It’s time to catch up on the most interesting and most exciting cleantech stories of the past week. As it turns out, some of the top stories were also top stories in other recent weeks. But that’s just how big these stories are. There are several new stories as well, … [continued]
Last time I wrote about the electric bus transition in Australia, one of CleanTechnica’s readers put this comment under the article — “Very encouraging news. The kind of news I come to CT for.” Well, with that sort of encouragement, I thought it best to do a follow-up. Indeed, the … [continued]
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is trying to make its way into the US market now. After years and years of previews and hype and discussion, it’s finally here. I’ve been seeing commercials for it lately, and it’s interesting seeing how the company is trying to market it and who they … [continued]
I published earlier today about BYD’s passenger vehicle sales, which were, stunningly, above 500,000 units for two months in a row. While the main focus has to be around the company’s passenger sales, and whether BYD can maintain or even grow this level, the EV giant’s commercial vehicle sales are … [continued]
A coalition of automakers have sent a letter to once-and-future President Donald J. Trump with the request to continue the Biden-Harris administration’s electric vehicle (EV) policies. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, composed of 42 automakers including Ford and General Motors, is — wait for it — in favor of existing … [continued]
NIO has seen another solid month of sales growth. Its 20,575 sales (i.e., deliveries) in November represented a 28.9% sales increase over November 2023. Across the first 11 months of the year, sales were up even more. They rose 34.4% to 190,832 deliveries. Without a doubt, NIO will break through … [continued]
All the talk of declining EV sales has gotten quite humorous. In most markets, electric vehicles are growing strong, and some automakers are seeing strongly growing or even soaring sales. One of those companies is XPENG, which is logging most of those sales in China, but is also exporting more … [continued]
BYD continues to shatter records for plugin vehicle sales (aka “new energy vehicle” sales in China). After delivering more than 500,000 plugin vehicles in October, the company backed that up by selling a few thousand more in November. Therefore, combined, BYD sold more than one million plugin vehicles in just … [continued]
Volkswagen is set to debut several active safety features in Europe, possibly as part of the upcoming launch of the ID.7.
Great month for Volkswagen Group Some 252,000 plugin vehicles were registered in Europe in October, rising 2% year over year (YoY), which represents the EV market’s second month of growth since April. Interestingly, BEVs are the ones pushing the market upwards, growing 7% YoY to 170,000 units. PHEVs remain stuck … [continued]
