CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/ Clean Tech News & Views: EVs, Solar Energy, Batteries Thu, 21 May 2026 17:50:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://cleantechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-150x150.png CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/ 32 32 13821326 What The Heck Is Going On With OTA Cuts To EV Range In China? https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-ota-cuts-to-ev-range-in-china/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-ota-cuts-to-ev-range-in-china/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 17:50:11 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373388 A helpful reader brought my attention to a story I hadn’t seen. For the most part, electric vehicle technology news out of China is all about the ridiculously rapid pace of innovation there. Range has gotten dramatically better in the past five years, or even the past couple of years, ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-ota-cuts-to-ev-range-in-china/feed/ 0 373388 XPENG’s Human Approach To Technology Part 2: Automation, AI & Expectations https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/xpengs-human-approach-to-technology-pt-2-automation-ai-expectations/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/xpengs-human-approach-to-technology-pt-2-automation-ai-expectations/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 17:36:14 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373345 In the first part of this series on XPENG, I focused on how the technology company treats and develops its employees. In the second part, the focus shifts to how Automation and AI make the most of their employees, as well as how this relates to existing expectations and expectations ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/xpengs-human-approach-to-technology-pt-2-automation-ai-expectations/feed/ 0 373345 Stellantis to Build EVs for Dongfeng in France https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/stellantis-to-build-evs-for-dongfeng-in-france/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/stellantis-to-build-evs-for-dongfeng-in-france/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 16:53:51 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373344 Here we go — the trend of Chinese electric vehicles finding their way into foreign markets continues. Europe is a top focus, of course, since it is both a major auto market and an EV-buying leader. Stellantis is an interesting beast — it’s such a huge conglomeration of auto brands ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/stellantis-to-build-evs-for-dongfeng-in-france/feed/ 0 373344 NIO & Li Auto Diverge in Chinese EV Price War https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/nio-li-auto-diverge-in-chinese-ev-price-war/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/nio-li-auto-diverge-in-chinese-ev-price-war/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 14:58:12 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373342 The Chinese electric vehicle industry exploded in the past several years, but as EVs have taken more and more share of the auto market, companies have been scrapping to outcompete their EV competitors in selling automobiles. One of the big stories of the past year or so has been price ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/nio-li-auto-diverge-in-chinese-ev-price-war/feed/ 0 373342 Another Route To Rooftop Solar: The Ann Arbor Solution https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/rooftop-solar-plus-storage-flat-fee-us-solutions/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/rooftop-solar-plus-storage-flat-fee-us-solutions/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 14:51:43 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373340 A new, not-for-profit utility will help residents install rooftop solar systems with energy storage for a flat fee of $600.00 per year and no up-front costs.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/rooftop-solar-plus-storage-flat-fee-us-solutions/feed/ 0 373340 First Drive of the Fully Electric Volvo EX60 — CleanTechnica Field Trip https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/first-drive-of-the-fully-electric-volvo-ex60-cleantechnica-field-trip/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/first-drive-of-the-fully-electric-volvo-ex60-cleantechnica-field-trip/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 12:44:56 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373294 Volvo dove into electric vehicles early on, and with the EX90, it launched an all-out assault to design and build its first EV from a blank sheet of paper. The Volvo EX90 pushed a lot of boundaries for the automaker, but it hit more than its fair share of software ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/21/first-drive-of-the-fully-electric-volvo-ex60-cleantechnica-field-trip/feed/ 0 373294 XPENG Starts Producing Robotaxis https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/xpeng-starts-producing-riotaxis/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/xpeng-starts-producing-riotaxis/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 03:55:27 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373292 XPENG has been quick to develop its autonomous driving capabilities. It feels like the company is still so young, and now it’s making robotaxis! A couple of days ago, the company announced “the official rollout of its first mass-produced Robotaxi in Guangzhou.” While there are other robotaxis roaming the roads ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/xpeng-starts-producing-riotaxis/feed/ 0 373292 ACMobility’s Power-on-Wheels Shows How Southeast Asia May Solve EV Charging Differently https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/acmobilitys-power-on-wheels-shows-how-southeast-asia-may-solve-ev-charging-differently/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/acmobilitys-power-on-wheels-shows-how-southeast-asia-may-solve-ev-charging-differently/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 03:43:12 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=372965 I first encountered these blue-and-white little vans at the BYD Shark launch more than a year