Shanghai, CHINA — XPENG showcased its AI-driven ADAS system to global delegates this week, hosting live road demonstrations during the UN/WP.29 Informal Working Group on Automated Driving Systems (IWG ADS) session in Shanghai. The international forum, which brings together stakeholders from regulators to industry experts and consumer groups to develop ... [continued]

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The Florida firm AccuSolar is among the stakeholders supporting forward movement in the US floating solar industry, despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy.

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The climate crisis is no longer a matter of concern to the US administration, which has decreed that global warming is a hoax that may be safely ignored.

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If you have been reading the recent takes on the "legacy EV retreat," including at least one piece published here last week, you have likely seen the narrative that Detroit is just lazy, lobby-happy, and getting exactly what it deserves for dragging its feet. The argument generally goes that if ... [continued]

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In my recent article on America's new maritime plan, I argued that it was competing for the wrong century by anchoring itself to legacy fuels and industrial logic that made sense when gasoline and diesel dominated global energy demand. A reader asked a question regarding the fuel cost variance for ... [continued]

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The Highlander was still at the show in the hybrid form. Toyota focused instead on the crowd favorite RAV-4 Hybrid Toyota's push toward full electrification took an unusual turn at the 2026 Chicago Auto Show, where the brand's newest battery-electric SUV — the Highlander BEV — dominated headlines without ever ... [continued]

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Other than the new Rivians, the most anticipated new fully electric vehicle may be the Slate pickup truck. There have been many photos of the prototypes and test vehicles, but not a lot of video footage of the Slate being driven.  Jay Leno, the noted car enthusiast and collector, got ... [continued]

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All this year, we'll be exploring the many reasons to love heat pump water heaters (HPWHs). Perhaps the top reason is that they save so much money on utility bills. In fact, besides heat pumps for space heating, HPWHs are the appliance with the most potential savings across all household ... [continued]

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China's national carbon market has reached another expansion point, and the signal is larger than it first appears. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has extended mandatory carbon reporting beyond the original heavy sectors to include petrochemicals, chemicals, flat glass, copper smelting, papermaking, and civil aviation. That move does not ... [continued]

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December's auto market saw plugin EVs at 34.5% share in Germany, up from 23.4% year on year. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 30.0% share, decently up from 20.3% YoY. Overall December auto volume was 246,439 units, up some 10% YoY. Full year 2025 auto volume was 2,858,591 units, up ... [continued]

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December saw plugin EVs at 43.8% share in the UK, up from 40.0% year on year, with BEVs alone taking 32.2% share. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 34.6% share, up from 28.1% in 2024. Overall December auto volume was 146,249 up some 4% YoY. Full year 2025 auto volume ... [continued]

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Remember the MiBot, that tiny Japanese EV predicted by many EV pundits to be the next spawn of electric mobility in Japan because of its affordable ¥1 million (~$7000) price tag? Well, MiBot manufacturer KG Motors delivered the first completed MiBot units on December 30, 2025, after some delays which ... [continued]

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The UK is putting up 1 billion pounds to promote local clean energy projects that will provide benefits to communities, not investors.

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Typically, when people talk about electric vehicles, the metrics they focus on are price, range, energy efficiency, charging speed, battery size, and so on. For EV chargers, the focus may first be on charging speed, cost per charging session, and charger availability where one drives. However, there are also broader ... [continued]

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The US manufacturer Talon PV plans to launch a new generation of high-efficiency TOPCon solar cells into the US market, despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy.

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December saw plugin EVs at 98.5% share in Norway, up from 89.8% year on year, with BEVs alone taking 97.6% share. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 97.5% share in Norway, up from 91.3% YoY, with all the growth coming from BEVs. Overall December auto volume was 35,188 units, a ... [continued]

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I recently looked into Tesla's January sales in 12 European markets, and the results were not pretty. Overall, across those 12 markets, Tesla's sales were down 23%. However, one reader pointed out that it could be much more interesting going back two, three, or even four years. So, that's what ... [continued]

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While Tesla EV sales flounder, CEO Elon Musk engages in epic online poop-flinging against a leading Democratic donor.

