US Auto Sales Report — Industry Down 21% vs. 2019
The most comprehensive US auto sales report on the internet. Who's winning? Who's losing? We look back through 2019.
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Tesla Sales Fly To The Sky Again
Tesla reported its 3rd quarter vehicle production and delivery numbers earlier today. That allowed us to update various spreadsheets and create updated charts of Tesla's long-term delivery trends.
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U.S. New Power Report — 71% of New Power from Solar & Wind Power
Solar and wind power continue to dominate new power capacity in the United States.
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US Auto Sales: Tesla Up 97% In Q2 2022 vs. Q2 2019, Overall US Auto Sales Down 22% (942,390 Units)
US auto sales continue to crash. In the 2nd quarter of 2022, US auto sales were down 20% (-830,642) compared to the 2nd quarter of 2021. They were up 19% (535,191) compared to the 2nd quarter of 2020, but down 22% (-942,390) compared to the 2nd quarter of 2019. In other words, the US auto market has been crashing if you ignore that little rebound after the biggest economic shutdowns of the COVID pandemic.
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Tesla Sales Report — Cumulative & Quarterly Vehicle Deliveries
We dive into Tesla's cumulative vehicle sales, Model 3 and Model Y cumulative vehicle sales, and also Tesla's quarterly vehicle sales by model. This article also includes interactive charts and graphs of these topics.
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U.S. Electricity Generation Report — April 2022
Electricity generated by renewable energy sources continues to grow month over month and year over year in the United States. In April 2022, the share of US electricity coming from renewable energy was up to 29.3%. That was up from 24.8% in April 2020 and 25.7% in April 2021.
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EV Market Share Growth in 16 More European Countries
I recently explored the market share growth of electric vehicles in 15 European countries where electric vehicles have become most popular. From 15.9% market share for plugin vehicles in Ireland to 86.1% market share for plugin vehicles in Norway, those countries are racing into the mass market stage of new tech (plugin vehicle) adoption. In terms of full electric vehicles (BEVs), the range in market share ranged from 5.7% in Belgium to 64.5% in Norway. Those are the 15 leaders of the EV transition in Europe — and just add China for the list of the top 16 countries globally. How about the rest of Europe?
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ZapBatt CEO Charlie Welch Talks New Batteries, Battery Safety, Inspiration, & More — Part 2
We talk with ZapBatt's CEO and founder, Charlie Welch, about the inspiration for starting ZapBatt, their focus on truly sustainable and super safe batteries, and breaking out of the realm of overlooked and underestimated battery technologies.
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Interview with Impossible Mining CEO Oliver Gunasekara — Part 2
How do we get the minerals we need for millions of EV batteries? Looking under the sea is a great option, but only if done wisely, sensibly, sensitively, and in an ecologically safe way. Impossible Mining is using AI and autonomous underwater vehicles to develop a way to do just that. Read on!
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Interview with WAVE CEO on Wireless Electric Bus Charging — Part 2
We dive in deeper than ever to explore WAVE wireless EV charging, where it's being deployed, and what's to come.
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Making Buildings Much More Efficient — Interview With PassiveLogic CEO
In this article, we explore making buildings much more energy efficient through smarter automatic and system integration.
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12 European Countries Have 10%+ BEV Sales
Check out how EV sales trends look in 15 top European markets and China. EV market share is growing like gangbusters in these markets.
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US Electricity Generation & Capacity Report for 2021
Below are full updates on electricity generation in the United States in December 2021 and January–December 2021 as well as new power capacity additions in the United States in December 2021 and January–December 2021.
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Interview With Arcimoto CEO Mark Frohnmayer (Part Two)
This is Part Two of my interview with Arcimoto CEO Mark Frohnmayer. In Part One, Mark shared details about Arcimoto's vision, its Fun Utility Vehicle platform, and his thoughts about the future of rideshare. In this article, Mark shared a bit of detail about Arcimoto's driverless delivery vehicle and the new manufacturing facility that Arcimoto announced at its RAMP IT UP event on February 22nd
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Paul Martin On Hydrogen's Risks For Homeowners & Public Money -- CleanTech Talk
In the first half of the podcast, Paul Martin and I talked about the newly formed Hydrogen Science Coalition, of which Paul is a founding member, embrittlement of steel and increased leakage in transmission. In this second half, we delve into more on hydrogen leakage, especially in homes, the problem of increased risks from hydrogen in buildings, shipping boil-off rate, global supply implications, and more.