ago. I was inquisitive about what made it tick, because fellow journalists were teasing that there was a diesel-powered generator that ran an inverter to charge a large battery storage system. Of course, that ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/acmobilitys-power-on-wheels-shows-how-southeast-asia-may-solve-ev-charging-differently/feed/ 0 372965 Oracle Exec Sues Tesla Over Full Self Driving Promises And Wins $10,600 https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/oracle-exec-sues-tesla-over-full-self-driving-promises-and-wins-10600/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/oracle-exec-sues-tesla-over-full-self-driving-promises-and-wins-10600/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 03:15:24 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373286 Class action lawsuits against Tesla have been running for a while based on the claims and promises Elon Musk has made about Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) over the past decade. Basically, people who spent a lot of money expecting Full Self Driving to work within a reasonable period of ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/oracle-exec-sues-tesla-over-full-self-driving-promises-and-wins-10600/feed/ 0 373286 The Problem With Tesla’s NON-Automatic Windshield Wipers https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/the-problem-with-teslas-non-automatic-windshield-wipers/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/the-problem-with-teslas-non-automatic-windshield-wipers/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 01:48:54 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373282 Steve Hanley wrote an article this morning about Tesla’s dysfunctional, wacky automatic windshield wipers, among other things. We happened to have a conversation earlier in the morning about them, but I didn’t realize the extent of his crisis in the pouring Florida rain, and I also didn’t share the followup ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/the-problem-with-teslas-non-automatic-windshield-wipers/feed/ 0 373282 Scientists Shine Light on Materials That Remember https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/scientists-shine-light-on-materials-that-remember/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/scientists-shine-light-on-materials-that-remember/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 01:12:11 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373288 Optoelectronic Synapse Shows Exceptional Photoresponse for Neuromorphic Vision Like so much else in nature, the human visual system has both a complex structure and functional efficiency that is difficult for scientists to replicate. The system is both a sensor and a processor, with the eyes and the brain working together ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/scientists-shine-light-on-materials-that-remember/feed/ 0 373288 Hyundai Motor Group Expands Pan-India Network to Accelerate Battery & Electrification Research https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/hyundai-motor-group-expands-pan-india-network-to-accelerate-battery-electrification-research/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/hyundai-motor-group-expands-pan-india-network-to-accelerate-battery-electrification-research/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 01:11:30 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373334 Hyundai Motor Group expands its Hyundai Center of Excellence (Hyundai CoE) to seven universities through four additional partnerships The expanded joint platform, India’s premier academic-industrial network for battery and electrification research, builds on the initial 2025 launch The platform is advancing 39 joint research projects through the Hyundai CoE network ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/hyundai-motor-group-expands-pan-india-network-to-accelerate-battery-electrification-research/feed/ 0 373334 Nissan Formula E Team Clinches Superb Monaco Victory https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/nissan-formula-e-team-clinches-superb-monaco-victory/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/nissan-formula-e-team-clinches-superb-monaco-victory/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 01:10:16 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373332 MONACO, Monte-Carlo — Nissan Formula E Team claimed victory at Monaco in Round 10 of the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with Oliver Rowland, recovering superbly from a difficult Saturday in the Principality. Lining up 12th and 14th for Saturday’s Round 9, both Rowland and teammate Norman Nato had ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/nissan-formula-e-team-clinches-superb-monaco-victory/feed/ 0 373332 Open Letter: EU Passenger Package Is A Golden Opportunity For Rail To Reach Its Full Potential https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/open-letter-eu-passenger-package-is-a-golden-opportunity-for-rail-to-reach-its-full-potential/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/open-letter-eu-passenger-package-is-a-golden-opportunity-for-rail-to-reach-its-full-potential/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 01:05:49 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373287 The Youth on Track coalition presents its demands for the EU Passenger Package following the presentation of the European Commission’s set of proposals. The Youth on Track coalition, uniting youth organisations, consumer groups, and environmental NGOs, calls in an open letter to EU institutions on raising the ambition of the ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/open-letter-eu-passenger-package-is-a-golden-opportunity-for-rail-to-reach-its-full-potential/feed/ 0 373287 Epic Fail! “Hold My Beer” Cybertruck Escapade Goes Wrong In Spectacular Fashion https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/epic-fail-hold-my-beer-cybertruck-escapade-goes-wrong-in-spectacular-fashion/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/epic-fail-hold-my-beer-cybertruck-escapade-goes-wrong-in-spectacular-fashion/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 00:05:14 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373281 A driver in Texas decided to test "Wade Mode" in his Tesla Cybertruck. He wound up getting arrested for his trouble.