Author: CleanTechnica

Sales of battery-electric vehicles continue to show steady progress in South Africa. Battery-electric vehicle sales breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever in 2022. Last year, 502 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021. South Africa’s Automotive Business Council (NAAMSA) has […]

Introduction What are the problems in the EV battery supply chain and how can we improve it? The transportation sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US economy, and about half its emissions come from light-duty vehicles alone. To avoid the disastrous effects of a 1.5°C increase in global temperatures, we will […]

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 28% in March 2023 compared to March 2022. There were 1,097,000 registrations, making it the second best month ever for plugin electric vehicles, only behind December 2022. In the end, plugins represented 16% share of the overall auto market (12% BEV share alone). This means that the global automotive […]

Conserving, sustainably using, and restoring biodiversity through investment is vital to achieving many objectives, including human health, climate-change mitigation and adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and water and food security.

NeuroTech recently won the 2023 Zayed Sustainability Prize for its smart energy management system that uses Al-based algorithms and blockchain-based transactions to deliver 24-hour electricity access.

Gabriel Boric, president of the world’s second largest producer of lithium, Chile, announced on April 20 that the country was adopting a “National Lithium Strategy.” And … that was pretty much it. I wish there was more to it. I wish I could say that the media exploded, that omens for the inevitable destruction of […]

Things happen really fast in the mini EV world, unlike in the traditional ICE automobile world. Traditionally, consumers would have to wait for long periods in between new models. Sometimes people would have to wait for 7 or so years for a new model of their favorite car. In between that time, OEMs could offer […]

Following Tesla’s first-quarter earnings report last month, the company’s stock has fallen a bit as some air concerns about margins and net profits. Still, some Tesla shareholders are looking at a few key details to keep their focus on long-term potential, some of which were also discussed in the earnings report. In recent weeks, The […]

California is considering legislation to make vehicle to grid (V2G) technology standard on all electric cars sold in the Golden State.

Return of solar panel manufacturing to US could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.