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News on Tesla’s New Factories in Mexico, India, & Netherlands to Build 4 Million Cars a Year

February 7, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:36:18 +0000

One of our readers complained today that we were reporting on big price cuts to Tesla vehicles, and clear trends those price cuts might relate to — dropping Tesla sales. He was concerned that we were no longer focused on covering cleantech (or “clean teck” as he put it). I … [continued]

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BYD Becomes 3rd Best Selling Auto Brand in World! (CHART)

February 7, 2025 admin auto industry, byd, byd sales, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:32:09 +0000

Last week, I reported on BYD’s climb up the ranks of the top selling automakers or auto groups in the world. That is a bit of a tricky business because of the non-100% partnerships between different companies to create “groups” and “alliances” and joint ventures. However, one clear ranking that … [continued]

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Tesla Already Dropping Prices on Model 3 & Cybertruck in 2025

February 7, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla cybertruck, tesla model 3, tesla model 3 prices, tesla prices

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:05:41 +0000

We reported during most of 2024 that Tesla seemed to be facing a consumer demand problem. Tesla superfans did not like that and claimed we were wrong and irrationally hating on Tesla. As it turned out, Tesla’s sales dropped in 2024 year over year — far off of the company’s … [continued]

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Hydrogen Buses Hurt The People They Are Meant To Help

February 6, 2025 admin California, Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, fuel cell, fuel cell buses, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell buses, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 04:00:55 +0000

A sign of a great city is that the rich take public transit. Well, not really. They take light rail and subways. But they don’t take buses. In many cities, light rail systems attract a more affluent ridership compared to buses, highlighting a persistent disparity in public transit usage. Studies … [continued]

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Herding Cats — ORA Meetup in Western Australia

February 6, 2025 admin Australia, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, great wall motor, great wall ora

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 01:38:23 +0000

We met the Great Wall ORA (called an ORA Cat in China) at the Noosa Electric Vehicle Expo on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast two years ago. Other articles on CleanTechnica you might like to check out are here and here. I was excited because at that time, it was the cheapest … [continued]

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Tesla Sales Plummet In Europe & California

February 6, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, EU, Europe, France, GERMANY, policy & politics, tesla, tesla sales

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:55:40 +0000

Tesla stock continues to trade at about a bazillion times earnings, but there are warning signs flashing for those who are thinking about what lies ahead for the company. Bloomberg Hyperdrive reports that Tesla sales plummeted 63 percent in January 2025 in France, the European Union’s second largest market for … [continued]

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China Responds to Trump Tariffs

February 6, 2025 admin China, clean transport, Coal, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:15:50 +0000

In response to Trump’s administration imposing new tariffs on Chinese goods, China has responded. However, make no doubt about it, China has been planning for this for a long time. “It’s aiming for finding measures that maximize the impact and also minimize the risk that the Chinese economy may face,” … [continued]

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If You Didn’t Think Elon Musk Was Insane Before …

February 6, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Coal, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, Solar energy, tesla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:23:50 +0000

This is absolutely bonkers. Even after a bonkers 12 months, or a bonkers 5 years, or a bonkers 9 years, they continue to shock. In particular, Elon Musk continues to shock. Regulations — Completely Gone, Eliminated, by Default Reportedly, Elon Musk said on a call early Monday morning, just after … [continued]

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EVs Take 21.6% Share In France — Renault 5 Back In The Lead

February 5, 2025 admin byd atto 2, citroën e-c3, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, dacia spring, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, France, france ev market share, france ev sales, france ev transition, hybrid electric cars, hyundai inster, market research, phev, renault 4, renault 5, renault scenic, research, tesla, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:14:15 +0000

January’s auto sales saw plugin EVs take 21.6% share in France, a drop from 25.0% year on year. Most of the drop came from weak PHEV performance, whilst BEV share grew slightly YoY. Overall auto volume was 114,673 units, down over 6% YoY, and far from pre-covid seasonal norms (around … [continued]

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How to Take the Risk out of Hydrogen Investments

February 5, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, te, transport & environment (t&e)

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 04:50:16 +0000

“Hydrogen’s moment is here at last” proclaimed The Economist back in 2021. Today, the bubble has burst. “Hydrogen’s moment is here at last” proclaimed The Economist back in 2021. Today, the bubble has burst. A recent report by BNEF said green hydrogen would remain much more expensive than previously thought for decades to … [continued]

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