BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao brand recently released the Ti7, a premium SUV with an evolved PHEV platform. While some have been reluctant to embrace PHEVs, the quality and value in this segment makes traditional ICE models hard to justify. As Steve Hanley recently wrote in an excellent article about the … [continued]
But the car lobby is demanding that the EU scrap rules that would better reflect PHEV pollution. Carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid (PHEV) cars are almost five times higher, on average, than official tests suggest, according to new data published by the EU. The gap between PHEVs’ CO2 pollution in the real world and … [continued]
EU manufacturers will sell 2 million fewer EVs due to the delay of 2025 emissions rules. European carmakers sold 38% more electric cars in the first seven months of the year, ensuring that all but Mercedes-Benz are on track to comply with the EU’s 2025–27 emission targets, new T&E research … [continued]
As part of T&E’s analysis of the EU’s electric vehicle market trends in relation to the EU’s CO2 emissions target changes for the auto industry, the organization compared BEV share of auto sales in the EU to BEV share of auto sales in several other markets. Some of the results … [continued]
A dozen years ago, in 2013, I gave a presentation at a “Renewable Cities” conference in Vancouver, Canada. The title of my presentation was “The Future Is Now,” and I argued that the benefits of electric cars and solar power lead to them seeing increasing adoption along the lines of … [continued]
On Monday, a day before the giant IAA auto show in Germany kicked off, Volkswagen announced that it was realigning its model lineup to center it more around the company’s “core values.” I’ll be honest — I’m still not really sure what the company’s core values are, aside from making … [continued]
When they fail to operate properly, Tesla’s electric door hardware can passengers in danger if they cannot operate the mechanical releases.
José Pontes recently produced one of his excellent, detailed, and — I might add — free monthly reports on plugin vehicle sales around the world. (Support our work providing free content like this by contributing to CleanTechnica on Substack or Stripe.) One of our readers kindly reminded us that, from … [continued]
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has introduced comprehensive new guidelines that expand the Philippines’ electric vehicle classification system from four to six categories, marking a significant step toward streamlining the country’s rapidly growing EV market. The revised rules, contained in DOE Department Circular DC2025-09-0015, took effect on September 20 … [continued]
With IAA Mobility 2025 upon us, automakers are eager to highlight their best and their brightest electric vehicles for the European auto market (as well as non-EVs, of course, but we’ll just ignore that side of the show since we here at CleanTechnica are intent on not burning up our … [continued]