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Interview with Tony Seba
I recently sat down with the famous and widely loved Tony Seba to talk about the revolutions underway in energy (clean energy is taking over the energy world), transportation (the EV revolution is rolling fast now), and food. Listen to the interview here.
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How This Horror Story Led To Creating Safer Conditions For EV Charging
ChargeSafe founder Kate Tyrrell shared with me why she created ChargeSafe, along with her own horror story of going from broken EV charger to broken EV charger late at night in dangerous situations.
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Interview With Juice Bar Charger CEO (Part Two)
This is part two of my interview with Paul Vosper CEO and President of Juice Bar, an EV charging manufacturer that is building a national EV charging infrastructure that will sustain the environment for future generations.
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What My Tesla Model Y Taught Me This Week
I went on my second road trip with Wylie, my white Tesla Model Y, this week. I did a trip across Florida in December, but that one was different.
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CleanTechnica Top 10: Zeekr, Bullet Trains, Tesla's Record Sales Success, & EV Sales Reports
The past week and a half was not the busiest for cleantech news, but it did include some big cleantech fireworks. Where to start?
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CleanTechnica Top 10: Ford Dealer Horror Story, SpinLaunch's Hopes & Issues
It's been a special week in much of the world, and there was plenty of good cleantech news as well. The 10 stories most popular on CleanTechnica are on the bottom of this article, but first ... let's look at some of my favorites (or don't do so and just skip to the bottom if that's your style). Below are 15 top stories of the week on CleanTechnica, in my humble opinion.
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Wind & Solar = 86% Of New US Power Capacity In January–October
Wind and solar power have dominated new power capacity additions in 2021. They’ve also been at the forefront of power capacity growth in the United States in the past three years.
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Wind & Solar = 14% Of US Electricity Generation In October
Explore the US electricity generation market in this new report covering October as well as January–October for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021.
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CleanTechnica Top 10: Home Tesla EV Charger Installation, Ford Mustang Mach-E Success ....
December is always an odd time of year for any news, and that includes cleantech news. As such, looking through the most popular stories of the past week on CleanTechnica also came with various surprises. Before that, though, below are the stories that stood out to me.
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CleanTechnica Top 10: Condo Ban On EV Parking, 120 Volt Heat Pump Water Heaters ...
What were the best solar energy, electric vehicle, battery, and autonomous vehicles stories of the past week on CleanTechnica?
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Choosing an Electric Mountain Bike
Looking for an electric mountain bike? We're looking to help. Below is a guide on choosing an electric mountain bike, including short reviews of several of them.
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The Evolving US EV Charging Market & ChargePoint's Role
In this episode of CleanTech Talk, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with Bill Loewenthal, Senior Vice President of Product at ChargePoint, about the US EV market, advancing EV charging in the USA, and ChargePoint’s role in EV evolution.
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ChargePoint — Where Are We? What Does The US Charging Market Need Next?
Tomorrow, I will be speaking with Bill Loewenthal, Senior Vice President of Product at ChargePoint, about ChargePoint's model (of course) as well as where the US charging market is at the moment and where it needs to go next.
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Rivian, Tesla, Auto Dealers, & Anti-Capitalist State Laws
Last Friday, I talked with Vice President of Public Policy at Rivian James Chen for our CleanTech Talk podcast series. A video recording of our one-hour discussion is now online for CleanTechnica Members, Supporters, Technicians, and Ambassadors to view on YouTube. If you fit one of those levels of support, you can watch the video on the bottom of this article.
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US Electric Vehicle Sales By Quarter (2018–2021)
I recently published a report comparing Q1 2021 sales of a dozen electric vehicles in the United States. In the comments, a reader, "nitpicker357" (may not be his/her real-world name), requested a historical US EV sales chart. I thought that would be fun to see and would really help to provide some historical sales context visually, so I got to work on it.
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Tesla Model 3 = #1 EV in Sweden, Spain, & Denmark in 1st Quarter, But Old-Schooler Wins Ireland
Sales numbers are in for electric vehicles in Sweden, Spain, Denmark, and Ireland for the month of March, and thus for the first quarter as a whole. The overall takeaway is clear: the Tesla Model 3 won. Though, surprisingly, a different model took the top spot in Ireland, and it was the old-schooler Nissan LEAF!
