May saw Sweden’s plugin electric vehicles take 47.5% market share, up from 39.0% YoY. Overall auto market volume was 26,375 units, was 9% up YoY, though still 9% down from seasonal norms. Sweden’s best selling BEV in May was the Volkswagen ID.4. Market Share Trends May’s combined plugin result of 47.5% consisted of 24.2% full… Continue reading Clean Technica: Sweden’s Plugin EV Share Keeps Growing, Up 22% YoY002011
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Cleantechnica: Tesla Model 3 Bootcamp 2022 with Tesla Owners Club of Australia 002010
Written by David Waterworth from notes by attendee Paul Wildman Tesla Model 3 Bootcamp 2022 was TOCA’s first Bootcamp since 2019, due to the pandemic and other time demands. How the world has changed for EV enthusiasts in the last 3 years! In another 3 years, with the change of the Australian federal government, it… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Model 3 Bootcamp 2022 with Tesla Owners Club of Australia 002010
Clean Technica: GUINNESS WORLD RECORD® for Highest Altitude in an Electric Vehicle, Lucid News, BMW–CATL Battery Deal — EV News Today002009
From an attempt to drive an electric vehicle at a higher altitude than any before, to BMW signing a battery deal with CATL from 2025 onward, to various Lucid news and Tesla news, below is a roundup of electric vehicle stories you might have missed. LG Energy Solution battery powers successful GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® attempt… Continue reading Clean Technica: GUINNESS WORLD RECORD® for Highest Altitude in an Electric Vehicle, Lucid News, BMW–CATL Battery Deal — EV News Today002009
Cleantechnica: Stellantis Wins #1 & #2 in Europe — Plugin Vehicle Sales Report 002008
With the doom and gloom continuing on the overall European car market, down 21% last month and the lowest April in over 30 years (excluding the Covid-hit April 2020), the European passenger plugin vehicle market has also started to be affected. It dropped 1% last month, with approximately 159,000 plugin vehicles registered in April. Plugin… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Stellantis Wins #1 & #2 in Europe — Plugin Vehicle Sales Report 002008
Clean Technica: Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?002007
Here’s what the EV scene looked like a few years ago, pre-COVID: the legacy automakers were slow-walking the transition to EVs, producing just enough “compliance cars” to satisfy government regulators, doing nothing to market them, and insisting that customers didn’t want them. Of course, even then everyone knew this wasn’t true — Tesla had already… Continue reading Clean Technica: Will Rising Lithium Prices Put An End to Trend Toward LFP Battery Cells for EVs?002007
Cleantechnica: Musk: Self-Driving Cars Next Year 002006
Elon Musk was in Brazil recently for talks with its president, Jair Bolsonaro, to discuss using SpaceX technology to help bring internet to schools in rural areas of the country and to monitor Amazon rainforest deforestation, according to Drive Tesla Canada. There is no word on whether he encouraged the exalted leader of that country… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Musk: Self-Driving Cars Next Year 002006
Clean Tecnica: 6,000 Registrations for Funky Cat, 16 Kia e-Niro Ambulances, “Project Thunderball” — EV News Today 002005
The Funky Cat, Kia e-Niro ambulances, the all-electric “Project Thunderball” roadster, and the first ever, genuine, full-speed Electric MOKE — there’s lots of fun EV news to share today, beyond what we’ve written about ourselves. Scroll down to see even more. Electric Car News 6,000 registrations of interest for the Funky Cat, which will launch… Continue reading Clean Tecnica: 6,000 Registrations for Funky Cat, 16 Kia e-Niro Ambulances, “Project Thunderball” — EV News Today 002005
Clean Technica: Tesla FSD Training — The Rules-Based Automation That’s Needed002004
Europe is in many aspects just a little bit different from the USA. One of the things that is different is the traffic laws. They have become more harmonized across Europe in recent years, but still not identical. Crossing a border implies getting into a jurisdiction with a different set of rules. A simple example… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla FSD Training — The Rules-Based Automation That’s Needed002004
Clean Technica: SEC Wants To Prevent ESG Funds From Greenwashing Following Tesla’s Removal From The S&P 500 ESG Index002003
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to prevent ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) funds from greenwashing. The SEC published a fact sheet with amendments calling for funds to show proof of their claims and to disclose how they choose companies and vote at annual meetings. This news comes after Tesla was recently removed… Continue reading Clean Technica: SEC Wants To Prevent ESG Funds From Greenwashing Following Tesla’s Removal From The S&P 500 ESG Index002003
Cleantechnica: New Research Finds Tesla Drivers 50% Less Likely To Crash 002002
According to new research by Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), Tesla owners are 50% less likely to crash while driving their cars. The new research was presented by CMT, which is the world’s largest telematics service provider, at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Conference earlier this week. The new research included findings into driving risk… Continue reading Cleantechnica: New Research Finds Tesla Drivers 50% Less Likely To Crash 002002