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The Dacia Spring might not ring a bell in the United States, but in Europe, it’s known as one of the cheapest electric cars on the market. It’s small, it doesn’t have a lot of range, and it’s not particularly powerful, but with a price as low as $13,000 (12,000 Euro) after incentives, it’s hard not to consider it when buying a new car for urban driving. And now it’s better than ever because the Romanian (but Chinese-made) EV got its biggest overhaul yet, at least when it comes to looks. Oh, and it has a frunk now. Get Fully…

Buick has become the latest to join the price war, with significant price cuts for all four trims of the Electra E4. (Image credit: Buick) General Motors’ Buick brand has updated its pure-electric SUV Electra E4 in China, lowering the starting price by RMB 30,000 yuan ($4,180), making it the latest brand to join the price war. The updated Electra E4 now starts at RMB 159,900, down 15.8 percent from the previous RMB 189,900, according to information released today by GM’s joint venture in China, SAIC-GM. The Buick Electra E4 went on sale in China in June 2023, when it…

Like it did with passenger EV rebates back in December, Germany has decided to pull the plug on subsidy programs for electric semi trucks and city buses. What happens to the nation’s commercial EV market now? If you’re a regular Electrek reader, you probably believe that Germany acted prematurely when it cut its EV subsidy program in December (a full year earlier than expected). Combined with rapid global inflation driving up vehicle prices and governments throughout the EU pouring money into hydrogen refueling and you might think a drop in EV sales is almost inevitable that the country. That said,…

For years, range anxiety has been a major barrier to wider EV adoption in the U.S. It’s a common fear: imagine being in the middle of nowhere, with 5% juice remaining in your battery, and nowhere to charge. A nightmare nobody ever wants to experience, right? But a new study proves that in the real world, that’s a highly improbable scenario. After analyzing information from 18,000 EVs across all 50 U.S. states, battery health and data start-up Recurrent found something we sort of knew but took for granted. The average distance Americans cover daily constitutes only a small percentage of…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! In my quest to spend as much time outside as possible, along with building a surf van to explore the California and Baja coasts, I have been looking to wire my camper van up with a 100Ah LiFePO4 battery in order to let me fully enjoy some creature comforts while boondocking deep down a dirt road in Baja. The Redodo 12V 100Ah Group 24 LiFePO4 battery seemed like the perfect fit for this build where reliability and budget are both a priority. Additionally, compared…

Ford cut Mustang Mach-E prices by up to $8,100 after sales of the electric SUV reportedly fell by more than 50% in January. The automaker has lowered prices on multiple 2023 Mustang Mach-E models, reducing the base price by $3,100 to $41,695 with the mandatory $1,800 destination charge. The biggest discount is offered on several other versions of the Mach-E, including the Premium grade with the Extended Range battery pack, which now starts at $47,696 with destination. “The Mustang Mach-E is America’s No.2 EV SUV in 2023 and Ford is America’s No.2 EV brand,” Ford noted, in a statement provided…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Third wheel’s a charm! The folks at Lectric generously provided their Electric XP Trike so I could give it a whirl and share my experiences. I was given the floor model e-bike at a micromobility event in the San Francisco Bay Area, so the bike was already assembled and ready to ride. Thus I didn’t get to experience Lectric’s unboxing pomp and circumstance, so that isn’t part of this review, as it typically is for all things CleanTechnica-tested. Lectric’s goal is to create accessible…

Porsche adds more electric miles to its Panamera plug-in hybrid. VW reveals a stylish electric wagon. Volvo shifts to the newer naming strategy for all its vehicles that plug in. And no, EV sales aren’t tanking. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  Volvo is planning to go all-electric by the end of the decade, and on the way there it’s retiring its Recharge badge for plug-ins. That means adding two new EV badges to align the old with the new—recasting the XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge as the EX40 and EC40, respectively. Ready for a European vacation? The…

The fully electric version of the XC40 SUV will now be called the EX40, while its somewhat lower-roof C40 Recharge counterpart will be called the EC40, Volvo revealed Tuesday as part of a new naming strategy for its EVs and plug-in hybrids.  Among Volvo EVs, EX calls out electric SUVs, like the upcoming EX30 and EX90, EC will be used for electric coupes (or coupe-like SUVs like the current EC40), and EM designates minivan models. Internationally, Volvo already has one of the latter—its big EM90 luxury electric minivan for China.  2025 Volvo EC40 (Europe spec) Volvo just gave the XC40…

Have you taken advantage of the new electric vehicle tax credit yet? Many already have, though it seems like it’s currently hit or miss whether or not dealerships are even able to process time-of-sale tax credits on new and used vehicles. But is it due to a lack of dealer understanding or buggy tech? Welcome to Critical Materials, your daily dose of all things EVs and automotive tech. Today, we’re talking about the EV tax credit—how dealers are having a bit of a conundrum adapting to the new process, and how Chinese battery giant CATL also wants a trickle of the…