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/epic-fail-hold-my-beer-cybertruck-escapade-goes-wrong-in-spectacular-fashion/feed/ 0 373281 Rivian Has The Perfect Opening https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/rivian-has-the-perfect-opening/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/rivian-has-the-perfect-opening/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 22:19:54 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373279 I wondered for a while about Rivian’s timing. Tesla had already gotten huge. All automakers had electric vehicles on the market, more coming, and growing EV sales. They were all advertising their EVs at high volume — in my region, at least. How was Rivian going to squeeze its way ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/rivian-has-the-perfect-opening/feed/ 0 373279 First EV Chargers Installed At Large Restaurant Chain https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/first-ev-chargers-installed-at-large-restaurant-chain/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/first-ev-chargers-installed-at-large-restaurant-chain/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 15:43:54 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373270 If you have been following the EV charging market in the US, you know there has been great progress made in the last year or so. Despite the Trump administration trying to stop the growth of electric vehicles in the US, more and more public EV chargers have been installed. ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/first-ev-chargers-installed-at-large-restaurant-chain/feed/ 0 373270 Tesla, Wipers, And The Malevolent Mr. Musk https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/tesla-wipers-and-the-malevolent-mr-musk/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/tesla-wipers-and-the-malevolent-mr-musk/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 15:35:22 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373238 Should a man who cannot make automatic windshield wipers work be trusted to make cars that drive themselves?

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/tesla-wipers-and-the-malevolent-mr-musk/feed/ 0 373238 The Best Way to Burn 100 Gallons of Gasoline Fast https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/the-best-way-to-burn-100-gallons-of-gasoline-fast/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/the-best-way-to-burn-100-gallons-of-gasoline-fast/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 14:54:40 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373269 Ah, yes, of course — who wants to burn gas fast when it costs $4.43/gallon?! But, look, I got your attention. Naturally, people want to save money on gas right now. One thing early-generation electric vehicle owners can tell you is there’s one big, obvious way to reduce your gas ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/the-best-way-to-burn-100-gallons-of-gasoline-fast/feed/ 0 373269 How EPA Cuts Will Affect US Lives For Generations To Come https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/how-epa-cuts-will-affect-us-lives-for-generations-to-come/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/how-epa-cuts-will-affect-us-lives-for-generations-to-come/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 11:46:15 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373207 We used to think of the US Environmental Protection Agency as the site where groundbreaking scientific research took place. One of the most important areas of inquiry by its scientific staff was released to the public in 2009, when the US EPA found that greenhouse gas emissions threatened public health ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/how-epa-cuts-will-affect-us-lives-for-generations-to-come/feed/ 0 373207 Hydrostor’s Underground Pumped Hydro Ontario Storage Plan Runs Into the BESS Benchmark https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/hydrostors-underground-pumped-hydro-ontario-storage-plan-runs-into-the-bess-benchmark/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/hydrostors-underground-pumped-hydro-ontario-storage-plan-runs-into-the-bess-benchmark/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 06:31:26 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373263 Ontario does not need another storage technology startup searching for a problem today. It needs capacity, flexibility, and reliability in specific places where the grid is constrained and where new generation and wires take years to build. That is the right way to look at Hydrostor’s proposed Quinte Energy Storage ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/20/hydrostors-underground-pumped-hydro-ontario-storage-plan-runs-into-the-bess-benchmark/feed/ 0 373263 $1,845 to Fuel Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid vs. $283 to Fuel Hyundai IONIQ 5 https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/1845-to-fuel-hyundai-santa-fe-hybrid-vs-283-to-fuel-hyundai-ioniq-5/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/1845-to-fuel-hyundai-santa-fe-hybrid-vs-283-to-fuel-hyundai-ioniq-5/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 03:57:51 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373237 After writing an article about how much cheaper it is to “fuel” an electric car than a gas car, something crossed my mind: I should do a comparison of the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Hyundai IONIQ 5! If you haven’t been following along, a friend of mine recently decided ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/1845-to-fuel-hyundai-santa-fe-hybrid-vs-283-to-fuel-hyundai-ioniq-5/feed/ 0 373237 Data Center Server Energy Use Grows Across The Commercial Building Stock https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/data-center-server-energy-use-grows-across-the-commercial-building-stock/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/data-center-server-energy-use-grows-across-the-commercial-building-stock/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 03:53:55 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373252 In the Annual Energy Outlook 2026 (AEO2026), our long-term outlook, we project electricity consumed by data center