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Elon Musk A No-Show At Tesla Semi Event Because…

Tina Casey — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:52:34 +0000

The Tesla Semi Class 8 truck is shaping up to be another success story, though Tesla CEO Elon Musk failed to appear in person at last week's official launch of the Semi factory in Nevada.

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OceanX Made Downwind Floating Wind Worth Another Look

Michael Barnard — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:58:55 +0000

OceanX gave me two immediate reasons to be skeptical. It puts two turbines on one floating platform, and it puts the rotors downwind of their supports rather than in front of them. I had looked at both ideas years ago and found good reasons why the wind industry had largely ... [continued]

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The Geothermal Energy Wild Card Is Getting Wilder

Tina Casey — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:35:54 +0000

Despite last year's sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, the Energy Department is banking on geothermal energy for rapid scale-up.

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Publish Your Book Through CleanTechnica Press

Scott Cooney — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:01:03 +0000

Authors writing a book about clean energy technologies, if you’re interested in working with CleanTechnica Press, we are officially going to start taking submissions for books to produce. We’ve launched CleanTechnica Press with my latest book, Outta Gas. We are of course promoting the book through CleanTechnica.com, our newsletter, and ... [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving Unsupervised Soon? And Further Conversations with Ara (the Grok AI Bot)

Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:51:54 +0000

First, a disclaimer: I find Musk’s recent rants about remigration (sending all US immigrants with skin color at least slightly darker than his back to their country of origin) despicable. Apparently, his upbringing in Apartheid South Africa continues to color his world view. That’s very ironic because remigration in South ... [continued]

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Nissan Releases Pixo for Europe, Not Yet for Japan

Raymond Tribdino — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:43:04 +0000

NISSAN Motor Corporation announced on September 23, 2026, its strategic return to the European A-segment with the unveiling of the all-new Nissan Pixo electric city car. Built under the company’s “Mobility Intelligence for Everyday Life” roadmap, the Pixo represents Nissan’s push to lower entry barriers for urban electric mobility through ... [continued]

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Op-Ed: How America Is Ceding the Clean Tech Century to China

Raymond Tribdino — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:17:33 +0000

THE HIGH-STAKES state visit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House highlights a stark industrial contrast between the two global powers. Beneath the diplomatic pageantry and White House state dinners lies a sobering reality: the world’s two largest economies are sprinting in opposite ... [continued]

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Nissan Taps China JV To Power Philippine EV Push

Raymond Tribdino — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:56:52 +0000

With Plug-In Navara And Primera EV MANILA — Nissan Philippines is anchoring its upcoming electrified vehicle lineup on products developed in China, turning to its joint venture with Dongfeng Motor to bring the Navara Pro Plug-in Hybrid pickup and Primera EV sedan to the local market on Nov. 6. The ... [continued]

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Green SM Starts Amsterdam Taxi Pilot, Bringing the Green EV to Europe

Raymond Tribdino — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:19:11 +0000

AMSTERDAM — Vietnamese electric mobility company Green SM began a pilot electric taxi service in Amsterdam on Thursday, making the Netherlands its second European market after Denmark and extending the commercial use of VinFast vehicles in a market where the automaker established a presence four years ago. Green SM will ... [continued]

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XPENG Grows in Malaysia, & Readies G9L for Global Launch

Z. S. — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 03:57:25 +0000

Raymond just covered XPENG’s launch in the Philippines earlier today, but we also have news from the past week of the company expanding significantly in Malaysia and planning the launch of the G9L in 64 markets around the world. We’d love to see XPENG launch in the United States, but ... [continued]

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Donut Battery Vindicated: Element Analysis Proves Battery Not Lithium Or Sodium

Christopher Arcus — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 02:52:53 +0000

The latest release from Donut Lab’s “I Donut Believe” series is a surprise. Donut Lab has always used the proof series to puncture false claims and conspiracy theories. This one smashes lithium battery conspiracy theories. Truly, Ziroth is wrong. More and more, critics are clinging to falsehoods like cult followers ... [continued]

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Mazda 6e — Japanese Carmakers Fight Back in Australia

David Waterworth — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:23:49 +0000

