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Electric Buses Make Up Over 50% of New Deliveries in Australia

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CleanTechnica last reported on Australian electric bus sales using January’s data. Things have changed. In January, 155 buses were delivered and only 9 were BEVs. Checking out Q1 2026 deliveries via Google revealed that 121 electric buses were delivered across Australia from January to March of 2026. The trajectory is … [continued]

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China Just Made Electric Trucks A Freight System, Not A Vehicle Category

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China’s new electric heavy-truck target is not interesting because another government wrote down a 2030 number. It is interesting because the target is tied to the system around the truck. The Ministry of Transport plan points to 40% of new heavy-truck sales being electric by 2030, 20% of the total … [continued]

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Energy Storage Emerges As The Great Equalizer, Trump Or No Trump

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Quick quiz: Which high-level government clown in the Trump administration insists that “catastrophic failure” besets solar power plants every time the sun goes down? If you guessed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, run right out and buy yourself a cigar. Meanwhile, the grownups are pressing ahead with new energy storage solutions … [continued]

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InterSolar Europe 2026 Key Takeaways

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The smarter E Europe 2026 happened this week in Munich, with the lead event of InterSolar Europe co-located with ess Europe, Power2Drive and EM-Power. Regardless of the intended organization of the conference and exhibitions, the lines between them have increasingly blurred, as solar is combined with storage, EV charging and … [continued]

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CATL Debuts World’s 1st Field-Validated Sodium-Ion BESS, Bringing Sodium Storage to Commercial Reality

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CATL this week officially unveiled the TENER Sodium Energy Storage System, the world’s first real-world validated sodium-ion energy storage solution in Munich, Germany. The solution has reached full commercial maturity across technology, production capacity, and supply chain readiness. Cumulative shipments are expected to reach 1 GWh by the end of … [continued]

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