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Leap Powers National Grid’s Virtual Power Plant Initiative in Massachusetts - CleanTechnica
Following a successful pilot in New York, National Grid and Leap expand collaboration to bolster grid reliability. SAN FRANCISCO & BOSTON — Leap, a leading virtual power plant (VPP) platform, and National Grid, one of world’s largest energy utilities, today announced the expansion of their grid services collaboration to selected National Grid ... [continued]
Five LA Middle Schools To Get 2.7 MW Of Solar Power & EV Chargers - CleanTechnica
Five middle schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD): Northridge Middle School, Pacoima Middle School, Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies, Sun Valley Magnet School and Sutter Middle School will get solar PV systems and EV charging infrastructure.
Frontier Pro PHEV: Is This Nissan's Future Of Global Pickups? - CleanTechnica
Nissan at Auto Shanghai in April launched the Dongfeng-Nissan N7 and presented the Frontier Pro Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), which will be delivered by about the last quarter of this year. (Scroll all the way to the end for some exclusive insights on how well the truck is doing with customers.) ... [continued]
Is Waymo Worth Way More Than $45 Billion In Midst Of Tesla Robotaxi Launch? - CleanTechnica
The Wall Street Journal published an article today bringing up the question in the title. Now that Tesla has launched a kind of robotaxi trial in Austin, Texas, with a small number of cars and it’s clearly not perfect, one could ask if Waymo is being massively undervalued compared to ... [continued]
The Mobility House and Schneider Electric Unveil Solar Charging Depot for Turlock Unified’s Electric School Bus Fleet - CleanTechnica
District will use charge management to maximize solar consumption and minimize utility bills Turlock, California — Turlock Unified School District (TUSD) celebrated the delivery of nine electric buses and charging infrastructure with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at their transportation center. They were joined by project partners Schneider Electric, The Mobility House, Turlock Irrigation District, A-Z ... [continued]
Tesla Robotaxi Pilot, Big Tesla Sales Drop in Europe, BYD Growth & Profits — 15 Top Cleantech Stories of the Week - CleanTechnica
It’s officially summertime now, and there’s always less news in the summer, but the cleantech news never truly pauses globally, so we still have a number of big stories to share from the past week. 1. Tesla’s tiny robotaxi pilot started in Austin, Texas. Tesla fans/shareholders are super enthusiastic about ... [continued]
EU Rules Out Production Aid In Blow To Battery & Cleantech Industry - CleanTechnica
The European Commission missed a big opportunity to create a cleantech bazooka. New EU state-aid rules published today are a setback for the European cleantech and battery industry, green group T&E has said. The rules maintain a ban on production aid — subsidies for each unit actually produced — despite the ... [continued]
BYD in Midst of Unmatched Flurry of Product Launches in Europe - CleanTechnica
Europe has, of course, put high tariffs on electric cars built in China. One way around that for Chinese automakers is going to be setting up factories in Europe. BYD has a new factory in Hungary already, and the company is reportedly prepping for a flurry of product launches. Already, ... [continued]
Hyundai Motor IONIQ 5 N Earns Coveted "Five-Star Car" Accolade at 2025 Autocar Awards - CleanTechnica
Autocar recognizes Hyundai Motor’s first high-performance EV for redefining the electric driving experience IONIQ 5 N praised for its dynamic capability, innovation and everyday usability Five-Star Car award places IONIQ 5 N among a select group of top-performing vehicles evaluated by Autocar LEATHERHEAD/SEOUL — Hyundai Motor Company’s first high-performance EV, ... [continued]
Extremely Expensive Cadillac CELESTIQ Deliveries Begin - CleanTechnica
The Cadillac Escalade IQ, Cadillac’s new electric Escalade, was its top-of-the-line model for a while. However, there’s another EV from the brand that is more than double the price, in a league of its own in the Cadillac fleet. That’s the Cadillac CELESTIQ. The model starts at $330,000 and has ... [continued]
Lynk & Co Unveils Revised Sustainability Strategy in 2024 Report - CleanTechnica
Lynk & Co International has published its 2024 Sustainability Report, revealing a revised strategy that reinforces its commitment to sustainable mobility through bolder climate action, enhanced circularity, and more transparent governance practices. Read the full report here. Key Highlights from the 2024 Report: Updated Sustainability Strategy: Grounded in a double materiality assessment ... [continued]
How Long Can Tesla Robotaxis Drive Around Breaking The Law? - CleanTechnica
