Vietnamese automaker VinFast officially inaugurated its electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant in Thoothukudi, India, marking a pivotal step in its global expansion and its broader strategy to focus on the burgeoning Asian market. The new facility, located in the SIPCOT Industrial Park in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is … [continued]
One of the persistent EV myths is that they cost too much. In the last week, I have encountered two separate individuals who repeated this nonsense to me. One claimed EVs cost well over $180,000 — the most preposterous false EV claim I have ever heard in person. Another came … [continued]
While in Europe recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Nigel Banks of Octopus Energy on the weekly YouTube show Mesh. The channel and parent organization, Mesh Energy, are focused on sustainable energy options for the UK building industry. What follows is a lightly edited transcript of our … [continued]
New Entrants Such as Omoda & Jaecoo Show that They Are Not Afraid to Introduce Plugins into the South African Market The South African automotive industry is changing. As discussed yesterday, Toyota,Volkswagen, Ford, Mazda, Nissan, General Motors, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, BMW, and Audi were some of the traditional dominant brands … [continued]
July’s auto sales saw plugin EVs at 62.3% share in Sweden, a slight improvement over the same month in 2024 (59.6%), but with BEVs still below their 2023 levels. PHEVs have grown instead. Overall auto volume was 17,684 units, up some 8% year-on-year. The Volvo EX40 was the best-selling BEV. … [continued]
Under an article Tina Casey recently wrote about the costs of Elon Musk’s DOGE (“Department of Government Efficiency”) to US taxpayers, one of our readers, “Matthew2312,” provided a truly superb comment that deserves a lot more attention. This is a very important topic, and while it’s not very cleantech focused, … [continued]
Electric Vehicle Adoption Across EFTA and the UK CleanTechnica reported on the European Union’s recent electric vehicle sales growth last week. The report didn’t include the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland — and the United Kingdom because of the unique landscape of electric … [continued]
Sweden was once a climate action leader but in recent years has backed away from its ambitious commitments almost completely.
The US offshore wind industry is on life support for now, but some global energy firms are still keeping the lights on.
I wrote yesterday about XPENG’s rapid sales growth in 14 overseas markets. Let’s add a few more Chinese EV companies to this analysis. Adding in BYD, Leapmotor, and Zeekr, we can see all of these companies growing rapidly in these overseas markets. For now, we’re looking at sales in the … [continued]
