The death of the EV1 was reported prematurely according to GM, which is preparing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1990's electric car this year. The post Did GM Just Use The EV1 To Troll Ford, Again? Or Tesla? Or Both? appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Our February update on EV sales shows: Australian plugin penetration grew from 16% in January 2026 to about 19% in February. That is a sales total of 11,100 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 5,854 plugin hybrid EVs (PHEVs). Almost 17,000 Australian motorists joined the electri … | Continue reading
But weakening carmakers’ next target in 2030 is likely to delay EVs reaching price parity with combustion vehicles. The average price of an electric car in the EU has fallen for the first time since 2020, driven by the release of more affordable models to comply with the bloc’s c … | Continue reading
T&E and partner NGOs have published guidance on the Performance Regulation — a key law shaping how climate and environmental spending will be tracked in the next EU budget. The ‘technical reference document’ was developed together with WWF, CEE Bankwatch Network, ClientEarth, CAN … | Continue reading
The starting point for evaluating Oʻahu’s waste-to-energy plant is the fully electrified energy system developed earlier in this series. Once overseas aviation fuel, international maritime bunkering, and military energy consumption are removed from the accounting, and once transp … | Continue reading
Scientists from the Nature Conservancy have published a study in the journal Environmental Research — Health that finds nearly a third of people alive today are unable to work outdoors safely in the higher temperatures prevalent in much of the world. Rising temperatures, driven b … | Continue reading
In 2023–2024, I wrote a TON of articles about the NEVI program, or the money from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that was supposed to massively expand highway EV charging in the United States. Having at least one charging station every 50 miles (with some exceptions) was going … | Continue reading
If you’ve been watching the news, you know things are chaotic overseas. With the current conflict effectively shutting down the Strait of Hormuz and tankers taking massive detours around Africa, the global energy market is having a complete meltdown. We’re already seeing the impa … | Continue reading
Legacy automakers just can’t help themselves it seems. If one of them isn’t acting out, it’s another’s turn, and progress is always too much, too fast, and too scary. The news this time is that Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius has decided to altruistically warn the European Union … | Continue reading
San Francisco writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit came into my consciousness two decades ago as I was doing research for my dissertation. Her 2004 non-fiction book, Hope in the Dark, spoke to me with her rejection of cynicism and despair. She depicted the evolution of … | Continue reading
The case for clean energy investing in the US continues to grow stronger as Trump's war on Iran sparks turmoil in global commodities markets. The post 3D Chess Alert As Iran War Builds Case For Clean Energy appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
There is sort of a humorous situation in the US now with some people having a bit of gasoline price anxiety because of geopolitical conflict and instability. It may be seen as humorous because the cost of climate change impacts globally could be trillions of dollars and some Amer … | Continue reading
Well, the news of the month so far has been BYD unveiling 1,500 kW “flash charging” for passenger electric vehicles. Apparently, though, it’s hard to keep secrets in the Chinese EV industry and BYD’s top competitor has been working on the same thing. In particular, the Zeekr 001 … | Continue reading
We saw it coming, after years of investment, vision, and hard work, but it’s still a truly momentous occasion and a huge deal for the EV industry as well as NIO itself. The EV company made a profit from operations in the 4th quarter. Following Tesla and BYD doing this, ... [con … | Continue reading
Washington, D.C. — Pollution from coal-fired power plants has reached a quarter-century high under the Trump administration. This massive spike comes as the Trump administration touts rollbacks of bedrock public health safeguards, exemptions for polluting coal plants from emissio … | Continue reading
Interior decision opens 2 million acres to industrialization, attempts to fast track Ambler Road Ten Alaska and national groups sued the Interior Department today for unlawfully removing federal protections over public lands in an area stretching from the Yukon River to the Brook … | Continue reading
Buffering batteries placed near transmission constraints are rarely listed among grid enhancing technologies. The usual list includes advanced conductors, dynamic line rating, and power flow control devices. All of those technologies increase the instantaneous capacity of transmi … | Continue reading
Solar power is still coming in hot in Texas, despite a lawsuit aimed at throttling back investment in renewable energy, brought against three leading investment firms by Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton. The post A Deluge Of Solar Power Crushes A Hollow Victory For Coal ap … | Continue reading
There has been a lot of discussion around the launch of BYD’s next-generation Flash Charging and Blade Battery. There has also been some confusion, which can be clarified with a little context. “Flash charging” is BYD’s terminology for MW+ fast chargers that can charge vehicles f … | Continue reading
Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute are studying ways to reduce ocean acidification near Cape Cod. The post Geoengineering The Gulf Of Maine appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The Chevy Bolt 2.0 is arriving at dealers now. It brings some fresh new colors and a ton of new tech features at an affordable price. The post Chevy Bolt 2.0 — Way Better In (Almost) Every Way appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Dynamic line rating can produce large savings in some parts of the electricity system. In other cases it reveals that operators had been overestimating how much cooling transmission lines receive from the surrounding air. Both outcomes matter. Dynamic line rating replaces assumpt … | Continue reading
VinFast has signed agreements with two Indonesian transportation companies that could see up to 20,000 electric vehicles deployed in commercial service over the next several years, strengthening the Vietnamese automaker’s push into Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The memoranda … | Continue reading
I just read Zach’s “Are Gas Prices Going Up?” and it was a curious coincidence that I had just finished this conversation with my uncle, who is from New York. An accountant and financier by trade, he made the postulation that the average increase would be between $0.27 to $0.35 … | Continue reading
