Category: eMobility

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 […]

Charging an EV will likely cost you less than paying for gas, but it's not necessarily cheap in all cases.

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 […]

Toyota's first electric sedan starts at $24,700 in China and offers a CLTC range of 321 miles in base guise.

The Indian government has relaxed eligibility criteria for the exemption of the transmission charge waiver for renewable energy projects supplying power to green hydrogen projects.  Renewable energy projects in India supplying power to green hydrogen or green ammonia production plants will be exempted from payment of transmission charge provided they are commissioned by 31 December […]