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EVs Take 35.5% Share Of The UK — BYD Atto 2 Launches
September saw plugin EVs take 35.5% share of the UK auto market, up from 29.4% year-on-year. BEVs grew in volume by 29% YoY, while PHEVs grew 56%. Overall auto volume was 312,891 units, up some 14% YoY. Tesla was the UK’s leading BEV brand for the month. September’s sales totals ... [continued]
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Belgium’s Electric Vehicle Journey Is Propped Up By Fleet & Micromobility
A tale of two markets and a geopolitical manufacturing triumph Belgium is a fascinating case study in Europe’s transition to electric mobility. Seeing it and learning about this transition has so many stories to tell. But that has to be framed against this reality: retail EV takeup in Europe is ... [continued]
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New Triple-Junction Tandem Perovskite Solar Cell Sets World Record
An international research team based at the University of Sydney in Australia has created a highly efficient, durable tandem perovskite solar cell, deploying two perovskite layers along with a silicon layer.
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Biofuels Globally Emit More CO2 Than The Fossil Fuels They Replace — Study
Biofuel demand continues to grow worldwide despite being responsible for 16% more CO2 emissions globally than the fossil fuels they replace. Using just 3% of the same land for solar would produce the same amount of energy, new study shows. By 2030 biofuels crops will require land the size of ... [continued]
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Leaked Car Industry Paper: Carmakers’ EU Demands Would Cut EV Sales In Half
Carmaker lobby ACEA wants to turn Europe’s car regulation into a “Swiss cheese — full of holes.” The car industry is demanding loopholes in the EU car CO2 law that would halve the bloc’s ambition of selling only zero-emission cars in 2035. That’s according to T&E analysis of a leaked position ... [continued]
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BYD Yuan Plus Transforms Under the Skin with 308 HP, RWD, & 800V Architecture
The refreshed BYD Yuan Plus (aka Atto 3) appeared in recent regulatory filings with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). We will have more specific details when the vehicle is officially launched. Overall, the images show only minor tweaks to the exterior. However, there is one seemingly minor ... [continued]
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Does Electricity For An EV Cost Less Than Gasoline? It Depends.
A story in the New York Times focuses on the cost of driving 100 miles in an EV, a hybrid, and a conventional. The answer may surprise you.
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All-Electric Ferrari Announcement Sends Share Price Tumbling
This week, Ferrari offered a glimpse of its first all-electric car, which will be called Elettrica. The car is supposed to go on sale — to those who can afford it — in the fourth quarter of 2026. At a capital markets event last week, the automaker said the car ... [continued]
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Tesla Optimus Plans Evaporated
It should come as a shock to precisely no one that Tesla has missed a notable target regarding its Optimus robot. On a Tesla investor call earlier this year, Elon Musk stated that Tesla would build and use 10,000 of its Optimus robots internally this year, at least “several thousand.” ... [continued]
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The Little Red Secret Behind The War On Offshore Wind
The massive 2.6-gigawatt CVOW project could become another casualty in President Donald Trump's war on wind, even though it is nearing completion.
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Electric Vehicle Electricity Consumption In Kenya Up 300% In 12 Months
Kenya’s Energy Regulator, EPRA, has just released its annual Energy and Petroleum Statistics Report. The report covers the financial year that ended on the 30th of June 2025. During that period, the number of registered electric vehicles across all vehicle segments rose to 6,442. About 90% of these are electric ... [continued]
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Gazelle Launches Fall E-Bike Lineup Emphasizing Comfort
E-bikes might be the most fun of the electrified personal transportation options. They get people outdoors with the intention of enjoying some movement, scenery, and socializing when they are riding together. They also can be used for some people as replacements for driving four-wheeled vehicles to do some basic errands. ... [continued]
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In A Contest Between Solar & Ethanol, There Is One Clear Winner
The attacks on solar are inspired by ignorance and greed, not reality. Solar plus storage is the future; coal is the past.
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New Chevy Bolt Undercuts Tesla Model 3 Standard On Price
General Motors has been teasing the re-launch of the new Chevy Bolt EV for months, and now the affordable EV cat is finally out of the bag.
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Is Europe Back in the Race? Many New European EVs Could, in Theory, Be Competitive in Latin America
China is the Queen of EVs. That much we know for certain. The advantage that Chinese automakers have — rightfully — gained over their competitors will not be an easy one to overcome. And yet, to take the fall of the centennial automobile industries of North America, Europe, and non-Chinese ... [continued]
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