CleanTechna, focused on electric cars, solar energy, wind energy, and energy storage
-
Recycling Lead-Acid Batteries Has Significant Health Risks
Dealing with the health and environmental risks from recycling lead used in batteries is something most car makers want nothing to do with.
The post Recycling Lead-Acid Batteries Has Significant Health Risks appeared first on
-
Over 2,000 New Public EV Chargers Planned Or Installed In California In November?
It was just several weeks ago that the planned installation of 750 to 800 public EV chargers was announced in San Diego. Not long afterwards, an announcement about 850 or more planned public EV chargers was made for Central and Northern California. The joint EV charging venture IONNA also made ... [continued]
The post
-
What Falling Sales? BEVs Jump 34% YoY in October in Europe!
BEVs reach 21% market share! EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 346,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in October, 229,000 of them being BEVs. Overall, plugin vehicles were up 36% YoY. Expect December 2025 to establish a new record score, maybe even above the 425,000 unit mark. ... [continued]
The post
-
Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In?
Bill Gates pictures himself as a technology and system innovator. In October, the billionaire philanthropist recontextualized climate action, global health, and development as mutually exclusive and in competition with each other in advance of the international climate summit, COP30. With his status as one of the original Silicon Valley tech ... [continued]
The post
-
Stupid — UK Putting Road Tax on EVs in 2028
With a new technology, if you really want it to be adopted quickly, you offer incentives to get more people to buy it. In the case of clean, the motivation is obvious — we need to stop global heating (which means we need to cut CO2 emissions) and humans would ... [continued]
The post Stupid — UK
... -
Tesla Ramping Up Model Y Production In Germany
Tesla reports that it is seeing strong demand for the Model Y produced in its German factory, such that the company has switched to two full shifts per day. Now, before we get deeper into the news, note that Tesla transitioned to three shifts at the end of 2022. So, ... [continued]
The post
-
Hyundai Motor Group Expands EV Energy Services with Vehicle to Grid and Vehicle to Home
Hyundai Motor and Kia expand Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services, enabling electric vehicles (EVs) to store, supply and share electricity with grids and homes Launch Korea’s first Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) pilot service for customers, supporting Jeju’s renewable-energy goals Expand Europe’s EV energy services by advancing from Smart Charging (V1G) service to bidirectional V2G capabilities,
... -
Hyundai Motor Group Drives Next-Generation Battery Innovation with Future Mobility Battery Campus
KRW 1.2 trillion investment to establish Hyundai Motor Group’s first comprehensive battery research and development hub in Anseong, Korea, by the end of 2026 To internalize core battery technologies — cell design, process engineering and integrated control systems — to optimize EV performance and enable seamless vehicle integration High-precision validation ... [continued]
The post
... -
Humanoid Robots Labeled Next Big Bubble For Chinese Companies
The Chinese government has made developing humanoid robots a top priority in its latest 5 year plan. Will anyone be able to compete?
The post Humanoid Robots Labeled Next Big Bubble For Chinese Companies appeared first on
-
The Sustainable Carbon Challenge for E-fuels
Why we still need carbon, how much is sustainable, and how should we move it around? Why do we still need to capture carbon for the future green transport system? To achieve its net-zero target by 2050, Europe must decarbonise all of its transport sector. While direct electrification is rapidly ... [continued]
The post
-
A Pipeline That Won’t Be Built and the Real Trade Beneath the Canadian Climate Deal
The public debate around the Canadian Smith Carney memorandum of understanding (MOU) has focused on what appears to be a federal retreat on climate policy in exchange for support for a new crude oil pipeline. That surface reading is easy to reach in the first hours and days of commentary. ... [continued]
The post
-
Pakistan’s LNG Retreat Signals Trouble for Canada’s Export Ambitions
Pakistan’s request that Qatar divert or sell 24 contracted LNG cargoes in 2026 is a sharp signal for every country that still assumes LNG demand will rise for decades. Pakistan committed to long-term LNG contracts when its planners believed power demand would grow steadily and imported gas would fill the ... [continued]
The post
-
You Can’t Buy This America: EVs from US Brands at Auto Guangzhou
Today is known as Black Friday in the US, the day after Thanksgiving and traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year. It’s a holiday of consumption in a country that consumes more than any other. As everybody is busy buying today, I thought it would be a good time ... [continued]
The post
-
Tesla FSD News from Around the World — 9 Updates
Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) is a lot better than it was two or three years ago, and certainly much better than it was 6+ years ago when I bought it with a 2019 Tesla Model 3. Basically, it seems to be at the level now that many of us ... [continued]
The post Tesla FSD News
... -
Sodium-Ion Battery Applications Grow
Sodium-ion batteries (SIB) are not just for EVs and home storage. Sodium ion is ideal in rugged environments like farms, and in industry and commerce. Komatsu Japan is partnering with Pret Composites in Neijiang, China, to make 1.5-ton forklifts using Pret’s sodium-ion batteries. Pret plans to invest CNY 800 million ... [continued]
The post