JAKARTA, Indonesia — The 33rd GAIKINDO Indonesia International Auto Show opened at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition in BSD City with a clear signal that Southeast Asia is rapidly accelerating its transition toward zero-emission transportation. CleanTechnica arrived after the media day and rushed through filing these stories. Running through Aug. 9, … [continued]
It should come as a surprise to no one that the Chinese government is intent on leading continuing to lead on connected vehicles and electric vehicles, but the industry got a strong indication of support this week from the head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s (MIIT’s) equipment … [continued]
BYD is reportedly planning to show a humanoid robot for the first time soon. Well, it sort of already has, with a teaser image posted over the weekend on WeChat from its Di Space Zhengzhou site. “Notably, the account is a local channel for BYD’s offline science education and experience … [continued]
BYD’s sales progress outside of China has been one of the top EV stories of the year. It is selling EVs in many countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America now. However, outside of Asia, no BYD production facility is bigger than it’s Brazilian one. BYD recently reached a … [continued]
BYD has been working hard to break into and grow customer demand in the European market, and part of that has been trying to get Europeans to warm to the company by sponsoring their favorite sport and some of their favorite teams. That has included sponsoring the UEFA Euro 2024 … [continued]
Looking at the image above, it took me a few moments to realize what was different, but once I did, I wondered, how was this not an option before? Well, with gas cars, I guess it couldn’t really be an option, but with electric powertrains, new possibilities open up. Whereas … [continued]
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]
Petrol model sales crash 42% in June! High gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed June to reach record EV market share, with plugins reaching a record 63%! However, while record market share was achieved in the past thanks to strong EV sales, this time, … [continued]
In the light of recent announcements, CleanTechnica readers may like to revisit the analysis and predictions made by Dr Paul Wildman and myself about incumbent Western automakers (and, yes, we include the Japanese in that also). You can read and/or reread about Toyota circling the drain here, about the loss … [continued]
Well, we don’t know exactly how much EU tariffs on EVs produced in Chinese hit different brands, but a new analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) sure provides some strong implications that made my eyes pop. Scrolling through the report, I saw this chart and found it fascinating: First of … [continued]
