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Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” broke the speed limit in 55% of the 30 km/h segments a Belgian road safety group tested in Brussels, averaging 44 km/h where the legal limit is 30 km/h. The results land less than
NHTSA has opened a formal investigation into comma.ai’s aftermarket driver assistance devices after five crashes where cars running openpilot plowed into stopped or slow-moving vehicles in their own lane. Two of those cr
Being a one-car family works great right up until the moment two people need to be in two different places. Maybe your spouse took the car to work, but you need to grab groceries. Maybe you’ve got to pick up a kid from d
Building on its nearly 10-year history, Mercedes-Benz secured first rights to ProLogium’s latest Gen4 solid-state EV battery cells. more…
Following right alongside the early Amazon Prime Day deals that are live, we’ve got two new Prime Day sales leading today’s Green Deals. First, there’s the massive Anker eufy Early Prime Day Sale with up to 46% savings o
BYD revealed the second-generation Seagull inside and out in a series of sketches: a bigger, smarter version of its most affordable EV. more…
When the EU decided to put tariffs on electric cars manufactured in China two years ago, CleanTechnica contributor José Pontes pointed out that they only applied to battery electric cars. He predicted the policy would sp
A new documentary series on the 2010 Chilean mine disaster continues to resonate today as the global mining industry adopts new technologies in support of the global energy transition (lightly cropped; credit Cristián Le
Three years is a long time in hydrogen strategy. The Netherlands’ 2023 National Energy System Plan projected roughly 460 petajoules of gaseous hydrogen demand in 2040. Its 2026 National Energy System Plan update cuts tha
Washington, DC — A new report released today by Senate Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee puts a dollar figure on the greed and corruption of the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration. Ac
Juiced Bikes has been one of the leaders in the long-range, durable ebikes category. Its bikes often stretch the definition of an ebike, even consistently landing in the electric moped category with motors that exceed th
WISCONSIN — Sierra Club has released its annual Dirty Truth Report. This year, We Energies’ score has plummeted to 4 out of 100 possible points — its worst score ever and 20 points lower than its first score when the Dir