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Wave of Affordable Electric Cars Is Boosting Consumers’ Choice: Sales of Sub-€25,000 Models Set to Rise Sevenfold

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:03:32 +0000

Electric car choice is expanding rapidly thanks to EU clean car targets, but weakening the 2030-35 targets would put affordable models and Europe’s position in the global EV race at risk. European drivers are gaining access to a rapidly expanding range of more affordable electric cars, protecting drivers from Europe’s ... [continued]

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T&E, European Metals, and RECHARGE Call on Co-decision Makers to Strengthen Battery Supply Chains in the IAA

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:55:01 +0000

As negotiations on the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) progress, a joint letter by T&E, European Metals and RECHARGE calls on the integration of primary and recycled battery grade materials, as well as critical midstream components like pCAM and AAMs. The IAA is a first strong first step towards Europe’s industrial ... [continued]

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Blood In The Water: Automakers Rush To Sell EVs In The Middle East

Tina Casey — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:54:25 +0000

Chery Group and Jaguar Land Rover aim to sell their new Freelander EVs strategically in the oil-rich Middle East.

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Peugeot E-208 Rental Car Review

Larry Evans — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:06:26 +0000

On a recent trip to Sardinia with my wife, I rented a Peugeot E-208. I always try to sample new EVs while traveling, and islands like Sardinia seem like a perfect place for EVs. While there, I saw far more EVs than I did on a trip earlier this year ... [continued]

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EV Sales Surged In The UK This September

Steve Hanley — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:27:20 +0000

My colleague José Pontes did a masterful report on the status of electric car sales in Europe last week. The news was all good, but I wanted to focus on one country where the news is particularly heartening for those who support the EV revolution. The bottom line is that ... [continued]

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Ireland’s Heat Study Adds More Evidence Against The Fabric First Trap

Michael Barnard — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:12:22 +0000

For several years I have been arguing that “fabric first” becomes a trap when a sensible building-efficiency principle is turned into a universal sequencing rule. Insulation, draught-proofing, ventilation and building repair can all be valuable, sometimes very valuable, but that does not establish that every household should complete extensive renovation ... [continued]

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Open Letter to Elon Musk: You Have a Moral Imperative to Get All Your Tesla EV Customers Using Full Self Driving

Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:41:42 +0000

In 2025, an estimated 36,640 traffic fatalities were reported in the US. Earlier this year, April 8, 2026, Elon Musk claimed that Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” is so much safer than human drivers that it could save 90% of the roughly one million lives lost in car crashes globally. Elon, you ... [continued]

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The Hybrid Isn’t Replacing the Bigger Engine, It’s Replacing the Upgrade Path

Paul Fosse — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:15:03 +0000

Here at CleanTechnica, we prefer fully electric cars to hybrids. I’ve driven electric for 16 years, but I like to meet people where they are and many people just aren’t ready to make the change, even though it might work fine if they were willing. I wrote about that 3 ... [continued]

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My Trip To Brazil To See The Rapid Rise Of Chinese Cars, Part 2: Dealer Visits

Paul Fosse — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:41:21 +0000

To read the market overview, see part 1 of this article here. I visited Leapmotor, BYD, Great Wall Motors, and Geely dealers in Sao Paulo. Leapmotor The first dealer I visited was Leapmotor. Leapmotor, the Chinese EV maker sold abroad through Stellantis, entered Brazil in late 2025 with the C10 ... [continued]

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Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World — 27% EV Share in August!

José Pontes — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:17:54 +0000

BEVs Up, PHEVs Down Plugin vehicle registrations were up 5% year over year (YoY) globally in August, ending the month at around 1.8 million units. Once again, BEVs (+13% YoY) and PHEVs (-12% YoY) are experiencing opposite dynamics, with pure electrics firm in double-digit growth while plugin hybrids remain in ... [continued]

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Jeep’s Recon Isn’t Astronaut Diaper Rated. It’s Trail Rated.