At its launch into the Australian market eight months ago, the Mazda 6e received 2,000 pre-orders. It has delivered 693 of those cars in the last four months. I have long been an admirer of Mazda’s design, so we went to the local dealership to check it out. We were ... [continued]

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Sierra Club’s Utility Report Card Shows NV Energy’s Sierra Pacific Power Company Receives Lowest Grade Yet

Sierra Club — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:18:02 +0000

Reno, Nevada — Sierra Club released its sixth Dirty Truth Report Tuesday that grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding. NV Energy’s two subsidiary companies are featured in the report, which ... [continued]

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Groups Sue TVA Over Clean Air Act Violations at Kingston Site

Sierra Club — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:44:32 +0000

Harriman, Tennessee — On Thursday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for violating the Clean Air Act and putting public health at risk by building its new Kingston Gas Plant, which TVA plans to operate alongside its ... [continued]

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XPENG Launches in the Philippines With Six EV Variants

Raymond Tribdino — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:30:54 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — XPENG formally launched in the Philippines on Friday, September 25, with six variants of its L03 and X9, expanding its initial two-model offering to three battery-electric L03s, a range-extended version and two versions of the X9 electric MPV. Attendees called the launch at the SM Mall of ... [continued]

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Green Lightning’s Fertilizer Claim Doesn’t Add Up

Michael Barnard — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:58:47 +0000

Green Lightning really does make nitrogen fertilizer from air and electricity, but it makes very little of it compared with what its marketing says it can replace. Nitrogen is not merely something that encourages a plant to grow. Nitrogen atoms become part of the plant itself, incorporated into proteins, chlorophyll, ... [continued]

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Harvard Study Predicts 32 Percent Of US New Car Sales In US In 2030 Will Be EVs

Steve Hanley — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 19:25:31 +0000

A study by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University comes to a rather startling conclusion. Despite all the roadblocks put in the way of the EV revolution by the present US administration, the researchers predict EV sales in the US will quadruple from 8 percent today ... [continued]

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Tesla Claims Its Full Self Driving (FSD) Saves Lives, But Wants You To Pay $99/Month To Get It

Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:11:09 +0000

In 2025, an estimated 36,640 traffic fatalities were reported in the US. Let’s dig deeper into auto safety over the years and going forward. History of seatbelts for safety The first patent for a seatbelt was filed by Edward J. Claghorn in 1885, designed specifically for horse-drawn carriages. Nash was ... [continued]

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Waymo — Nearly 1,000 Avoided Injuries

Z. S. — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 13:44:43 +0000

Waymo has published another update on the safety benefits of its robotaxi service. The company says it has now logged more than 300 human lifetimes of driving, and that the safety benefits are clear already. Across Waymo’s 270 million miles of fully autonomous driving, the company says that injuries to ... [continued]

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How to Become Clean Energy Evangelist

Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 02:46:56 +0000

A few weeks ago, CleanTechnica published my Clean Energy Evangelist Report Card. However, 1) I left some things out which I will add here and in a future article. 2) Please see some suggestions on how YOU can be a Clean Energy Evangelist. If you are going to be a ... [continued]

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Uruguay EV Sales Report: Sales Soar in August as Market Share Reaches 56%!

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:43:06 +0000

Latin America’s small champion keeps making headlines and surpassing even the most optimistic expectations. Uruguay’s EV adoption has diverged from the region and reached a level that many of us would’ve though irrationally optimist only two years ago. Amidst a booming vehicle market, Uruguay EV sales have exploded through 2026, ... [continued]

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Taiga Launches OS-5 Software, Bringing Industry-First Geofencing Its Electric Fleet

Press Release — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:19:47 +0000

MONTREAL, Canada — Taiga, a pioneering manufacturer of electric off-road vehicles and watercraft, today announced a major update to its vehicle operating system. The new software introduces a suite of advanced features, including inbuilt mapping and industry-first geofencing technology designed to radically improve rider safety and how vehicles access waterways ... [continued]

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Utah Advocates Call for Air Agency to Hold Strong on Coal Plant Shutdown Date in Latest Regional Haze Plan

Sierra Club — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:01:37 +0000

Salt Lake City — Today, the Utah Division of Air Quality (UDAQ) held a public hearing on a revision to its regional haze plan that continues to fail to reduce pollution from Utah’s worst coal offenders. In the hearing, advocates called on the agency to retain the requirement in its ... [continued]

