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Hyundai IONIQ 5 (left) and IONIQ 6 (right) at Tesla Supercharger (Source: Hyundai) There’s a loophole in the stricter IRA federal tax credit that only applies $3750 rebates on North American-built cars and separately $3750 on domestic batteries. For whatever reason, all EVs get the full $7500 applied to leases, however. So that has more people leasing EVs than ever before. The number of electric vehicle models that can be leased for less than an average monthly lease cost of $400/month has grown by 50% since last August. The list now includes nine models with factory offers that rival lease…
As EV charging infrastructure expands, lawmakers in the Kentucky legislature have introduced a bill to “protect” gas stations, local television station WKYT reports. House Bill 581 seeks to prevent zoning authorities from treating EV charging differently from gasoline dispensing. That means any location considered suitable for EV charging would also have to host gas stations. “For an ordinance to say that you can build an electric charging station, but you can’t build a gas station or a retail gas station, we feel like that is discriminatory,” Republican state representative Ken Upchurch said in an interview with WKYT. But with gas…
FinDreams said it will offer safer, more reliable batteries for electric two-wheelers, after a recent deadly accident revived concerns about the safety of electric two-wheeler batteries. (Image credit: CnEVPost) BYD’s (OTCMKTS: BYDDF) battery manufacturing unit FinDreams Battery said it will leverage its passenger car battery technology to develop safer two-wheeler batteries, after a recent fire killed more than a dozen people. FinDreams will apply its passenger car research results to the two-wheeler segment and increase its R&D investment in the two-wheeler industry, the company said in a statement today. The company will collaborate with various parties to develop safe batteries…
Updated versions of BYD’s Han and Tang are poised to take the price war further into the mid- to high-end EV market. (Image credit: BYD) BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDF) will launch updated versions of the Han and Tang, the flagship models of its Dynasty lineup, in 3 days, in a move that sets to take the price war further into the mid-to-high-end electric vehicle (EV) market. The launch event for the Glory Edition models of the Han sedan and Tang SUV will begin at 3 pm Beijing time on February 28, BYD announced today on Weibo. The models will come in…
The best way I’ve found to reduce or eliminate car usage in a city is with an electric bike. But in the winter, nights come at you early, and it’s more important than ever to ensure that as cyclists, we’re visible to the biggest danger on the roads: car drivers. I’ve been testing out a new headlamp called the BioLite HeadLamp 800 Pro that isn’t specifically meant for cyclists, but has proven perfect for me as a way to add both front and rear LED lighting to pretty much any helmet. That’s a major part of this series, often finding…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tesla (TSLA) has shipped its all-American Cybertruck to China for a tour across several cities. The large electric pickup truck is getting a ton of attention in the country from automotive and EV enthusiasts. Jay reports Tesla updates from Shanghai on X/Twitter (see below). On Sunday, he visited the Tesla Shanghai showroom and witnessed crowds gathering around the Cybertruck for an in-person view of the vehicle. Of course, Chinese people have looked at the Tesla Cybertruck on the internet, but a physical look at…
The first two months of 2024 indicate that it will be a very challenging year for many EV manufacturers and Ford is one of them. According to Automotive News, Ford halted shipments of the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning model over an undisclosed quality issue. The stop-ship order went into effect on February 9 and there is no info on when it will be lifted. Get Fully Charged Ford F-150 Lightning sales In 2023, Ford sold in the U.S. more than 24,000 F-150 Lightning all-electric pickups (55% more than in 2022). However, the results are worse than anticipated and prompted production reductions.…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A recent article at Heatmap explains a simple way grid operators are coping with the increased loads and inputs they face today. With more and more appliances and vehicles going electric, more power is needed. At the same time, record growth in renewable energy projects using wind and solar help make that power available, but there are only so many wires to carry that load from farms to users. This leaves grid operators in many areas struggling to build new lines quickly enough, and…
Which automaker pushed an important EV target back by five years? Which brand is at least considering adding artificial engine vibration to its EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending February 23, 2024. In a first drive of the 2024 Honda Prologue EV, we found that this roomy, refined, and feature-packed electric crossover fits in just fine as an establishing statement toward flashier Honda EVs arriving in the near future. 2025 Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid The new-generation 2025 Porsche Panamera plug-in hybrid lineup revealed this week mixes in…
Panning for gold in Alibaba’s electric vehicle catalog is bound to find some real doozies, such as this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. Meet this fun little purple three-wheeled electric car that barely manages to fulfill the requirements of a car. The “Minitype 3 Seater Passenger Electric Passenger Tricycle” is quite a mouthful of a name, but what’s really important here are the specs. With a single driver’s seat up front and a narrow bench in back, there is theoretically space for three souls aboard this thing. There’s no steering wheel up front, though. Instead, drivers…