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Electric, connected and smart: vehicles embody Volkswagen’s new China DNA Series models of the concept cars will be launched from next year CEO Thomas Schäfer: “We have everything it takes to be successful in China.” The “In China, for China” strategy of the Volkswagen brand is taking on visible for...

This week, the UK government reacted to the latest round of tariff insanity in the United States by altering its plans to promote the adoption of electric vehicles. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his country is reinstating its proposed ban on the sale of new cars powered solely by internal .....

On Saturday Night Live this week, alum Mike Myers played Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Suddenly, no one likes Tesla cars,” Myers muttered. “So I asked myself why, and then I answered myself: because of me.” Alluding to the disintegration of Tesla’s loyal following, he also played a video of a ... [continued...

BYD sales continue to soar. Its passenger vehicle sales were up 58% in the first quarter, while its electric commercial truck sales were up 1169%. Regarding full electric cars, BYD has now solidly shot past Tesla as the global leader. And the company has been releasing new model after new ... [conti...

The proposal would lead to European carmakers selling up to 880,000 fewer electric cars between 2025–2027. This is a summary. Download the briefing to find out more. In this paper, T&E has analysed the impact of various flexibilities for compliance with the EU’s 2025 car CO2 target. The analysis cov...

VinFast and other industry leaders are proving that the success of electric vehicles depends not just on technology but on building a seamless ownership ecosystem—one that eliminates range anxiety, ensures reliable service, and makes switching to EVs as effortless as possible. MARKHAM, Ontario — The...

Nissan slipped out teaser images of the next-generation Nissan LEAF this week. Shifting into crossover territory, it’s a bit different from what has come before, and I’d guess will be Nissan’s most popular LEAF ever. But aside from the look, something powerful struck me, amping up the news much more...

Many service center operators are installing EV chargers in place of gas pumps, especially in Norway were electric cars are dominant. The post Trading Gas Pumps For EV Chargers In Norway appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Caving in to Trump’s demands to recognise US car standards as equivalent to Europe would be a grave error. But it’s part of a pattern One of Donald Trump’s many obsessions is that Americans buy more cars from Europe than the other way round. To punish European carmakers the US ... [continued] The po...

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 diesel engines, generate huge amounts of...

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 that depreciates the least ... [continued] Th...

Funny thing — I wrote about California’s overall electric vehicle market and stats as well as market leaders, and I wrote about electric vehicles topping the charts in various vehicle classes, but I neglected to produce and share probably the most obvious chart of all from this market. That would .....

I’d love to live in a place with excellent e-bike infrastructure. If my smaller city had dedicated lanes with barriers between me and the cars, I’d ride places almost every time. Separate bike roads would be even better. But alas, it does not. Instead, most places have a narrow “bike ... [continued]...

I recently came across a video on YouTube that made an important point: there are HUGE advantages to driving an old car around. While you don’t get the latest technology (but can get most of it, more on that in a bit), don’t have the latest style, and often don’t ... [continued] The post EVs Need To...

California dominates the US electric vehicle scene. It has about 5 times more electric cars on its roads than any other state, and it’s also the #1 state in the nation in terms of electric cars per capita. California accounted for 31.1% of US EV (ZEV) sales in 2024. By ... [continued] The post Calif...

The re-election of President Donald J. Trump has created considerable uncertainty regarding the future of the U.S. automotive industry and the nation’s transition to electrified vehicles. Through executive orders, President Trump has indicated intentions to eliminate federal regulations aimed at red...

State of European Transport report shows that transport emissions are starting to fall as the EV market grows, but carbon savings are being undermined by increased air travel. Europe is set to save 20 million tonnes of CO2 this year thanks to more electric cars being on the road, new T&E analysis sh...

In the UK last week, Toyota teased a battery electric pickup truck while a new EV company called Longbow emerged. The post EV News: An Electric Pickup From Toyota, Two Electric Sports Cars From Longbow appeared first on CleanTechnica.

As a Republican that has liked electric cars for about 15 years, I’ve wondered when this moment would happen. We all know that a car is more than just transportation to get from A to B. In high school, the car you drove really influenced what other kids thought of ... [continued] The post Interest I...

Democrats and President Joe Biden revived the US EV tax credit for some companies, like Tesla, and expanded it to include coverage for things not covered before — like used electric cars. One change in particular, though, was especially useful. A loophole was included (accidentally, from background ...

When I first heard about Toyota’s decision to prioritize hybrids over full electric vehicles (EVs), I was skeptical. As a cleantech enthusiast and proud owner of several electric cars over the last 14 years, I’ve long believed that EVs are the future of transportation. But after digging into the dat...

With the exception of Nissan, Japanese car companies have been famously reluctant to bring competitive electric cars to market. On the other hand, the Japanese have always been good at tailoring their offerings to local markets. The EV revolution is in full swing in China, so if Honda and Toyota ......

Last year, the world bought 17.2 million plugin vehicles, and 10.8 million pure battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). Overall, 22% of new auto sales were plugin vehicle sales, more than one out of five, and 14% were BEV sales, almost one out of seven. That’s “a robust rise from the 16% (10% ... [continu...

We’ve published a few articles about the European Union’s move to delay CO2 emissions requirements. Overall, we see it as a weak, harmful move that is not required. Now the CEO of Volvo Cars, Jim Rowan, has come out and torched the EU over this as well. Rowan says that ... [continued] The post Volvo...

The use of touchscreens in cars is a concern to some safety advocates who claim they can lead to distracted driving. The post Cars With Touchscreen Controls May Not Qualify For Top Euro NCAP Safety Ratings appeared first on CleanTechnica.

