EVs At 27.1% Share In Germany — VW Group Strong
March saw plugin EVs at 27.1% share in Germany, up from 18.0% year-on-year. BEV volume increased by some 35% YoY, from a low baseline, while PHEVs grew 66%. Overall auto volume was 254,497 units, down 3.5% YoY. March’s best-selling BEV
France & Germany’s Economic Councils Endorse Electric Trucks Over Hydrogen
The best news in freight decarbonization this year didn’t come from a truck manufacturer, a startup accelerator, or a press release festooned with EU flags. It came from a bunch of European economists. That’s right—after years of letting hydrogen hype
XPENG Scores 331% Sales Growth!
I thought NIO had a good sales month and quarter, but boy, oh, boy — XPENG tore it up! The Chinese smart EV company scored 33,205 deliveries in March 2025, 268% more than in March 2024. But, wait, you said
Trump EPA Trying to Claw Back $20 Billion in Green Grants — This Is Not Normal Politics
People do not seem to understand how the US is supposed to work anymore. And while the Trump administration was supposedly going to focus on lowering costs for Americans, that’s not at all what it’s been doing so far. Instead,
Large EVs Shouldn’t Be Impossible
According to various media outlets, Ford CEO Jim Farley wasn’t optimistic about the larger EV market during the company’s last earnings call. In short, the price of battery storage just isn’t coming down fast enough for Ford to see full-size
Intellihub Completes Installation of 50 EV Chargers on Power Poles
Where can you charge your electric vehicle when you have no off-street parking or garage? What is a simple cost-effective way to increase access to EV charging? Intellihub is one of several companies in Australia working to solve these problems
US Is Losing The Solid-State EV Battery Race, Bigly
Trump or no Trump, the high performing, non-flammable solid state EV battery of the future is heading for gigascale production in the UK and elsewhere around the world.
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Could Elon Musk Get The US Government To Buy A Bunch Of Teslas?
It’s no secret — Elon Musk has been something like a shadow president early on in Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. So far, that has largely focused on things not very related to Tesla. However, one has
BYD Shocks — Is Winning the EV Revolution
If you’ve been following CleanTechnica closely in recent weeks, you’ve seen a number of stories that cover BYD’s rapid rise in electric vehicle sales and huge share of the EV market. I discussed these stories and more in a CleanTechnica
BYD Commercial Vehicle Sales Soar 763% in January — CHARTS
In addition to great sales growth in BYD passenger plugin vehicle sales, BYD followed up a good year of commercial vehicle sales growth in 2024 with an even better start to 2025 — a much better start. Overall, BYD commercial