April 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Elon Musk said on the latest quarterly Tesla conference call, last week, that the first production line for the company’s Optimus robot would go online this…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. We have journalists at the Beijing Auto Show (Auto China 2026), but it takes time to collect and then share all of the great EV announcements happening…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. There’s no doubt about it — solar power has already revolutionized the electricity industry. Solar power accounts for the majority of new power capacity…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Advancements in sodium-ion batteries have come from a new generation of cells from CATL, BYD, and others, bringing the possibility of lower cells costs at…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. What if the best time to fill up your car was while you were fast asleep — and it saved you money? For Ford electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid owners…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Hyundai invited CleanTechnica out to their factory near Savannah, Georgia, and while we were there, we had an opportunity to take their new Hyundai IONIQ 5…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The energy transition will not fail because the world runs out of useful minerals. It can be slowed, made more expensive, and made more fragile because the…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Recently, we wrote about how affordability is now the primary driver of new renewable energy installations at both the grid and individual level. It’s a…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The new public fast charger installations are rolling out steadily — just several days ago it was reported that over 3,000 were installed in the US in the…

In the latest Russia crypto news, the European Union has issued its 20th sanctions package against Russia, and this one hits the crypto sector in ways unlike anything that came before. Rather than blacklisting individual exchanges or…