While most Chinese automakers saw their sales of electric cars increase in February, Tesla sales were off by a shocking 49 percent. The post Tesla Sales In China Tumble 49% In February appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Clean cars vs less traffic: How much do they cut pollution from cars? Greenhouse gas emissions from road transport in the EU-27 have increased by 23% between 1990 and 2022, while in the same period the total from all sectors has decreased by 29%. Additional measures are needed to bring ... [continue...

I’ve seen several non-Tesla EV drivers pull up to a V2 Tesla Supercharger station with the expectation to charge, or at least the hope of charging. Some of these people have been in rental cars and really in need of a charge. Unfortunately, non-Tesla EVs can’t charge at V2 Superchargers ... [continu...

XPENG* is continuing its pretty significant global expansion. In the past few days, it has taken steps to enter Poland and Thailand, after bringing its cars to several other new markets in the past year. The Chinese smart EV startup is setting up infrastructure and partnerships around the world with...

One of our writers highlighted a used Tesla Model S costing just $9,000 in an article this week. One of our readers, “jonesey,” responded with the following insight: “If you don’t want a Tesla, I currently see 89 (eighty-nine) Volkswagen ID.4 EVs available in the US for under $25K, which ... [contin...

BMW presented details of its Gen6 battery technology that will appear later this year on its first Neue Klasse electric vehicles. The post Efficiency Gains Will Give BMW Neue Klasse Electric Cars 30% More Range appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Like it or not, auto dealerships are a vital part of the distribution network for both new and used cars. At the moment, they are being squeezed by the adoption of electric vehicles requiring less servicing and a price war in Australia. Can they survive? Should they survive? And what ... [continued]...

One of our readers passed along the note recently that it was the 25 year anniversary of the first hybrid car in the United States, the Honda Insight, which arrived in December 1999. (Yes, the Toyota Prius came a couple of years earlier in Japan, but it didn’t come to ... [continued] The post 25 Yea...

Are our new cars getting too safe? Are they becoming high-tech nannies? Australia has a shocking road toll that only seems to increase each year. I have a theory, that as the roads improve and the cars get safer, people take more risks, assuming that they are safe in giant ... [continued] The post T...

When people talk about legacy automakers and electric vehicles, they normally aren’t very kind to the old, established auto brands. However, Hyundai and Kia have been exceptions. Even a decade ago when most automakers were criticized for putting in very poor efforts designing electric cars, Kia and ...

Let’s talk about range. What is range for you? We recently had comments from Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson about a 30kWh midsize family car with 180 miles of range in 10 years. Our own Zach Shahan followed with an article about the benefits of building cars with less range. Both ... [continued] The post...

Xpeng launched in Australia in Sydney two months ago. The cars are now making their way into the deep north, and lo and behold, one showed up at our coffee, cake and EVs morning and we had the opportunity to have a good gawk. Marc (the new owner) was proud ... [continued] The post Xpeng G6 — More Te...

One of my most enjoyable memories of the ’70s was driving my Mini Cooper S around Brisbane, scaring my passengers, and dragging off cars at the lights with its low-to-the-ground, turbocharged power. It was a red brick to be reckoned with. I would have been more of a terror with ... [continued] The p...

T&E and other organizations release a joint statement calling on the European Parliament to preserve the recycled content targets for plastics in new cars proposed by the Commission T&E, the European Waste Management Association (FEAD), the European Recycling Industries Confederation (EuRIC), Plasti...

As I just wrote, the wheels are now in motion to kill the US EV tax credit (or, well, all three of them — the $7,500 one for certain new EV purchases, the $7,500 one for EV leasing, and the $4,000 one for used electric cars). One would think that ... [continued] The post Ford, GM, & Other Automakers...

Okay, “give us less range!” is not what Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson said. However, as you’ve probably seen by now, he did state that he thinks future electric cars can have just 180 miles of range, which goes against conventional wisdom. I said some quite similar things a decade ... [continued]...

Executives at Lucid and BMW are stressing efficiency instead of range as the key to electric car acceptance in the future. The post Lucid & BMW Execs Claim Efficiency More Important Than Range For Electric Cars appeared first on CleanTechnica.

BYD Cars Philippines is mirroring the performance of BYD globally, becoming the best selling new energy vehicle in the country. In an industry report it released recently, ACMobility, the official distributor of BYD passenger vehicles, announced a significant achievement in the New Energy Vehicle (N...

The market value of Porsche has dropped by half since its peak In the spring of 2023 as customers cool on its battery electric cars. The post Porsche Plans In Parlous Peril appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Volvo Cars sold 50,820 cars in January, with almost half of them coming with a plug. Plugin model sales were also up significantly from a year prior, growing 17% compared to January 2024. In total, 44% of the company’s January 2025 vehicle sales — 22,398 out of 50,820 — were ... [continued] The post...

The EU Commission is planning legislation to electrify large company fleets more quickly while President von der Leyen will come forward with her Automotive Industrial Action Plan on the 5th of March. An EU law to electrify company fleets could guarantee demand for more than 2 million electric cars ...

While the overall automotive market had a (barely) positive year (+1%), December saw promising signs — it was up 4% compared to December 2023. With 13 million passenger cars registered in 2024, this was the best year since the pandemic, but nevertheless, it was still down 2.9 million units compared ...

One of our readers complained today that we were reporting on big price cuts to Tesla vehicles, and clear trends those price cuts might relate to — dropping Tesla sales. He was concerned that we were no longer focused on covering cleantech (or “clean teck” as he put it). I ... [continued] The post N...