2026

Ripple’s dollar-pegged stablecoin RLUSD made two concrete infrastructure moves this week: cross-chain routing platform Squid integrated RLUSD for single-transaction swaps across more than 100 blockchains and 20,000-plus tokens. Ripple…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It’s been a popular topic lately to write about China’s EV sales slump in 2026, growing EV exports from China, and various policy changes and even…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Latin America’s small champion is breaking all expectations. Uruguay surpassed Costa Rica as the regional leader in 2025, reaching an impressive 20% BEV…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I’ve been writing a bit lately on why robotaxis are not going to be as disruptive as many people expect. (See here and here and here.) A big core of the…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla fans criticized BYD electric vehicles for years. Supposedly, they were cheap, boring, and poorly made. However, BYD has grown and grown over the past…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. ComEd, in partnership with the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (Caucus), recognized nine communities that graduated from the 2026 EV Readiness Program during an…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. New utility-scale renewable electricity generation is creating global demand for reliable, high-efficiency power conversion and grid integration solutions.…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Fossil fuel prices have been in serious crunch zone lately due to the US and Israel war on Iran and oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz being blocked.…

In Bitcoin news today, Russia’s crypto regulation deadline is no longer abstract. On July 1, 2026, the country will formally legalize Bitcoin and stablecoin payments for cross-border trade, the culmination of a two-year pilot that…

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A couple of years ago, I wrote an article titled “We May Have Been Wrong To Mock GM’s Big Battery Approach To Electric Trucks.” Back then, it was incredibly…