Steve Hanley

1 week ago | cleantechnica.com | Steve Hanley

CleanTechnica is a staunch advocate for electrifying everything and making the electricity to make that possible from renewable sources like solar, wind, hydro, and such. The transportation sector is moving steadily toward electric cars, trucks, and trains, but there are other wheeled vehicles like excavators, dump trucks, and mining equipment that spend most of their life far from any paved roads. How do electric versions of those machines get their batteries recharged?

1 week ago | autoscommunity.com | Steve Hanley

Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) has reached a significant milestone on mining efficiency and productivity, successfully hauling over one million tonnes of limestone autonomously for customer Brønnøy Kalk in Norway. This achievement underscores the transformative impact of autonomous technology in the mining and quarrying industries.

1 week ago | cleantechnica.com | Steve Hanley

Last Updated on: 27th May 2025, 01:53 pm BYD is the tail that wags the dog in the Chinese new car market. It sells more “new energy vehicles” — which in China means plug-in hybrids and battery-electrics — than any other company. It is also pursuing an aggressive export strategy in many major markets around the world. When BYD sneezes, everyone else catches a cold.

1 week ago | ecotopical.com | Steve Hanley

BYD has shocked the new car marketplace in China by slashing prices on its cars by up to 34%. Is it playing the long game? The post BYD Sparks Price War In China, Slashes New Car Prices By Up To 34% appeared first on CleanTechnica.

1 week ago | cleantechnica.com | Steve Hanley

2+2 = 4, except in the world of Trumpillkillthings, in which common sense and science are viewed as the vicious products of a “woke mind virus.” Recently, Lee Zeldin, the whack job appointed to serve as EPA administrator, has made it his mission to undo a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health — a finding that forms the basis for most federal climate regulations.