By Ray Wills, Peter Newman AO, and Raphael Wellmann China’s latest NEV plan makes one thing clear: the future global car hierarchy is being decided at home, not in export markets. Less expected is the rapid rise of Thailand, which is following China’s playbook with striking success. Beijing’s new carbon‑peaking … [continued]
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Isuzu Motors is testing a three-minute battery-swapping system for municipal electric garbage trucks in Yokohama, aiming to eliminate lengthy charging delays for high-demand commercial vehicles. This was first reported in Japan Times but confirmation of the timing came from CleanTechnica sources in Isuzu’s headquarters at Nishi-ki in … [continued]
Chery Automobile-backed joint venture Electric Mobility Technologies is preparing to enter Japan’s tightly regulated kei-car market with a compact electric vehicle scheduled for launch in 2027. Operating under the EMTA brand, the Singapore-based venture will compete with BYD and its upcoming Racco kei EV as Chinese automakers push deeper into … [continued]
Chatgpt generated control-room view of a global grid system responding to fuel shocks with clean flexibility instead of a simple return to coal.
The easiest story to tell after the Strait of Hormuz disruption was that coal would be the winner. It had the virtue of sounding like common sense. If LNG cargoes are delayed, diverted, or repriced, then gas-fired generation becomes less attractive or less available, while coal plants that are already … [continued]
With no end in sight to Trump’s war in Iran, transportation stakeholders in Japan are forging new green hydrogen alliances and laying plans for a hydrogen truck freight corridor.
Waymo recently hosted an event in Tokyo to share more about our autonomous driving technology and our progress in Tokyo to the local media specializing in automotive technology. As the original pioneer in the autonomous driving technology industry, Waymo has developed industry-leading hardware, AI and operations, which enabled the company … [continued]
This is the second of three articles seeking to contextualise the failure of the West to grasp or even understand or manifest technological change over the past 15 years. The touchstone used here, and in our previous article, is “New Energy Vehicles” (plugin vehicles). The first article focussed primarily on … [continued]
Many of our readers ask why Australia doesn’t have an automotive industry. Well, here comes the next generation to take up the challenge. Meet Applied EV, a Melbourne-based startup that has just raised AU$40 million to progress its autonomous electric dreams. The list of investors includes some heavy hitters, among … [continued]
We’ve got another robotaxi collaboration. This time, it’s Nissan, Uber, and Wayve that are teaming up to work on a robotaxi rollout … eventually. “The parties will begin preparations for a pilot deployment in Tokyo by late 2026, introducing the Nissan LEAF powered by the Wayve AI Driver, available to … [continued]
On February 9, 2026, Japan restarted Unit 6 of its largest nuclear power plant, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Niigata Prefecture, which was shut down following the 2011 Fukushima tsunami and nuclear accident. As the reactor returns to full operations, the resulting increase in nuclear generation is likely to … [continued]