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LA Metro Secures 220 New Battery-Electric Transit Buses

Sierra Club — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:51:37 +0000

LOS ANGELES — Today, LA Metro approved the purchase of 220 battery-electric buses, one of the largest electric transit bus purchases in the country and a major step towards Metro accelerating implementation of its zero-emission bus commitment to 100% electric buses. The 220-bus purchase will more than double the number ... [continued]

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Sierra Club Welcomes NYC Comptroller’s $5B Private-Market Climate Investment Proposal

Sierra Club — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:59:37 +0000

New focus aims to strengthen real-world impact of pensions’ climate-solutions investment strategy NEW YORK, NY — New York City Comptroller Mark Levine announced Wednesday that the Bureau of Asset Management expects to present a total of $5 billion in new private-market climate investment opportunities to the boards of the New York ... [continued]

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Glut Of Chinese Plug-In Hybrids Threatens European Automakers

Steve Hanley — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:17:50 +0000

When the EU decided to put tariffs on electric cars manufactured in China two years ago, CleanTechnica contributor José Pontes pointed out that they only applied to battery electric cars. He predicted the policy would spur Chinese manufacturers to prioritize plug-in hybrids. His powers of prognostication have proven eerily prescient, as ... [continued]

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The Global Mining Industry Is Beginning To Turn A Page

Tina Casey — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:56:55 +0000

A new documentary series on the 2010 Chilean mine disaster continues to resonate today as the global mining industry adopts new technologies in support of the global energy transition (lightly cropped; credit Cristián Leighton via Nat Geo).

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Netherlands Cuts 2040 Hydrogen Forecast By Almost 60%

Michael Barnard — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:32:51 +0000

Three years is a long time in hydrogen strategy. The Netherlands’ 2023 National Energy System Plan projected roughly 460 petajoules of gaseous hydrogen demand in 2040. Its 2026 National Energy System Plan update cuts that central estimate to about 200 PJ, a reduction of roughly 57%. This is especially interesting ... [continued]

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Senate Report Details Fossil Fuel Industry’s Billions in Benefits Under Trump Administration

Sierra Club — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:05:53 +0000

Washington, DC — A new report released today by Senate Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee puts a dollar figure on the greed and corruption of the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration. According to the report, fossil fuel interests and affiliated groups spent an estimated $201 ... [continued]

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The Juiced Bikes Scrambler — CleanTechnica Tested

Kyle Field — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 01:14:37 +0000

Juiced Bikes has been one of the leaders in the long-range, durable ebikes category. Its bikes often stretch the definition of an ebike, even consistently landing in the electric moped category with motors that exceed the 750 watts typically allowed in the US for ebikes. In 2024, Juiced Bikes declared ... [continued]

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New National Sierra Club Report Spotlights We Energies Failing the Clean Energy Transition Amid Data Center Surge

Sierra Club — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:02:07 +0000

WISCONSIN — Sierra Club has released its annual Dirty Truth Report. This year, We Energies’ score has plummeted to 4 out of 100 possible points — its worst score ever and 20 points lower than its first score when the Dirty Truth came out only six years ago. We Energies is spotlighted in a ... [continued]

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NEW REPORT: Mississippi Power Failing to Lower Costs & Pollution

Sierra Club — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:34:18 +0000

JACKSON, Mississippi — Sierra Club has released its sixth Dirty Truth Report. This year, Mississippi Power scored a 44 out of 100. The report grades utilities across the country based on how much coal they are retiring, how much gas they are planning, and how much renewable energy they are adding. Nationally, ... [continued]

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NEW REPORT: NW Natural’s Biomethane Boondoggle Finds SB 98 Is Greenwashing Fossil Gas, Driving Pollution, and Failing Oregon’s Climate Goals

Sierra Club — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 23:28:46 +0000

PORTLAND, Oregon — A new report released today by the Sierra Club and Breach Collective finds that NW Natural has taken advantage of Senate Bill 98 (SB 98), a law that it authored and supported, to pour more than $60 million in ratepayer dollars into out-of-state biomethane projects that have ... [continued]

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ZET SCALE Orders 2500 Battery Electric Class 8 Trucks, Most Of Them From Tesla

Steve Hanley — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:38:13 +0000

According to the International Council on Clean Transportation, electric truck prices in Europe declined by 27 percent in recent years, while US prices increased by 32 percent. US truck manufacturers and the trucking industry have used every weapon they have available to slow the sale of electric trucks so they ... [continued]

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Autonomy Adds ID.4 EVs To Easy-Access Subscription Service Lineup

Tina Casey — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:59:04 +0000

The startup Autonomy has added the Volkswagen ID.4 to its lineup of EVs, helping to make the EV experience more accessible.

