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Technology Neutrality Is Not The Solution To The Car Industry’s Issues
If the EU holds firm on the 2035 target, the European auto industry has a real chance to be competitive global EV players. Next week the EU will make an announcement that will decide the fate of its car industry. The revision of the car CO2 law, and the 2035 electrification ... [continued]
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Making ETS2 Work
Measures to keep ETS2 prices affordable. Weakening the car CO2 standards will only make the ETS2 more expensive. Here’s why: The Council and the European Parliament agreed to delay ETS2 by one year. Before the prospect of an ETS2 delay emerged, 2027 carbon price projections under the MSR reform ranged ... [continued]
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Federal Judge Vacates Illegal Offshore Wind Order, Says Wind Foes Are “Tilting At Windmills”
The US offshore wind industry lives to fight another day, now that a federal judge has voided a key part of US President Donald Trump's offshore wind ban.
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Dragonfly Energy Expands Marine OEM Footprint with World’s Largest Power Catamaran Manufacturer, World Cat
Reno, Nevada — Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: DFLI) (“Dragonfly Energy” or the “Company”), an industry leader in energy storage and maker of Battle Born Batteries®, today announced that World Cat, the world’s largest producer of power catamarans, has expanded its integration of Battle Born® power systems across new models. Following the ... [continued]
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ICYMI: Indianapolis Billboard Calls Out Coal for Hoosiers’ High Utility Bills
Indianapolis, Indiana — A new ad in downtown Indianapolis reminds Hoosiers that their high utility bills are thanks to coal. According to a new report, Indiana is the state with the highest year-over-year electric bills, as bills have increased more than 16% in the last year, and Indiana’s energy prices have ... [continued]
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Panasonic to Supply Batteries for Zoox
Zoox, the robotaxi startup owned by Amazon, has expanded a bit recently, and it is ready to scale up enough that it has secured an EV battery supplier for more EV production. Starting in early 2026, Zoox will be receiving batteries from Panasonic Energy. It will be using 2170 cylindrical ... [continued]
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Is The Plant-Based Food Sector Really Too Woke?
Was the plant-based meat substitute industry wrong to recommend its products as a climate solution? That’s what Impossible Foods CEO Peter McGuinness insists, saying that the approach severely restricted the company’s potential customer base early on. The approach may have contributed to an inevitable pattern of steadily falling US faux ... [continued]
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Are Tesla Sales Really Popping in China?
First of all, I want to note that whether Tesla sales are booming in China or not is sort of irrelevant to Tesla’s/Elon Musk’s vision for the company and how it is supposed to succeed now. Musk has all but given up on serious growth from normal automaker improvements, vehicles ... [continued]
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A New Billing Architecture To Transform EV Charging Economics
TL;DR — Public charging is expensive and messy because the business model is wrong. Instead of selling electricity, charging operators should just provide infrastructure — and utilities should bill drivers directly at their home rate. A single API can make this happen and unlock the kind of seamless experience Tesla ... [continued]
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Kia EV5 For Canada, Scout Pre-Orders Heavily Favor PHEV Option
Kia says it won't bring the EV5 to the US but will offer it in Canada, while Scout will sell mostly plug-in hybrids.
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New Syncraft Powerplant Being Built In Partnership With Procarbic
In Zwickau, Germany, construction is starting on a new Syncraft Climate Positive Powerplant that will turn regional forest waste into renewable energy and green carbon. The project is led by BiokohlenWerk Zwickau and is coordinated by Procarbic Management, part of the Prolignis Group. The technology at the heart of the ... [continued]
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40% Of Bolt’s Motorcycle Fleet Is Now Electric, Making It Nairobi’s Largest EV Ride-Hailing Provider
Kenya’s electric motorcycle ecosystem is now starting to flourish thanks to the hard work and vision of several innovators over the past 8 years which saw a tremendous opportunity to transform one of the key pillars of the county’s transport landscape. The share of electric motorcycles in new motorcycle registrations ... [continued]
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Waymo Drives Right into Police Scene, and Golf Course
Robotaxis may be much better, safer drivers than most humans — maybe — but there’s no doubt that there are still a variety of edge cases where humans would handle a situation better, and there probably always will be. The latest example is a “funny” one (in this case), but ... [continued]
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From Startup to Industry Pioneer: Taiga’s Off-Road Electrification Journey
In this episode of CleanTech Talk, CleanTechnica‘s Scott Cooney interviews Taiga Motors CEO and cofounder Sam Bruneau. Sam shares the story behind building the world’s first electric power-sports vehicle company and why electrification on water and off-road matters now more than ever. From the launch of the new Orca WX3 ... [continued]
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How Vehicles Differentiate in Mature EV Markets — YouTube Discussion
In another CleanTechnica YouTube discussion, Jose Pontes, Larry Evans, Raymond Tribdino, and I got together to discuss how electric vehicles will differentiate themselves as core EV metrics (like range and charging speed) become less varied and less notable. We discuss the highly mature Chinese EV market, self-driving vehicles, and more. ... [continued]
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