Jennifer Sensiba — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:58:12 +0000

Back in 2007, an astronaut reportedly put on Maximum Absorbency Garment (aka MAG, a fancy name for the diapers astronauts wear on spacewalks), hopped in her car, and drove 900 miles straight from Houston to Orlando to assault her ex’s new girlfriend. While she says the media exaggerated the story ... [continued]

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Calls For Special E-Mobility Tariffs To Support Fleet Operators in South Africa

Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:32:15 +0000

Unlike a growing number of countries on the African continent, South Africa doesn’t have much in terms of incentives and programmes to catalyse adoption of electric mobility. Whilst countries such as Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, Mauritius, and Ethiopia have introduced comprehensive measures, such as eliminating import duties and taxes on electric ... [continued]

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Bringing the Sustainability Expo to Your Town

Scott Cooney — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 21:08:50 +0000

This April, CleanTechnica ran our first major event, the Hawaii Sustainability Expo & Electric Home Show. It drew about 1300 attendees, ~80 eco-friendly vendors, and a dozen elected representatives. The event featured 7 EVs for test driving, 20 more EVs for the EV showcase, an ebike track, a nontoxic kids ... [continued]

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Australian Government Accelerates Renewable Energy Transition

David Waterworth — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 20:08:26 +0000

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced the milestone of 100 community batteries being installed. It has also delivered funding for home conversion from gas to electric. The Cheaper Home Battery scheme has been extended to 100 kWh installations. Here’s our spring update. As Australia moves rapidly from spring ... [continued]

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US Q3 EV Sales Report: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Steve Hanley — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:23:03 +0000

In the third quarter of 2026, it was the best of times and the worst of times for EV manufacturers in the US. While the rest of the world seems to be progressing nicely toward a future in which battery-powered cars are the norm, US customers are giving EVs the ... [continued]

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Europe EV Sales Report: Record Month — BEVs Reach 30% Market Share!

José Pontes — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:39:41 +0000

BEVs jumped 51% YoY in an off-season month. BEVs remain in high demand in Europe, even in a holiday month, like August. This month, along with July, is unusual because in Europe, most makers and their models slow down their operations because of the holiday season, with the exceptions being ... [continued]

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HyFlux’s Superconducting Motor Might Work. Hydrogen Aviation Is The Hard Part.

Michael Barnard — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:37:49 +0000

HyFlux has an unusually interesting hydrogen-aviation proposition because the technology at its centre appears somewhat credible, if incredibly difficult to engineer and maintain. The UK company wants to exploit the extreme cold of liquid hydrogen already carried aboard a future hydrogen aircraft to cool a fully superconducting electric motor. Superconductivity ... [continued]

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BYD BEV Sales Up 33% in September

Z. S. — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:57:51 +0000

BYD sales started out slow this year, but they’re picking up steam … or electricity. The company had 456,713 passenger vehicle deliveries in September. That’s 5.4% more than in August 2026 and 16.2% more than in September 2025. The better news is that the company’s fully electric vehicle (BEV) sales ... [continued]

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Coalition Sues Trump Administration Over Rule Making Cars Less Fuel Efficient

Sierra Club — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:34:33 +0000

Lawsuit Challenges Rollback of Fuel Economy Standards That Will Drive Up Costs for American Drivers WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of environmental and consumer protection organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s final rule rolling back federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, a move that will make new ... [continued]

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APS Wants to Resuscitate Four Corners Coal Plant Already Slated for Closure

Sierra Club — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:24:25 +0000

PHOENIX — At its Resource Planning Advisory Committee meeting on Wednesday, Arizona Public Service shared that it has signed a coal supply contract extension with the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. that would extend operation of APS’s coal-fired Four Corners Plant past its previous 2031 closure date to 2038 — going ... [continued]

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Sierra Club Statement on FERC Decision Rejecting Centralia Coal Plant Cost-Recovery Plan

Sierra Club — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:14:50 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission just rejected TransAlta’s proposed cost-recovery plan for the Centralia coal plant, an important step toward protecting Northwest ratepayers from the Trump administration’s costly and unlawful effort to prop up the retired coal plant. The cost recovery filing was for money that TransAlta spent ... [continued]

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SEIA Statement on Governor Newsom’s Actions on Clean Energy Bills

Guest Contributor — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:08:09 +0000

Following statement on California legislative updates is attributable to Stephanie Doyle, California state affairs director for the Solar Energy Industries Association: “The solar and storage industry is pleased to see Governor Newsom sign numerous bills that will support reliable electricity generation and transmission and increase access to the cost-saving benefits ... [continued]

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US Senate Proposes New Permitting Framework. Should It Become Law?

