Author: CleanTechnica

When it comes to EV adoption, California is currently the undisputed champion. While the United States overall only has single-digit EV registrations per thousand people, California has over three times the adoption rate. A quick look at EV charging station maps, like you’d find at PlugShare, shows that the number and geographic spread of DC […]

The 2023 J.D. Power APEAL survey finds people are not as happy with their new cars as they used to be for the second year in a row.

Over the last decade, we have often been promised a better, cleaner, greener mobility future. New ride-hailing services (e.g., Uber founded in 2009; Lyft in 2012), public micromobility systems such as scooters and bikeshares, electrification, shared automated vehicles: all came with the promise of “faster, smarter, greener” cities that would be “connected, heterogenous, intelligent and […]

If anyone is concerned about demand for Tesla vehicles leveling off or dropping, it certainly isn’t Tesla. One example of that is what Tesla is now requesting from the authorities in Germany — to significantly expand Giga Berlin (the company’s already massive German factory). There are multiple aspects to this, but let’s start with the […]

For those who have followed Tesla for long, or have followed almost any notable stories regarding the Tesla board of directors, you are for sure familiar with claims that the Tesla board and Elon Musk are far too close and that there’s not enough independence on the board. It’s commonly claimed that the board just […]

NOAA’s National Hurricane Center — a division of the National Weather Service — has a new model to help produce hurricane forecasts this season. The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) was put into operations on June 27 and will run alongside existing models for the 2023 season before replacing them as NOAA’s premier hurricane […]

In many an article about electric vehicle costs, we and others have pointed out that aside from the US federal tax credit for EVs, there are various state incentives for buying an electric vehicle as well. And that’s often where we stop. Which states? How much? What models or types of electric vehicles qualify? Naturally, […]

Five years ago, we published The EV Safety Advantage report. There are several aspects of an EV powertrain that allow electric vehicles to be much safer than their “comparable” fossil-powered vehicles. From a low center of gravity with a “skateboard” battery pack to larger crumple zones to less risk of a sudden uncontrolled explosion, electric […]

BlueOval City is Ford’s big new EV production project in the United States. If you’ve missed news on it, here’s a short summary of the project: “Ford has announced the groundbreaking of BlueOval City, its most recent and state-of-the art auto production complex that happens to be the largest one in the company’s 119 years […]

Researchers are finding ways to reduce curtailment of solar during the day and move the power to the evening high demand period. Batteries, particularly in concert in a Virtual Power Plant (VPP), and now teamed with larger community batteries, may be the key. Can they put the duck to sleep? Project Symphony in Western Australia […]