Month: October 2025

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Last September 22, CleanTechnica had a chance to chat with Akshay Prasad, principal at Arthur D. Little Southeast Asia’s Automotive & Manufacturing Practice, about developments in the Philippine electric vehicle market. The discussions revolved around the local electric vehicle industry’s ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Built to meet customers’ evolving needs, PV5 is first dedicated model in Kia’s Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) business strategy Embodies Kia’s commitment to developing sustainable business and personal mobility solutions Kia targets 250,000 PBV sales by 2030, with the PV5 ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Carbon leakage refers to the risk of emissions shifting outside of areas where there are climate policies in order to avoid paying the extra costs of complying with these policies. For aviation this means passengers choosing transfers at hubs near ... [continued]

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Hawaii has the highest rate of rooftop solar power adoption in the US, on a per capita basis. It makes sense, as the power grid is largely (~65%) powered by imported fossil energy sources and is therefore predictably very expensive, ... [continued]

Tesla's new affordable models lose the most important part of Autopilot.

The new Model Y Standard gets 321 miles of range—but no FM or AM radio tuner.

The US startup UbiQD has demonstrated an improvement of almost 40% in lettuce grown under solar glass enhanced with quantum dots.

Dacia had two announcements this week -- updates to the Dacia Spring and a new all purpose EV called the Hipster Concept.

Tesla's

The cheaper Model Y we’ve all been waiting for is here. Can it compete with a growing number of competitive rivals?