PHEV Sales Beat BEV Sales In South Africa For The First Time Ever
570 BEVs were sold in South Africa compared with 788 PHEVs in the first 6 months of 2025
Hongqi Upgrades Luxury Lineup, Previews New PHEV
Last week, the official state carmaker Hongqi updated its E-HS9 and E-QM5 Plus luxury vehicles and previewed the HS3 plug-in hybrid SUV. EVOxTerra Inc., the exclusive distributor for Hongqi in the Philippines, said the move is part of the brand’s broader strategy to expand its global footprint and position itself … [continued]
Ampersand, Africa’s Electric Mobility Pioneer, Secures Major Investments To Scale Clean Transport in East Africa
New and existing investor commitments back Ampersand’s sustainable transport and high-impact innovation, enabling it to reach 13,000 electric motorcycles and double its battery fleet across East Africa by early 2026.
The Thing Pollution-Heads Celebrating Climate-Policy Sabotage Don’t Understand
The Trump administration is relentlessly attacking renewable energy and electric vehicles, cancelling consumer incentives and killing important regulations. They are trying to challenge and repeal long established science, as if pretending something isn’t real will make physical reality into a preferred cartoon world in which there are no real consequences. … [continued]
US Energy Secretary Calls For An End To All Subsidies For Solar & Wind
“End all subsidies for renewables, Energy Secretary Wright says. We say, “Why stop there? Get rid of all energy subsidies,
Methanol’s Surprise Rise & Hydrogen’s Decline In Dutch Scenarios
At the end of my engagement with TenneT, the Netherlands’ transmission system operator, who I assisted with 2050 scenario planning for their target grid, I had the opportunity to sit down with a couple of members of the workshops to discuss our findings. What follows is a lightly edited transcript … [continued]
Solar Power Is An Isolated Island’s Weapon Against A Fossil Fuel Monopoly
The Philippines has 7,641 islands. One of the most serene and relatively isolated of them is the island of Siquijor. The island is a province on its own in the Central Visayas region. In terms of size, it is the third smallest province-island in the Philippines, both in terms of … [continued]
Inside The Netherlands’ Bold Energy Future: Lessons From TenneT & Beyond
At the end of my engagement with TenneT, the Netherlands’ transmission system operator, who I assisted with 2050 scenario planning for their target grid, I had the opportunity to sit down with a couple of members of the workshops to discuss our findings. What follows is a lightly edited transcript … [continued]
Chevy Silverado EV Driven Over 1,000 Miles On A Single Charge
Last year, I wrote an article about a Chevy Silverado EV pickup truck that achieved about 460 miles on a single charge. Recently, a 2026 model of the same truck was driven over 1,000 miles on a single charge. There is a big difference: the one that achieved about 460 … [continued]
New Undersea Desalination Pods To Solve Water & Energy Crises Both At Once
The US startup OceanWell is scaling up its plans to deploy modular pods under the sea for energy efficient seawater desalination.
