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<p>Today’s challenges demand a new European investment plan. Dear President von der Leyen, Dear President Costa, Europe faces a historic moment. The scale of the economic, geopolitical, climate and technological challenges before us cannot be met with incremental adjustments or national solutions alone. They require European-level fiscal and financial capacity ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/17/industry-civil-society-groups-call-for-a-new-european-investment-plan/">Industry &#038; Civil Society Groups Call for a New European investment Plan</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>As EU Environment Ministers meet to discuss electric vehicle targets, new research shows EVs are the best way to protect drivers from oil shocks. The EU spent €67 bn on oil imports for cars last year Accelerating the roll-out of EVs would cut oil imports by €45bn over the next ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/17/iran-conflict-set-to-hit-petrol-drivers-5-times-harder-than-ev-drivers-analysis/">Iran Conflict Set to Hit Petrol Drivers 5 Times Harder than EV Drivers — Analysis</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>As the Middle East conflict sends energy prices surging, new analysis finds electric cars can significantly protect the EU economy and drivers. This short briefing highlights the benefits of accelerating vehicle electrification in the context of the war in the Middle East. As co-legislators discuss the EU’s Automotive Package and ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/17/how-electric-cars-cut-oil-dependence-drive-energy-security/">How Electric Cars Cut Oil Dependence &#038; Drive Energy Security</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<p>For much of the past decade, China has been the global reference case for electric vehicle (EV) adoption. It scaled faster, built deeper supply chains, and turned industrial policy into market dominance. By contrast, India’s EV journey has been slower, noisier, and far more fragmented. Yet as of early 2026, ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/17/op-ed-what-china-did-right-and-what-india-is-doing-differently/">Op-Ed: What China Did Right—And What India Is Doing Differently</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

Audi rescata el espíritu pionero del A2 con un nuevo modelo eléctrico de acceso que llegará en 2026 bajo la denominación A2 e-tron convirtiéndose en una pieza clave dentro de su hoja de ruta eléctrica.

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/Tesla-Model-Y-Performance-hero-US.png?w=1600" /></div><p>EVs are starting to chip away at one of the global economy’s biggest vulnerabilities: oil.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/evs-wiped-out-oil-demand-equal-to-70-of-irans-exports-in-2025/#more-460091">more…</a>

<p>AI Has Hands in Iran War In this &#8220;brave new world&#8221; we&#8217;re in, AI has apparently been used by President Trump and his crew to decide whether to attack Iran. &#8220;Are we playing Call of Doodies: AI Slop Warfare? We are using an AI that would not hesitate to use ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/17/ai-used-in-deciding-to-attack-iran-productivity-paradox-suicide-instigator/">AI — Used In Deciding To Attack Iran, Productivity Paradox, Suicide Instigator &#8230;</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

La microred de Coober Pedy es propiedad de EDL y consta de 4 MW de energía eólica, 1 MW solar, 4,15 MW/500 kWh de baterías, volantes de inercia, diésel y resistencias.

Se añadieron 25 GW de capacidad de centros de datos en el cuarto trimestre de 2025, un 50% menos que en el tercer trimestre, según Wood Mackenzie.

La producción aumentó en 5,3 mil millones de pies cúbicos por día (Bcf/d) hasta un promedio de 118,5 Bcf/d, según la EIA.

El grupo Beyond Fossil Fuels insta a los jefes de gobierno a abordar la dependencia del gas fósil antes del Consejo Europeo del 19–20 de marzo.

In Washington state, the Trump administration’s crusade to force aging coal plants to stay online is meeting resistance from lawmakers — and confronting the reality that the state’s power grid is doing just fine without coal. On Monday, the Department of Energy issued its second 90-day emergency order demanding the…

