As the transition to electric vehicles accelerates in several markets around the world, countries where the auto industry contributes significantly to their local economies need to accelerate their EV production to safeguard the future of their industries. An example of a country … | Continue reading
Altitude, a leading carbon removal financier, has committed to procuring over 25,000 tons of CO₂ Removal Certificates from biochar-based carbon removal facilities in West Africa. These certificates will be issued via the Puro Registry, ensuring high standards of verification and … | Continue reading
Drivers in China will get to use 10,000 new EV battery swapping stations, constructed under a new partnership between CATL and Sinopec. The post It’s Official: 10,000 New EV Battery Swapping Stations For CATL & Sinopec appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The IONNA EV charging consortium has a golden opportunity to provide EV drivers with public fast charging alternative to Tesla Superchargers, and they are not letting the brand reputation grass grow under their feet. The post Cute, Quirky IONNA EV Charging Consortium Ain’t Here T … | Continue reading
I have to put my hands up — when Tesla acquired SolarCity in 2016, I supported the decision. Yes, Elon Musk was chairman of both companies. Yes, it was his cousins who were CEO and CTO, and had founded the company based on a suggestion from Elon Musk at Burning ... [continued] Th … | Continue reading
Stock analysts are all over the place about the future value of Tesla shares, which are directly tied to the actions of Elon Musk. The post Tesla Proves Being A Stock Analyst Is Easy, Being A Good Stock Analyst Is Hard appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
I tested Waymo’s automated taxis during a Phoenix vacation. I found Waymo’s service comparable to Uber’s/Lyft’s, slightly cheaper, and user-friendly, despite minor pickup inconveniences. Waymo’s driving matched Tesla FSD V13’s best performance—confident yet cautious—but excelled … | Continue reading
We’ve had a lot of bad news since the Trump inauguration. For those of us in the clean energy camp, there’s been the revocation of our Paris Agreement pledges. Trump issued a series of sweeping executive orders including “terminating the Green New Deal” via funding in the Inflati … | Continue reading
The best news in freight decarbonization this year didn’t come from a truck manufacturer, a startup accelerator, or a press release festooned with EU flags. It came from a bunch of European economists. That’s right—after years of letting hydrogen hype men and fossil PR firms mono … | Continue reading
In 2025, amid a sea of tariffs, tweets, economic brinksmanship and cries of “Drill, baby, drill,” one man’s name keeps surfacing as the supposed brains behind the Trump administration’s latest moves: Stephen Miran. He’s a Harvard-trained economist, former Treasury official, and n … | Continue reading
Australia is proposing a new $2.3 billion subsidy program for residential storage batteries that it says will benefit everyone, The post Australia’s Residential Batteries Plan Will Lower Utility Costs For Its Citizens appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
When Donald Trump wrongly claimed that wind power turbines cause cancer, he may have been using an old and tired tactic from the Republican playbook, which is to lie or blatantly lie in order to smear something or someone. The goal is to create fear, uncertainty, and doubt. His c … | Continue reading
Space solar startups are attracting serious investor interest, the latest example being a $50 million Series A haul for the US firm Aetherflux. The post $50 Million More For US Space Solar Startup Aetherflux appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
March saw plugin EVs take 28.9% share of the UK auto market, up from 22.9% year-on-year. BEVs grew volume by 43% YoY, while PHEVs grew 38%. Overall auto volume was up some 12% year-on-year, at 357,103 units. Tesla was the UK’s leading BEV brand in March. March’s sales totals saw … | Continue reading
A major actor in the insurance industry predicts global warming will destroy capitalism because business cannot function without insurance. The post Without Insurance, Capitalism As We Know It Will Be Impossible appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
On April 10, BYD Philippines will officially launch the eMAX 7, an all-electric multi-purpose vehicle (MPV). The Philippines is predominantly an MPV market, as evidenced by the top selling vehicle, the Toyota Innova, a seven-seater with a diesel burner. Finding a space in that cr … | Continue reading
