Clean Technica Research

EVs Take 23.4% Share In Germany – Disappointing Year For EV Transition

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December saw plugin EVs take 23.4% share in Germany, down from 30.0% share YoY. BEV volume was sharply down YoY in a hold-back ahead of tighter 2025 emissions regulations. Overall auto volume was 224,721 units, down 7% YoY. The bestselling BEV in December was the Tesla Model Y. The December … [continued]

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Survey Shows Significant Differences in EV Life & Interests in China, Germany, & USA

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Looking through Deloitte’s 2025 Global Automotive Consumer Study more closely today, some things jumped out at me on differences between the Chinese, German, and US EV markets. We already covered the obvious one from China being a more mature EV market — many more people plan to buy a BEV … [continued]

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Volvo EX30 Wins CleanTechnica Car of the Year in Europe

6 min read

It’s time to announce the winners of 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year voting. After coming up with four finalists for 2024 CleanTechnica Car of the Year in Europe, we opened up voting to readers to choose the winner. Here are the results: Volvo EX30 — 43% Volkswagen ID.7 — … [continued]

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Great Lakes Now

The Right to Consciousness

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The Right to Consciousness

Picasso’s Guernica bursts forth in a jumble of body parts, animals crying out in pain and heavy layers of historical context, created to tell the story of a physical battle. The original oil painting is 11.5 feet tall by 25.5 feet long and can be seen in person at the Reina Sofía Museum, Spain’s national modern and contemporary art center in Madrid.

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Bill McKibben Celebrates 2024: Climate Successes Can Motivate Us In 2025

8 min read

Many climate activists are turtling right now with the pressing reminder that the US executive office is about to be filled by a climate denier, supported by a Congress that has shown little spark to advance new, serious clean energy legislation. Yet climate activist and Gandhi Peace Award winner Bill … [continued]

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Stellantis & CATL’s New JV Will Invest Up To €4B To Build Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant In Spain

3 min read

Stellantis and CATL recently announced a strategic agreement for a joint venture that could see up to €4.1 billion invested in the construction of a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate battery plant. The facility, which they say will be constructed in multiple phases in Zaragoza, Spain, is intended to eventually … [continued]

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