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  • Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm Decides To Dummy Up When Asked About Elon Musk

    Mar 25, 2025, 6:11 pm By Steve Hanley
    At a public appearance in Australia, Tesla board chair Robyn Denholm refused to answer any questions about Elon Musk. The post Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm Decides To Dummy Up When Asked About Elon Musk appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • Waymo D.C.

    Mar 25, 2025, 4:51 pm By Zachary Shahan
    I knew it was coming. Waymo has been expanding faster and faster in the past couple of years, and it seemed certain that the company would bring its robotaxis to a new major market in 2025. In fact, I think it will expand into more than one city, but today ...…
  • BYD Advances Its “All EVs Great And Small” Strategy

    Mar 25, 2025, 3:18 pm By Steve Hanley
    BYD is accelerating along its path to the future with the introduction of two new models that undercut the competition in features and price. The post BYD Advances Its “All EVs Great And Small” Strategy appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • Geothermal & Heat Pumps Are Quietly Undermining Fossil Industrial Heat

    Mar 25, 2025, 2:19 pm By Michael Barnard
    Industrial heat has always been the awkward uncle at the decarbonization dinner table. Loud, a bit old-fashioned, and responsible for about 20% of global carbon emissions, but nobody really wants to talk about him. The climate conversation has been dominated…
  • Insights From An Electric Truck Driver

    Mar 25, 2025, 1:16 pm By Jake Richardson
    News about electric vehicles tends to focus on personal transportation: cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, ebikes, electric motorcycles, etc. There are other electric vehicles, though, and great reasons they should be getting attention. Big trucks for shipping, using…
  • The Hyundai INSTEROID Is … Interesting

    Mar 25, 2025, 10:34 am By Zachary Shahan
    First of all, we have to start with the name. Looking at the initial limited-lighting images of the vehicle, I thought perhaps it was a play on “asteroid” and outer space focused, especially with the sort of Mars orange in the lighting. Maybe they were…
  • “The Californians” Try To Help Sell Volkswagen ID. Buzz

    Mar 25, 2025, 9:47 am By Zachary Shahan
    I love the Volkswagen ID. Buzz. I’ve loved it for about a decade, since whenever the first concept was shown. I also have a bit of a personal stake in it selling well. At an EV conference in Amsterdam I was speaking at, I spoke a bit with a Volkswagen ...…
  • The Actual Problem with Airplane Contrails

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:57 pm By Zachary Shahan
    For some reason, there have been some wild conspiracy theories around airplane contrails for years, or decades even. Word gets around that nefarious hidden forces (most commonly “the government”) are spraying slow-killing poison on us via “chemtrails,”…
  • Texas Senate Votes To Shred Renewable Energy Rules

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:55 pm By Steve Hanley
    Renewable energy in Texas is surging because of its low cost, so of course fossil fuel interests want new laws to protect their profits. The post Texas Senate Votes To Shred Renewable Energy Rules appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • XPENG Unveils 1st XPENG Tech Center in Asia

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:40 pm By Press Release
    Also, XPENG introduces ultra intelligent 7-seater, X9, in Hong Kong. XPENG opens its first “XPENG Tech Center” in Asia, located in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, showcasing cutting-edge AI-defined mobility technologies and robotics XPENG announces plans for…
  • BESS + Solar Farm + Blueberries = Energy Resilience in New Zealand

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:31 pm By David Waterworth
    Meridian Energy has announced the imminent commencement of the construction of the 130 MW Ruakākā Solar Farm south of Whangārei. This will be the company’s first NZ solar farm. Whangarei is the northernmost city in New Zealand, situated on the North…
  • NIO & CATL Form Strategic Partnership on Battery Swapping

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:01 pm By Press Release
    Ningde, Fujian — NIO and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (“CATL”) signed a strategic partnership in Ningde, Fujian. Together, they will advance the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry by building a battery swapping…
  • Hyundai Launches IONIQ 5 Robotaxi Blitz While Elon Is Busy Doing Other Stuff

    Mar 24, 2025, 10:37 pm By Tina Casey
    Hyundai is planning to bust the US robotaxi scene wide open with an assist from its popular IONIQ 5 EV, leaving Tesla behind in the dust. The post Hyundai Launches IONIQ 5 Robotaxi Blitz While Elon Is Busy Doing Other Stuff appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Will Not Dominate The Transportation Sector

    Mar 24, 2025, 10:32 pm By Michael Barnard
    The belief that hydrogen will dominate the transportation sector is rooted in optimism rather than evidence. It appeals to the imagination but collapses under scrutiny. In practice, hydrogen is being decisively outpaced by two more efficient and cost-effective…
  • Tesla Cars Depreciate the Most in USA — But There’s a Catch

    Mar 24, 2025, 6:57 pm By Zachary Shahan
    There’s a new analysis out there that shows that Tesla vehicles depreciate the most of any brand in the USA after 1 year of ownership (26.6%), after 3 years of ownership (44.4%), and after 5 years of ownership (54.7%). On the flip side, the vehicle brand…
  • A Primer On Sea Level Rise

    Mar 24, 2025, 1:03 pm By Carolyn Fortuna
    Sea level rise refers to the average increase in the water level of the Earth’s oceans. As ice sheets and glaciers melt, they add more water. A huge toolkit of increasingly sophisticated instruments, deployed across the oceans, on polar ice, and in orbit,…
  • Deep Geothermal Energy Production Progress in Utah

    Mar 24, 2025, 12:48 pm By Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler
    Mark Z. Jacobson has proposed converting the entire energy production of the world to clean energy. He regards “Wind, Water, and Solar” (WWS) as the only methods that can do this practically, quickly, and economically. Of those, hydroelectric power is the…
  • Clean Energy Investors Can Take Their Money Anywhere

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:30 am By Tina Casey
    With US energy policy in a state of flux, US clean energy investors are picking up their money and taking it overseas. The post Clean Energy Investors Can Take Their Money Anywhere appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • Library Attacks Highlight Authoritarian Agenda

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:20 am By Steve Hanley
    Official US government policy is now focused on reducing the library to an instrument of government policy dissemination. The post Library Attacks Highlight Authoritarian Agenda appeared first on CleanTechnica.
  • Trump Dumps On Heat Pumps, But They’re Coming Anyways

    Mar 24, 2025, 11:06 am By Tina Casey
    President Trump revoked support for heat pumps under the Defense Production Act last week, but new cold climate heat pumps are already happening. The post Trump Dumps On Heat Pumps, But They’re Coming Anyways appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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