Author: CleanTechnica

It is hard to choose the right metaphor. Has the Australian gas industry shot itself in the foot, painted itself into a corner, or is it just throwing a hissy fit? Maybe it has just lost the plot? Perhaps breathing too much of its own product? Gas, gas baby! Recent Australian government legislation has capped […]

When we talk about the “last mile” in delivery, there’s a part of that last mile that we often leave out: the last few yards. The rest of the mile before that is usually trucks that come from a local depot of some kind to drop packages to customers, but that doesn’t mean the packages […]

How have anthropogenic activities influenced our climate system? Is there hope for the Earth's decarbonization?

One of the big “gotchas” anti-EV people will try to pull in an argument is that power is lost as it’s transmitted through the grid. People who don’t understand the argument at all usually fail from the beginning, trying to include thermal losses at combustion power plants. This argument doesn’t apply to most renewables, and […]

BYD Atto 3 — Intro This BYD Atto 3 review is about the export version of China’s BYD Yuan Plus. BYD is a Chinese conglomerate that started out as a battery maker. It diversified into carmaking, and when the EV revolution started, BYD was among the first to convert some of its fossil fuel vehicles […]

The global energy crisis has given renewable energy a historic boost, with the world on track to add as much renewable energy in the next five years as it did in the previous twenty. According to a new report from the IEA, the global energy crisis is causing a sharp acceleration in the installation of […]

There’s no denying that “glamping” in an RV is a lot of fun.  While camping in a tent can be a lot of fun, too, the temperature swings, the lack of a bathroom, and not having a mattress like you have at home can all make the experience a lot less exciting for many people. […]

California has a new law that prohibits automakers and dealers from claiming a car is capable of self-driving if it is not.

Mercedes S-Class — Intro The Mercedes S-Class does not need an introduction. For half a century, it has been the top-of-the-line mode from the Mercedes-Benz group of models. It is the “mass-market” luxury car segment just below Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and the likes. The S-Class is the first generation that brings new Mercedes-Benz options and technology […]

The crème de la crème of European car journalists have made a shortlist for the 2023 European Car of the Year competition, demonstrating that they are a bunch of shockingly incompetent car journalists. What they did was look at buggies to compete with the T-Ford in the market a century ago — in a moment […]