Steve Hanley — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:43:37 +0000

Sheldon Whitehouse is my favorite member of Congress. The junior senator from Rhode Island is smart, articulate, and determined. This week, he was instrumental in getting a bill before the Senate that will radically alter how permitting for energy projects in the US gets done. It is not unusual for ... [continued]

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Discussing VLA 2.0 vs. FSD on Ludicrous Feed

Larry Evans — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:36:52 +0000

Earlier this week, I joined my friends Tom, Joy, Riz and Roland on Ludicrous Feed to discuss my recent test of the XPENG L03 with VLA 2.0 vs. the Tesla Model 3 with FSD and how the two vehicles and intelligent driving systems compare. For those not familiar with Ludicrous ... [continued]

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OTEC Works. The Seawater Flow Is The Problem.

Michael Barnard — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:31:41 +0000

Ocean thermal energy conversion has an appealing proposition. Tropical oceans can have surface water around 25°C while water roughly a kilometre down is near 4°C to 5°C. Put a heat engine between the two reservoirs, use the warm water to vaporize a working fluid, run it through a turbine, condense ... [continued]

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NIO Sales Up 49% in 2026

Z. S. — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:10:49 +0000

NIO had a decent sales month in September, rising 4.4% month over month and rising 7.7% year over year with 37,408 vehicle deliveries. That’s all fine and well, but the much bigger, brighter number is when you look at how things add up across the first three quarters of the ... [continued]

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Africa’s Unseen Solar Energy Revolution

Tina Casey — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:09:23 +0000

The larger-than-life continent of Africa has emerged as a hotspot for solar energy developers, especially in the distributed resources sector.

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A New Star Is Born As EVs Reach 19% Market Share In Ecuador In August!

Juan Diego Celemín Mojica — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:57:56 +0000

Ecuador is a country we haven’t mentioned too often in the past, but this may soon change. For years, the country lagged behind the region, having only a handful of sales and sitting at the bottom of the list with Peru and Argentina back in 2023. The last time we ... [continued]

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The Litmus Test for “Made in Europe”

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:49:51 +0000

Dear President von der Leyen, Dear Executive Vice-President Séjourné, Dear Commissioner Šefčovič, Dear Commissioner Hoekstra, By 2021, Europe started to get serious about trying to establish a European battery value chain. European companies invested billions based on promises by EU leaders that their factories were essential to Europe’s future resilience ... [continued]

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Texas PUC Greenlights Coal Plant Closure & Renewables Construction, Saving Millions of Gallons of Water Every Year

Sierra Club — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:41:54 +0000

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) ruled today that Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) can proceed with closing its Tolk coal plant near Lubbock and constructing renewable energy and battery storage to provide reliable, clean electricity to Southwest Power Pool customers. While also approving two new gas ... [continued]

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Santee Cooper’s New Energy Plan is Bad News for South Carolina Customers

Sierra Club — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:38:23 +0000

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Santee Cooper’s long-range energy plan admits that increased demand from large load customers, like data centers, is creating an upward pressure on costs, according to the utility’s filing with state regulators yesterday. Rather than meeting growing demand with affordable solar and wind, Santee Cooper wants to double ... [continued]

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Leveraging the IAA to Build Europe’s Battery Value Chain

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:46:52 +0000

Why battery incentives in the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) are essential and achievable. Europe’s battery value chain has experienced several setbacks over the past years. Yet, it doesn’t start from scratch. The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) must provide the boost needed to materialise and scale projects. T&E shows how incentives ... [continued]

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European Businesses in the Transport Sector Call for EU to Maintain Stability & Ambition on Decarbonising Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs)

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:24:54 +0000

“Don’t weaken CO2 standards for trucks,” European businesses urge the EU, as they signal strong demand for electric Dear President of the European Commission Ms Ursula von der Leyen, Dear Executive Vice-Presidents, Dear Commissioners, We are writing as European businesses and organisations committed to the decarbonisation of heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs). ... [continued]

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Grid Connection at European Ports & Airports: Solutions to Accelerate Transport Electrification

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:08:50 +0000

Imagine buying an electric van for your business, then discovering the cable connecting it to the grid won’t be installed for another ten years. That, roughly, is the position Europe’s ports and airports are in today. Brussels has told them, by law, to electrify but the grid needs to follow. ... [continued]