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December saw plugin EVs take 68.6% share in Sweden, up from 62.8% year-on-year. BEV share grew marginally YoY, while PHEV share increased. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 63.2% share, up from 58.4% YoY, with two thirds of the gain coming from PHEVs. Overall December auto volume was 23,877 units, ... [continued]

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December's auto market saw plugin EVs at 34.4% share in France, up from 23.5% year on year. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 26.7% share, up slightly from 25.4% YoY, and let down by shrinking PHEV share. Overall December auto volume was 172,927 units, down some 6% YoY. Full year ... [continued]

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Recent reports out of Mexico indicate that Nissan and Mercedes are selling their joint venture factory in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and the top bidders have been narrowed down to BYD and Geely. Overall, this represents a dramatic shift for legacy automakers in Mexico. While Chinese vehicles have rapidly risen to take ... [continued]

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The new U.S. Maritime Action Plan, available from the White House Maritime Insights page, is serious policy work. It acknowledges that American commercial shipbuilding has withered to less than 1% of global output and that only a handful of domestic yards can build large oceangoing vessels. It recognizes workforce shortages, ... [continued]

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Repealing the endangerment finding may tick of a lot of boxes for right wing extremists, but the result could be not what they expect.

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Canada has just shifted its electric vehicle policy architecture. Instead of relying on an explicit EV sales mandate, the federal government has moved toward tightening fleet average emissions standards combined with credit trading and trade policy adjustments. On the surface, this looks like a procedural change. In practice, it changes ... [continued]

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The greedy, grasping, living cartoon of a Scrooge who currently occupies the White House is leveraging coal power to support his plans for killing as many Americans as possible. Hopefully he will leave office again — peacefully, this time — before doing much further damage. In the meantime, energy storage ... [continued]

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6 years and 3 months ago my wife and I took delivery of our new long range, dual motor Tesla Model 3, on October 21, 2019, at the Salt Lake City Delivery and Service Center. At the time, I paid $6,000 for what was called Full Self Driving (FSD). I ... [continued]

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The question around electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aka Jetsons air taxi certification has shifted. It is no longer about whether regulators will create a pathway. Both the FAA and EASA have done that work. The FAA finalized powered lift operational rules in 2024 and published Advisory Circular 21.17-4 ... [continued]

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This odd battle has been going on for so long that I had actually forgotten about it. There's a quirk in some US state laws that they require automobiles to be sold through 3rd party auto dealers. That is actually rooted in something, in some potential for consumer abuse identified ... [continued]

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Hyundai Motor Group claimed in an article today that it is "Driving the Future of Electrified Mobility with Advanced R&D." It sounded positive and exciting, and Hyundai is a company producing some of the better EVs out there. But it is also hard to call Hyundai a leader. Hyundai is ... [continued]

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It's clear one company entered into 2026 with a big booster in its backpack and pep in its step. Waymo started the year ready to rock and roll, from rapid expansion into new markets, to a new funding round to speed that up further, to a new stage of autonomous ... [continued]

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In a period of struggling EV sales in the United States, when the market has been hurt by drastic changes to US policy and extreme tariffs, it's hard to find bright spots or vehicle models that stimulate optimism and excitement. The Rivian R2 has the potential to be one. But ... [continued]

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Most maritime battery studies are already obsolete. That is not a criticism of the researchers who wrote them. It is a recognition that their assumptions were grounded in the battery costs and energy densities available at the time. Several of the most detailed recent merchant shipping studies modeled battery system ... [continued]

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BYD recently entered a partnership with the Manchester City soccer (or football) club. This is one of the top teams in the Premier League. The partnership includes supplying BYD and DENZA vehicles, along with ESS batteries. In the heavily tribal world of soccer, this will likely gain some sales from ... [continued]

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When I was in elementary school, my classmates and I learned how New England mill owners sited their factories near mighty rivers. We know now those factories dumped their waste directly into public waters without any consideration to the pollution and damage they were causing. Sulfite and phosphorus. Sulfuric acid, ... [continued]

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The Florida legislature is considering bills that will ban local climate mitigation strategies it says are too costly.

