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Last summer, seven of the world’s biggest car companies announced they were joining forces to tackle America’s EV charging woes head-on. Now that fast-charging joint venture has a name and a CEO. Ionna has received approval from regulators and is officially spooling up operations, the company announced on Friday. Its CEO is Seth Cutler, who previously held various executive roles at EV Connect and Electrify America, two charging networks. Get Fully Charged Big Auto’s charging play Shoddy reliability and availability of public charging stations has dogged the EV transition for years. Last year, several automakers realized they needed to do…
Yesterday, Rivian announced new entry-level R1S and R1T models with a Standard battery pack, as well as an all-new Standard+ battery pack option. The Standard battery has a capacity of 106 kilowatt-hour (compared to 105 kWh initially expected), while the Standard+ battery has 121 kWh. Let’s recall that the Large pack is 135 kWh, while the Max battery is 149 kWh. The difference between the four batteries is about 14 kWh (15 kWh between Standard and Standard+). Rivian also offers three powertrain options: Dual-Motor (DM) for all battery types, Performance Dual-Motor (Perf. DM) for Standard+, Large and Max batteries, and…
GM put someone with a Tesla Gigafactory resume in charge of ramping up batteries for affordable EVs. Electrify America takes it indoors for urban charging. And Rivian rolls out lower-cost versions of its electric trucks. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Rivian on Thursday released details for the cheaper R1T and R1S Standard pack versions that had been expected to arrive with an LFP battery pack. Instead of that, the Standard and Standard+ versions are getting a smaller version of the same battery pack offered on the rest of the lineup. That qualifies them for the $3,750 EV…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! COLUMBIA, N.C. — The Department of the Interior today announced more than $157 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to restore our nation’s lands and waters through locally led, landscape-scale restoration projects. The funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support 206 ecosystem restoration projects in 48 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Territories and will advance the Department’s ongoing work across several restoration and resilience programs. Secretary Deb Haaland traveled to North Carolina to announce that Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge…
The high purchase price of new electric cars is one of the biggest pain points for wannabe buyers, despite the fact that EVs have become more and more affordable in recent years. So what are your options if you have less than $40,000 to spend on a new car and don’t like leasing? Well, you’ve come to the right place because this article lists all the battery-powered cars in the United States that adhere to the aforementioned criteria (plus three that don’t.) Before we begin, it’s worth noting that all prices include the destination charge, except specified otherwise. The tax…
The Tesla Cybertruck is getting its first batch of over-the-air (OTA) software updates since deliveries started in November of last year, but the improvements brought by the latest version leave something to be desired. In particular, Tesla’s Autopilot automated driving assistance program remains MIA, at least for now. According to the release notes, which were posted on Reddit yesterday by u/Shygar, the software version 2024.2.3 adds a reminder to plug in if the car is parked at home with less than half of the set Charge Limit, as well as the fix for the small text recall that affects all…
In December, global registrations of plug-in electric cars reached another all-time record, although the growth rate barely outpaced the overall car market. According to EV-Volumes data, shared by researcher Jose Pontes, 1,556,728 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally in December (about 23% more than a year ago). The previous record of 1,385,104 was set in November. The market share amounted to roughly 22% (compared to 21% a year ago). Get Fully Charged Global EV sales record More than 13.6 million plug-in electric cars were registered around the world in 2023. That’s about 16% of all car registrations. All-electric…
Electrify America on Wednesday unveiled its first indoor charging station, which the charging network says will serve as a template for future sites in urban areas. Located in San Francisco’s South Market neighborhood, two blocks from the Bay Bridge, the new “flagship” site has 20 chargers providing up to 350 kw of power, according to an Electrify America press release. In addition to indoor parking, the site features two climate-controlled lounge areas, food and beverage vending, and free wifi. It’s open 24/7 with around-the-clock monitoring and security. First Electrify America indoor charging station opens in San Francisco This is the…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tesla Dojo was going to change the world. It was Tesla’s secret sauce to help solve Full Self Driving, and general AI. Then we stopped hearing about it. It sort of just faded into the background. I figured, well, there’s so much to talk about and a gigantic computer just isn’t flashy enough and is going to do its job in the background. However, right at the end of the Q4 2023 Tesla conference call for investors a couple of weeks ago, a question…
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