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Over-the-air (OTA) software updates for vehicles are the future, and they allow vehicles to keep getting better over time. But sometimes they get far worse—even inoperable, as a recent update pushed out to Rivian’s R1T and R1S introduced code that crippled normal use of the vehicles. Earlier this week Rivian software update 2023.42.0 essentially “bricked” the EVs’ infotainment system, preventing a number of functions. The vehicles were still fundamentally drivable, albeit with asterisks. After the update, the infotainment systems of affected vehicles were completely blank/dark, and some information in the gauge cluster was also affected. 2023 Rivian R1S Rivian noted…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Greg LeMond is best known for being the only American to officially win the famous Tour de France — a feat he accomplished three times. His success hinged on his obsession with every single detail of the race, from the carbon fiber in the frame of his racing bikes to the aerodynamics of his helmet and beyond. His passion to ride on the cutting edge of cycling technology hasn’t slowed down since winning the Tour, and he’s brought numerous bikes bearing his name to…
Cold weather affects the range of each EV model differently, but a new report found that some perform better than others. Recurrent creates battery health reports for used EVs, and has used the same data to study cold-weather range loss. This isn’t the first time the company has published a report on the effects of cold weather on EV range, but this time it has a much larger data set of more than 10,000 cars. Analysts compared range in 18 EV models in freezing temperatures to range in ideal conditions. The models analyzed retained an average of 70.3% of their…
Polestar has taken a page out of Nio’s book by stripping out some of the perks, thus lowering the Polestar 4’s starting price by 14 percent to RMB 299,900. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Polestar, the premium electric vehicle (EV) maker owned by Geely and Volvo Cars, has slashed the prices of its Polestar 4 SUV in China significantly, as deliveries of the new model are set to begin. Polestar China CEO Shen Ziyu announced at an event this evening that the benefit package that was originally included in the Polestar 4’s prices will be stripped out, thus lowering the model’s starting…
Volkswagen’s small and cheap electric vehicle, which will supposedly cost less than $22,000 (€20,000), could become a reality by the second half of the decade, the German automotive group’s CEO, Oliver Blume, said yesterday at a conference, quoted by Reuters. As it stands today, Volkswagen has not yet made a decision on producing what is considered a spiritual successor to the e-Up! electric city car, but Blume is convinced the company can get there after 2025. With this in mind, it looks like VW will fall behind its main competitors in Europe in the cheap EV race. Renault just announced…
This is part of Polestar China’s efforts to build its own charging service system, with the company building its own charging network and accessing more third-party chargers. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Polestar will plug into Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) charging network in China, becoming the latest carmaker after SAIC-GM to make such an announcement. Polestar China CEO Shen Ziyu announced the plan at an event this evening, saying the company has entered into a partnership with Tesla to become one of the first partners to share Tesla’s Supercharger network in China. It’s part of Polestar China’s efforts to build its own charging…
Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday unveiled the first of a planned network of charging stations that the automaker claims will be the fastest in the U.S.—and it represents a template for the form and function of future stations on the network. Located at Mercedes’ headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia, near Atlanta, this first location features 400-kw DC fast chargers provided by ChargePoint. Mercedes claims its charging network will offer 400-kw chargers “exclusively,” allowing for higher average charging speeds than other networks that use a mix of chargers, some with lower power rates. The site also features amenities like restrooms, vending machines, and…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Helpful hacker “Green” has uncovered more new Tesla code in a software update. Perhaps most notably, it appears that Tesla is preparing to charge drivers to activate the heated seats feature — not just for the rear seats (already a thing) but for the front seats. This seems a bit much. While carmakers have made money on extra features for decades, there are some features that have become standard or are standard at different levels or car classes. No one has to pay extra…
China’s retail penetration of NEVs was 41.3 percent in the November 1-12 period. (Image credit: CnEVPost) Retail sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China amounted to 222,000 units from November 1 to November 12, up 20 percent year-on-year but down 2 percent from a month earlier, according to data released on November 15 by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). So far this year, retail sales of passenger NEVs in China amounted to 6.175 million units, up 34 percent year-on-year. From November 1 to November 12, China’s wholesale sales of passenger NEVs were 240,000 units, up 31 percent year-on-year…
Nearly 18-months after the initial announcement of a new “N” performance line of EVs beginning with the IONIQ 5, Hyundai has brought its souped up model stateside to kickoff 2023’s AutoMobility LA event in California. Here’s the latest. Hyundai Motor Group’s N and N Line performance sub-brands were a mere seven years old when the Korean automaker publicly announced it was reimagining the performance arms for an all-electric future. Following a video of the global premiere of the IONIQ 6 last summer, Hyundai confirmed the IONIQ 5 would be the first production EV model to don the “N” performance badge. Over the…