In July, CleanTechnica sent out emails to Mibot creator and YouTuber-turned-CEO Kazunari Kusunoki, who is based in Hiroshima. It is understandably difficult to get time with him, being the hands-on guy for the R&D and testing of the MiBot. However, we eventually conducted an interview via his communications team, with … [continued]
August saw plugin EVs at a record 98.4% share in Norway, up from 95.7% year on year. BEVs alone took 96.9% share. Overall auto volume was 13,915 units, up 25% YoY. The Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle. August’s sales totals saw combined EVs take a record 98.4% share … [continued]
The 2024–2025 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship concluded as a season of dual triumphs, with Nissan’s Oliver Rowland securing a dominant driver’s crown while Porsche finally captured the elusive teams’ and manufacturers’ titles after a season-long battle. Rowland, in stellar form for the Nissan Formula E Team, put together … [continued]
While Tesla, Rivian, and every major automaker desperately hunt for engineers who can actually build autonomous EVs, 80+ university teams just proved they’re finally teaching the right skills. And it happened at a racetrack in Michigan. The dirty secret slowing clean transportation adoption isn’t battery chemistry or charging infrastructure anymore … [continued]
This article is an update on the article I wrote two months ago that discussed how the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would impact electric car sales in the future. 3rd Quarter Sales As I said in this article, after shopping around a bit in Colorado, sales in the US for … [continued]
I was walking down the street in Queens last week and saw something that I thought I would never see again: A brand new Fisker Ocean. Paper rear plate, no inspection or registration sticker ever attached, fresh from inventory. This isn’t the first Ocean that I have seen on the … [continued]
We’ve been covering Tesla’s sales drops for a while now, and I think the quarterly focus has actually come to obscure how much the EV giant has slid. No one is talking about Tesla’s targeted 50% growth a year any longer. However, Tesla bulls and fans are generally optimistic about … [continued]
There were 1.6 million plugin vehicles registered worldwide in July. Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 19% in July 2025 compared to July 2024. There were over 1.6 million registrations. BEVs grew 31% YoY to over 1 million units, while plugin hybrids were up by just 2% to around 600,000 … [continued]
Is selling an EV hard? Not if you understand the psychology of selling and can use it to get customers to want an EV.
Geely and Renault have collaborated to create an integrated engine and generator that can be retrofitted to virtually any EV.
