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Cyber Monday is now here at Electrek, and our team over at 9to5Toys has been working around the clock to bring you all of the best deals. Through Thanksgiving week, we’ll be delivering all of the most notable markdowns on environmentally-friendly gear, electric vehicles, home goods, fashion, and much more. Down below, you’ll find only the best of the best as part of our curated Cyber Monday Green Deals hub for the week, which will be constantly updated with all of the latest offers in one central location. Cyber Monday launches at every major retailer As expected, nearly every major player in the game has unveiled…
Let’s face it: the weekend after thanksgiving can be kind of slow for news. Looking through press releases to see if there’s anything interesting left, I saw that Sur Ron, a manufacturer of electric dirtbikes, had some deals going on in England. Normally that wouldn’t be front page news, but then I thought about what such a bike might be like as a daily driver. Why This Matters (A LOT) The big thing holding many people back from owning an EV is price. When grocery prices are through the roof, it’s tough to find anything but a McJob, and everyone’s…
The topic of Tesla’s potential investment in India returns like a boomerang every couple of months. It’s clear that Tesla would like to enter India but there are business obstacles that first must be removed to make the investment viable. On the other hand, India’s government tries to protect its market from highly competitive foreign products. According to Economic Times (via Reuters), Tesla is willing to invest up to $2 billion to build a factory in India, but the decision depends on the import duties for electric cars. Currently, buying an imported EV in India is expensive, because the import…
The lithium-ion EV battery market appears to be on the verge of correction in the U.S., after a few years of rapid growth with multi-billion investments. There is no doubt about the growth in the EV segment, however, the expansion is not as fast and smooth as initially planned. Because of that, some of the EV battery manufacturers are following carmakers and are scaling back/delaying their investments in new battery factories. According to the Financial Times, two South Korean battery manufacturers—LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation’s SK On—recently slightly reduced their workforce in the U.S. In the case of LG…
Renewable energy solutions specialist ETaker has introduced its new M2000 Power Station – a modular, versatile portable energy provider that uses cutting edge technology like semi-solid-state batteries and Gallium Nitride to deliver all your power needs more efficiently. For a limited time you can get the M2000 Power Station for early bird launch price of $1099 before it increases to its $2199 retail price. Head below for a closer look. ETaker joins the market with a winning flagship product ETaker may be a new name on the portable power station scene, but the company is deeply rooted in green technologies,…
This is good news, but the broader picture is something I find frustrating and indicative of Tesla’s mistakes with Autopilot and “Full Self Driving” (Beta) in recent years. With coming upgrades, Tesla vehicles are going to get washers on front cameras. This is necessary if Tesla ever hopes to have more than ADAS (i.e., FSD). But why did it take so long to figure out these are needed? CleanTechnica readers have been saying for several years that these are needed. One drive with Autopilot or FSD (Beta) in rainy weather will tell you the same. It’s just a bit mind…
Big, powerful electric luxury SUVs with sub-5-second acceleration times and ranges of 300 miles or more are now ubiquitous. That certainly wasn’t the case in 2019 when Audi E-Tron deliveries started, or in 2017, when Audi powertrain and chassis development chief Siegfried Pint promised me that the E-Tron’s tri-motor system would make it corner “like a hunting dog chasing a rabbit.” While many of the E-Tron’s first-mover range and performance numbers fell behind with the arrival of all the other luxury electric SUVs, the 2024 Audi Q8 E-Tron SUV and Sportback catch up with the Joneses—with a bigger battery pack,…
There’s something inherently fun about the idea of a solar-powered electric houseboat. Living on the water and never paying for fuel sounds like a dream for many people. But would anyone make it a reality by buying a houseboat sight unseen from China? I’ve found plenty of fun and strange EVs for this Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week column, but the electric houseboats have always been some of the most outlandish. This time though, the houseboat actually looks like something that you could conceivably live in. Largely surrounded by glass walls, the houseboat helps avoid that claustrophobic…
Neta plans to expand its global network coverage to 50 countries and reach 500 overseas sales and service outlets by 2024. (Image credit: Neta Auto) Neta Auto, the electric vehicle (EV) brand of Chinese company Hozon Auto, is bringing its vehicles to a new market as it continues to advance its globalization strategy. Neta made its EVs available in Costa Rica on November 24, marking the company’s official entry into the Central and South American market, it said today. Neta plans to expand its global network coverage to 50 countries and reach 500 overseas sales and service outlets by 2024,…
CleanTechnica’s authors write often about their experiences with electric vehicles. They detail experiences as they go off with spouses, children, friends, and even dogs. I wish I could do that, but I don’t have an EV — or any car at all. In fact, I don’t even drive. So, I hope nobody minds if I write about different sorts of adventures we do in my family, especially because there is a point to the story and how we deal with addressing climate change. Let’s start with a little bit of an exposition. In the early spring of 1945, the navigator…