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France and Spain are enduring mammoth wildfires that threaten entire cites. More than 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes by the fires. Do you have any idea what sort of family trauma that causes? No income for most, no cooking facilities or clean bathrooms, no safe place for ... [continued] The post Amid Monstrous Wildfires, European Automakers Push To Weaken EV Mandates appeared first on CleanTechnica.
The Racco went on sale as the “world’s first SDV-based” light EV, BYD said, with a low starting price of around $13,000.
Mitsubishi is bringing a fully electric vehicle back to North America for the first time in over a decade, and it’s calling the 2027 Eclipse Sportback EV “all-new.” It isn’t. The Eclipse Sportback is a rebadged next-generation Nissan Leaf, sourced from Mitsubishi’s Alliance partner and reskinned with new bumpers and lights.
Rock Tech Lithium has signed a binding offtake agreement with Geneva-based commodity trader Transamine for its Georgia Lake project in Ontario. The partnership secures the commercial marketing of the lithium mined there and includes prepayment financing of up to $80 million USD.
Yamaha may not have found runaway success with its previous electric scooters, but new design filings suggest the company isn’t giving up on battery-powered two-wheelers just yet.
Tesla has signed a long-term power purchase agreement to buy the entire output of a 140-MWac solar farm being built in northeast Texas. The plant, called Lumen Farm, is being developed by Zelestra, an EQT-backed renewable developer. Construction is expected to start in 2027, with the farm going online in 2029.
CATL is the largest battery maker in the world. Based in China, it definitely feeds off of the ginormous electric vehicle industry in the country. However, it also quickly became a popular supplier for Western automakers as well in the past decade. Previous leaders like LG Chem (now LG Energy ... [continued] The post CATL Net Profit Jumps 42% appeared first on CleanTechnica.
BYD is reportedly planning to show a humanoid robot for the first time soon. Well, it sort of already has, with a teaser image posted over the weekend on WeChat from its Di Space Zhengzhou site. “Notably, the account is a local channel for BYD’s offline science education and experience ... [continued] The post BYD Continuing the Robot Craze — Is This Like The Smartphone Revolution Or VR Headsets? appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Tesla is asking a federal judge for emergency access to a supplier’s plant in Troy, Texas, so it can haul out the tooling it needs to keep building the Cybertruck. The supplier, Angstrom Automotive Group, is closing the plant and won’t let Tesla in. Tesla says that without those dies, several thousand Cybertrucks already committed to customers don’t get built.
Energiesysteme Groß (ESG-Solar) has recently commissioned a charging park for electric trucks in Niestetal near Kassel. The facility is located close to the A7 motorway and combines MCS charging technology with its own solar park and a battery storage system. Electric cars can also charge there.
VW subsidiary PowerCo's battery cell factory in Spain could soon become a joint venture with Gotion before construction is even complete. According to a Spanish media report, VW is considering bringing its Chinese stakeholder on board at the site near Valencia.
Leapmotor has launched reservations and pre-orders for the cool, new A05 EV compact car. You can lock yours in with a deposit of just 99 yuan ($15). We don’t know actual pricing yet, but note that the subcompact A10 launched in March with pricing of 65,800 yuan ($9,725) to 86,800 ... [continued] The post Cool New Leapmotor A05 Can Be Reserved For 99 Yuan ($15) appeared first on CleanTechnica.