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Analyzing ARK Invest’s Bear Case On Tesla [TSLA]
I got a few requests from my last post to do a deeper dive into ARK's Tesla bear case after providing my thoughts on its bull case. One of our readers, Pitounet, pointed out that ARK has hosted its model on Git. This has a lot more information on ARK's Monte Carlo analysis than the blog post. You can find the model here, and download it for yourself as an Excel file. Thanks, Pitounet!
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To Get Tesla-Level Props, Ford, GM, & Audi Have To Climb A Steep Ladder
We've gotten some great electric vehicle news this week in the United States — the Chevy Bolt EV had a record 1st quarter, the Audi e-tron had a record quarter, the Ford Mustang Mach-E arrived with a bang, and US-based EV giant Tesla had a record quarter.
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Total Cost of Ownership: Volkswagen ID.4 vs. Hyundai Tucson
With the Volkswagen ID.4 just entering the US market, I decided it was time to see how this new electric SUV compares against gasoline-powered compact SUVs it is theoretically competing against. I started off with a comparison against the ID.4’s own brethren, a variety of Tiguan options. This piece goes outside the family and pits the ID.4 against one of the top selling SUVs in the United States, the Hyundai Tucson (the 14th best seller, a bit higher than the Tiguan’s ranking of 22nd).
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Total Cost of Ownership: Volkswagen ID.4 vs. Volkswagen Tiguan
As we roll toward 2021, we have some truly exciting and competitive electric vehicles arriving that aren't Teslas. (Finally!) One of those models — perhaps the one that will end up selling at the highest volume — is the Volkswagen ID.4.
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Elon Musk's 3 Core Tesla Messages In 2020
Tesla CEO* Elon Musk has tweeted more than 3,000 times this year. We at CleanTechnica follow his tweets closely, since he provides much insight on Tesla via tweet and even breaks much news via Twitter. Additionally, I interacted with Elon several times this year on Twitter regarding a variety of Tesla topics (Autopilot, solar, and gigafactories, for example) — a privilege we may not have again. From following his tweets closely, as well as benefiting from this semi-personal interaction on several topics, I collected three core messages from Elon this year.
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Evolution of US Solar Power, Wind Power, & Fossil Fuels from 2010–2020
Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. However, we hadn't previously gone all the way back to 2010 to examine changes in electricity generation across the whole decade. Part of the reason for that is that the US Energy Information Administration (which supplies much of our data) didn't start producing estimates for small-scale solar generation until 2014. For this new report, small-scale solar electricity generation and market share in the years 2010–2013 are CleanTechnica estimates rather than EIA estimates.
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Green Nickel — In-Depth Interview
Here is a super deep dive into the topic of nickel mining, nickel for EV batteries, and "green nickel."
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~70% Of US Tesla Sales May Be Tesla Model Y Sales
It appears that about 70% of US Tesla sales are now Model Y sales. Maybe.
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Electric Vehicle Adoption Ready To Explode
This report conveys 4 main points: 1) Electric vehicles, particularly Teslas, are already more than competitive in certain market segments. 2) The tech transitions that led to the electric vehicle (EV) market of today will continue in the coming decade. 3) EV sales will rise quickly, outperforming most people's current expectations. 4) Tesla will continue to lead the market due to core competitive advantages.
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New US Electricity Capacity in October — 100% Solar & Wind Power
All 100% of new electric power capacity added in the United States in October came from solar and wind power.
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More Than 75% of Expected US Power Capacity to Come from Solar & Wind in Next 3 Years
More than 75% of new power capacity expected to be installed in the USA in the next three years will be solar and wind power capacity.
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Why Tesla Solar Power Is So Cheap — Elon Musk Tells Us
Tesla CEO Elon Musk explains to CleanTechnica why Tesla's rooftop solar PV offer is so cheap.
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Tesla Megapack, Powerpack, & Powerwall Battery Storage Pricing — CleanTechnica Exclusive
We just pulled down an article about vanadium flow batteries versus lithium-ion batteries for long-duration energy storage because Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded, "This article is wildly incorrect about lithium battery costs by a factor of 5 or more presently & 10X long-term." However, that raised more questions than answers for me, so I have dug in further and have some new information to share along with a lot more context regarding battery prices and long-term costs.
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