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Choice Hotels, which is one of the world’s largest hotel franchisors, inked a deal with Tesla to install an undisclosed number of Universal Wall Connectors at its franchises across the United States. Participating hotels, including Radisson, Cambria, Comfort, and Country Inn & Suites, can add four or more charging stations for guests. Properties that have charging stations installed can be found on the Choice Hotels mobile app and the company’s website. Get Fully Charged More EV chargers for hotel guests After Marriott, Hilton, and others, Choice Hotels is ramping up the number of EV chargers at its franchises. Participating Radisson,…

The Porsche Taycan boasts better numbers all around. Toyota adds to its Kentucky EV plans. And before its Gen 2 EVs have launched, Ford starts touting its Gen 3 EV project that could face Tesla and China on cost. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  Ford CEO Jim Farley, during the company’s Q4 2023 earnings call Tuesday afternoon, noted that the company was shifting its electric vehicle efforts away from large EVs and toward smaller, lower-cost EVs to rival a $25,000 Tesla and products from China. With the Gen 3 platform he referred to—what’s being developed under Model…

In the same quarterly investor call where Ford emphasized a pivot toward more affordable EVs, Ford on Tuesday also suggested that hybrids will remain an important and growing part of its vehicle lineup for many years.  Referring to a “new market reality” with respect to EVs, Ford emphasized that it anticipates aggressive growth on hybrids this year. Ford claims to be third in U.S. hybrid sales, after Toyota and Honda, and it thinks that 25% of nationwide sales of the bestselling F-150 can be of the hybrid, which Ford badges PowerBoost.  “Hybrids will play an increasingly important role in our industry’s transition,…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There are many reasons the use of fossil fuels cannot be continued. One is climate change caused by excessive greenhouse gas emissions. Another is the harm to human health caused by fossil fuel’s toxic pollutants. Tragically, there are disastrous oil spills such as Deepwater Horizon, Exxon Valdez, and many others.  The damage caused by fossil fuels does not end there. Some nations that have become wealthy by extracting and exporting fossil fuels have also developed their militaries and weapon inventories and become overly aggressive.…

At a time when the cost of fossil fuels is skyrocketing and sustainability is becoming increasingly important, Latin American consumers are eager for greener vehicles, Geely Auto said. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Geely Auto, Zeekr — both part of the Geely Holding Group — signed the agreement to help fast-track Zeekr vehicles into the Mexican market. Hong Kong-listed Geely Auto said in an exchange statement today that it signed an agreement with Zeekr on February 7 to purchase vehicles and aftermarket parts and accessories from the latter for resale in Mexico. Geely Auto plans to cap its purchases from Zeekr at…

Toyota on Tuesday announced an additional $1.3 billion investment in its Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly plant to prepare for production of a 3-row electric SUV. This additional money, which brings the plant’s total investment to nearly $10 billion, “supports the previously announced future BEV assembly at Toyota Kentucky,” according to a company press release. It also adds a battery pack assembly line to the facility, with batteries to be supplied from a Toyota facility currently under construction in North Carolina. Toyota Land Cruiser Se concept Toyota announced last May that it plans to assemble the 3-row SUV at the Kentucky plant,…

As a comparison, CATL and BYD’s shares in 2022 were 36.2 percent and 13.9 percent, respectively. For the full year of 2023, total global battery consumption for electric vehicles was 705.5 GWh, up 38.6 percent from 509.2 GWh in the same period last year, according to data released on February 7 by South Korean market researcher SNE Research. CATL has an installed battery capacity of 259.7 GWh in 2023, up 40.8 percent from 184.4 GWh in 2022. The Chinese power battery giant continued to rank first in the world with a 36.8 percent share and remains the only battery supplier…

CATL’s share of China’s EV battery market increased by 4.93 percentage points in January from December, while BYD’s share decreased by 4.37 percentage points. CATL’s share of China’s electric vehicle (EV) battery market increased in January from December, while BYD’s decreased. In January, China’s power battery installations amounted to 32.3 GWh, up 100.2 percent year-on-year, but down 32.6 percent from December, according to data released today by the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA). CATL’s power battery installed capacity in January was 15.96 GWh, ranking first with a 49.41 percent share, up 4.93 percentage points from December’s 44.48 percent share.…

This means that the penetration of passenger NEVs at retail was 32.8 percent in January, down from 40.2 percent in December. China’s passenger new energy vehicles (NEVs) sold 670,000 units at retail in January, up 102 percent year-on-year but down 29 percent from December, preliminary data released today by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed. In its January 19 report, the CPCA had forecast retail sales of 800,000 NEVs in January, and the lower preliminary figure means that China’s retail sales of NEVs at the end of January were worse than expected. China’s retail sales of all passenger vehicles…

Nio today announced changes to its board of directors, with two people appointed by CYVN Holdings joining and one person appointed by Tencent dropping out. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Nio (NYSE: NIO) today announced changes to its board of directors with the addition of two individuals appointed by Abu Dhabi government fund CYVN Holdings. The Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker today announced that its board of directors has appointed Eddy Georges Skaf and Nicholas Paul Collins as new directors, effective February 7, 2024. At the same time, James Gordon Mitchell, Tencent’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, resigned from…