Yesterday a Rhode Island federal judge ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to stop withholding grant funds to states. Rhode Island US District Chief Judge John McConnell has found President Donald Trump’s administration in violation of a preliminary injunction … | Continue reading
In April 2025, while most of the world was clutching pearls over trade war tit-for-tat tariffs, China calmly walked over to the supply chain and yanked out a handful of critical bolts. The bolts are made of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttrium—the elements that don’t … | Continue reading
HTEC just opened another hydrogen fueling station in British Columbia. It sits gleaming and underused in the Lower Mainland, one more high-cost monument to a transportation future that never arrived. It’s an infrastructure project aimed at a market that doesn’t exist, serving veh … | Continue reading
The EU is seeking more green hydrogen from overseas suppliers, but US producers have been sidelined by a sudden shift in federal energy policy. The post Trump’s Green Hydrogen Loss Is Everyone Else’s Gain (Shocker!) appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
A new agrivoltaics assessment tool can help US farmers weight the financial and environmental impacts of combining solar panels with crops on their land. The post Agrivoltaics To Rescue US Farmers From Ron Vara appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
March saw plugin EVs take 93.2% share in Norway, up from 91.5% year-on-year. PHEVs saw a large pull forward ahead of an April 1st tax tightening, and thus temporarily took share from BEVs. Overall auto volume was 13,304 units, up some 36% YoY, though from a low base. The new ... … | Continue reading
One of the big stories of the week has been Tesla’s poor Q1 2025 sales numbers, with the brand dropping 13% year over year (after already having a YoY sales drop in Q1 2024). This is especially painful for a company that was supposed to be growing 50% a year ... [continued] The p … | Continue reading
Combining the numbers for plugin electric vehicles (PHEV plus BEV) gives Australia a penetration rate of 14.5% for March, a significant increase over last month. New Zealand numbers have been stuck at 7.3 %. That’s a long way down from the highs of 2023 when EVs comprised almost … | Continue reading
Batangas and Mindoro Emerge as Key Sites in Philippine Offshore Wind Energy Development The Philippines, driven by global climate change initiatives and the need for energy security, is rapidly advancing its renewable energy sector, with a shifting focus on offshore wind. Though … | Continue reading
According to reporting from Bloomberg News earlier today, Tesla vice president of software engineering David Lau is resigning from Tesla. Lau, who has at times been featured at Tesla company events for shareholders and the public, has been vice president of software engineering a … | Continue reading
“Utility bills would increase the very next day.” — 21 House Republicans In communities across America, there is no question that families are struggling to make ends meet as the cost-of-living skyrockets. Rising prices confront families everywhere they turn — at the grocery stor … | Continue reading
The city and state of New York are none too happy with Tesla and Elon Musk. Both are considering legal action. The post New York Vs. Tesla — The Grudge Match Is ON! appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
While the current political rhetoric dismisses substantive climate dialogue, cities are in crisis because of climate change. Extreme weather is leading to calamitous consequences. Now more than ever, in the absence of federal funding support, cities must focus on reconciling the … | Continue reading
Kia and LG Electronics cooperate to present concept models for mobile professional and recreational spaces based on Kia’s Platform Beyond Vehicles (PBVs) The PV5 Spielraum Studio concept for mobile work and the PV5 Spielraum Glow cabin concept for outdoor activities debut at the … | Continue reading
Pakistan isn’t the first country you’d expect to crash the global solar party. But by the end of 2024, it quietly rocketed into the top tier of solar adopters, importing a jaw-dropping 22 gigawatts worth of solar panels in a single year. That’s not a typo or a spreadsheet roundin … | Continue reading
Q: How would you describe what you’re doing to someone new to the topic? I work on a broad suite of technologies necessary to stop pollution from hitting the atmosphere, or remove it directly from the atmosphere. Q: And how would you describe it to an expert? I work on ... [conti … | Continue reading
