Volvo has been steadily applying its Scandinavian minimalist ethos to its EV lineup, as the all-new EX90 SUV is set to launch in the US. But the brand also wanted to significantly spruce up the EX90’s older sibling, the XC90 – the brand’s most popular vehicle since its debut and the de facto family car … Continue reading “Review: Volvo’s insanely popular XC90 SUV gets a full refresh”
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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! I was driving past a grocery store and noticed they had a station to test drive the Nissan Ariya a little north of Denver, Colorado. I stopped by and took it for a spin. I drove the … Continue reading “I Test Drive A Nissan Ariya & Marvel At Some Year-End Deals”
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Climate research firms expect the prices of lithium, a key raw material in an EV battery, to plummet in the coming years. This trend will likely keep second-life batteries in service years after they are first introduced, thanks to technological improvements. Battery replacements are rare. Even then, replacements are poised to cost as much as, … Continue reading “Battery Replacement Costs Are Poised To Plunge: 'Cheaper Than Fixing An Engine'”
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(Source: Tesla) Tesla and Rivian have been embroiled in a lawsuit in which the former accused the latter of having stolen battery technology by poaching Tesla employees. It sounds like the two automakers are finally about to settle the lawsuit, which has been going on for 4 years. In 2020, Tesla filed a lawsuit against Rivian … Continue reading “Tesla and Rivian are settling their battery tech theft lawsuit”
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Mercedes-Benz has its eyes on solid-state batteries with its partnership with Factorial for battery cells, but the automaker’s already thinking one step beyond that. In the future, Mercedes envisions mixed battery packs with different types of cells all wired in parallel rather than today’s series arrangement. The enabling factor to this is a new micro-converter … Continue reading “Mercedes tech may enable EV batteries with mixed cell types”
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French infrastructure specialists Proviridis have partnered with EVSE manufacturer Kempower to deliver a novel, underground charging solution for electric semi trucks designed to easily integrate into existing truck depots. By installing its high-powered charging cabinets underground and integrating the charging cables into a solid metal pipe, Kempower and Proviridis have been able to make room for … Continue reading “Kempower, Proviridis partner on novel electric semi truck charging solution”
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The Next Generation GV70 Keeps a Split Personality North American automotive journalists were invited to Culver City, California, for the reveal of the 2026 Genesis GV70 gasoline and all-electric models that will be on-sale in mid-2025. This is what we know so far. Clean Fleet Report will write detailed reviews of the GV70 when we … Continue reading “News: 2026 Genesis GV70”
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Ben Maclean is the 24-year-old owner of a land reclamation business called Down to Earth Developments that specializes in transforming unusable or degraded land into more productive plots that can be put to residential or agricultural use – and Ben is using these hybrid machines to make reclamation an even more sustainable enterprise. Maclean is … Continue reading “Ben Maclean adds second CAT D6XE electric drive dozer to his fleet”
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Mercedes-Benz is developing a solar coating for EVs In ideal conditions it could provide many miles of additional EV range per day Mercedes wouldn’t say how the solar paint would be applied to a car Mercedes-Benz is trying to come up with any and all new ways to increase efficiency, which it believes is the … Continue reading “Mercedes developing solar paint for EVs”
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Mercedes is experimenting with multiple-chemistry battery packs that have more than one type of cell. A new type of micro-converter and hooking up the battery cells in parallel not in series makes this possible. This innovation will improve battery pack performance, modularity and space efficiency. While the details surrounding the impressively efficient new electric CLA … Continue reading “Mercedes Wants EV Battery Packs With Both NMC And LFP Cells”