China’s S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System (SAWES) has crossed an important threshold. This is an update on a report CleanTechnica featured 5 months ago. Last month, the megawatt-class airborne wind platform, operated by Beijing Lanyi Yunchuan Energy Technology Co., completed a grid-connected test flight in Yibin, Sichuan Province, confirming … [continued]
As I wrote yesterday, Tesla’s sales are down considerably in several European markets so far this year. Now we have news out of China, and it isn’t any better. In fact, whereas Tesla’s sales were down 23% across the 12 markets analyzed in Europe, the company’s EV sales in January … [continued]
China’s aluminum manufacturing CO2 emissions likely peaked in 2024, not because production collapsed or because a single policy suddenly bit, but because the structure of where aluminum is made and how it is made changed in ways that compound over time. Aluminum is a useful material to examine because it … [continued]
Will the Chinese use Canada as their North American beachhead? This story has been updated with additional details and recalculation of the forecasts. As Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers look beyond Europe and Southeast Asia, Canada is quietly emerging as the most realistic entry point into North America. It combines stringent … [continued]
As Zach recently posted, BYD’s sales were down 30.7% in January. BYD sold 210,051 NEVs, which still put it in first place, well ahead of Geely with 124,252. Geely, however, also sells ICE vehicles, which saw significant sales growth to bring their total to 270,167. Due to selling primarily ICE … [continued]
The latest news from Foxconn, BYD, and Nigeria shows that the transition to electric mobility is happening all around the world.
CHANGAN Auto and CATL of China are the partners behind a new electric passenger car powered by sodium-ion batteries, with a range-extender option and battery swapping opportunities, too.
Several accounts on Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu (RedNote) have revealed images of the next generation of BYD “Flash Chargers” (aka “megawatt chargers”). According to the label on the plastic wrap surrounding the charge gun, the 1000V DC chargers offer up to 1200 kW of charging power, presumably for each … [continued]
The announcement that WEX, a major US fleet card provider, can finally combine gasoline and public EV charging into one card, one account, and one invoice lands as a small milestone that only looks novel if the frame of reference is strictly American. For US fleet operators, this closes a … [continued]
Volkswagen Group China started on-schedule production of the first vehicle built on its China Electronic Architecture (CEA), the Group’s first zonal electronic architecture. Developed, tested and produced entirely in China, the VW ID. UNYX 07 is the tech trailblazer for a new generation of Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICV). The CEA is … [continued]
