Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast has thrown down a significant gauntlet in the nascent Philippine EV market with the launch of its Residual Value Guarantee (RVG) Program. By promising to protect the resale value of its vehicles for up to three years, guaranteeing up to 90% of the original price, … [continued]
After achieving an over 15% penetration rate over the last few months, Australian plug-in vehicle sales dipped in October. Battery electric sales achieved 7.3% and PHEVs 4.7%, for a combined plug-in total of 12%. The dip appears to be mainly due to the usual early quarter slowdown in Tesla deliveries. … [continued]
AMSTERDAM — On the cobblestone streets of this anciently beautiful city, between the choreographed chaos of well insulated pedestrians, clattering chains of bicycles, and the stately glide of electric trams, a peculiar vehicle weaves through the urban fabric. It’s smaller than a Smart car, quieter than a whisper, and legally … [continued]
PASAY CITY, PHILIPPINES — At the 13th Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit (PEVS) last October, United Asia Automotive Group Inc. (UAAGI) made a calculated bet: that Filipino buyers are ready for electric vehicles, but only if they have options that match their specific needs and budgets. While the Electric Vehicle Association … [continued]
Atlas Renewable Energy recently launched the Shangri-La solar project, which is located in Ibagué, Tolima. It has a capacity of 201 MW, making it one of the largest in Colombia. Atlas Renewable Energy is an international renewable energy generation company with headquarters in Miami, Florida. One data point that really stands … [continued]
The promise of a coal power revival is already being undermined by new energy storage technologies for wind and solar, including sodium-ion batteries.
CleanTechnica has worked hard for more than 17 years to bring accurate, useful information on clean technology matters to the world. That started primarily with solar energy and wind energy, but then grew into thorough coverage of electric vehicles, batteries, and much more. We have built out an enormous collection … [continued]
Canada’s second tranche of Major Projects Office investments arrives with a familiar mixture of ambition and contradiction. Ottawa has presented it as another step in a nation-building program that spans critical minerals, northern electrification, reconciliation, and export capacity. On the surface that sounds like a strategy that lines up with … [continued]
When it comes to the US electric vehicle market, I thoroughly cover and analyze the sales of fully electric vehicles (aka BEVs). However, I don’t typically touch plugin hybrids. Frankly, automakers don’t break out plugin hybrid data from conventional gas-powered vehicle data when plugin hybrids share a model name — … [continued]
Through the last few months, we’ve been working on a project for a Latin American Zero-Emission Observatory (ZEMO). And by "we," I mean myself and the team at FIER Automotive, a company committed to build a more sustainable future that currently operates the European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO). ZEMO is … [continued]