Author: CleanTechnica

Polestar pulled the covers off of its latest offering — the Polestar 4 — at the Shanghai auto show this week to reveal the very latest thinking on how to make a car that can be called an SUV but which resembles a coupe — or coupé if you live in Europe or the UK. […]

Listening to music inside the car is a classic pastime for driving just about anywhere, and in the age of smart devices, there are more options for doing so than ever. Even if you aren’t using Bluetooth in your Tesla, you can still control USB devices hands-free while you’re driving, which is ideal for staying […]

Elli, the market leader among European charging network providers, with 500,000 charging stations, claims that it is the first business to reach a significant milestone in providing access to the infrastructure for charging. Volkswagen Group’s charging network has grown by 100,000 charging stations just in the previous four months. With access to more than 950 […]

In order to increase access to the fast charging infrastructure in New Zealand, Tritium DCFC Limited (Tritium), a global developer and producer of direct current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs), recently established a strategic agreement with Jump Charging. New Zealand’s pace of EV adoption is increasing, and more charging stations will be needed […]

South Africa is in the midst of its worst ever electricity rationing program due to depressed generation capacity resulting from several factors, including frequent breakdowns at its aging coal power plants. This electricity rationing is costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars per year. The City of Cape Town is working to reduce the […]

VinFast is filling in its vehicle orders for the USA and Canada with a shipment of 1,879 cars leaving for the Port of Benicia in California and expected to arrive after 20 days at sea. Some 1,098 VF 8s will be unloaded at the US West Coast port, while 781 vehicles are headed for Canada […]

Some people are scared that electric vehicles will crash the utility grid. In two recent reports, researchers debunk such nonsense.

At CleanTechnica, Solaris has been a frequent subject of our articles for several years now. This is because the company specializes in manufacturing electric buses — an eco-friendly transportation option that is ideal for municipalities, and thus a key ingredient in the solution to climate change. When compared to diesel buses, electric buses are known […]

20 years ago, when meteorologist John Haynes first went to Washington, DC, there was so much pollution that he could stand on the roof of NASA headquarters and see airborne residues of the neighboring interstate highway. He claims that a cloud of smog extended all the way into Virginia and simply followed the freeway. A […]

The relationship between thieves and security features can be viewed as a never-ending competition. This is because as security measures become more advanced and sophisticated, thieves also become more sophisticated in their methods of breaking in. For example, when banks started using safes, thieves began using dynamite or other explosives to break into them. When […]