How Can IAA Bring Local Cleantech Manufacturing?
The article argues that embedding Union content criteria in the EU’s Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) is the only viable lever to build a resilient, locally sourced battery industry. By conditioning public subsidies—such as EV purchase incentives—on a minimum share of EU‑made cells, cathode materials and recycled components, the EU can create a clear business case for firms like ACC, Powerco and Verkor. A phased “friendshoring” approach would initially allow limited non‑EU inputs, tightening to an EU‑only framework downstream, while new FDI rules would demand majority European ownership and mandatory technology transfer. The analysis estimates a modest 1‑3% price premium for Made‑in‑EU EVs, expected to shrink as production scales.
JD Power: EV Owners Are Ridiculously Satisfied With Their Cars
JD Power’s 2026 U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience study shows 96 % of EV owners would consider buying or leasing another electric car, the highest intent rate since the survey began in 2021. Satisfaction scores rose across the board, driven by expanded public...
The Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6‑3 that President Trump’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful, restoring congressional authority over trade barriers. The decision paves the way for thousands of lawsuits seeking refunds, with industry estimates...
Tesla Receives FCC Waiver for Cybercab Wireless Charging System
Tesla has secured a Federal Communications Commission waiver allowing its Cybercab to use Ultra‑Wideband (UWB) radio for outdoor wireless charging pads. The autonomous taxi will pair a UWB transceiver on the vehicle with a ground‑level pad, after an initial Bluetooth...
Volkswagen Launches The All-New Caravelle PHEV In South Africa
Volkswagen is set to launch the all‑new Caravelle plug‑in hybrid (PHEV) in South Africa mid‑2026, joining a market where PHEV sales surged 280% year‑over‑year to 2,808 units, representing a 0.47% share of new‑vehicle sales. The Caravelle rides on VW’s MQB...
Environmental Groups Sue DOE Over Approval of CP2 LNG Export Application
Environmental groups including the NRDC, Earthjustice and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Energy’s approval of Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG export terminal in Louisiana. The suit alleges the DOE failed to assess how the...
Sierra Club & SW Detroiters Celebrate $100M Penalty, Clean Air Wins in EES Coke Ruling
A federal judge ordered DTE Energy and its subsidiary EES Coke to pay a $100 million civil penalty for Clean Air Act violations at the Zug Island coke plant, and to allocate an additional $20 million for community health projects. The ruling follows...
Waymo Looking to Buy 50,000 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Robotaxis for $2.5 Billion
Waymo is reportedly negotiating to purchase 50,000 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicles for roughly $2.5 billion, aiming to expand its robotaxi fleet. The cars would arrive without Waymo’s lidar, radar and computing suite, implying a post‑delivery sensor retrofit. At an estimated $50,000-plus...
New Jersey Promotes Solar To Lower Utility Bills
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has signed executive orders to speed residential and community solar permitting, pause utility rate hikes, and modernize methane‑fired plants as utility bills climb about a third in two years. The state is leveraging roughly $1.1 billion...
The Evolution of the US Floating Solar Industry
AccuSolar, a Florida firm spun out of the family‑owned AccuDock, is driving a 391‑megawatt floating solar project in Texas, the largest of its kind in the United States. The company’s roots trace back to the nation’s first floatovoltaic installation in...
Rolling Back Climate Rules Will Cost Americans Bigly
The EPA’s February 2026 regulatory impact analysis reveals that repealing the 2009 endangerment finding will cost U.S. consumers more than the administration’s claimed $1.3 trillion savings. The analysis projects $1.5 trillion in additional expenses through 2055, driven by higher gasoline prices, increased vehicle...
The End Game Economics of Maritime Fuels
The analysis converts all maritime fuels to a common crank‑equivalent metric, revealing that low‑sulfur VLSFO could cost $650‑$1,584 per 5.4 MWh of shaft work once refinery scale collapses and carbon pricing is applied. Electricity delivered from industrial grids costs roughly $500...
China’s Carbon Market Expands Into Heavy Industry As USA Regresses
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment has extended mandatory carbon‑reporting to petrochemicals, chemicals, flat glass, copper smelting, papermaking and civil aviation, laying groundwork for future ETS inclusion. The national emissions trading system already covers power, steel, cement and aluminum—about 60‑65%...
Japan’s Smallest EV Gets Backing From One Of Its Largest Energy Companies
Japanese startup KG Motors began delivering its ultra‑affordable MiBot micro‑EV in December 2025 and, in January 2026, signed a partnership with energy giant Idemitsu Kosan. The agreement gives Idemitsu’s apollostation network sales, registration, insurance and after‑sales support, starting with pilot locations...