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Leaked EU Hydrogen Draft Moves From Quotas To Credits

Michael Barnard — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 14:52:57 +0000

Europe’s current Renewable Energy Directive requires renewable fuels of non-biological origin, or RFNBOs, to account for at least 42% of relevant industrial hydrogen use by 2030 and 60% by 2035, subject to exclusions and flexibilities. Those provisions do more than subsidize hydrogen production. They create a specified market for a ... [continued]

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Interesting Messaging War Regarding CATL in China

Z. S. — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:56:38 +0000

Something interesting is going on in China, and I’m not exactly sure what to make of it. Typically, I don’t see a lot of rival narratives in Chinese media. One story is often covered the same across the industry, and there’s not a ton of competing narratives arguing with each ... [continued]

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Offshore Wind Battle Heats Up, Now With Geothermal Energy Twist

Tina Casey — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:55:06 +0000

Trump is transferring money from allegedly illegal offshore wind deals to support geothermal energy projects, and nine coastal states are fighting back in court.

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BYD Launches Major 44-Metric Ton Electric Truck in IAA Transport

Raymond Tribdino — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:17:16 +0000

HANNOVER, Germany — BYD launched an aggressive push into Europe’s heavy-duty freight market at the IAA Transportation show, revealing a flagship 44-metric-ton electric tractor alongside ultra-fast commercial megawatt charging systems designed to challenge established continental truck makers on their home turf. The Chinese automaker, which has built a significant global ... [continued]

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Autonomy, Meet Autonomous — Waymo Teen Accounts in Nashville

Guest Contributor — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:34:51 +0000

Nashville families, your transportation routine just got a lot easier. Starting today, teens ages 13–17 can hail fully autonomous Waymo rides across 50 square miles of Nashville when linked to a parent or guardian’s account. Following a successful launch in Phoenix, Waymo teen accounts continue to provide much-desired independence for ... [continued]

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Waymo: Introducing Transit Rewards

Guest Contributor — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:19:07 +0000

Today, Waymo is excited to announce our transit rewards program, which we will initially offer in the San Francisco Bay Area, with future cities to follow. This first-of-its-kind initiative rewards riders with Waymo Cash when they connect their Waymo rides with public transit and use their Visa card. We’ll start ... [continued]

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A Continent Squeezed

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 03:07:54 +0000

Europe’s growing diesel crisis is becoming a major drain on the bloc’s economy Europe is the most reliant major economy on diesel. With diesel prices at record highs, this is a major problem. The conflict in the Middle East and Russian refineries outage have led to tightness in the supply ... [continued]

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Hyundai Motor Continues Award Streak With IONIQ 6 N’s German Car of the Year Success

Press Release — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 02:08:47 +0000

IONIQ 6 N wins the Performance category at the German Car of the Year Awards 2027 Independent jury recognizes its combination of performance, precise handling and driver-focused character Latest award continues Hyundai Motor’s strong track record at GCOTY Awards, following on from previous wins for the IONIQ lineup Win builds ... [continued]

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German Car of the Year 2026 Award for the All-New Electric ID. Polo

Press Release — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:43:26 +0000

The German Car of the Year (GCOTY) jury has named the new ID. Polo the best small car of the year The all-electric Volkswagen secured first place in the highly competitive Budget category, impressing the panel with its design, driving pleasure, comfort, safety and innovation The ID. Polo achieved top ... [continued]

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Europe Paying €200 Million A Day Diesel Premium, Report Shows

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:36:03 +0000

Europe is the world’s most exposed region to high diesel prices with drivers paying an additional €19 at the pump and trucks €236 a week as result of geopolitical disruption Europe currently paying a €203 million a day premium for diesel as a result of geopolitical disruption; 38% of the ... [continued]

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