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The previous target was for the figure to reach 40 percent by 2030 and 50 percent by 2035. China has set a new target for the development of new energy vehicles (NEVs), as their penetration grows beyond initial expectations. China’s goal is to strive for 45 percent of new vehicles added to be NEVs by 2027, according to a State Council document released by the official Xinhua News Agency on January 11. By then, older internal combustion engine vehicles will be largely phased out, according to the document. The document doesn’t mention anything more about NEVs, though the target is…
In the first week of January, China’s NEV retail sales were down 12 percent from the same period in December, while NEV wholesale sales were down 35 percent. (Image credit: CnEVPost) The beginning of the year and the start of the month is usually a low point for vehicle sales in China, and the latest figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) show how this played out. From January 1-7, retail sales of passenger new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China totaled 114,000 units, up 66 percent from the same period last year, but down 12 percent from the same…
Tesla today lowered the prices of all two versions of the Model 3 by nearly 6 percent, and two of the three versions of the Model Y by nearly 3 percent. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has lowered the prices of nearly its entire Model 3 and Model Y lineup in China, setting the stage for increased competition that was already red-hot. The US electric vehicle (EV) maker today cut prices for all two versions of the Model 3 sedan by nearly 6 percent, and two of the three versions of the Model Y SUV by nearly 3 percent.…
Tesla cars being shipped to Europe Tesla will shut down its Berlin gigafactory for about two weeks, from January 29 to February 11, due to a lack of components as a result of a Red Sea blockade, according to Reuters. The Red Sea is home to important shipping lanes, particularly between Asia and the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal in Egypt. The Canal transports about an eighth of global trade and a third of global container traffic, and is particularly important for shipping between Asia and the Mediterranean. We’ve heard about Red Sea supply disruptions before, but these are different…
As the news of Hertz’s fire sale on previously rentable Teslas makes its way through the news cycle, the rental giant has also quietly announced that it’s pivoting more toward traditional gas-powered vehicles in the future. The company says that it is “rebalancing” the numbers in its fleets, which means selling off a third of its EV fleet and replacing those cars with ICE models. According to Automotive News, Hertz said that it expects to sell off 20,000 cars in its EV stock, and that process already started as early as last month. The cash generated from the sales of its…
Even with a big infusion of federal money in recent years, charging your electric car in public still isn’t the easiest thing to do. The Biden Administration has taken some heat for this situation as of late, but today, it announced some welcome news for EV drivers everywhere: an additional $623 million in grants aimed at putting 7,500 more EV charging ports in the ground across 22 states and Puerto Rico. The funding comes by way of the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program, which arms the Federal Highway Administration with $2.5 billion to spend on alternative fueling stations,…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Offering incentives for choosing clean tech alternatives can be a great way to get more people to buy in to the process of making a change on a personal level that can also have an impact on local and regional level, and while EV incentives are all well and good, they tend to leave a lot of people out in the cold due to the high upfront cost. E-bike incentives, on the other hand, have the potential to be much more impactful in the…
Lucid Group’s electric car production and delivery numbers for the fourth quarter of 2023 brings mixed feelings. During the period, the company produced 2,391 Lucid Air luxury all-electric cars, which is 32% less than a year ago and delivered 1,734 Airs to customers (globally), which is a 10% decrease year-over-year. However, the positive thing is that both numbers have improved sequentially to the highest level this year, and are actually the second best after the record Q4 2022. Get Fully Charged 10,000+ Lucid Airs on the road The Lucid Air is the company’s first and only all-electric model on the…
Toyota confirmed plans to launch solid-state EV batteries with 10-minute fast charging and up to 750 miles (1,200 km) WLTP range to close the gap with Tesla. However, with the new EV battery tech still a few years out, Toyota could fall further behind. Toyota has been teasing solid-state EV battery tech for several years now. After discovering a “technological breakthrough” in June, Toyota said it was accelerating development. In October, Toyota and Japanese oil giant Idemitsu Kosan announced they would develop and build solid-state EV batteries. The batteries are expected to begin rolling out in 2027, with mass production…
At present, most electric bicycles still make use of a physical connection between the rider’s legs and the rear wheel being driven. Either via chain, or more recently gaining popularity, via belt, e-bike motors retain a semblance of real biking, as the rider is either required to pedal for the motor to run, or has the option of pedaling when they choose to do so. With that said, technology has advanced such that manufacturers seem to be making things needlessly complicated. Case in point: digital drives. We’ve talked about so-called digital drives in the past, and quite a few manufacturers…