The 2024 National Bus and Coach Show was held in Brisbane last month featuring a vast array of buses in all sizes and drivetrains. Of course, CleanTechnica’s readers are mainly interested in ba...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/18/electric-buses-rule-down-under/
Here at CleanTechnica, we routinely get people complaining that we cover Tesla too negatively. We also routinely get people complaining that we cover Tesla too positively. Lately, we’ve been ge...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/18/our-stance-on-covering-tesla/
In recent days I’ve become aware that a purportedly neutral and data-centric transit organization, the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), has been advancing hyd...
Clearly, Tesla’s “We, Robot” event was a reference to the 2004 film I, Robot. I haven’t even seen the film and I got that. Having not seen the film, though, I didn’t realize how similar...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/18/tesla-we-robot-tech-movie-ripoffs-%F0%9F%91%80/
The federal government has begun an investigation of the Tesla Full Self Driving technology after the death of pedestrian. The post NHTSA Opens Investigation Of Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervi...
Last year, for one quarter, Elon Musk seemingly conceded (somewhat) to what Full Self Driving (FSD) purchasers had been requesting for years, that their FSD package automatically transfer to a ne...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/18/tesla-offering-fsd-transfer-yet-again-quietly/
My Visit To The Parkway Earlier this year, I had the chance to get out and drive around half of the Blue Ridge Parkway, a scenic road run by the National Park Service that runs from Shenandoah Na...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/18/the-blue-ridge-parkway-could-come-back-with-better-charging/
In another recent article, I covered the challenges an Appalachian farmer overcame using solar power, battery power stations, and lots of ingenuity. Between a 1200 watt solar array, a slew of pow...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/18/power-stations-economy-of-electric-power/
There are many benefits to electric cars — the convenience of charging at home or work, the fun and usefulness of instant torque, the much lower CO2 emissions and air pollution, and various ben...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/ford-launches-tool-to-help-businesses-go-electric-save-money/
Tesla continues to expand into new country markets. Perhaps it’s not doing so as quickly as BYD is, as the Chinese EV giant seems to be expanding into a new market every month, but the US compa...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/tesla-opens-its-first-superchargers-in-chile-south-america/
Well, this Waymo update came as a surprise. The California-based robotaxi company is trialling something interesting through November 15. It will provide Waymo One riders with a $3 credit for fut...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/waymo-now-encouraging-mass-transit/
It’s time for another robotaxi company to get a lot more attention in the US — Pony AI. Waymo is now providing 100,000 customer rides a week in its robotaxis. Tesla is trying to get robotaxis...
A little while ago, the great CleanTechnica editor and famous man around what Steve Hanley calls the gold-plated CleanTechnica water cooler, Zach Shahan, mused, “I remember the Tesla fans trash...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/what-is-it-with-lfp-for-batteries/
Tesla is already getting to work trying to move more Tesla Model 3s from factories to customer homes before the end of the year. It sent out a new mailer a couple of hours ago offering what is tr...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/tesla-lowers-leasing-price-on-tesla-model-3-in-usa/
Recently I published a perspective on the Canadian city of Mississauga’s plan to pilot hydrogen buses for their transit system. It included global data on the high cost and low reliability of h...
People have been pondering, analyzing, and predicting what the future of transport will look like. It is easy to say that it’s robotaxis because that can come in a lot of stages, scales, and fl...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/tesla-robotaxi-strategy-a-medium-sized-fleet/
A new electric utility wagon, which claims a carrying capacity of up to 150 pounds and the ability to haul loads up inclines as steep as 17%, is also claimed to be “the safest electric wagon,�...
In order to run cars that don’t have a steering wheel on US roads, automakers must secure permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It’s part of US auto safety rules...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/tesla-needs-serious-lobbying-to-deploy-its-robotaxi-fleet/
the story of BYD began 30 years ago with a dream. Today, it is selling cars in more than 95 countries worldwide. The post Unpacking The BYD Plan To Become A Global Company appeared first on Cl...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/unpacking-the-byd-plan-to-become-a-global-company/
A couple weeks ago, I came across an interesting video on X (aka Twitter) showing that EVs, and specifically Cybertrucks, really can tackle the longest and hardest journeys, sometimes far from th...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/17/arctic-expedition-shows-that-evs-can-conquer-almost-anything/
I wrote an article the other day titled “Tesla Proved Many People Wrong For Years — Is This Time The Same, Or Different?” The core points of the article were these: Many people said Tesla c...
I’m not going to be getting a Tesla Cybertruck. I prefer smaller vehicles and the Cybertruck doesn’t really have any draw for me. However, if I was in a phase of my life where I wanted to and...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/this-tesla-cybertruck-trailer-looks-amazing/
Hurricane Helene hit, the US vice presidential debate happened, I found out my mom’s area of North Carolina was suffering dramatically from the effects of Helene (they still don’t have water)...