Lotus Cars will become the first Chinese-built car brand to sell EVs in Canada under the new tariff framework, according to a report by CarNewsChina. The publication reported that Lotus is preparing to export electric vehicles to Canada once the Canadian government releases the f … | Continue reading
Before the end of February, Volvo Cars Philippines officially landed two of its most important electric vehicles in Manila — the EX90 and the ES90. Hariphil Asia Resources Inc. handled the local launch, and honestly, this is one of the more consequential premium EV introductions … | Continue reading
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is California’s largest utility, providing electricity and natural gas to over 16 million people in central and northern parts of the state. It is the largest utility in California and one of the largest in the US, with about 28,000 employees. PG&E … | Continue reading
With the ongoing global focus on increasing gross domestic products, natural capital becomes an innocent and seemingly inevitable byproduct. Ecosystems and natural resources are not infinite, yet the industrialized economy treats them as if they were. Global growth has resulted i … | Continue reading
The recent investigative reporting by Swedish Television and Norway’s NRK into the fuel cell supplier PowerCell has opened a window into the Vestfjord Lofoten hydrogen ferry project that Norway has been building toward for years. The journalists focused on a specific claim about … | Continue reading
This may well end up being the year of the robotaxi. Several companies are trying to scale up robotaxi service significantly after early testing and initial rollout. You can count Chinese auto giant Geely and self-driving partner WeRide in that group. Geely Holding Group brand Fa … | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Energy Helped Cordova With Its Local Microgrid. Now the Remote City Is Localizing Its Data Too. For years, the Cordova Electric Cooperative in Alaska has worked to source its energy closer to home. Hydropower and battery energy storage now supply Cordova’s … | Continue reading
Following North Carolina Approval, Stage Set for Final Merger COLUMBIA, S.C. — A settlement agreement was reached by groups, including the Sierra Club, with Duke Energy on its proposed merger of its subsidiaries in South Carolina. A Sierra Club priority included in the settlement … | Continue reading
Scope extension, revenue generation and the use of SAF and contrail allowances under the EU ETS. The revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in July 2026 represents a unique opportunity for European aviation. In order to meet the temperature targets set out in the Paris … | Continue reading
The new Nissan LEAF has been on a tear, winning award after award after award. It deserves it. The model is a great value-for-money buy. The model has essentially kept the same price it had more than a decade ago — despite all the wild inflation — while massively boosting ... [ … | Continue reading
The series examining Oʻahu’s energy transition has followed a consistent structure. It began by defining the island’s fully electrified energy system and stripping away energy uses that do not serve the civilian economy. Aviation fuel for flights leaving Hawaiʻi, maritime bunkeri … | Continue reading
Electricity demand is rising as transport, heating, and industry electrify, with additional growth coming from data centers and expanding industrial loads. The transmission network that moves electricity was built over many decades, but expanding it has become increasingly diffic … | Continue reading
China takes another step towards demonstrating a viable global market for green ammonia, produced from green hydrogen and renewable energy. The post US Farmers Need Green Ammonia, And China Has It appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
A friend of mine — longtime EV evangelists David Havasi — sent me a meme this weekend about EV owners not having to deal with the problem of fast rising gas prices. My first thought was, “Are gas prices really rising a lot?” Because, driving an EV for several years, ... [contin … | Continue reading
Following the Olympic closing ceremony, a lot has happened in the world. Trump gave the longest and most incoherent State of the Union address in history. The US started waging war on Iran. In a more encouraging demonstration of higher intelligence, we saw Punch the monkey and hi … | Continue reading
Operation Bomb, Bomb, Iran is now in full swing, but the people of that country are facing another existential threat -- water bankruptcy. The post Iran Was Facing “Water Bankruptcy” Before The Bombs Began Falling appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
One ironic thing about today’s gas prices is that Republicans are always promising cheap fuel. But, put their asses in the chair and they always find a way to screw that up majorly. Right now, American families with a gas-powered vehicle in the driveway are paying through the nos … | Continue reading
Tesla has made some impressive EV charging progress recently. First, there’s the rather large new EV charging hub in Southern California that is primarily supported using solar power. Secondly, many more EV chargers for fully electric semi trucks were announced. Now there is word … | Continue reading
It’s been a while since we did a weekly roundup of the top stories on CleanTechnica, but I’m getting back to that again. This past week, the top stories on CleanTechnica were the following: Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World — January 2026 Did Tesla Just Pull in a ... [ … | Continue reading
If you drive an EV, you probably know this feeling. You drive past a gas station sign displaying $3.41 a gallon (or a lot more these days), and then you look at your charging app showing $0.48 per kilowatt-hour. It feels like comparing apples to binary code. It’s not just ... [ … | Continue reading
A few days ago, Larry Evans introduced us to BYD’s hot new “Flash Charging,” which is the quickest charging we’ve seen for passenger electric vehicles. In fact, it is a very big deal for multiple reasons. Jennifer Sensiba followed up earlier today to explain some of that, includi … | Continue reading
Heath professionals say changing to daylight savings time comes with health risks. British Columbia thinks it has the answer. The post Spring Forward, Fall Back. Are Time Changes Bad For Your Health? appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The starting point for evaluating biomethane in Hawaiʻi is the fully electrified Oʻahu energy system that emerged from the earlier Sankey analysis. That work removed overseas aviation fuel, long-distance maritime bunkering, and military energy use from the island energy balance. … | Continue reading
I’m preparing to speak to engineers at GE Vernova during Engineering Week at the request of Cornelis Plet, CTO of GE Vernova Grid Systems Integration. It is a useful moment to step back and look at a class of technologies that rarely make headlines but quietly shape how modern po … | Continue reading