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/01/Volkswagen-ID.4-refresh.jpeg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1400" /></div><p>Volkswagen’s electric SUV will adopt the Tiguan name and a familiar style as part of its overhauled lineup. The new <a href="https://electrek.co/guides/vw-id-4/">ID.4</a> is expected to debut later this year as the ID. Tiguan.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/volkswagen-turning-id-4-into-electric-tiguan-suv-images/#more-460060">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2023/04/Gobi-Desert-solar-wind-china.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1600" /></div><p>China’s clean energy boom is saddled with a major challenge: what to do with all its old wind and solar equipment.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/chinas-wind-and-solar-boom-is-creating-waste-plan/#more-460073">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/Tesla-Self-Driving-FSD-Hero.png?w=1600" /></div><p>Raffi Krikorian, Mozilla’s CTO and the former head of Uber’s self-driving car division, totaled his Tesla Model X while using “Full Self-Driving” on a residential street. His kids were in the back seat.</p> <p>In a new essay published in <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/self-driving-car-technology-tesla-crash/686054/?gift=ObTAI8oDbHXe8UjwAQKul6acU0KJHCMEsvPjPPlG_MM" id="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/self-driving-car-technology-tesla-crash/686054/?gift=ObTAI8oDbHXe8UjwAQKul6acU0KJHCMEsvPjPPlG_MM" type="link">The Atlantic,</a> Krikorian breaks down the accident and offers what might be the most informed critique yet of the fundamental problem with Tesla’s approach to “supervised” autonomy — from someone who literally built self-driving systems for a living.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/former-uber-self-driving-chief-tesla-fsd-crash-supervision-problem/#more-460071">more…</a>

<p>In Part II, I will discuss bike safety.Public transportation is heavily used in other countries and some large US cities. I begin by discussing how bikes can be used as last-mile transportation in conjunction with public transportation. However, to a large extent in the US, we jump into our cars ... [continued]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/17/ebikes-bikes-for-everything-much-of-what-ive-learned-riding-bikes-for-75-years-part-i/">Ebikes &#038; Bikes for Everything, + Much of What I’ve Learned Riding Bikes for 75 Years (Part I)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cleantechnica.com">CleanTechnica</a>.</p>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/Toyota-bZ3X-EV-deliveries-2.jpeg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1400" /></div><p>Toyota may deny it, but it’s increasingly relying on local parts to compete in China’s brutal electric vehicle market. Some estimates claim nearly 90% of the parts in the bZ3X, <a href="https://electrek.co/guides/toyota/">Toyota’s</a> electric SUV that sells for just $15,000 in China, are sourced locally.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/toyota-sells-15000-ev-china-using-nearly-90-local-parts/#more-459803">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/06/jeep_wagoneer_deals.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1450" /></div><p>Like a 90s “gifted” kid that was supposed to be a lot of things, the electric Jeep Wagoneer S never really found its place — but when dealers started discounting the Jeep brands forward-looking flagship by nearly $25,000 last summer, I wrote that it might be time to give the go-fast Wagoneer S a second look.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE 17MAR26</strong>: <a href="https://www.carsdirect.com/buildyourcar/style?make=jeep&amp;model=wagoneer-s&amp;src=1001054&amp;lnk=subID-JO" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">I found you an even better Wagoneer S deal</a>!</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/with-25000-off-is-the-jeep-wagoneer-s-the-best-ev-deal-going/#more-420330">more…</a>