servers will increase across the commercial building stock, increasing more in standalone data centers than in all other data center rooms combined. By 2050, server consumption alone reaches between 446 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) and 818 ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/data-center-server-energy-use-grows-across-the-commercial-building-stock/feed/ 0 373252 JUSTIFI Tool Could Unlock Value in Energy Productivity Projects https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/justifi-tool-could-unlock-value-in-energy-productivity-projects/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/justifi-tool-could-unlock-value-in-energy-productivity-projects/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 03:51:55 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373250 Free Software Will Help Industry Understand the Full Value of Energy Projects Energy productivity—the measure of how much economic value is generated for every unit of energy used—can be underestimated when multiple benefits are overlooked. Multiple benefits are the operational and strategic improvements—such as productivity gains, quality enhancements, safety improvements, reduced downtime, ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/justifi-tool-could-unlock-value-in-energy-productivity-projects/feed/ 0 373250 How High-Performance Computing and AI Accelerated Applied Energy Research in 2025 https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/how-high-performance-computing-and-ai-accelerated-applied-energy-research-in-2025/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/how-high-performance-computing-and-ai-accelerated-applied-energy-research-in-2025/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 03:46:25 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373248 Kestrel Supercomputer Advanced More Than 500 Energy Modeling and Simulation Projects By Julia Medeiros Coad The National Laboratory of the Rockies’ (NLR’s) advanced computing capabilities continue to grow with the demands and complexities of applied energy research, with key upgrades to the laboratory’s Kestrel supercomputer supporting hundreds of projects with ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/how-high-performance-computing-and-ai-accelerated-applied-energy-research-in-2025/feed/ 0 373248 New “Atlas” Will Catalog Proteins That Bind to Rare Earth Elements https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/new-atlas-will-catalog-proteins-that-bind-to-rare-earth-elements/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/new-atlas-will-catalog-proteins-that-bind-to-rare-earth-elements/#respond Wed, 20 May 2026 03:42:52 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373241 Bioprospecting Tool Could Boost Critical Mineral Refining By Anna Squires Throughout the 1800s, naturalists journeyed to far-flung corners of the world to catalog birds, mammals, minerals, and plants. Now, a team of U.S. researchers is assembling a catalog of their own: an atlas of naturally occurring proteins capable of binding ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/new-atlas-will-catalog-proteins-that-bind-to-rare-earth-elements/feed/ 0 373241 “Real Panic” In Oil Industry Expected To Come In June If Strait Of Hormuz Doesn’t Open https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/real-panic-in-oil-industry-expected-to-come-in-june-if-strait-of-hormuz-doesnt-open/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/real-panic-in-oil-industry-expected-to-come-in-june-if-strait-of-hormuz-doesnt-open/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 23:41:23 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373235 As I wrote the other day, gas prices are up 56% in the United States since the US first bombed Iran. So, it’s not like things are going swimmingly in this industry. However, as several analysts and observers have been saying, we haven’t seen anything yet! Countries have been relying ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/real-panic-in-oil-industry-expected-to-come-in-june-if-strait-of-hormuz-doesnt-open/feed/ 0 373235 Tesla’s Former AI Lead Goes To Anthropic https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/teslas-former-ai-lead-goes-to-anthropic/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/teslas-former-ai-lead-goes-to-anthropic/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 22:44:36 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373231 Andrej Karpathy was Tesla’s AI lead well before AI was everywhere all the time. At the very early part of the AI hype cycle, he was the only AI guy many people knew. He led Tesla’s efforts toward Full Self Driving (FSD) for years, and it’s still not exactly clear ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/teslas-former-ai-lead-goes-to-anthropic/feed/ 0 373231 Strait Of Hormuz Sulfur Shock Previews Fertilizer’s Future https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/strait-of-hormuz-sulfur-shock-previews-fertilizers-future/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/strait-of-hormuz-sulfur-shock-previews-fertilizers-future/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 22:28:08 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373222 When people think about the Strait of Hormuz, they think about oil tankers, LNG carriers, naval escorts, insurance premiums, and the price of gasoline. They generally do not think about yellow piles of sulfur beside gas plants, phosphate fertilizer complexes, or the acid circuits that keep copper and nickel processing ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/strait-of-hormuz-sulfur-shock-previews-fertilizers-future/feed/ 0 373222 Poland Bought Hydrogen Buses. Then The Fuel Bills Arrived https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/poland-bought-hydrogen-buses-then-the-fuel-bills-arrived/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/poland-bought-hydrogen-buses-then-the-fuel-bills-arrived/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 22:18:04 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373225 CEE Bankwatch’s May 2026 report, Hydrogen buses in Poland: Where did it all go wrong?, is useful because it moves the hydrogen bus debate out of the brochure and into the depot. It is not another