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Indonesia Gets Its First 480 kW Charging Station — Thanks To XPENG
XPENG’s sales abroad (outside of China) have been a very strong point of growth for the company in the past year. There are several markets outside of the main auto markets we typically talk about that are eager to electrify and actually doing so quite fast. XPENG is one of ... [continued]
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OPINION: A Month After e-Trike Ban In Manila: Has It Made Manila’s Streets Safer?
One month after the Philippines’ Land Transportation Office (LTO) began strict enforcement of its ban on light electric vehicles along major Metro Manila roads, officials have been quick to frame the policy as a win for traffic order. Fewer apprehensions are being reported. Selected corridors appear to be moving faster. ... [continued]
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Tesla Had 46% of US EV Market in 2025 (Down from 49% in 2024) — GM 13%, Ford 7%
It’s taken some time, but we’ve finally crunched the numbers for the US electric vehicle market in terms of auto brands and auto groups. (That’s full battery-electrics, not inclusive of plugin hybrids.) Here’s our report on how different auto brands and auto groups did in the EV market in 2025. ... [continued]
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The Hidden Cost of Europe’s Hydrogen Bus Experiment
Arthur Bus’s collapse in Poland marks the end of a story that had been quietly unraveling for some time. A hydrogen bus startup backed by public funding, municipal orders, and a planned manufacturing footprint failed before delivering a single customer vehicle. Twenty buses ordered by the city of Lublin were ... [continued]
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US Solar Industry Innovators Are Quiet-Quitting US Energy Policy
Another day, another big move for the US solar industry as Voltage Energy announces expansion in North Carolina.
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105 Fast EV Charging Stations Coming To Boston Public Schools
Orion Energy Systems recently announced it will install 105 fast EV chargers for Boston Public Schools on a $4 million contract. EV chargers at schools often means chargers for electric buses, not hybrids, and that’s the case here. CleanTechnica has published many articles about electric school buses because they have ... [continued]
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$16 Billion for Waymo to Dominate the Robotaxi Market in the West
There’s no doubt about it — if you stopped time today, Waymo would be named the robotaxi winner outside of China, or certainly in the West. No other company compares in robotaxi deployment to date. Now, there are companies that think they can catch up, or whose chief aim is ... [continued]
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Electric Moto-taxis Begin Rollout in Manila, Other Urban Centers
Electric motorcycles are beginning to move from pilot use to commercial deployment in the Philippine moto-taxi sector, with ride-hailing platform Xpress Super App confirming the integration of electric motorcycles supplied by VOLTAI into its operating network. VOLTAI is an electric vehicle brand under the Aboitiz Group, one of the country’s ... [continued]
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Zurich Transit Operator Prepares Fresh €150 Million Electric Bus Tender After Supplier Setbacks
UPDATED AS OF FEBRUARY 2. Zurich’s public transport authority, Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ), has officially launched one of its largest fleet procurements in years, opting for a new competitive tender for battery-electric buses rather than relying on existing framework contracts. The move, first reported by BusWorld and CH Media, was formalized ... [continued]
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2026 Nissan LEAF Named a 2026 Car and Driver Editors’ Choice Winner
Value-packed, all-new LEAF scores another industry award The all-new 2026 Nissan LEAF was named a Car and Driver Editors’ Choice winner. The annual list names the best cars, trucks, SUVs and vans from the 2026 model year, ranked across 47 unique vehicle segments. “Redesigned for 2026, the new LEAF provides the range, performance, ... [continued]
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MEMO: Sierra Club & Partners Rally to Make Polluters Pay for Climate Disasters
Summary of Week of Action and What to Expect Next Washington, DC — Last week, Sierra Club joined partners from across the country for a “Make Polluters Pay” Week of Action, a coordinated set of advocacy actions and events dedicated to holding Big Oil and Gas companies accountable for their climate ... [continued]
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There Will Be More EVs (and NEVs) at the Chicago Auto Show 2026
The Chicago Auto Show will return to McCormick Place from February 7 to 16, 2026, with a lineup that underscores the show’s evolving role in the US auto market: less about global debuts and more about consumer-ready vehicles, electrification pathways, and hands-on engagement. The small ratio of pure EVs to ... [continued]
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Toyota Uses bZ Time Attack Concept to Probe the Limits of EV Racing
At the 2025 SEMA Show, Toyota presented a battery-electric concept car that signals how the company is thinking about motorsport in an electric future. The bZ Time Attack Concept was developed not as a styling exercise, but as a functional prototype to evaluate how a BEV platform behaves under racing ... [continued]
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Global EV Sales Leaders — Top Selling Brands & OEMs in 2025
After publishing our report on the top selling EV models in the world in December and 2025 as a whole, as well as an overall report on global EV progress, here’s our complementary report on the auto brands and groups leading EV sales around the world. Geely on the Way ... [continued]
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20 Best Selling EV Models in the World in 2025 — Tesla Makes an (Increasingly Rare) #1 + #2 Win
Regarding December’s best selling electric vehicles, the big news is that thanks to a strong month in China, Tesla partly recovered from the hangover on the US market and saw its best sellers return to leading positions. The Model Y (132,327 units, down 3% YoY) won the best seller spot, ... [continued]
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