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During the third quarter of 2023, Audi of America sold 59,535 cars in the United States (up 21 percent year-over-year). Year-to-date sales amounted to 167,880, which is 26 percent more than a year ago. All-electric car sales increased even faster. In Q3, Audi sold 7,538 BEVs, which is 93 percent more than a year ago and a new record. The share of all-electric cars increased to 12.7 percent of the brand’s total volume (up from 7.9 percent a year ago). Things are improving quickly as the imports of the Audi Q4 e-tron and Audi Q8 e-tron (successor of the retired e-tron model)…

The 2024 Genesis GV60 gets a number of updates for its sophomore model year, including a new rear-wheel-drive model that boasts more range and a lower price than the existing all-wheel-drive versions. Starting at $53,195 (including a mandatory $1,195 destination charge), the GV60 Standard RWD gets an estimated 294 miles of range from a 77-kwh battery pack. Its single motor produces 225 hp. Battery capacity is slightly less than the 77.4-kwh quoted for dual-motor all-wheel-drive versions, but Genesis still includes a heat pump on the rear-wheel-drive model. Sibling brand Kia tends to package heat pumps only on all-wheel-drive EVs. 2024…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! This has not been a good week for fossil energy stakeholders. On Monday, OPEC warned of a forthcoming investment gap in oil production. As if on cue, the US startup Factorial Energy has just clapped back with news that its oil-killing solid-state EV battery has passed yet another milestone on the way to commercial production. Oil Producing States Lobby For More Money To be clear, plenty of money is still flowing into oilfields around the world. “Global upstream investments in oil and gas exploration,…

Solid-state battery developer Factorial Energy has announced a major milestone in bringing its energy-dense cells to EVs one day. A-Samples of its 100+ Ah Factorial Electrolyte System Technology (FEST) solid-state battery cells are making their way to the company’s automotive partners around the globe – who those specific OEMs are though is up for dispute. Factorial Energy is a Massachusetts-based solid-state battery developer that has been working for an entire decade to develop and eventually manufacture energy storage technology to support zero-emission propulsion applications. The company hit a major milestone this past January at CES, when it debuted a 100 Amp-hour (Ah)…

Hyundai has announced that it will adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for EVs in the U.S. and Canada.  The change applies to all-new and refreshed Hyundai EVs, starting in the fourth quarter of 2024, Hyundai Motor North America explained in a Thursday press release, with Canada set to follow in the first half of 2025. The Genesis brand made a similar confirmation, although Kia hasn’t yet committed to the standard. The company says that its EVs with NACS will gain access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in North America.  Not all Tesla Superchargers will support non-Tesla EVs…

Besides Xiaomi, Zeekr also has plans to launch EREV products, local media reported. https://img.cnevpost.com/2023/10/05175739/2023100509573887.mp3 (Image credit: CnEVPost) Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi’s electric vehicle (EV) business unit is reportedly set to build extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs), as more local EV makers launch such models to target a larger market space. Xiaomi’s automotive unit has decided to develop EREVs, with related products already planned, local media outlet 36kr said in a report today, citing several people familiar with the matter. Xiaomi is currently pushing ahead with the development of multi-generation vehicle platforms, the first generation of which will be launched next year,…

In September, the total sales of Ford and Lincoln vehicles in the United States increased by 16 percent year-over-year to 165,565. After the first nine months of the year, the total result amounted to 1,508,072 (up nine percent year-over-year). Results last month and year-to-date: Ford sales: 158,432 (up 17%) and 1,448,631 (up 10%) Lincoln sales: 7,133 (up 7%) and 59,441 (down 6%) Total sales: 165,565 (up 16%) and 1,508,072 (up 9%) Sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEV) increased last month to a near-record level of 7,742 (up 65 percent year-over-year), which is about 4.9 percent of Ford’s total volume. Let’s note…

Tesla has built 60-70 Semi Class 8 electric trucks so far since low-volume production started in Q3 2022 on a pilot production line at Gigafactory Nevada. This latest production update comes from Tesla’s Senior Manager of Semi-Truck Engineering Dan Priestley, who was a guest on Jay Leno’s Garage in the recent video that saw the famous comedian and car collector get behind the wheel of a Tesla Semi. Interestingly, this is the first production update since learning via a June recall that Tesla had built 36 Semis as of March 2023. “We’ve made a few dozens of it, we’re up…

Japan’s hesitancy toward EVs is taking its toll on automakers in China. Nissan’s sales are plummeting after failing to keep up with EV leaders like Tesla and BYD. Slow EV transition is costing Nissan in China Nissan is struggling to keep up in the largest EV market globally as sales continue to slide. The Japanese automaker’s sales fell nearly 29% in China in August, with only 65,000 units sold. Of those 65,000, only 106 (0.16%) were the Nissan Ariya, the brand’s global electric SUV. Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, saw sales of its D60 EV fall 60% from last year. D60…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! CleanTechnica has always been an ardent supporter of offshore wind. At a time when renewable energy is one of the keys to keeping the Earth habitable for humans (and millions of other species as well), it offers several key advantages. First, wind speeds are higher and more constant over the oceans than they are closer to land or inland. That predictability is appealing to investors and makes electricity from offshore wind farms more dispatchable — meaning when the grid needs it, it will be…