May 2026

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Humanoid robot narratives usually begin with market size, not with the physics of the work, and that leads to distorted expectations. The common framing…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The above photograph shows a huge number of Tesla employees around their first Tesla Semi completed at the vehicle’s high-production line. Tesla has an…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The most interesting person in the first commercial eVTOL launch may not be the pilot, the regulator, the mayor at the ribbon cutting, or the executive…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Prices for natural gas in Europe and Asia have diverged from those in the United States since the February 28 closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Futures prices…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Washington, DC — Yesterday, U.S. Steel announced it will invest nearly $2 billion to build a direct reduced iron (DRI) facility at Big River Steel Works in…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Washington, DC — Today, the nation’s largest and most influential environmental advocacy organization weighed in on the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Sometimes these electric vehicle developments don’t seem real, but they are. The speed at which transportation is electrifying is almost stunning sometimes.…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. NIO’s sales figures last month were a bit mixed. Yes, as shown in the headline above, the good news is that sales were up 23% year over year (YoY). However,…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The vehicle my wife and I are planning to buy next, as our second car (or perhaps it would end up becoming our first car), is the Kia EV6. I’ve loved the…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla wins gold and silver in a market running at different speeds. BEVs vs. PHEVs Plugin vehicle registrations were up 5% year over year (YoY) in March,…