March 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A week ago, I wrote an article pondering why the best news we get about the Tesla Semi, after nearly a decade, is still just small pilot program…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Over the past 20 years, electricity from wind power and utility-scale solar power has increased to 17% of generation in the United States compared to less…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. There are many people who really don’t need extra frills and gadgets in their car — they just want something simple and reliable to get to work or wherever…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I’m honestly surprised it has taken this long for a serious problem to surface related to Tesla’s Full Self Driving (FSD) system, based entirely around small…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. XPeng’s first profitable quarter is being framed, almost reflexively, as a scale story: more cars, better utilization, stronger margins. That is the standard…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. With the launch of his war against Iran, US President Donald has made the case for locally produced wind power stronger than it already is. Stakeholders in…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Ballard Power and New Flyer announced what sounds at first like a market-making agreement, a commercial arrangement for 500 fuel cell engines, or about 50 MW…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. An Irish energy client was speaking with governmental contacts recently, and HVDC risk came up. Not the usual high-level question of whether HVDC is needed…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. This week, I attended New York Build Expo, co-located with Installer Expo in the Javits Center. There were far more professionals there than press, which…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It was Tesla’s biggest “mote” on the US EV market for years — its widespread, fantabulous, easy-to-use Supercharging network. Several years ago, Tesla…