A sleek, nearly silent two-seater aircraft is zipping its way across the United States — and it’s not running on a drop of fuel. It’s the B23 Energic, an all-electric airplane from Swiss aviation company H55, and it’s in the middle of a months-long tour called H55 Across America. … | Continue reading
BYD sales continue to soar. Its passenger vehicle sales were up 58% in the first quarter, while its electric commercial truck sales were up 1169%. Regarding full electric cars, BYD has now solidly shot past Tesla as the global leader. And the company has been releasing new model … | Continue reading
On May 29, 1953, New Zealand explorer Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain above sea level. Everest is part of the Himalayas, a mountain range that forms most of the border between Nepal and Tibet — an … | Continue reading
The US startup Ample is among the EV battery swapping firms poised for growth as the swapping movement continues to gather steam. The post What Did Elon Musk Know About EV Battery Swapping And When Did He Know It? appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
March’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 60.7% share in Sweden, up year-on-year from 58.1%. BEV share was flat YoY, while PHEV share was slightly up. Overall auto volume was 24,204 units, fractionally up YoY. The Volvo XC40 was the best selling BEV. March’s sales totals showed combin … | Continue reading
We publish several in-depth EV sales reports every month, including several focused on European markets. In fact, I don’t think there’s another place on the web that covers EV sales around the world more thoroughly than CleanTechnica. However, we been neglecting the Dutch market … | Continue reading
In response to a recent April Fools Day article about the Tesla board asking Elon Musk to step down as CEO, we received an anonymous email from someone who was apparently quite upset about criticism of what Musk has done at DOGE. Among other things, the emailer wrote, “77 million … | Continue reading
Volvo Trucks North America is introducing heavy duty Class 8 electric trucks to the US under a subscription plan that zeroes out up-front costs. The post Volvo Spots Big Opportunity For Electric Trucks As Tesla Semi Lags appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Imagine slapping a 30% surcharge on your prescription medication—not because it suddenly got more expensive to make, not because there’s a shortage, but because you want to make a point to a pharmacy halfway across the world. That’s the economic logic—or lack thereof—behind Donal … | Continue reading
Remember when the JFK declared that innovation wasn’t easy — but it was necessary? He described how organizing and measuring the best of our energies and skills would be a challenge that we were willing to accept. Innovation like this asks people to reinvent themselves — it’s a c … | Continue reading
EVs Now 19% of World Auto Sales Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 49% in February 2025 compared to February 2024. There were 1.2 million registrations. More good news is that BEVs pulled further ahead of plugin hybrids, growing 58% YoY to 814,000 units compared to plugi … | Continue reading
Another great month for Volkswagen Group. Some 240,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in February, rising 17% year over year (YoY), which is a particularly positive sign when considering that the overall market was down 3% in February, to fewer than one million units. … | Continue reading
Following up on BYD’s passenger electric vehicle sales growth (which put it solidly ahead of Tesla in BEV sales, not to mention overall plugin vehicle sales), let’s take a look at BYD’s commercial electric vehicles sales in March and the 1st quarter as a whole. BYD’s March Commer … | Continue reading
BYD could have recorded some vehicle sales and chosen not to report them. Reporting is not mandatory, but it is still quite strange that it did not report any sales over the past 2 years. BYD has been on a roll expanding into new markets around the world. It seems ... [continued] … | Continue reading
BP quietly dissolved its low-carbon mobility team recently, and almost no one noticed. No flashy press release. No somber CEO video explaining a pivot to shareholder value. Just an internal memo, a few reassigned employees, and the slow realization that the company was backing aw … | Continue reading
Yesterday, the reactive two-year-old masquerading as the president of the United States announced a breathtaking array of new tariffs designed to punish America’s friends and reward its enemies. Economists are tying themselves in knots trying to explain how these tariffs work, bu … | Continue reading