GM’s carsharing service, Maven, has expanded into the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Denver markets in recent days. The expansion means that the Maven carsharing service is now available in 13 different cities — the 3 aforementioned cities + Boston, Chicago, Jersey City (New Jersey), Baltimore, New York City, San Diego, Washington DC, Orlando (Florida), Detroit, and Ann Arbor (Michigan).
Curious what your fellow travellers considered the most interesting CleanTechnica stories of the week? Have a gander at the most-viewed stories below.
In a move sure to irritate many people, the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has moved to create a new federal safety standard that will require auto manufacturers to ensure that all newly manufactured hybrid and electric light-duty vehicles released on and after September 1, 2019, are equipped with an audible alert system — intended to make up for the fact that electric vehicles are by their nature fairly quiet.
Hybrid tech might be better than the internal combustion engine, but, the hybrid’s expiration date is fast-approaching as lithium-ion battery tech takes over with electric cars.
Hyundai has pulled something of a fast one and debuted a very interesting looking fully autonomous concept version of the IONIQ at the Los Angeles Auto Show, making the field of self-driving car tech even more interesting than it was before.
Slovakia has launched its first electric vehicle subsidy/incentives program — with all-electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicle buyers now being able to receive subsidies of €5000 and €3000, respectively.
The recent unanimous approval of Bill 104 by the National Assembly of Quebec means that the Canadian province will soon play host to a zero-emission vehicles standard that allows plug-in electric vehicles that are re-conditioned by automakers and being registered in the province for the first time to qualify for available incentives/credits.
The CEO of BMW, Harald Krueger, was recently quoted by Sueddeutsche Zeitung as saying that the firm wanted to increase sales of its electric vehicle offerings to 100,000 in 2017.
Pricing information for the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan has now been revealed — the “Hybrid Premium” starts at $43,990 and the “Hybrid Platinum” starts at $46,090.
The commercial vehicle electric drive system manufacturer Workhorse Group is currently working on an extended-range electric pickup truck for use in company fleets. We got the scoop on this truck recently by getting a look at some tentative contracts and a long list of specs.