model of what hydrogen might cost in 2035. It is a record of what ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/poland-bought-hydrogen-buses-then-the-fuel-bills-arrived/feed/ 0 373225 Charging My Electric Car Is MUCH Cheaper Than Most People Think https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/charging-my-electric-car-is-much-cheaper-than-most-people-think/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/charging-my-electric-car-is-much-cheaper-than-most-people-think/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 19:11:22 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373219 Most people have no idea how cheap it is to charge an electric car. This hit me this morning while unplugging my car, so I decided I should write an article about it. Ironically, a few hours after I had the idea to write the article, Jake Richardson submitted the ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/charging-my-electric-car-is-much-cheaper-than-most-people-think/feed/ 0 373219 EV Owners: How Much Are You Saving? https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/ev-owners-how-much-are-you-saving/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/ev-owners-how-much-are-you-saving/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 17:43:22 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373217 After reading some user comments about saving money each month by driving an EV instead of a gas or diesel vehicle, an idea came to write an article asking some of you EV owners how much you are saving each month during this time of extra high fossil fuel prices. ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/ev-owners-how-much-are-you-saving/feed/ 0 373217 If Supply Drops But Demand Does Not, The Price Of Oil Will Soar https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/if-supply-drops-but-demand-does-not-the-price-of-oil-will-soar/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/if-supply-drops-but-demand-does-not-the-price-of-oil-will-soar/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 16:22:38 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373208 Various "experts" are predicting the Strait of Hormuz will be open for business soon, but what if those "experts" are wrong?

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/if-supply-drops-but-demand-does-not-the-price-of-oil-will-soar/feed/ 0 373208 New US DOE Funding Opportunity To Strengthen Microgrids in Remote & Industrial Regions https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/new-us-doe-funding-opportunity-to-strengthen-microgrids-in-remote-industrial-regions/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/new-us-doe-funding-opportunity-to-strengthen-microgrids-in-remote-industrial-regions/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 14:33:42 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373209 The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is launching a new funding opportunity through the Community Microgrid Assistance Partnership (C‑MAP), with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE). This latest solicitation offers up to $2.5 million in direct project funding supported by $1 million in technical ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/new-us-doe-funding-opportunity-to-strengthen-microgrids-in-remote-industrial-regions/feed/ 0 373209 Electricity Generation from Solar Could Exceed Coal in ERCOT for the First Time in 2026 https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/electricity-generation-from-solar-could-exceed-coal-in-ercot-for-the-first-time-in-2026/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/electricity-generation-from-solar-could-exceed-coal-in-ercot-for-the-first-time-in-2026/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 14:30:47 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373202 In our most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that annual electric power generation from utility-scale solar will surpass that from coal for the first time in 2026 within the electricity grid that covers most of Texas. Solar generation is expected to reach 78 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2026 in the ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/electricity-generation-from-solar-could-exceed-coal-in-ercot-for-the-first-time-in-2026/feed/ 0 373202 The Last Gas Station https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/the-last-gas-station/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/the-last-gas-station/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:12 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373164 The first dedicated gas station in the US was opened in 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri. Before it came to be, there weren’t any gas stations, and at one point there weren’t even any internal combustion engine vehicles. Before trains, for land travel, there were domesticated animals and people rode ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/19/the-last-gas-station/feed/ 0 373164 NLR Battery Innovation Awarded NASA’s Invention of the Year https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/nlr-battery-innovation-awarded-nasas-invention-of-the-year/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/nlr-battery-innovation-awarded-nasas-invention-of-the-year/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 03:47:17 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373197 To Shoot for the Moon, Lab Researchers Must First Learn How To Fail on Earth By Rebecca Martineau Weeks ago, four NASA astronauts completed a pioneering journey around the moon. For 10 days, lithium-ion batteries on Artemis II played an important role in powering various communications, navigation, propulsion, and thermal ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/nlr-battery-innovation-awarded-nasas-invention-of-the-year/feed/ 0 373197 The Big ICE Meltdown — April’s China EV Sales Report https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/the-big-ice-meltdown-aprils-china-ev-sales-report/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/the-big-ice-meltdown-aprils-china-ev-sales-report/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 03:43:04 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373054 