Daily Archive: September 14, 2025

Tesla has removed the ability to order the stripped-down RWD model of the Cybertruck.

California’s refineries are closing not because of regulation, but because gasoline demand is shrinking as EV adoption crosses tipping points.

I built SolarBuddy lights for energy-poor areas and explained the project's impact on education and safety.

Many people in the US may just now be hearing about the invasive spotted lantern fly and its tree of heaven host plant. For those of us on the East Coast, they are hard to ignore and causing massive economic and ecological devastation. NY state estimates hundreds of millions of dollars in economic damage to the state, with billions of dollars of potential impact on a national level if allowed to spread. Fall is the best time to address the problem, and now is the best time to slow the spread into areas not already infested. While some people may not like the idea of killing bugs or trees, doing nothing could lead to far more destruction.

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Standing at the Valenzuela Gateway Complex last Saturday morning, September 13th, I couldn’t help but feel transported back to the 1980s. I wasn’t invited to the launch, but had to be there — commuting over 120 kilometers from home base ... [continued]

Apparently, at least for now, the 25,000 Euros Volkswagen will go into production in 2026.

Bending markets to public purpose, not abandoning them, is the key to financing a fast, reliable clean energy system.

Priorities: Support thousands of offshore wind industry jobs, or build a glitzy new "large event space" adjacent to the White House.

The VW Group showed off the production version of its standardized battery cell, which will power 80% of the automaker's future EVs.