Author: CleanTechnica

It’s ironic — this week’s Cleantech Leader of the Week is the capital city of this week’s Cleantech Laggard of the Week. The city of Austin, and specifically its public transportation agency, made one of the most exciting EV announcements of the past year, while the state of Texas went out there and pushed to […]

Italy’s EV market is finally giving some positive signs, after months of subdued numbers. As the rest of Europe enjoys new records, the Bel Paese also boasted a strong performance in March. The road to recovery is, however, still paved with uncertainty. Official statistics for March (see UNRAE) offer a glimpse of hope for electric […]

Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Plugins scored over half a million sales last month, up 23% year over year (YoY), pulling the year-to-date (YTD) tally to over 1.3 million units. Share-wise, with March showing another great performance, plugin vehicles hit 34% market share! Full electrics (BEVs) alone accounted for […]

Is there a better name for a heat pump? Should it be sexier or come in harvest gold? Or is it enough that it works and saves money?

Here at CleanTechnica, we’re all about using electric vehicles in as many ways as possible and with Tesla’s Camp Mode, their vehicles have become popular for weekend warriors road, trippers and full-time campers alike. We’ve been following the Living In Tesla YouTube channel since creator and host Jimmy Cheung launched it. After many uncomfortable road […]

In Texas, anti-ESG whiners lead the cheer for a massive new green hydrogen facility supported by wind and solar power.

Fortum Battery Recycling has begun commercial operations at its hydrometallurgical battery material recycling facility in Harjavalta, Finland. The recently built facility is the first hydrometallurgical recycling commercial-scale facility in Europe and the largest recycling plant in Europe in terms of recycling capacity. The new large-scale plant will significantly ease the rising demand for sustainable battery […]

Does an electric car create emissions during manufacture? Of course. But the Washington Post inflates their impact to scare readers.

DAF’s all new assembly plant for battery-electric trucks was officially opened last week by Micky Adriaansens, the Dutch minister of Economic Affairs and Climate. We are finally starting to see some traction in the electrification of commercial vehicles. In the United Kingdom for example, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says ownership of […]

Magpie's solution is one of what is now a toolkit of solutions for decarbonizing aviation.