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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! If you’re an advanced rider and high end mountain bikes are within your budget, and you want a top tier electric version to complement your other bikes, then the Frey Beast ought to be on your list of e-MTBs to take a closer look at. The team at Frey produces “ultra powered” all terrain electric mountain bikes with high end specs, and the Beast is the top-of-the-line model that might belong in your garage. The Frey Beast is built on a carbon fiber and…
The 2024 Tesla Cybertruck was launched in the U.S. on November 30, 2023, after a four-year wait. There are a few configurations available now, but Tesla says more are coming in the next couple of years. The three main powertrain options for the Tesla Cybertruck are rear-wheel drive (RWD), dual-motor, all-wheel drive (AWD), and tri-motor Cyberbeast (also AWD). The RWD is an entry-level version with the smallest battery and range. It’s expected to enter the market in 2025. Currently, Tesla offers the AWD and Cyberbeast versions, which later this year will get a special additional “Range Extender” battery option. Initially, buyers…
Canoo electric vans head out soon for postal delivery. Is an EV’s 2.0-second 0-60 mph acceleration a safety feature? And are worries about charge time overtaking range and other charging concerns as a top barrier for EV adoption? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Recent study results from Deloitte suggest that driving range is no longer far and wide the issue holding shoppers back from EV ownership. In the U.S., EV cost and charging time were top concerns, at about the same level as range—although the study included about 27,000 consumer responses from 26 countries around the world,…
The reasons why EVs might not click for all car shoppers are evolving—and it’s no longer simply a matter of whether an EV will go far enough on a charge. Cost and the time needed to charge are now nearly as important to U.S. car shoppers as range, a Deloitte study published earlier this month found. Time required to charge was listed as a concern by 50% of U.S. car shoppers surveyed, but 49% also listed driving range as a concern, and 48% listed price premiums as a barrier to an EV purchase. EV charging time expectations (from 2024 Deloitte…
The Jiyue 07 will be unveiled at the Beijing auto show in April and deliveries will begin in the second half of the year, according to local media. (A picture of Jiyue 07 shared by Jiyue on December 26, 2023) Jiyue, the electric vehicle (EV) maker created by Baidu in partnership with Geely Holding Group, will reportedly unveil its second model in a few months, after letting its first model go on sale in late October 2023. Jiyue’s second production model, the Jiyue 07, will be unveiled at the Beijing auto show in April and deliveries will begin in the…
The hydrogen fuel cell car segment in the United States—and by that, we mean in California, where the series-produced models are available—noted a significant decline during the fourth quarter of 2023. According to the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Partnership’s data, only 201 new hydrogen fuel cell cars (aka FCV or FCEV) were sold in the U.S. in Q4, 72% less than a year ago. This weak result ruined the chance to set a new annual sales record in 2023. Get Fully Charged Hydrogen Fuel Cell cars are zero-emission The cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells are kind of like of series-hybrids,…
Tesla is taking up a fight to defend Elon Musk’s tweet that threatened to remove employee stock options if they decide to unionize all the way to the Fifth Circuit court of appeal. This is coming out of an old fight dating back to the UAW’s last unsuccessful push to unionize workers at Tesla’s Fremont factory and other locations. Amid that push in 2017-2019, Tesla fought back the effort with what the union considered to be illegal tactics. They filed a complaint with the National Labor Relation Board (NLRB), which eventually sided with the union and found that Tesla violated…
The U.S. Postal Service will purchase six electric vans from startup Canoo, to be delivered later this quarter. The vans will be right-hand-drive versions of the Canoo LDV 190 van, according to a press release from the startup. Canoo’s website lists the LDV 190 has having a 79-kwh battery pack yielding an estimated 200 miles of range. The van has 200 hp, a 1,624-pound payload capacity, and 172 cubic feet of cargo space behind its rear bulkhead in its stock configuration, the website says. USPS Ford E-Transit Earlier this past week the Postal Service also gave an update on a…
In the fourth quarter, Tesla’s revenue from China was a record $6.1 billion, or 24.25 percent of its total revenue. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) got $21.75 billion in revenue from China in 2023, or about 22.5 percent of its total revenue of $96.77 billion, according to an SEC filing today. The electric vehicle (EV) maker reported revenue of $25.17 billion in the fourth quarter, up 3.49 percent from the year-ago quarter and up 7.78 percent from the third quarter, according to its financial results announced on January 24. Tesla’s revenue from China was $6.1 billion in the fourth quarter, surpassing the…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and the company’s top executives conducted the year 2023 and Q4 2023 earnings call last week (listen below). The auto manufacturing and energy company also released its year 2023 and Q4 financial results on its investor relations website just before the earnings call commenced. 2023 was Tesla’s best year yet. In addition to delivering a record 1.8 million vehicles last year, Tesla’s energy storage and solar business grew more than double last year compared to 2022. “I’ve said for many…