In The UK, “Power To The People” Is Latest Clean Energy Trend
The UK government has pledged up to £1 billion to accelerate community‑owned clean‑energy projects, marking the largest investment of its kind in Britain. Administered by state‑owned GB Energy, the scheme aims to fund roughly 1,000 solar, wind, hydro and biomass installations across...
TOPCon Solar Cells Are Killing A Key Anti-Solar Talking Point
Topcon solar cells, a newer photovoltaic architecture, demonstrate markedly lower lifecycle emissions than the incumbent PERC technology. Recent life‑cycle assessments from the University of Warwick show a 6.5% reduction in climate‑changing emissions per megawatt and potential savings of up to...
Tesla Sales Down 55% in UK, 58% in Spain, 59% in Germany, 81% in Netherlands, 93% in Norway Vs. 2024
Tesla’s January 2026 registrations fell sharply across Europe, with sales in the UK down 55%, Germany 59%, the Netherlands 81% and Norway 93% versus 2024. Across 13 markets, total units were roughly 49.5% lower than two years earlier and 23%...
XPENG Isn’t Just Entering ASEAN—It’s Assembling an Operating System
XPeng has revamped its Southeast Asian approach in early 2026, moving from a niche importer to a regional powerhouse with local manufacturing and an integrated ultra‑fast charging backbone. A partnership with Indonesia’s Voltron delivered the first 480 kW station, enabling the...
Faraday Future Follows Tesla’s EV Playbook, Only Better
Faraday Future is rolling out its Super One, an AI‑centric luxury electric SUV priced between $20,000 and $80,000, positioning it as a direct challenger to high‑end models like the Cadillac Escalade. The company recently secured $30 million to fund the broader...
VinFast Is Refocusing on Asia, Planning to Sell 300,000 Vehicles
VinFast is abandoning its U.S. and Canadian rollout and refocusing on Asia, aiming to sell 300,000 vehicles annually by 2026. The company posted over $3 billion in net losses, with U.S. sales never rising above a few hundred units per year....
2026 Nissan Rogue Plug-In Hybrid Pricing Starts at $45,990
Nissan unveiled the 2026 Rogue Plug‑in Hybrid with a starting MSRP of $45,990 for the SL trim and $49,990 for the Platinum, marking the automaker’s first U.S. plug‑in hybrid. The model delivers an estimated 38 miles of electric‑only driving, a...
Sierra Club Appeals EPA Approval of South Carolina’s Do-Nothing Pollution Plan
The Sierra Club has filed an appeal against the EPA’s approval of South Carolina’s regional haze plan, which it says does nothing to curb air pollution affecting national parks and wilderness areas. The state’s plan exempts 19 industrial facilities, including...
Tennessee Valley Authority Goes Back on Commitment to Retire Dirty Coal Plants
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced it will keep the Kingston and Cumberland coal plants operating, overturning its earlier pledge to retire the facilities. The reversal was documented in supplemental environmental impact statements posted without public notice or comment. TVA cites...
Trump Admin To Make Climate Denialism US National Policy
The Trump administration announced it will finalize a rule revoking the EPA’s 2009 greenhouse‑gas endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act. The move would strip the agency of authority to regulate emissions from vehicles and, by extension, power plants. Environmental...
BYD Challenges EV Range Assumptions With 1000 Km Denza Z9
BYD’s premium Denza Z9 now offers up to 1,068 km (CLTC) range thanks to a 122.5 kWh battery, while a smaller 102.3 kWh pack still reaches 906 km. The three‑motor GT+ version delivers 860 kW power without adding significant weight, and the single‑motor variants are...
Quilt’s Paul Lambert on Making Heat Pumps Cool (and Smart)
Quilt CEO Paul Lambert discussed accelerating heat‑pump adoption on CleanTech Talk. He highlighted that universal single‑family‑home adoption would remove the equivalent of 32 million cars from the road but requires a tenfold speed‑up by 2030. Lambert described Quilt’s approach—high‑SEER2 efficiency, premium...
Nissan Silent & Measured Path Toward Autonomous Public Transportation in Japan
Nissan is shifting from autonomous vehicle prototypes to full‑scale public transport services in Japan. After a driverless test with a Serena in Minatomirai (2025), the automaker launched a multi‑month pilot operating five Serena‑based shuttles on fixed routes in Yokohama. Parallel...
Parked German Hydrogen Garbage Trucks Show The Limits Of Pilot-Driven Infrastructure
In Bielefeld, seven publicly funded hydrogen garbage trucks sit idle because the nearby hydrogen station was financed under a program limited to passenger transport, making its use illegal for waste‑collection vehicles. The mismatch highlights a systemic flaw: hydrogen infrastructure is...
