January 2026

Iran is now letting foreign buyers pay for advanced weapons using cryptocurrency, alongside barter and local currency. Officials from the Ministry of Defence Export Center, known as Mindex, confirmed that digital assets are being accepted…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Rivian has released its 4th quarter and full-year 2025 production and delivery figures. There’s nothing particularly exciting or uplifting about them. They’re…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The news headlines this morning celebrated the inauguration of New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani. During his inaugural address the Democratic Socialist…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. XPENG had a banging blockbuster year in 2025. It grew 126% from 190,068 vehicle deliveries in 2024 to 429,445 vehicle deliveries in 2025. Most of its growth…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The Intertubes lit up earlier today with news of a new, compostable “paper battery” introduced by the Singapore-based startup Flint. The new battery aims to…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It’s a mixed result for BYD at the end of the year. The big headline is that the company passed up Tesla in annual BEV (fully electric vehicle) sales.…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla has released its 4th quarter and 2025 vehicle delivery data. It was strange a few days ago that the company released consensus Wall Street analyst…

Cardano (ADA) jumped about 7% in early Asian crypto trading as 2026 kicked off, while Bitcoin and Ethereum posted smaller gains. Bitcoin trades at $88 level with about 1% gain as Ethereum hovered above $3K with 1% rally, extending its slow…

As crypto investors ring in the new year, a quiet regulatory shift is about to upend one of the sector’s longest-running assumptions: that gains made on-chain are hard for governments to track. The crypto community acts like taxes are…

Allison Transmission Holdings has, today, announced it has completed its acquisition of the Off-Highway Drive & Motion Systems business of Dana Incorporated, a leading provider of drivetrain and propulsion solutions, for approximately…