If you’ve been waiting for years for the futuristic electric throwback to the iconic Volkswagen Bus, the ID. Buzz, you’ll be heartened to know it’s almost here. Volkswagen’s US website sa...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/volkswagen-id-buzz-gets-boost-from-electrify-america/
Vehicles Contribute 51% of a Household’s Carbon Footprint In our car-centric society, many of us recognize the benefits of public transportation, bicycles, and walking. We need more and better ...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/over-half-of-all-us-ev-sales-in-2023-were-suvs-make-it-100/
GM is laying plans for the EV battery of the future, including new cost-cutting, performance-enhancing atomic layer deposition technology. The post This Explains Why GM Ditched The Ultium EV Ba...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/this-explains-why-gm-ditched-the-ultium-ev-battery-label/
The Tesla Cybertruck, if it is anything, is unique. It stands out, a lot. It also has aspects to it that must make it very appealing as a police vehicle. So, it’s no surprise to find out that a...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/1st-police-cybertruck-tesla-cybertruck-dare-truck/
I recall in the early days of the modern electric vehicle era when the Tesla Model S and the BYD e6 were top selling electric cars. The BYD e6? Well, if you know, you know. If you weren’t aroun...
For a while now, I’ve been wondering how much Tesla is holding back on expanding its production capacity due to a lack of need for it. It seems Tesla has to roll out a series of incentives in o...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/tesla-gigafactory-expansion-approved-in-germany/
To me, CleanTechnica seems like the best source of EV sales news. Particularly because Zach regularly gets into the weeds and trends on the sales of various brands and models. Some of CleanTechn...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/ev-sales-in-china-us-uk-increased-in-september-decreased-in-eu/
I’ve gotten a lot more background on how the EV lease element of the Inflation Reduction Act came to be what it is. It’s an interesting story for another day. But a key here today is that lea...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/16/ev-leases-soar-thanks-inflation-reduction-act/
I’ve covered the US EV sales results of several auto companies this month as 3rd quarter sales data have come out. Several companies have seen soaring EV sales growth, while others have seen bi...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/15/honda-comes-from-nowhere-scores-big-ev-sales-in-usa/
Going through Kelley Blue Book’s latest data on US EV sales, one thing that jumped out to be was how much Tesla Model S and Model X sales crashed year over year. There are a few reasons I think...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/15/why-have-tesla-model-s-model-x-sales-crashed/
Is there anything more compelling than free money and supportive guidance from a purported expert organization to a municipal politician? Apparently not, as Mississauga in Canada appears set on j...
The Tesla Cybertruck is anything but normal. However, the sci-fi electric truck is following the trend of other Tesla models and shooting up the sales chart. Naturally, ramping up gradually, it i...
In this article, I relate our Supercharging adventures on a long-distance EV road trip going west. My wife and I have just completed our annual trip with two big ebikes on back on a receiver moun...
Electric trucks from Tesla and Freightliner are beginning to make their way into service with fleet operators in the US. The post Tesla Semi Passes DHL Tests, Reyes Adds 29 eCascadia Electric T...
I have been meeting Brian O’Neill at our “Coffee, Cake and EV” mornings for the past couple of years, and recently our conversations have centred on his quest to solve reduced range problem...
Tesla has shared on social media that Tesla China has produced its 3 millionth car. That’s quite an accomplishment for Tesla’s second car factory. It also reveals just how much of Tesla’s b...
Some people believe the EV revolution is over and done with. Been there, done that. People prefer conventional cars with internal combustion engines, and that’s that. While it is true that grow...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/15/hyundai-says-it-will-have-300-wh-kg-lfp-batteries-in-2025/
You know how, when the über wealthy have endless money to litigate, it seems as if they’ll inevitably win their court battles? That’s not always the case, it turns out. After eleven months o...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/15/teslas-labor-troubles-continue-in-swedish-district-court/
Some readers have criticized me, CleanTechnica, and other sites for “turning on” Tesla and becoming far too negative about the company in recent months or years. This article is going to focu...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/15/tesla-still-selling-a-ton-of-great-electric-cars/
It was obvious that Tesla was going to show off a futuristic looking robotaxi concept or two at its 10/10 robotaxi event at a Warner Bros. fake town in Los Angeles, and I assumed there would be n...
As some of you know, I was just recently hit straight on by Hurricane Milton. We went right through the center of the eye. (Ironically, it turns out, the actor who played Milton in Office Space �...
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/14/5-reasons-electric-cars-are-much-better-in-a-hurricane/
Just a few weeks ago, I sat at possibly the sole EV charger working a few days after Hurricane Helene took out many communities in the North Carolina mountains. The arrival of a Rivian owner on a...