The Trump Administration Is Racing to Launch the Deep-Sea Mining Industry, Despite Huge Risks and Broad Opposition
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! This would destroy deep-sea habitats and the ecosystems they support. A school of fish swimming over coral in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa | Credit:Greg McFall/NOAA By Rebecca Loomis, Staff Attorney, Nature, NRDC The Trump administration […]
GM Makes EV Charging Easier
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! There’s a lot of pullback on EV progress in the United States following Republicans taking control of the country and doing what they can to slow down the transition to EVs. GM hasn’t exactly been a saint on […]
Ola Electric Scooter Catches Fire Outside Pune School
A frightening scene unfolded outside a school in the Solapur area on Tuesday afternoon when an Ola Electric two-wheeler suddenly caught fire, sending thick smoke billowing near students and pedestrians. The incident, captured on CCTV and widely shared on social media, saw a father and his young daughter narrowly avoid serious injury as the vehicle […]
The Case For Plug-In Hybrids Is Changing. Here’s What Happened
A lot of electric-vehicle advocates aren’t big fans of hybrids. Many of them would say the sooner the world can go all-zero emissions, the better off we’ll all be, and that hybrids risk prolonging our collective dependence on fossil fuels. As for me, I’m generally pro-hybrid: I say don’t let the perfect be the enemy of […]
GM Just Fixed One Of The Biggest Headaches Of EV Charging
General Motors EV owners can now delete a charging app from their phone without getting range anxiety. Over 5,000 DC fast chargers have been integrated into the company’s own apps. In total, GM EV drivers can access over 250,000 public chargers in the U.S. and Canada. General Motors just made life a little easier for […]
2026 BYD Sealion 7 Premium Review: We slept on this super-solid electric SUV. We were wrong
For some reason, the BYD Sealion 7 kind of slipped past me last year. I drove the Performance (albeit briefly) at launch back in February 2025, left suitably impressed, and then just kind of forgot all about it. Anyway, while I was off day-dreaming, the Sealion 7 took off, finishing the year with more than […]
Home solar in rural America: winter storm warning edition
There’s no shortage of advice on how to size a home solar and battery system, but most of it assumes a suburban home with city services and outages measured in hours, not days. Rural homes play by different rules, especially during major winter storms. When ice and snow take down lines and your utility prioritizes […]
The clever way food trucks are now using e-bike batteries
New York City’s food carts are part of the city’s soul. They’re loud, fast, fragrant, and everywhere – serving up everything from tacos to kebabs on street corners that somehow never sleep. But for all their charm, there’s one thing almost everyone agrees could disappear tomorrow without being missed: the rattling, smoky gas generators that […]
Trump’s FAA Makes It Practically Impossible To Legally Fly Drones
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! A few years ago, it dawned on me that clean, electric-powered aviation isn’t part of some far off solarpunk future. While we’re not going to see electric passenger jets or medical helicopters this year, there are already electric […]
The SUV That Delivers Lexus Luxury Without Lexus Pricing
Lexus is a luxury brand, which also means a premium price tag. If you can’t afford any of its vehicles, there are thankfully alternatives that, though not matching the brand caché of Lexus, but delivers sumptuous luxury at similar levels. Don’t expect this SUV to be cheap, either, since you’re still asking quite a bit […]