I’ve been covering the robotaxi debate for a decade. I still remember a discussion Chris DeMorro and I had 12 years ago about which would end up being a bigger deal — “Tesla D” or Tesla Autopilot — and a subsequent poll. I used to be much more bullish about … [continued]
We took our second daughter to Paris for 6 months when she was 5 years old. After she grew up, we have been chasing her around the world ever since: Barcelona, Prague, Munich, London twice, Bangkok twice, Sydney 4 times, and back to Paris several times. She is a force … [continued]
New solar PV module efficiency record from III-V germanium PV module — 34.4% efficiency. © Fraunhofer ISE / Photo: Daniel von Kutzleben.
It’s time for another rundown of the most popular stories of the past week here on CleanTechnica. Take a look below at what grabbed people’s interest, and then also see the various CleanTechnica originals we published in the past week. Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record … [continued]
Latin America’s giant is waking up. For long a regional leader (ranking consistently in the fourth position in our region), Brazil has shown long periods of relative stagnation followed by sudden bursts of growth triggered by the entrance of new, more competitive models in the country. However, this trend (constant … [continued]
A year ago, on this very site, we reported that all our previous EV sales articles for Mexico were wrong, and that we had been underestimating numbers for as long as we had been reporting on them. That was the last report on Mexican sales we did, and the matter … [continued]
2026 Tesla Model Y with HW4 and FSD V14. As suggested in the upper left: Tap the brake and then push the blue Start Self-Driving button or push the right scroll wheel and off you go. In this case, the car then automatically left my garage. June 11, 2026. Photo by Fritz Hasler.
I lived through almost 7 years of numerous releases of Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) as it progressed in my 2019 Model 3 using “Hardware 3” (HW3), finally reaching FSD V12. Elon Musk promised every year that all of us Tesla owners with HW3 would see Level 4 self-driving in … [continued]
ICE model sales crash 39% in May High gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed May 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]
CleanTechnica produced the first ever Electric Home Show at the Blaisdell Expo Hall in Honolulu, HI, in April this year. It was … fun AF. As sustainability truly is. There were about 75 eco-friendly vendors ranging from EV/hybrid repair shops to ebike vendors to farm-to-table restaurants to solar to battery … [continued]
Geely is a brand to watch as it storms the barricades of the rEVolution. Geely owns many other brands, but the focus in this article is one brand, and one particular model: the Geely Xingyuan, recently launched in Australia as the Geely EX2. According to CleanTechnica’s Jose Pontes in his … [continued]
I was invited to a GM Event in San Francisco where GM made 3 big announcements: GM activates Vehicle to Grid (V2G) for existing customers with no new hardware required GM expands grid-scale battery storage with a big bet on sodium-ion GM announces Energy Pass — one universal interface for … [continued]
