BEVs Up, PHEVs Down Plugin vehicle registrations were up 3% year over year (YoY) globally in September, ending the month at around 2.16 million units, pretty darn close to the all-time record (2.17 million) set last December. Once again, BEVs (+8% YoY) and PHEVs (-9% YoY) are experiencing opposite dynamics. … [continued]
Subaru has racked up a fairly respectable EV sales record so far this year for its new Trailseeker SUV, with household pets playing a featured role in its overall marketing campaign (cropped, courtesy of Subuaru).
Subaru has racked up a fairly respectable EV sales record so far this year for its new Trailseeker SUV, with household pets playing a featured role in its overall marketing campaign.
Sanjit “Bunker” Roy, who taught illiterate grandmothers to become solar engineers, passed away peacefully this morning at his home in Tilonia, Rajasthan, aged 81.[1] I first encountered his work not in India, but in the rain forests of Borneo. It was October 2016, and as night fell, the surrounding Borneo … [continued]
… with a spotlight on the Great Wall Motor ORA 5 rising star. CleanTechnica readers were probably hoping for the surge to keep surging Down Under. I was. However, it appears to have remained steady. Not the flash in the pan petrolheads were hoping for at least. In September 2026, … [continued]
WASHINGTON D.C. — More than 300 solar and storage companies are urging Congress to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA), S. 5653, warning that outdated federal permitting processes and grid infrastructure bottlenecks are delaying critical energy projects and driving up electricity costs. In a letter to congressional … [continued]
Five years ago, the first Mustang Mach-E customers began adding something important to the Ford electric vehicle battery validation work: real-world ownership at scale. As part of our quality process, design and validation engineering starts long before a vehicle reaches a customer. We model battery performance, run physical tests, expose … [continued]
Last week, BYD introduced the next generation Seal 07 EV. This model replaces the original BYD Seal, which entered the market in late 2022 and put the brand on the map in the minds of many people around the world. While the new vehicle is important to BYD, it also … [continued]
SACRAMENTO, CA — On Monday, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) reported that the value of investments it classifies as climate solutions reached $71 billion as of June 30, 2026, up from $59.7 billion a year earlier. The increase brings the nation’s largest public pension fund closer to its … [continued]
EAST HAMPTON, Connecticut — On Saturday, November 7, Sierra Club Connecticut supporters, other community groups, and allies walked for four hours across seven miles from Hurd State Park to Eversource Headquarters in East Hampton to protest the utility’s proposed Southeast Resilience Pipeline. Fifty people attended the Walk to Stop the SERPent … [continued]
Bus fleets and operating contracts can change faster than the depots and electricity infrastructure supporting them.
West Yorkshire is investing heavily in buses and depots as it introduces franchising. The longer-term challenge is whether those assets remain useful when routes, contracts and operators change.
Senate Must Allow for an Open Amendment Process Washington, DC — In the continued rush to hold a vote during the lame duck session on the “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026”, the senators crafting the bill released a manager’s amendment on Saturday. The Senate has scheduled a … [continued]
