At one point, Tesla reportedly pulled in more than one million “reservations” for the Tesla Cybertruck. Many Tesla fans/shareholders were expecting it to reach hundreds of thousands (or more) sales a year. In theory, it might even dethrone the king of trucks, the Ford F-150! Naturally, if anyone dared say … [continued]
A new report, State of the Industry Report: U.S. EV Fast Charging — Q2 2025, is out today from Paren. Despite Donald Trump blowing up federal support for EV charging infrastructure, the country is still on track for record deployments of EV fast chargers in 2025. Perhaps even more importantly, … [continued]
A large tourist ship that is 100% electric has been launched. In China, of course. The ship is powered by CATL batteries — a lot of them. The energy storage capacity of the batteries is a whopping 3,918 kWh. Those batteries could have been used to power dozens of electric … [continued]
Robotaxi news keeps rolling. Today brings a few stories — I already covered the WeRide news from Saudi Arabia, but there are also updates from Pony AI and Tesla in China. Pony AI Extends Its Hours In China Pony AI sort of feels like the forgotten stepchild or something. Waymo, … [continued]
WeRide has received approval to operate robotaxis in Saudi Arabia. It is partnering with Uber and Ai Driver and doing the pilot in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia. By the end of the year, the companies plan to have full-scale commercial operations up and running. Haven’t heard of … [continued]
Lynk & Co has upgraded its original model, the Lynk & Co 01. The model has been re-engineered based on community feedback and “loaded with joyful features,” the company shares. So, with that in mind, Lynk & Co has launched a new marketing campaign to promote it and titled it … [continued]
Yesterday, I wrote about a rather underwhelming experience my family and I had test driving a Hyundai IONIQ 5. The salesman seemed to know very little about the car and didn’t seem that interested in getting us to buy it. There were many reader responses about their own horrible dealership … [continued]
So, let me first start off by saying that I went to a Kia dealer today and had a superb experience with the sales rep there. He knew a ton about the EV6 we test drove, but also about other electric vehicles. He was extremely eager to be helpful, answer … [continued]
California is far and away the electric vehicle leader in the US. In fact, even globally, California has a high percentage of 100% electric vehicle (ZEV) sales. However, as the original home of Tesla Motors (now just “Tesla”), California has been heavily reliant on Tesla for its high ZEV sales. … [continued]
Xpeng’s huge sales rise in the past several months seems to be leading to one good thing after another. First of all, as confirmed today via a call with CleanTechnica, Xpeng is aiming for profitability by the end of 2025. The company has already reached positive cash flow, and its … [continued]
