February 12, 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Volkswagen Group has achieved another electric vehicle milestone this week. The German auto giant has just produced…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Solid-state batteries for electric vehicles potentially have some significant improvements over lithium-ion and…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Earlier this week, Toyota introduced its next generation Highland three-row SUV, and to the surprise of many, it is…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! AI is advancing fast. Digital education is expanding. Skills training, technical work, small business digitization,…

Betolar has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) and Australia-based company EcoGraf Limited on the Epanko graphite project in Tanzania. The aim of the collaboration is to assess the usability…

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire ThoroughTec Simulation, a South Africa-based leading provider of equipment simulators and simulator-based training for the global mining industry. ThoroughTec will be reported in Parts and…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Or support our Kickstarter campaign! The idea seems simple enough. Scale the popular battery-operated kiddie car up to adult size, make it street legal,…

Release has today signed a seven-year leasing agreement with Tshukudu Metals Botswana, a 100% owned subsidiary of Australia-headquartered Sandfire Resources, for a 21 MW solar power plant at the Motheo Copper Operations in Botswana. The…

Nicholas Peach, BlackRock’s head of APAC iShares, has taken to a public platform to say that a mere 1% shift from Asia’s massive household wealth into crypto could flood the market with nearly $2 trillion.  On 11 February 2026, addressing…

On February 11, Stefan Widing, President and CEO of Sandvik Group, the global mining equipment manufacturer, visited the Beijing headquarters of contract mining major JCHX and was received by Wang Xiancheng, Chairman of JCHX and Wang…