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The F57’s smart driving system will remove LiDAR in favor of a pure vision solution and use 3D millimeter-wave radars, according to local media. (A spy shot of what is allegedly Xpeng’s model codenamed F57 shared by the auto blogger @小志说车.) When Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) launched the P5 sedan in September 2021, one of its key selling points was that it was the world’s first production model to feature LiDAR. Now, the company is reportedly ditching the component on a new premium model. Xpeng will launch a sedan, codenamed F57, in the second half of this year, and it will…
Most of the major EV makers saw insurance registrations fall last week, as the beginning of the month is usually a low point for deliveries. Most major electric vehicle (EV) makers saw insurance registrations decline last week, as the beginning of the month is usually a low point for deliveries. For the week of January 29 to February 4, Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) had weekly sales of 7,200 units, the second-highest among China’s new car makers, the company said today on Weibo. As before, Li Auto didn’t explain the basis for calculating those weekly sales, but apparently, they were insurance…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The Earth is getting warmer, there’s no doubt about that and those rising temperatures are not due to cow farts or sunspots but rather human activity. A report by Berkeley Earth in January, 2024 said, 2023 was the warmest year on Earth since 1850, exceeding the previous record set in 2016 by a clear and definitive margin. The global annual average for 2023 in our dataset was estimated as 1.54 ± 0.06 °C (2.77 ± 0.11 °F) above the average during the period 1850…
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Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) headlight systems are one of the coolest features found on modern cars. And, no, I’m not talking about simply flicking the high beams on and off when your vehicle detects an oncoming car. These adaptive headlights can change the trajectory of your headlight’s beam to avoid blinding oncoming drivers—well, if you’re not in the U.S., that is. Polestar in particular has a very cool way of doing this. Polestar’s Pixel LED headlights are found in models like the Polestar 2, and while its hardware and vehicle software capabilities remain fairly modular around the world, its U.S.…
When Ford announced last spring that EV customers would soon have access to Tesla Superchargers, it kicked off what would become 2023’s hottest EV trend. Just about everyone opted into the Supercharger network, with promises of adapters ahead of full-scale integration. A full picture of how it’ll work, though, hasn’t come into focus. We know Ford EV owners will start getting adapters this spring, and now we know that they won’t need to install any new apps. Get Fully Charged Using Tesla Superchargers won’t require the use of the Tesla app for Ford EV owners. Ford says owners can use their…
Elon Musk is introducing his new right-wing fans to the idea of implementing a carbon tax, and it goes about as well as you would expect. Over the last few years, Musk has become a sort of hero of the right. Regardless of where you stand politically, it is a fascinating situation. I remember not too long ago when the right consistently attacked him for taking advantage of government subsidies at his companies. A few years later, he buys Twitter, reinstates some previously banned conservative accounts, makes fun of Joe Biden and other democrats, starts to talk about “wokeness” and…
Nearly 25% of Tesla Cybertruck buyers are opting for the range-extending battery pack that takes up bed space, reduces payload, and costs an estimated $16,000. That’s according to crowd-sourced data found over at the Cybertruck Owner’s Club. We need to note that although this data has been found to be quite accurate, it only includes those who submit to the site. So, in terms of total numbers, expect the data to be lower than the actual figures, but the percentages should be close to accurate. Get Fully Charged The Cybertruck range-extending battery pack appears to be popular among buyers. The…
Roughly two and half years after California-based electric vehicle start-up Rivian launched its first models—the R1T pickup truck and the R1S SUV—the brand now appears to be poised to unveil its next big EV on March 7, 2024. It’s been a long time coming. We already know that the upcoming model will wear some sort of R2 badging, but the exact model names remain undisclosed. What we do know is that the first R2 model will be some sort of a mid-size SUV or crossover, likely a Tesla Model Y competitor. Get Fully Charged Rivian’s more affordable car has an…
Aptera says it has enough money to push ahead with production. Mercedes’ eSprinter previews passenger vans and more. Tesla tops the sales charts in California by a long shot. And is 90 minutes enough to school dealerships on EVs? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a first drive of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van, we saw how businesses and fleet managers are going to run out of excuses, as diesel’s living on borrowed time. And this quiet, super-efficient van leads the way to passenger vans, RVs, and the electric vanlife arriving in just a few more…