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It’s been spring break right here in Florida, and the previous week has included some fascinating tales that stand out a bit from the norm. There are additionally a few huge themes to spotlight. Try the highest 10 checklist beneath and one bonus story on the finish.

1. Chinese language electrical vehicles are quietly taking on the auto market globally, and that’s beginning to get fascinating. In line with one evaluation from Transport & Surroundings (T&E), a full 25% of electrical vehicles offered in Europe in 2024 are anticipated to have been produced in China! In 2023, the determine was 19.5%.

On that notice, our personal Max Holland had a couple of tales asking whether or not the Dacia Spring’s rivals in China will come to Europe.

2. To date beneath the large electrical automotive radar, electrical bikes are a important a part of the EV revolution. On that subject, WRI had a narrative on how solar-powered battery swap stations might enhance the shift to electrical bikes in Rwanda, and our personal Remeredzai Kuhudzai famous that there are increasingly more electrical bikes in Nairobi, Kenya.

3. On the opposite finish of the spectrum are electrical vehicles, and notably electrical truck towing. For these on the lookout for extra information on this, Jennifer Sensiba goes into depth on current towing exams of 4 electrical vehicles.

4. Talking of electrical vehicles, it seems that Rivian now tops the charts for auto model loyalty! Tesla, which was as soon as on the prime of the charts, is now all the way down to fifth — with two huge German manufacturers whose gross sales have actually been damage by Tesla now above it (BMW and Porsche), however little MINI above all of them and solely trailing Rivian.

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6. EV tipping factors are being handed and most of the people don’t even understand it. Try Steve Hanley’s article on this, in addition to the 178 feedback from readers discussing this big matter.

7. Bringing down battery recycling prices. The Biden–Harris administration is concentrated on advancing the EV revolution in a number of how, and that features investing $62 million into efforts to carry down battery recycling prices.

8. Tesla FSD V12 is getting rave critiques. Even from many individuals who’ve been unimpressed by FSD up until now, we’re listening to that FSD model 12 is doing beautifully. Sadly, I’ve solely had actually dangerous experiences with it, however I’ll return to that one other day.

9. Professional-EV memes to struggle anti-EV memes. Anti–EV memes have gotten fairly fashionable lately, and our personal Scott Cooney had an thought — struggle memes with memes (i.e., reply with pro-EV memes to anti-EV memes). Scott is asking for all arms in serving to with this.

10. Getting again to China (to take this full circle), we simply revealed our common China EV gross sales report for February. It’s all the time an interesting learn.

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That’s all for now. Tell us if we missed every other huge cleantech tales you assume we must always have lined right here.

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