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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Kara Swisher is plugged into the world of Big Tech in a way few other people are. When she phones the heads of tech companies, they actually take her calls. She has covered the business of the internet since 1994. In 2023, Swisher was a contributing editor at New York Magazine, the host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher, and the co-host of the podcast Pivot. In 2014 she co-founded Vox Media’s Recode. From 2018 to 2022, she was an opinion writer for…
The Fisker Ocean is relatively new to the market but not so new that it should still be delivered with incomplete software. First deliveries of the Ocean in the U.S. started back in June of 2023, so surely Fisker has had ample time to figure out any software bugs and apply fixes, right? Well, the answer to that is both yes and no. Fisker has sent out some OTA updates to the Ocean but not everything has been sorted out yet in regards to Ocean software problems and that’s what convinced Marques Brownlee to call the Ocean the “worst car…
Say hello to the all-new Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer, VW’s first-ever series-production all-electric wagon. It has the same face as the sedan but a rear end that can fit a lot more stuff, making it a good choice for people who need more room to haul things on a daily basis, all while keeping the emissions level to zero. As long as they live in Europe, that is. The ID.7 Tourer comes hot on the heels of another recent electric wagon unveil–the BMW i5 Touring–but unlike the BMW, VW’s offering should be a bit more affordable. We don’t know the official…
Everybody knows that California is the land of EVs in the United States. The stats show it, but if numbers and charts aren’t your cup of tea, what better way to showcase The Golden State’s leading EV adoption rate than a crash video that involves no fewer than four EVs, and all of them Teslas? When so many cars are so close to one another at the same time that they’re involved in the same crash, you know Tesla is having a good time there. Get Fully Charged Stay safe and check your mirrors Even with the multitude of active…
Four months after announcing a joint venture with Chinese EV automaker Leapmotor, Stellantis is reportedly mulling taking the strategic cooperation further by building hundreds of thousands of BEVs for its new partner in Italy to serve the European market. Stellantis once operated a Jeep joint venture in China with GAC Group that it inherited from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) before its merger with Peugeot S.A. in early 2021. However, by October 2022, Stellantis announced it was terminating the JV with GAC, citing dwindling sales and, according to CEO Carlos Tavares, a “broken trust” with one of the top five automakers in China. GAC clapped…
Germany’s Sono Motors has emerged from bankruptcy, but isn’t discussing the fate of its Sion solar-assisted EV. A press release announcing a plan to bring Sono out of bankruptcy did not mention the Sion, a small hatchback designed to use every body panel as a solar panel to boost range between charges. Instead, the company is focusing on solar kits for commercial vehicles. Sono Sion production model First shown in 2022, the kits add solar panels that can provide supplementary electric power to help run the climate control systems on diesel buses, or refrigerated trailers. This is meant to reduce…
Neta cut the prices of almost its entire model range, with the compact SUV Neta X seeing the highest reduction. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Hozon Auto’s NEV (NEV) brand, Neta Auto, has cut the prices of almost its entire model range, as the Chinese auto market kicks off the Lunar New Year with a fierce price war. Neta’s current models on sale include the Neta X and Neta Aya compact SUVs, the Neta GT electric sports car, and the Neta S flagship sedan. The Neta X saw the highest cuts, as all four versions previously on sale have been reduced in…
Wang has restructured Xpeng’s overseas business team, adding the Middle East as a key market and will invest more resources, according to local media. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) has made extensive organizational and business changes after appointing former Great Wall Motor executive Wang Fengying as president and seeing strong deliveries at the end of 2023. Now, the electric vehicle (EV) maker appears to be looking to the auto industry veteran to help it succeed in overseas markets. Ms. Wang has taken over Xpeng’s international business center to take full leadership of the company’s overseas sales, Jiemian said in…
BYD is looking to accelerate the replacement of traditional fuel vehicles with NEVs at lower prices, and more automakers following suit is expected to speed up the process. (Image credit: SAIC-GM-Wuling) BYD (OTCMKTS: BYDDF) has launched new variants of its two sedans with lower prices, and now the ripple effects from that move are starting to show. SAIC-GM-Wuling today added a new version of its Xingguang hybrid sedan with 150 kilometers of CLTC battery range, priced at RMB 99,800 ($13,870), which is RMB 6,000 ($830) less than the previous price for the same range model. BYD earlier today launched the…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The other day, I got an email from Jock Gill, my college classmate who was one of the leaders for the community solar project in his home town of Peacham, Vermont. Jock has been leasing a Chevy Bolt, but his lease is nearly up and he has been casting about for a car to replace it. He told me the Hyundai Kona Electric is that car. “If your Chevy Bolt lease is coming to an end and you want to continue driving an EV,…