Author: CleanTechnica

In Europe, vans are essentially what pickup trucks are in the USA. We even had a period with double-cabin trucks with smallish cargo space that were used as private cars, before the SUV/CUV craze made them a better alternative. Not having vans from Audi, BMW, or Porsche, the vans from Mercedes-Benz are the top of […]

For ten years, the Liberal (right-leaning) federal government has delayed, obfuscated, and outright ambushed plans to move Australian power generation from reliance on fossil fuels to renewables. In response, many states have done what they can to make the transition without federal help. One of the most prominent has been New South Wales, under the […]

A polymer-based electrolyte made for batteries that keep working — and don’t catch fire — when heated to over 140 degrees F.

The first-ever auction for wind lease tracts off the West Coast concluded Wednesday, pulling down $757 million in winning bids. Government and industry officials touted the impressive bidding as evidence of the growing momentum in the offshore wind sector and for floating offshore wind specifically. While offshore wind developers can expect a welcoming policy environment, […]

Set of Annual 2022 Standard Scenarios for U.S. Electricity Sector Evolution Is Now Available, Representing the Inflation Reduction Act and More Decarbonization Scenarios The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the 2022 Standard Scenarios, a suite of forward-looking scenarios of the U.S. electricity sector. The suite offers a scenario framework to explore the rapidly […]

A couple months ago, I found out that a seemingly pointless On* (the vehicle service formerly known as OnStar) feature can actually be extremely useful. On a trip to the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona (near Portal, AZ), I found myself looking for food. The local café had closed earlier than I thought, and we were […]

Tesla will stop producing the Model Y at its factory in Shanghai in the last week of December according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

Ampersand, one of the pioneers in the African electric motorcycle sector, is ramping up its operations. Ampersand was founded in 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda, and quickly started work on motorbike and battery prototypes which were put on road to get real data in the actual conditions that the motorcycles would be used by customers in […]

Tesla’s electric vehicles are now available throughout many world auto markets, but where can you buy Model Y SUV for the cheapest price? While Singapore, Israel, and Mexico represent the three countries where Tesla’s best-seller costs the most, the U.S. falls somewhere in the middle, and one country holds the crown for offering the cheapest […]

The Hyundai IONIQ 6 is Hyundai’s hot new electric car, a very sporty looking car that also has GM EV1 vibes. With 27.7% of new auto sales in the UK being plugin vehicles, and 20.6% being fully electric, if you’re an automaker and you’ve got a new electric vehicle, you’ve got to be selling it […]