Corigliano project, which will be in the Gulf of Taranto off the Calabrian coast of Corigliano-Rossano: SolarDuck is a spin-off of Damen Shipyards, a major shipbuilder in the Netherlands. It’s tapped into that knowledge to design elevated solar platforms made of offshore-grade aluminum that sit 10 feet (3 meters) off the water to withstand rough waters. The elevation also reduces…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The BYD Seagull, a small and super affordable electric car from the top selling plugin vehicle producer in the world, has now made its way into a big auto market where it could really make a difference — Mexico. The car is being called the BYD Dolphin Mini there. For now, BYD says the car is not going to the US or Canada … but we’ll see about the future. The 5-door compact electric hatchback comes at a shockingly low price of MXN$358,800 ($21,000).…
Nissan may build the Fisker Alaska electric pickup truck, as well as a derivative sold under its own brand name, Reuters reported Friday. The report, based on anonymous sources familiar with the matter, claims Nissan is in “advanced talks” to invest in Fisker, with a deal possibly closing later this month. Terms reportedly being discussed include a $400 million investment toward development of the Alaska, with production at a U.S. Nissan plant starting in 2026. Nissan would then “build its own electric pickup on the same platform” according to the report. Fisker Alaska electric truck concept Such a deal could…
Hyundai Motor America reports 60,341 vehicle sales in February, up 6% year-over-year despite fears of high interest rates hurting new car sales. This brought its year-to-date sales results to 107,884, but that is still down 1.1% year-over-year. Still, the Korean manufacturer continues to increase its all-electric car sales, which indicates that it might be a good year for the brand in the U.S. In February, Hyundai sold 2,898 electric cars on its E-GMP platform in the U.S., roughly 40% more than a year ago. E-GMP BEVs represent 4.8% of Hyundai’s total volume, which is up from 3.6% a year ago. Get…