<p>PROMES-CNRS researchers have further advanced their lithium-ion battery recycling using concentrated solar heat. The team has now shown they can recover 76% of the lithium and up to 99.3% of the cobalt at 1100°C. Working with the French battery recycling company SNAM, the PROMES team has modeled and has now demonstrated a proof of concept [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.solarpaces.org/concentrated-solar-lithium-battery-recycling-demo-bests-fossil-fueled-recovery-rate/">Concentrated solar lithium battery recycling demo bests fossil-fueled recovery rate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.solarpaces.org">SolarPACES</a>.</p>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/05/Elon-Musk-Tesla-Money-hero.png?w=1600" /></div><p>Tesla’s “Terafab” semiconductor ambitions to launch this week carry an estimated price tag of $25-40 billion. The math is getting hard to reconcile with a company that generated just $6.2 billion in free cash flow last year while its earnings crashed.</p> <p>Tesla hasn’t raised capital through a stock offering since December 2020, when it completed the last of three at-the-market offerings that brought in roughly $12 billion in a single year. The Terafab changes the equation entirely.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/tesla-tsla-terafab-capital-raise-secondary-offering/#more-460055">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/Solid-state-EV-batteries-range-1.jpeg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1400" /></div><p><a href="https://electrek.co/guides/solid-state-batteries/">Solid-state batteries</a> are called the “holy grail” of EV battery tech for a reason, right? The new battery tech is quickly moving from the lab to the real world, with some claiming to unlock over 800 miles of driving range.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/solid-state-ev-batteries-with-800-miles-range-become-reality/#more-460024">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/Segway-Max-G2.webp?w=1500" /></div><p>Among our three headliners in today’s Green Deals, we have a particular focus on Segway. The brand currently has its <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2026/03/16/segway-e-scooters-spring-sale-max-g2-650-more-from-150/">Spring EV Sale</a> taking hundreds off e-scooters, including the <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2026/03/16/segway-e-scooters-spring-sale-max-g2-650-more-from-150/">Max G2 Electric Scooter down at $650</a>, as well as its <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2026/03/16/segway-navimow-spring-sale-robot-mowers-as-low-as-799/">alternate Navimow Spring Sale</a> with up to $1,133 savings on X3 and i1 series robot lawn mowers, with the former series all seeing new low prices. From there, we also have <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2026/03/17/velotric-st-patricks-flash-sale-nomad-2-off-road-e-bike-1899-more/">Velotric’s St. Patrick’s Day flash sale (ending tonight)</a> that has increased the number of e-bikes receiving up to $512 savings, like the <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2026/03/17/velotric-st-patricks-flash-sale-nomad-2-off-road-e-bike-1899-more/">Nomad 2 Off-Road e-bike with a FREE rack top bag at $1,899</a>, among others. We also have EcoFlow’s latest 48-hour flash sale with three different tiers of power stations included, as well as tool deals on Worx’s 20V JawSaw, DEWALT’s compact portable table saw, and more waiting for you below – especially the increased $1,939+ exclusive savings on the EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra X and TRAIL 200 DC power station bundle. And don’t forget the hangover deals at the bottom of the page, like yesterday’s <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2026/03/16/jackery-72-hour-flash-sale-homepower-3000-station-1099-more/">Jackery 72-hour flash sale</a> that ends tomorrow night, or the new lows hitting <a href="https://9to5toys.com/2026/03/16/husqvarna-410iq-automower-robot-new-1550-low-420iq-440iq-models-1100-off/">Husqvarna’s latest iQ advanced robot lawn mowers</a>, and more. </p> <p>Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, <a href="https://electrek.co/best-electric-vehicle-prices/"><em>Electrek</em>’s best EV buying </a>and <a href="https://electrek.co/best-electric-vehicle-leases/">leasing deals</a>. Also, check out the new <a href="https://electrek.co/shop/"><em>Electrek</em> Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories</a>.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/segway-electric-scooter-robot-mower-spring-sales-velotric-st-paddys-e-bike-ecoflow-more/#more-460025">more…</a>

<div class="feat-image"><img src="https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/08/Johnsonville-TN-coal-plant-demolition.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1200" /></div><p>The Department of Energy issued a second “emergency” order to keep the last coal plant in Washington open for another 90 days, doing its best to raise electricity and health costs for Washington state.</p> <p>But nobody wants it open – including the owner of the plant, who hasn’t operated it at all in the last 3 months since its planned closure, citing “flush” electricity supply from the state’s ample hydropower resources.</p> <a class="more-link" href="https://electrek.co/2026/03/17/energy-dept-keeps-demanding-a-coal-plant-stay-open-thats-not-even-running/#more-460009">more…</a>

<p>A new report from HelioVolta has urged solar system owners and investors alike to reconsider rapid shutdown device (RSD) installations for both solar and energy storage projects. Data from the... <a class="view-article" href="https://solarbuildermag.com/operations-maintenance/heliovolta-releases-new-report-warning-of-rapid-shutdown-device-installation/">View Article</a></p> <p>-- Solar Builder magazine</p>

La consultora concluye que, aunque la IAA introduce mejoras relevantes, su impacto podría limitarse a desacelerar el declive industrial si no se acompaña de reformas estructurales más profundas.