August’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 29.4% share in the UK, up from 27.8% year on year. BEVs grew volume, whilst PHEVs shrank.
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At least 22% of new cars sold in the U.K. in 2024 were supposed to be electric, but the target isn’t being met.
Ford has filed a new patent application for hardware that would allow EVs to charge while driving. The new patent filing was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Aug. 15 and was submitted by Ford to the agency earlier this year. It deals with a method for aligning the wireless inductive charging coils mounted on an EV...
What kinds of plastic reduction plans should be part of the next administration? It's time to move beyond plastics-as-the-norm -- quickly.
Automakers are increasingly turning to lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for affordable EVs, and packs with that chemistry can benefit from a different charging regimen than that usually used for the currently dominant nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) chemistry. As laid out in a recent Engineering Explained video, automakers are recommending...
Xpeng Aeroht said it has received more than 1,000 pre-orders for its modular flying car, with more than 3,000 intended orders.
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An EV battery's first charge is more than just symbolic. It could help determine the battery's overall longevity, according to a new study funded by the Toyota Research Institute and published in the scientific journal Joule. First spotted by InsideEVs, the study by Stanford University's SLAC-Stanford Battery Center found that giving lithium-ion...
Originally launched in July 2020, the BYD Han has accumulated sales of more than 800,000 units to date.
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A recent article by Zachary Shahan, “Largest Battery-Electric Container Ship Now Operating — You Know Where,” represents an interesting case study for electric shipping. It refers to earlier articles in which Michael Barnard reported ... [continued]
The Xpeng X9 multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) scored five stars in the C-NCAP safety and crash test. Its overall performance is 86.6%
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