Author: CleanTechnica

Sales of battery-electric vehicles breached the 500 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever. Last year, 502 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up from 218 in 2021. With only 1024 BEVs sold since 2018, its clear to see that sales of BEVs have been slow in South Africa compared […]

Listen in to CleanTechnica’s most recent webinar, during which we demystified 2023 global energy trends. Last year world leaders gathered at COP26 to set targets for decarbonizing the global economy and the table was set for the energy transition. What are experts in the industry saying about this transition in the coming year? Check out […]

Lectric eBikes invited CleanTechnica out to Phoenix for what we thought was a first ride of the Lectric XP Trike. We did indeed get to ride Lectric’s XP Trike, but little did we know that we were going to be ambushed with a completely new product, the Lectric eBikes XPedition Series electric cargo bike. Walking […]

One of the big challenges for the EV transition is how to make it possible for people who can’t charge in their own driveway or garage. For some people, street parking is the only option, and some cities are responding by offering either public charging or allowing residents to install their own charging equipment in […]

Volkswagen says it has developed a pulse inverter internally that improves powertrain efficiency by 20%. That's a really big deal.

Sandia scientists develop computer tools to study inadvertent marine cloud brightening.

The European Commission is about to stick a green investment label on thousands of highly polluting planes. It must reverse course.

Most of the world’s legacy automakers are slowly but surely raising their electrification games, and that’s good news for all concerned — car buyers need more choices, and the industry needs healthy competition. However, they still have a lot to learn, and some painful choices to make, if they hope to catch up to the […]

By Jim Ringold Originally included in the Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) suite was Tesla’s rather basic highway program. It worked okay for rather simple limited access, divided highway driving requirements. Then the city street program, much more complicated in order to deal with more complex “off highway” requirements, was added. It’s an entirely different software […]

A UK climate advocacy group is warning about a