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European Fleet Operators Urge EU Commission Not To Weaken Truck Emissions Policy

Steve Hanley — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:02:34 +0000

Change seldom happens because of some highfalutin social concerns, although that might have been the case for the bans on DDT and Freon. More often, change happens because of self-interest, which usually involves saving money. As Europe suffers due to skyrocketing prices for diesel fuel, several of its most prominent ... [continued]

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New EV Charging Checklist: Style, Comfort, And A Cool Place To Hang

Tina Casey — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:20:50 +0000

The IONNA consortium is scaling up its plans for public EV charging stations in the US, anticipating future growth in EV sales despite last year's sharp U-turn in federal energy policy.

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Reach Stackers Look Like A Hydrogen Use Case. Ports Are Buying Batteries.

Michael Barnard — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:33:21 +0000

A reach stacker looks like exactly the sort of machine batteries should struggle with. Large models can weigh more than 70 tonnes before picking anything up, then lift loaded shipping containers weighing another 40 tonnes or more several rows deep and several containers high. They work in busy freight terminals ... [continued]

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XPENG Hits Record Deliveries

Z. S. — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:12:13 +0000

XPENG reached record deliveries in the third quarter of 2026. The company nearly reached record deliveries September, building on months of strong results. The company’s 41,256 vehicle deliveries in September were a 5.5% increase over August deliveries. However, they were also a 0.8% decrease compared to September 2025. Across the ... [continued]

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XPENG To Launch Its Next-Gen AI Flagship G9L SUV & Showcase Its Physical AI Lineup At The 2026 Paris Motor Show

Press Release — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:40:08 +0000

XPENG will showcase its Physical AI ecosystem spanning its technology stack, humanoid robots, flying cars and AI-defined vehicles, including the G9L, L03, P7+, G6, G9 and X9. The G9L flagship SUV will make its global launch at the Paris Motor Show, with European order books open and pricing revealed, reinforcing ... [continued]

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Corrupt Oil Money & Football (Soccer)

Z. S. — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:55:50 +0000

Football (aka soccer) is the most popular sport in the world, and it’s not even close. There are about ~2.5 billion fans of cricket worldwide, whereas there are about ~3.5 billion to 4 billion fans of football. (There are ~2.2 billion fans of basketball and ~1 billion fans of tennis.) ... [continued]

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US Startup Adds Another 2,000 Electric Trucks To FedEx Delivery Fleet

Tina Casey — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:25:55 +0000

FedEx has just ordered 2,000 electric trucks from the California startup Harbinger, in yet another indication that the US vehicle electrification movement is still alive and kicking.

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U.S. Electricity Use For Electric Vehicles Increasing At A Slower Pace In 2026

US Energy Information Administration — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:46:57 +0000

We estimate light-duty electric vehicles in the United States consumed 8% more electricity during the first six months of 2026 than in the last half of 2025 (2H25) in our Monthly Energy Review, down from the 13–24% growth seen in six-month periods in recent years. The slowing electric vehicle electricity ... [continued]

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Ready to Scale: Europe Will Have Enough Cells to Meet Demand and Grow Its Domestic Battery Value Chain Industry

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:36:19 +0000

Made-in-EU requirements for all battery components would secure cell demand and investments in midstream production. New analysis on the feasibility of cell and cathode requirements¹, finds that by 2030 sufficient amounts of Made-in-EU cells will be available for the IAA scope — including corporate and private EVs falling under a ... [continued]

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What Is The Situation With Residual Values In Europe?

Transport & Environment (T&E) — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:39:11 +0000

Understanding how Residual Values have evolved and what has driven the change over the last years. What is happening to EV depreciation? At first sight, BEVs appear to retain lower residual values than other powertrains. However, the analysis shows that this headline gap is partly driven by temporary market dynamics, ... [continued]

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VLA 2.0 vs. FSD in Amsterdam — Part 3: Comparing XPENG & Tesla

Larry Evans — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:26:43 +0000

In the first two parts of this series, I explored the XPENG L03 with VLA 2.0 and the Tesla Model 3 with FSD from my recent test in Amsterdam. The focus of those two articles was on each intelligent driving system. However, the AI-based systems are just part of the ... [continued]

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