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Rideence Africa Limited, a subsidiary of the Garden Real Group, is an integrated electric mobility solutions provider in Kenya. Rideence currently operates one of the largest electric ride-hailing fleet in Kenya. Rideence is also developing a nationwide charging network. The next big step as part of Rideence's strategy is now ... [continued]

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Doyne Farmer believes the world of economics has too many mathematicians and too few physicists, leading to inaccurate predictions.

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We seem to be in a period of questionable energy practices here in the US with the continued usage of old and aging coal power plants, despite the fact that overreliance on coal is bad for climate change and coal combustion generates toxic air pollution that harms people. One alternative ... [continued]

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One month is just that — one month. Tesla has been known to rebound from slow starts to quarters in the past. However, most of the hype around low Tesla sales in the first months of quarters in the past has been a misunderstanding — or misrepresentation — of how ... [continued]

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China's S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES) has crossed an important threshold. This is an update on a report CleanTechnica featured 5 months ago. Last month, the megawatt-class airborne wind platform, operated by Beijing Lanyi Yunchuan Energy Technology Co., completed a grid-connected test flight in Yibin, Sichuan Province, confirming ... [continued]

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Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is previewing its VF Limo Green in the Philippines, signaling its intent to enter the country's seven-seat MPV segment, although the model has not yet been formally launched. Local automotive publication AutoIndustriya.com reported that the Limo Green has been shown to the market and is ... [continued]

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As I wrote yesterday, Tesla's sales are down considerably in several European markets so far this year. Now we have news out of China, and it isn't any better. In fact, whereas Tesla's sales were down 23% across the 12 markets analyzed in Europe, the company's EV sales in January ... [continued]

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About 22% of light-duty vehicles sold in 2025 in the United States were hybrid, battery electric, or plug-in hybrid vehicles, up from 20% in 2024. Among those categories, hybrid electric vehicles have continued to gain market share while battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles decreased, according to estimates from ... [continued]

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Aside from denying that long established climate science is real, and the threats to humanity from global heating are great, the Trump administration is intent on doing all kinds of absurd things to pretend that fossil fuels are better than they are, and to line the pockets of fossil billionaires ... [continued]

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In an EV market where so many companies are trying to break through, make their mark, and stand out from the crowd, one new entrant has jumped ahead of the rest in the past two years. That company is Xiaomi, of course. Better known for its phones, it decided to ... [continued]

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Rollback Will Make Americans Sicker, Raise Costs for Families WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Lee Zeldin will finalize a federal regulation that would obliterate the Environmental Protection Agency's greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles. As a part of the Trump administration's wholesale attack on the EPA's ... [continued]

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Washington, DC — Today, in a brazen assault on the health and welfare of the American public, the Trump administration announced its rule revoking the Environmental Protection Agency's longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the federal Clean Air Act. With the stroke of a pen at a White House, Donald Trump ... [continued]

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Commercial robotaxi service continues to expand in city after city. In Abu Dhabi, Uber and WeRide just expanded driverless commercial robotaxi service into downtown. WeRide and Uber launched robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi a little more than a year ago. With this expansion into downtown, the partners now serve about ... [continued]

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Volkswagen Group has achieved another electric vehicle milestone this week. The German auto giant has just produced its 5 millionth electric drive unit. This was achieved across a handful of factories. "The Volkswagen Group has reached a milestone in producing five million electric drive units worldwide. This collective achievement by ... [continued]

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Electricity consumption from customers connected to Kenya Power's E-Mobility tariffs surged 188% in 2025.  Consumption rose from 2,922,692 kWh in 2024 to 8,433,437 kWh in 2025. This led to an increase in revenue from EVs charging to KShs. 190,800,016 ($1,479,069.89) from KShs. 64, 843,181 ($502,660.32) in 2025. Kenya Power says ... [continued]

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