After the December end-of-incentive sales rush (NEVs are no longer exempt from purchase tax this year), and the following sales slump, high gas prices and a never ending wave of new models has allowed April to reach record EV market share, with plugins surpassing the 60% barrier for the first ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/the-big-ice-meltdown-aprils-china-ev-sales-report/feed/ 0 373054 Australia’s Big Miners Show the Way with Renewables https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/australias-big-miners-show-the-way-with-renewables/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/australias-big-miners-show-the-way-with-renewables/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 03:40:04 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373114 The Australian government subsidises diesel from primary producers to the tune of AU$11 billion per year. Dr Andrew Forrest of Fortescue Metals has come out swinging, saying that the 18 largest miners receive about one third of this, and don’t need it.As Fortescue heads to real zero, Forrest wants a ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/australias-big-miners-show-the-way-with-renewables/feed/ 0 373114 Scientists Discover Way To Leverage High-Energy Sunlight for Fuel Production https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/scientists-discover-way-to-leverage-high-energy-sunlight-for-fuel-production/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/scientists-discover-way-to-leverage-high-energy-sunlight-for-fuel-production/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 03:33:14 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373194 Semiconductor-Catalyst Combo Captures Energy To Drive Chemical Reactions By Connor O’Neil Plants and algae make their fuel from sunlight. Perhaps we could do the same using semiconductors. A team of scientists at the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) made strides in that direction. They discovered a silicon semiconductor coupled ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/scientists-discover-way-to-leverage-high-energy-sunlight-for-fuel-production/feed/ 0 373194 NLR Partners With Colorado School of Mines and University of Utah To Scale Up US Critical Minerals Capacity https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/nlr-partners-with-colorado-school-of-mines-and-university-of-utah-to-scale-up-us-critical-minerals-capacity/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/nlr-partners-with-colorado-school-of-mines-and-university-of-utah-to-scale-up-us-critical-minerals-capacity/#respond Tue, 19 May 2026 03:30:36 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373191 Memorandums of Understanding Combine Facilities and Capabilities To Build Pipelines for Tech Commercialization and Skilled Domestic Workforces By Brooke Van Zandt The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) this week signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Utah that will help strengthen ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/nlr-partners-with-colorado-school-of-mines-and-university-of-utah-to-scale-up-us-critical-minerals-capacity/feed/ 0 373191 Ford Embraces The Combustion Engine For Formula One And The Future https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/ford-embraces-the-combustion-engine-for-formula-one-and-the-future/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/ford-embraces-the-combustion-engine-for-formula-one-and-the-future/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 23:47:03 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373162 Ford has said it would welcome a return to V-8 engines in Formula 1, taking the sport backwards to 2013 and high carbon emissions.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/ford-embraces-the-combustion-engine-for-formula-one-and-the-future/feed/ 0 373162 Toyota Keeps Trying To Assemble A Hydrogen Market That Refuses To Form https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/toyota-keeps-trying-to-assemble-a-hydrogen-market-that-refuses-to-form/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/toyota-keeps-trying-to-assemble-a-hydrogen-market-that-refuses-to-form/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 23:27:17 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373169 Toyota’s latest hydrogen truck move is not interesting because it is large. Forty trucks is not a large order in a global transport market. It is interesting because of what sits behind it. Hyroad, formed mostly by ex-Nikola executives, acquired hydrogen truck assets from Nikola’s remains, and Toyota then appeared ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/toyota-keeps-trying-to-assemble-a-hydrogen-market-that-refuses-to-form/feed/ 0 373169 BYD Defamation Case Leads to Landmark Ruling https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/byd-defamation-case-leads-to-landmark-ruling/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/byd-defamation-case-leads-to-landmark-ruling/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 22:58:40 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373165 Last year, BYD sued just over three dozen online influencers. In its opinion, thee 37 influencers had engaged in “repeated online attacks” and used “false or misleading information that it claims has harmed its brand image, disrupted market order, and negatively affected the wider automotive sector.” In other words, they ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/byd-defamation-case-leads-to-landmark-ruling/feed/ 0 373165 BYD Targets Europe with Smaller, Tailored EV Models https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/byd-targets-europe-with-tailored-ev-models/ https://cleantechnica.com/2026/05/18/byd-targets-europe-with-tailored-ev-models/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 22:20:17 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=373160 The theme of the week month year has been Chinese electric vehicle producers working to export more of their vehicles ASAP around the world. We’ve also got news now of BYD planning a big wave of plugin vehicles for the European market. In other words, the story continues…. Chinese EV ... [continued]

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