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Repairs for Tesla EVs cost $5,552 on average in the third quarter, according to a report from collision repair management software provider Mitchell, quoted by Automotive News. That’s $1,347 more than combustion vehicles and $1,078 more than non-Tesla EVs. As a group, EVs were $950 more expensive to fix on average than ICE cars. In other words, Teslas are costlier than EVs made by other companies when it comes to making them road-worthy after an accident, but there’s more to the story than just the prices, starting with the age of cars that were included in the research. Mitchell, which…
The Nio F2 plant achieves efficient, flexible production with 756 robots in the body shop for automated production, it said. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/20152250/2023102007225047.mp3 (Image credit: Nio) Nio (NYSE: NIO) is making its F2 factory at NeoPark in Hefei, Anhui province, available for public tours, having opened the world’s largest Nio House at the park two months ago. Visitors wishing to tour the plant will need to make reservations 30 days in advance using the Nio App, and each ticket will cost 500 Nio Credits, worth 50 yuan ($6.80), the company said today. The plant is open to the public from 1:30 pm…
Buick is responding to increasing competition in a way that’s common for local automakers — lowering the price of its cars by removing some comfort features. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/20141503/2023102006150396.mp3 (Image credit: CnEVPost) General Motors’ Buick brand has added a lower-priced version of its first electric vehicle (EV) model based on the Ultium platform, the Electra E5, in China, responding to increasing competition in a way that’s common among local automakers. Buick today added a version of the Electra E5 called the Pioneer Edition, with a starting price of RMB 169,900 ($23,220), which is RMB 39,000 ($5,330) lower than the previous least expensive…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Before I bought my Tesla Model 3, I checked out the available battery electric vehicles in my area and took some for a test drive. Majella and I drove the Tesla Model S and Model X a few times while we waited for the Model 3 to come to Australia. To satisfy the clamours of reservation holders, Tesla brought out a left-hand drive version and we queued for 90 minutes with hundreds of others to sit in it for 90 seconds. At the time…
The Li L8 has delivered 6,159 units so far this month, data monitored by CnEVPost show. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/20122112/2023102004211294.mp3 Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) saw its six-seat SUV Li L8 reach its 100,000th delivery, about a year and a month after the model’s launch. Li Auto announced the milestone on Weibo today, meaning the Li L8 has delivered 6,159 units so far this month, data monitored by CnEVPost show. Li Auto currently has three models on sale, the five-seat Li L7, and the six-seat Li L8 and Li L9, all of which are extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs), essentially plug-in hybrids. The Li L8…
JAC plans to sell the assets of two factories that make vehicles for Nio, which the latter may acquire and seek independent EV production qualification, local media said. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/20112342/2023102003234278.mp3 (Image credit: CnEVPost) Nio (NYSE: NIO) may acquire the assets of the factories of its vehicle manufacturing partner, Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC), to move from contract manufacturing to independent production in a bid to seek greater self-reliance. JAC last night released plans to transfer billions of RMB worth of factory assets, and although it did not mention Nio, local media outlet reported that the assets were Nio’s F1 and F2…
The Hyper HT is being offered in four versions in pre-sale, three of which are based on the 800-volt high-voltage platform, with the top-of-the-line version featuring falcon-wing doors similar to those on the Tesla Model X. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/20094618/2023102001461895.mp3 (Image credit: Hyper) Hyper, a sub-brand of GAC Aion, has unveiled a new model, the Hyper HT, and has begun pre-sales of it, one version of which features falcon-wing doors similar to those on the Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Model X. Hyper officially unveiled the Hyper HT, its third model and the brand’s first SUV, at a launch event last night. The Hyper HT…
Half of the world’s economies are already five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels, new analysis from energy think tank Ember shows. If fossil fuel power generation is unchanged for at least five years since a country’s initial fossil fuel power peak, it’s considered to have passed a peak. Ember’s analysis focused on domestic electricity generation from 2000 to 2022. Emissions from 107 economies representing 38% of global electricity demand have fallen by almost 20% in the last decade. Seventy-eight of these economies have displaced fossil fuels from their power sectors with clean energy in the years since…
Honda confirmed Thursday that the 2024 Civic Hybrid will be much more than a niche model—with plans to make the hybrid version 40% of total U.S. Civic sales. In U.S. spec, the 2024 Honda Civic Hybrid will include a 2.0-liter inline-4 engine, running on an efficiency-focused Atkinson cycle, as part of Honda’s two-motor hybrid system that is noteworthy in how it omits the need for anything resembling a conventional transmission. That allows the electric motor system to provide efficient propulsion, especially at city speeds, which brings the responsive acceleration and near-instantaneous torque delivery of an EV, while the gasoline engine…
Today, Lucid Motors announced the unveiling date of its second all-electric car model – the Lucid Gravity SUV. The Lucid Gravity will debut at the upcoming LA Auto Show on November 16, 2023, joining the Lucid Air sedan, which has been on the market since late 2021. Lucid’s naming strategy is to use the forces of nature. Air and Gravity are the first ones. The attached “Gravity Makes Contact” image presents us with a bit of the rear part of the vehicle. The design clues appear to be very similar to the Lucid Air model. Lucid’s website already had some…