I’ve been writing a bit lately on why robotaxis are not going to be as disruptive as many people expect. (See here and here and here.) A big core of the critique is the expectation that personal vehicles will have self-driving tech in them, and people would still rather have ... [continued]
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ComEd, in partnership with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (Caucus), recognized nine communities that graduated from the 2026 EV Readiness Program during an award ceremony this week in Northbrook, Illinois. The program supports municipalities as they prepare for the continued growth of electric vehicles (EVs) through improved local policies, permitting, and ... [continued]
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Tesla fans criticized BYD electric vehicles for years. Supposedly, they were cheap, boring, and poorly made. However, BYD has grown and grown over the past several years, now produces far more cars than Tesla, and has about the same number of R&D engineers as Tesla has total employees. Now we ... [continued]
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Wallbox (NYSE: WBX), a leading provider of electric vehicle charging and energy management solutions, yesterday announced the launch of the new Pulsar Pro, the latest evolution of its AC charging portfolio designed to simplify EV charging reimbursement. As EV adoption continues to grow, charging is becoming increasingly distributed across homes, ... [continued]
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A couple of years ago, I wrote an article titled “We May Have Been Wrong To Mock GM’s Big Battery Approach To Electric Trucks.” Back then, it was incredibly easy to point and laugh at vehicles like the Hummer EV for carrying around absurdly massive battery packs just to go ... [continued]
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While the solar industry really got its jumpstart in the US, and then grew to a significant level in Germany, it’s China that completely exploded the industry while driving costs down to unbeatable levels. The same thing basically happened with electric vehicles as well. However, there’s still much more that ... [continued]
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Electrify America recently opened a new, public EV charging station in Santa Barbara, California, with 20 fast chargers delivering up to 350 kW. The new charging station also possesses a 1.9 MW energy storage system, which is Electrify America’s largest battery system to date. The battery can be used to ... [continued]
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A lot of energy-transition arguments begin with today’s fossil fuel demand. Coal, oil, and gas still dominate global primary energy, so it is tempting to draw a straight line from the current fuel system to a future molecule system. Replace natural gas with hydrogen. Replace bunker fuel with ammonia or ... [continued]
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Late last night and early this morning, I wrote an article outlining one big reason robotaxis won’t replace car ownership to a very significant degree. There’s another big reason, sort of related to that, that a reader pointed out and explained well, and some other readers backed up in additional ... [continued]
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What war on EVs? Ford is hiring hundreds of workers to manufacture a new LFP battery for EVs in the US, with an assist from the leading Chinese energy storage firm CATL.
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I’ve been covering the robotaxi debate for a decade. I still remember a discussion Chris DeMorro and I had 12 years ago about which would end up being a bigger deal — “Tesla D” or Tesla Autopilot — and a subsequent poll. I used to be much more bullish about ... [continued]
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Maritime companies and organisations call the EU Commission to fully integrate the shipping industry in the upcoming Electrification Action Plan. On July 15 the Commission will publish its Electrification Action Plan, an important opportunity to electrify Europe, cut fossil fuels imports and reduce emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases. ... [continued]
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Europe talks the talk on recycling. But can it walk the walk? The upcoming Circular Economy Act must prove we have what it takes. Our valuable battery waste is currently leaving Europe on ships headed halfway across the world. And we’re doing little to stop them. Whilst Europe manages to ... [continued]
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We took our second daughter to Paris for 6 months when she was 5 years old. After she grew up, we have been chasing her around the world ever since: Barcelona, Prague, Munich, London twice, Bangkok twice, Sydney 4 times, and back to Paris several times. She is a force ... [continued]
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It’s time for another rundown of the most popular stories of the past week here on CleanTechnica. Take a look below at what grabbed people’s interest, and then also see the various CleanTechnica originals we published in the past week. Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record ... [continued]
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In a letter to EU leaders, the group says that rather than lowering ambition, Europe must focus on accelerating electrification. To: Heads of State or Government of the European Union, Dear Heads of State or Government of the European Union, We, a broad coalition representing non-governmental organizations, think tanks, energy ... [continued]
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Rivian is in the middle of a big moment in its still fairly young life. It is stepping out of the very expensive portion of the SUV and truck market and into the moderately expensive portion of the market. It is expected to sell a lot more units of the ... [continued]
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Maritime fuel debates usually start with the wrong object. They look at today’s bunker fuel demand, line up replacement molecules, and ask whether ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, LNG, biofuels, or synthetic fuels can scale far enough to replace it. That sounds like a practical question, but it skips the larger one: ... [continued]
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The UK is getting ready to rejigger its ZEV mandate to satisfy concerns from automakers and trade unions concerned about the future.
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Raymond Tribdino has done a great job for us covering VinFast for us — its grand ambitions, it struggles, and how it is adapting to try to eventually achieve its vision. One of the company’s biggest challenges and failures has been trying to break into the US market. There are ... [continued]
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It was just about one month ago that the Team Kentucky EV Charging program announced its tenth Kentucky EV fast-charging site was completed and open for charging. Two new EV fast-charging stations were recently installed and made operational; one in Elizabethtown and another in Shepherdsville. Each new station has four ... [continued]
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The US startup Rivian has joined the ChargeScape collaborative, providing its customers with seamless access to utility discounts for EVs.
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As a result of the US and Israel war against Iran, Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz and much of the world’s oil couldn’t get to market. Countries have been relying on oil reserves for weeks, and there have been strong warnings that if the Strait of Hormuz blockage isn’t ... [continued]
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First of all, compared to taxis and app-based ride-hailing vehicles (Uber and Lyft vehicles), robotaxis may end up competing very well and driving those human-driven options out of the market. However, there’s a huge difference between that limited market and the normal passenger car market. Many robotaxi enthusiasts expect robotaxis ... [continued]
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Tesla Cybercab specs have been revealed via an EPA filing. It’s a 15-page document, but here are some of the key facts and figures: Battery Capacity: 326-volt system, 146 Ah — probably around 50 kWh energy storage capacity Electric Motor: 163 kW (219 hp), front-mounted AC permanent magnet motor Curb ... [continued]
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BMW Group has reached a big milestone globally. The company has produced its 2 millionth fully electric vehicle. The 2 millionth EV was a BMW i5 M60 xDrive sedan in Tansanit Blue assembled at Plant Dingolfing that went to a customer in Spain. The Dingolfing factory began producing BMW electric ... [continued]
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A year ago, on this very site, we reported that all our previous EV sales articles for Mexico were wrong, and that we had been underestimating numbers for as long as we had been reporting on them. That was the last report on Mexican sales we did, and the matter ... [continued]
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Singularity Fuels in California has completed a six month trial of its system that converts bio-methane to sustainable aviation fuel.
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If you have been following the growth of US public EV charging infrastructure, you know there has been steady expansion this last year or eighteen months. In fact, there have been dozens or more announcements about federal funding reaching some US states, but not all, for the continued installation of ... [continued]
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Rivian has hinted that its R3 and R3X hatchbacks may go into production as soon as its new factory in Georgia is complete.
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