200 Electric Trucks Can Be Charged At One Depot In A Day?
WattEV’s San Bernardino charging depot can now service up to 200 electric trucks per day, delivering roughly 700 MWh of electricity each month. The facility’s utilization has prompted plans to more than double its capacity, signaling rapid adoption of heavy‑duty EVs. WattEV...
Tesla Buyer Loyalty Drops a Ton, But Still 3rd in USA
Tesla’s brand loyalty has fallen dramatically, dropping to a 55.9% overall rate in 2025 and 78% among owners replacing an EV, down from 98% in 2020. The decline pushes the automaker to third place among U.S. manufacturers, behind two competitors...
Lucid VP for Engineering Says: Technology Is Finite, Human Creativity Infinite
Lucid Motors is deepening its alliance with Rockwell Automation to embed FactoryTalk MES across its Saudi Arabian greenfield plant, aiming for full‑scale EV production by late 2026. Vice President Gaetano Cantalupo emphasized that while digital systems ensure consistency and speed,...
Canada Blows A Big, Fat Offshore Wind Raspberry At Trump
President Donald Trump issued stop‑work orders on five Atlantic offshore wind projects, but federal judges ruled that while he can halt new lease issuances, he cannot suspend work on already‑approved sites. Consequently, Vineyard Wind, Revolution Wind, Sunrise Wind, Empire Wind...
Altitude Partners With Alcom For +360.000t Carbon Removals
Altitude, the leading carbon‑dioxide‑removal financier, has partnered with Alcom to purchase over 360,000 tonnes of CO₂ Removal Certificates, bringing its total CDR procurement to more than 720,000 tonnes. The credits, generated by Alcom’s bio‑char facilities in the Philippines and India,...
Syncraft Builds 2nd Climate-Positive Power Plant For PurEnergy In Austria
Syncraft will install a second climate‑positive power plant for PurEnergy in Bruck an der Leitha, Austria. The facility will deliver 1 MW of renewable electricity, 1.4 MW of green heat, and produce 1,000 tonnes of biochar annually, equivalent to removing 2,500 tonnes of CO₂....
VinFast Accelerates Indonesia Green Transition With E-Scooter Launch
VinFast is launching a full‑scale electric scooter line in Indonesia, backed by seven national‑level dealers and a newly operational Subang manufacturing complex. The company targets a market dominated by Honda, leveraging a vertically integrated model that includes batteries, charging stations,...
Philippines Hands Over Strategic Hydropower Complex to Private Consortium
The Philippine government has transferred the Caliraya‑Botocan‑Kalayaan (CBK) hydroelectric complex to the Aboitiz‑led Thunder Consortium. The consortium, holding a 64% stake for Aboitiz Renewables and partnered with Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. and Electric Power Development Co., won the P36.27 billion bid. The...
EVs Lower Nitrous Oxide Levels In California
A new Lancet Planetary Health study links rising electric vehicle registrations in California to measurable reductions in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) levels between 2019 and 2023. Using high‑resolution TROPOMI satellite observations cross‑checked with ground monitors across 1,692 ZIP Code Tabulation...
GAC Takes Over Philippine Operations, Will Add 8 New Models This Year
GAC International Philippines has merged all local brands under the ONE GAC structure, creating a single factory‑owned organization for sales, dealer management and after‑sales support. The consolidation brings together internal‑combustion models, the AION electric range and the Hyptec sub‑brand, aligning pricing,...
Real-World RV Towing With The Silverado EV
The author performed a real‑world test towing a 5,680‑lb travel trailer with the 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV. After verifying hitch drop, weight distribution and axle loads on a CAT scale, the truck demonstrated rail‑like stability and ample torque on steep...
Why China’s Aluminum Industry May Have Reached Peak CO2
China's primary aluminum sector, producing about 44 million tons annually, has seen its CO₂ emissions likely peak in 2024. The peak stems from a massive geographic shift moving roughly 13 million tons of output from coal‑heavy provinces to hydro‑rich regions such as...
Which of the 132 Chinese EV Automakers Will Enter Canada?
Chinese electric‑vehicle makers are eyeing Canada as a strategic foothold into North America, with a government‑approved quota of 49,000 units annually – roughly 3.8% of the market. BYD is projected to dominate the allocation, taking about 30% of the quota,...
US Energy Storage Startup Moves In On The Residential Market With Another $232 Million
Lunar Energy announced a $232 million Series C and D financing round, led by Activate Capital, B Capital and Prelude Ventures, with Sunrun among the backers. The capital will fund expansion of its AI‑powered residential energy‑storage system that learns household consumption patterns and enables...
Canada’s EV Policy Shift Is About Credits, Not Mandates
Canada has moved from explicit EV sales quotas to tightening fleet‑average emissions standards with tradable credits, while allowing low‑cost Chinese EVs to enter at a reduced duty. The standards will cut average emissions about 10% each year, creating lifetime credits...