Daily Archive: September 4, 2025

Is Tesla’s Robot Manifesto Simply An Investment Hail Mary?

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I’ve been covering Elon Musk and Tesla for 13 years. Musk has tweeted hundreds of our articles, and I’ve talked with him multiple times. Clearly, he is not the same person with the same areas of focus as he was ... [continued]

Automation Needed to Foward Renewable Energy Transition in Developing Nations

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The global transition to renewable energy is fundamentally a technological revolution, extending far beyond the physical installation of solar panels and wind turbines. To make clean energy sources both reliable and cost-effective on a grid scale, the industry leans on ... [continued]

VinFast Rocks Into USA & Canada With 10-Year Warranty

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. No matter what car you’re buying these days, you almost definitely are not getting a 10-year warranty on the vehicle. Unless you’re buying a VinFast. I saw a press release today from the Vietnamese EV company stating that it “is ... [continued]

New Solar Panel Hail Resiliency Curve Test

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. VDE’s rigorous testing protocol measures solar panel resiliency against real-world hailstorm conditions to better defend critical power infrastructure against catastrophic severe convective storm damage. VDE Americas and RETC, part of the VDE Group, today introduced the Hail Resiliency Curve (HRC) Test, a ... [continued]

Plastic Recycling Not Requiring Sorting Could Be Coming

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. New catalyst could make mixed plastic recycling a reality. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can drastically ... [continued]