Author: CleanTechnica

To most CleanTechnica readers, perovskites are something used in solar panels to make electricity. Now it appears they may have other uses as well. Researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK have recently published a report in the Journal of Cleaner Production with this catchy title: Cost effective decarbonisation of blast furnace – […]

Silicon battery technology gets the seal of approval from Porsche, which has put up the big bucks to help Group14 build the world's biggest silicon battery materials factory in Washington State.

Tesla’s steering wheels go into a lock mode when you’re charging at a Supercharger, but what happens if you need to move the wheel without unplugging? To be sure, the steering wheel may need to be in a specific position to use certain aftermarket parts, but one simple trick will let drivers change the position […]

Newly retired from his job as an IT architect, Paul and his wife decided to live the dream and bought a blue Tesla Model 3 LR three months ago. They decided to test it out and check out the various charging options on a recent road trip to Port Macquarie (NSW) from Brisbane (Queensland). Paul […]

Every quarter, Tesla releases delivery numbers. There was great anticipation for the Q1 2023 numbers after Tesla launched massive price cuts. The numbers show growth quarter over quarter and year over year. Digging deeper, there is some disturbing news. CNBC, in the article “Tesla reports 422,875 deliveries for first quarter of 2023,” summarizes that 422,875 […]

Tesla has announced it is building a new Megapack factory in Shanghai near its existing vehicle factory to supply world markets.

Toyota recently announced that it will expand its current lineup by releasing ten new battery-electric models by 2026, which would amount to 1.5 million vehicles of annual sales. Toyota also said that this next-generation of BEVs will be “entirely different from those of today — BEVs created by carmakers in 2026. This new generation of […]

You might think that diesel ferries and belching sheep would surpass Scotch whisky distilleries in greenhouse gas (GHG) total emissions, right? Nope. Producing Scotch whisky is really energy intensive, with a whole lot of carbon spewing and peat burning. If the distilleries’ multinational conglomerate owners are anything like the rest of the miserly corporate world, […]

Since Tesla’s removal of ultrasonic sensors (USS) from its vehicles around late last year, some drivers have complained about the loss of park assistance. Now, Tesla has shared its vision-based park assist feature in a new update, without the use of USS hardware. Tesla’s Vision Park Assist feature has been rolling out with software update […]

For some people, electric cars are to be feared and so they make up the most outrageous lies about them to scare people away from them.