Author: CleanTechnica

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored over 700,000 sales last month, up 28% year over year (YoY). That pulled the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 3.2 million units. Share-wise, with June showing another great performance, plugin vehicles hit 38% market share! Full electrics (BEVs) alone accounted for 25% […]

The UK government wants to ramp up oil and gas production in the North Sea and offset new emissions with carbon capture technology.

Tesla’s electric vehicles have had a record-breaking sales year in 2023, and even other automakers are starting to see buyer enthusiasm grow for their early electric releases. Last year, increasing EV sales were fueled in part by average gas prices topping $5 a gallon. Though, some auto experts are saying that now may be an […]

Tesla has announced a new 84-month auto loan option for its customers in the U.S., giving buyers up to seven years of financing for new car purchases. The shift, which adds an additional year to Tesla’s previously available financing options, has a very specific reason for being added, according to CEO Elon Musk. A Tesla Model […]

Over Tesla’s 20 years in business, the company has ruffled a few feathers from those who want to maintain the status quo. Of course, traditional automakers and fossil fuel companies were opposed to Tesla’s very existence from the beginning, for obvious reasons. Tesla showed the world that EVs could be both practical and fun. Traditional […]

Tailoring the molecular structure of organic carbonates in commercial electrolytes reduces the fire hazard of batteries. Nonfluorinated, nonflammable electrolytes present a viable route to achieving thermally stable high-performance batteries.

New rules from FERC are designed to reduce the years long delay in getting new renewable energy projects online.

I have been quite bullish on the transition to electric mobility on the African continent. That’s because there are quite a number of factors that will help catalyze the transition at a much faster pace than most expect. Unlike in developed nations where the transition is taking off big time — especially in the electric […]

Funding is Part of a $1 Billion Effort to Deploy Solar and Battery Storage to Puerto Rico’s Most Vulnerable Residents, Helping Increase Resilience and Lower Energy Bills for up to 40,000 Households The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $453.5 million from the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund (PR-ERF) aimed at increasing […]

Please be aware that I am not an electrician and do not pretend to have any technical expertise. I am exploring the possibilities of what can actually done with EVs when necessary. You can read part 1 of this exploration into V2L capability here. Digging a little deeper into the possibilities of powering your house […]