Electric Car News

Summary Deliveries slightly exceeded expectations in Q2 2024 with 443,956 cars delivered. Tesla’s Q2 2024 production numbers show 422,405 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles delivered, and 21,551 Model S, Model X, and Cybertruck vehicles delivered. Despite a decline in deliveries compared to Q2 2023, Tesla’s Q2 2024 results were…

Summary – Tesla repair costs and parts availability have reached parity with industry players – Tesla repairs typically cost about AU$4500 to AU$5000 per repair – Front impacts on Teslas are easier to repair than rear impacts – Tesla has a sales, service, and delivery parts hub in Auckland to…

Summary – Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email or follow on Google News – Bloomberg provides news on electric transportation, Tesla, clean energy, and stock market – Tesla experiencing sales slump, delivery statistics, and Q2 earnings call forthcoming – Volatility expected in Tesla stock due to…

Summary – Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has led to the promotion of Community Notes for fact-checking – CBS News Sacramento covered a fire in front of a Tesla store in California involving two Teslas – Users added context through X’s Community Notes, revealing that the fire was started by…

Summary – Electric motors deliver torque instantly, outperforming gas engines – Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is fast on twisty roads and beat expensive SUVs in drag race – Ioniq 5 N (priced at $67,000) outperformed gas-powered $1 million SUVs – Ioniq 5 N has up to 641 horsepower for 10…

Summary – Cybertruck owner fixed cracked plastic bumper himself after being rear-ended – Cybertruck’s body panels made of stainless steel alloy that can withstand collisions – Cybertruck does not have crumple zones like passenger cars, inflicts damage on normal vehicles – Cybertruck rear-ended by Ford Fiesta in video, only suffers…

Summary – Established brands like McDonald’s investing in electric trucks and solar power – News includes Wendy’s solar-enabled restaurants, new electric vehicles in the UK, and a distributed solar initiative in New York – VW announces new ID. Buzz models with high performance and improved range – Fiat 500e announced…

Summary – DC charging is typically used for high-powered stations, but a portable DC-to-DC charger was used for a 24,000-mile trip from the Netherlands to South Africa and back – Availability of public charging stations is still an issue for electric vehicle owners – The DC-to-DC charger used in the…

Summary – Nyobolt’s ultra-fast charging batteries with high-power density are moving from the lab to the track – Initial testing has shown that Nyobolt’s batteries can charge from 10 to 80 percent in under five minutes, twice as fast as current vehicles – Independent testing confirms Nyobolt’s batteries can achieve…

Summary – Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature saw a 32% improvement in the number of crashes per million miles driven in 2023 compared to 2022 – The FSD feature currently requires driver supervision, but shows promising safety results with 0.21 accidents per million miles driven in 2023 – Compared to…