Tesla’s robotaxi trial in Austin, Texas, was live for less than 24 hours before one of Tesla’s AI-driven cars broke the law. Like, seriously broke the law — I’m not talking about going less than 10 mph over the speed limit. Steve Hanley wrote about it yesterday, referencing a 22-minute ... [continued]
Waymo Launches in Atlanta with Uber - CleanTechnica
As previously reported it would, Waymo has just launched service in Atlanta, Georgia. It has done so in collaboration with Uber. So, starting today, if you want to hail a robotaxi in the city of Atlanta, you can. Waymo’s preferred method of expansion now is clearly to launch exclusively on ... [continued]
Kia & Hyundai EVs Scoop Up Two More Big Awards - CleanTechnica
Hyundai’s & Kia’s electric vehicles have been highly acclaimed for years, but especially the past few years, and they keep winning award after award. Raymond Tribdino just wrote about the Kia EV3 winning the World Car of the Year award at the New York International Auto Show, and I actually ... [continued]
Kia EV3 Winning World Car of the Year is Old News but Good News - CleanTechnica
The real story is that Kia is serious in its electric dreams Kia EV3 won the 2025 World Car of the Year award at the New York International Auto Show. But that’s old news. What is more significant is that since 2020, Kia has won the awards six times and ... [continued]
It’s Safety, Not Just Luxury, That Won Volvo a World Car Trophy - CleanTechnica
Volvo EX90 Crowned World Luxury Car of 2025 Sweden has the lowest road traffic fatality rates in the European Union and the rest of the world — 2.0 per million inhabitants, or about 200 road fatalities in 2024, down by 4 deaths since 2020. Sweden’s success in reducing traffic fatalities ... [continued]
Chinese Vision vs. US Lack of Vision in Auto Industry, & Excessive Government Support - CleanTechnica
There are a couple of claims about China and its car industry that are quite common and aim to discredit what Chinese automakers have been achieving in the EV world. Overall, the idea is that EV producers get too much government support. However, there are a couple of things to ... [continued]
Ethiopia Could Open EV Floodgates Across Africa, Asia, And Beyond - CleanTechnica
Last year, when Ethiopia decided to ban the import of fossil fuel vehicles, it was a huge and unprecedented move — not just for Africa, but for any country in the world. One immediately had to wonder, is this really going to happen? Were there going to be various concessions ... [continued]
Ethiopia Updates ICE Vehicle Import Ban To Include Imports of SKD & CKD Kits - CleanTechnica
In an unprecedented move over a year ago, Ethiopia became effectively the first country in the world to ban the import of internal combustion engine vehicles. That ban was not some futuristic target for 2030 or 2035. It was an immediate ban on the import of ICE cars. Ethiopia’s motivation? ... [continued]
BYD Set to Dominate NEV Market in Southeast Asia, Starting with Thailand - CleanTechnica
Spreading a manufacturing base all over the region BYD has aggressively expanded its footprint across the Southeast Asian (ASEAN) region, strategically establishing distributorships in several key countries. This expansion is often facilitated through partnerships with prominent local automotive or business conglomerates, a tactic that mirrors the successful market entry strategies ... [continued]
Philippines Gets the Sealion 5 DM-i Ahead of the Rest of the World - CleanTechnica
The Philippines is the first country outside of China to receive the Sealion 5 DM-i While Brazil complains about BYD’s shipment of nearly 8,000 cars carried by the BYD Shenzhen to the Port of Itajaí in Santa Catarina, the Philippines has launched the Sealion 5 DM-i, a vehicle not yet ... [continued]
53% EV Share in China! — May 2025 Sales Report - CleanTechnica
BEVs represented close to a third of the total Chinese car market in May. May saw the continuation of the never ending growth of the Chinese EV market, with plugins scoring over a million sales in May (in a 1.9-million-unit overall market). Digging deeper into the numbers, EREVs were the ... [continued]
Hankook Tire Launches iON HT Tire for Electric Light-Duty Trucks - CleanTechnica
First Hankook highway-terrain tire designed for electric light-duty trucks iON HT offers high-load support, ultra-low rolling resistance, and an 80K limited treadwear warranty iON HT on display for the first time at the 2025 Electrify Expo in Los Angeles NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE — Leading global tiremaker Hankook Tire unveiled the newest member of its iON ... [continued]
BYD's Profit Margin Looks Quite Good Amidst Price War Allegations - CleanTechnica
A hot topic in the EV world lately has been a reported “price war” controversy in China, and perhaps extending a bit beyond that. Some automakers have contended that BYD is engaged in an extreme, destructive price war. We’ve seen various takes on this from different automakers, and China’s Ministry ... [continued]