Monthly Archive: February 2025

EU Commission’s State Aid Plans Fail to Deliver for Cleantech

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! T&E finds that leaked EU State Aid guidelines do not effectively support EU manufacturing of cleantech products. EU State Aid guidelines do not effectively support EU manufacturing of cleantech products like batteries, a new T&E ... [continued]

NGOs, Labour Organisations, & Businesses Raise Concern Over Potential Delays To The Implementation Of The EU Batteries Regulation Due Diligence Rules

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A coalition of 25 civil society organisations, businesses and labour organisations urge policymakers to ensure swift and full implementation of the EU batteries regulation due diligence obligations. Since the adoption of the EU Batteries ... [continued]

Anti-EV Policies Will Hit Rural Areas Hardest

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! When it comes to the demographics of EV ownership, most people have a pretty narrow subset of the population in mind. Upper middle and wealthy people, living in or near larger cities, with a ... [continued]

Mercedes plots new ICE vans, reverses course on electric-only

Mercedes-Benz Van.EA prototypes via Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz has said up until now that its future vans would be based on a dedicated electric architecture, but on Thursday it confirmed plans for a new internal-combustion van architecture as well. Electric vans based on the new Van.EA platform will still debut in 2026, as previously discussed. They'll now be joined by other fuel-burning models...