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  1. At CES, one of the busiest booths was for the Sony AFEELA, made in partnership with Honda. Zach already touched on AFEELA, so I will keep this short. By the time I got there, much of the promotional material was already gone, and they were requiring signup for even the ... [continued]

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  2. Canada is planning LNG export infrastructure as if global gas demand growth will persist for decades, but the energy system is moving in a different direction. Under conditions of sustained LNG oversupply, rapid global deployment of solar and batteries, and rising financing costs for fossil infrastructure, most proposed Canadian LNG ... [continued]

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  3. The 4xe versions of the Jeep Wrangler and Grand Wagoneer have been axed from the Stellantis lineup along with the Pacifica PHEV.

    The post Stellantis Scraps 4xe Plug-In Hybrid Platform For US appeared first on CleanTechnica.

  4. After writing about 40 new fast EV chargers made operational near Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, here is a similar article about 88 fast charging ports announced for Brooklyn, NY. These EV chargers are somewhat different because they are backed by energy storage in the form of batteries. The batteries can be ... [continued]

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  5. In December 2025, 10,384 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were sold into the Australian market, and 5,919 plugin hybrids were sold. In total, out of 101,513 passenger vehicles sold, 16, 303 came with a plug. This achieved a penetration rate of 16.7%. This is the highest rate of EV penetration so ... [continued]

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  6. When, oh when, will Tesla launch an electric minivan into the global auto market? Probably never, or at least not while the company is still struggling to keep the Cybertruck flop-mobile afloat. In the meantime, drivers looking for a true family car that doubles as a practical working vehicle can ... [continued]

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  7. XPENG launched the new P7+ in Europe earlier today. Last November, XPENG gave me the privilege to see a preview of the car now being launched, which I can now share. This is a next-generation model in China, with the 100,000th P7+ rolling off the line this week. However, it ... [continued]

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  8. After taking over control of Venezuela, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio’s decision to pull the United States out of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) may not seem like the biggest news, but it is a huge deal and it’ll be interesting to see where things go. ... [continued]

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  9. ATLANTA — Today, environmental groups demanded the Georgia Public Service Commission reconsider Georgia Power’s plan to build the most expensive gas plants in the nation. The Sierra Club, the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) filed a motion to reconsider Georgia Power’s “Requests for Proposals,” ... [continued]

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  10. Trump administration continues to undermine Colorado’s efforts to turn the page on coal DENVER — The Trump Administration’s EPA today disapproved Colorado’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, again illegally undermining the state’s efforts to rein in pollution from coal-fired power plants and other industrial sources. The state’s plan includes retirement deadlines ...

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  11. The US startup ElectricFish aims to bring hassle-free EV charging to every gas station in the US.

    The post “ElectricFish” EV Charging Innovator Is Transforming Gas Stations Into Electrification Hubs appeared first on ...

  12. Pacifico Accelerates Growth in the Vietnam Energy Market Vĩnh Long, Vietnam — Pacifico Energy Vietnam (PEV), the Vietnam-based development platform of Pacifico Energy Group (PEG), a leading global energy infrastructure developer, today announced the commencement of commercial operations at its 30 MW Sunpro Wind Farm (Sunpro), adding new power capacity ... [continued]

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  13. This is a problem across our society, a major problem. Perhaps it’s a significant problem in every society, but at least some other societies more implicitly trust people who understand science to be leaders in society. In the US, the issue is that we’re making one disastrous decision after another ... [continued]

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  14. It has been a couple weeks since CleanTechnica published an article titled “Massachusetts’s First Big Energy Storage Tender.” The tender is a result of a law on battery storage, signed by Governor Maura Healey on November 20. Addressing the 1,500-megawatt (MW) tender, author Zachary Shahan wrote, “If you’re upset because ... [continued]

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  15. I have a hard time understanding the appeal of giant vehicles — all the land yachts on the road around me — but my, oh, my do I love a small electric car! I’d have a Mini Cooper EV and BMW i3 in my driveway if I had the money ... [continued]

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