Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Why you should buy an electric car! An electric car is superior technology. If you’ve never driven one, you don’t know about this: They have amazing instant acceleration and are smooth as silk. Fewer moving parts (no complex internal combustion engine and transmission, so lower… Continue reading Clean Technica: Updated Primer: Why & How To Buy An Electric Car!004261
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Clean Technica: A Tale of Two Markets — BEVs Up 20% YoY & PHEVs Down 10% YoY in China004260
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BEVs represented 36% the total Chinese car market in October. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales in September (1.3 million plugins, in a 2.2-million-unit overall market, down 1% YoY), but growth has been slowing down, with October showing only a 7% increase over October… Continue reading Clean Technica: A Tale of Two Markets — BEVs Up 20% YoY & PHEVs Down 10% YoY in China004260
Clean Technica: Tesla’s Core Mission Shifts In The Musk 4.0 Era — Smart Or Not?004259
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 and Dow were trading lower. It seemed as if Wall Street was in a holding pattern as everyone awaited the earnings report from Nvidia, the leader in artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Then global stock markets rose as Nvidia eased anxieties… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s Core Mission Shifts In The Musk 4.0 Era — Smart Or Not?004259
Clean Technica: Tesla Is Back on the Offensive: The USA’s EV Giant Has Just Entered Colombia’s Market Looking for Blood004258
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I hope our readers will pardon my hyperbolic language, but believe that nobody, nobody, expected to see what’s now unraveling in the Colombian market. I knew Tesla was going to (finally) arrive on our shores at Bogota’s 19th International Automobile Hall, but to be completely… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Is Back on the Offensive: The USA’s EV Giant Has Just Entered Colombia’s Market Looking for Blood004258
Clean Technica: Elon Musk Delivers Short Seller Warning — Is His Timeline Finally Lining Up With Reality’s Again?004257
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. As I’ve been writing and saying lately, Tesla seems to be quickly entering a big, decisive chapter in its overall story. For years, there was a strong battle of narratives on whether Tesla could survive. Critics, auto industry insiders, and TSLA short sellers were convinced… Continue reading Clean Technica: Elon Musk Delivers Short Seller Warning — Is His Timeline Finally Lining Up With Reality’s Again?004257
Clean Technica: Tesla To Phase Out Chinese Made Parts For US Cars Within Two Years004256
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Elections have consequences. Boy, howdy, do they ever! As soon as the last presidential election was over, several US manufacturers read the writing on the wall and realized trade relations between the US and China were about to get bumpy. News reports this week indicate… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla To Phase Out Chinese Made Parts For US Cars Within Two Years004256
Clean Technica: We’re Not in Norway, China, or California, But EVs (Mainly Teslas) Are Swarming in Utah004255
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla lineup at V4 Supercharger. Far West, Utah. October 12, 2025. Norway has further cemented its position as the world leader in electric vehicle (EV) adoption, with an unprecedented 97–98% of new cars sold in the country being fully electric now. 25% of new car… Continue reading Clean Technica: We’re Not in Norway, China, or California, But EVs (Mainly Teslas) Are Swarming in Utah004255
Clean Technica: US EV Sales — Forecasts for 2026 & 2030004254
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. In the video below, Jose Pontes, Larry Evans, Steve Hanley, and I discuss the US electric vehicle market, EV policies in the country, and what we expect for EV share of the US auto market in 2026 and in 2030. Naturally, this includes talk about… Continue reading Clean Technica: US EV Sales — Forecasts for 2026 & 2030004254
Clean Technica: Musk’s Compensation Dream Is A Reality — So What Comes Next?004253
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s compensation package is a done deal, and now we are immersed in the waiting game. Was it only two years ago in which Master Plan 3 was released, with its laser focus on sustainable energy? Not anymore. Now Musk is pushing… Continue reading Clean Technica: Musk’s Compensation Dream Is A Reality — So What Comes Next?004253
Clean Technica: The Auto Companies Electrifying Fastest in USA — EV Shares of Overall Sales004252
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. We’ve already written about the top selling electric vehicles in the USA in the 3rd quarter and auto companies’ shares of US EV sales. Now we are on to the third analysis in this series, examining the share of auto brands’ and auto groups’ overall… Continue reading Clean Technica: The Auto Companies Electrifying Fastest in USA — EV Shares of Overall Sales004252