BYD's Trek Toward #1 Automaker, New EV Reviews, Solar Power Boom — Top 10 Cleantech Stories

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What are the most popular, most attention-grabbing, and most vital cleantech tales of September to date? Right here’s my opinion on that. Observe that that is a part of CleanTechnica’s weekly publication. Sign up for the newsletter here!

1. Juan Diego Celemín Mojica wrote an analysis for us this week on EV manufacturing in Latin America — each now and sooner or later. It’s one of the crucial fascinating areas for me for EVs in the meanwhile, and getting an outline like this helps to actually perceive what’s going on.

2. We have now a handful of electrical automobile critiques this week. Fairly than that includes them every individually, right here’s a listing of them:

3. Some readers impressed me to delve into BYD’s fast rise and potential for turning into the #1 automaker on the earth. That was a enjoyable exploration! After a general piece on thatI got some data and played the number game on this. As a part of that, the #1 automaker, Toyota, in all probability has to fall — however, boy, it sure looks like it well. One other a part of that’s that BYD has risen to 20% of the overall China auto market! As a publish script, there was a request to have a look at Tesla’s sales trend in China this year (charts and all)so I’m squeezing that in right here too. On the identical be aware, one evaluation has concluded BYD manufacturing competitiveness has cruised past Tesla manufacturing competitiveness in a brand new EV manufacturing rating.

4. New solar PV power is expected to reach 600 gigawatts (GW) this yeara brand new document. Other than being a brand new document, although, it’s an enormous step up from 2023, and a enormous step up from 2022.

5. Within the US, the Inflation Discount Act of 2022, handed when Democrats managed the US Home of Representatives, US Senate, and White Home, has been leading to a big boom in US solar module manufacturing.

Associated to this, US clean energy jobs are reportedly growing at more than twice the rate of general US employment.

6. The Hyundai IONIQ 5 has become the first non-Tesla electric vehicle to be produced with a Tesla Supercharging (aka North American Charging Customary) port constructed into the automobile — not requiring an adapter to make use of Tesla Superchargers. It is a enormous new period within the US EV market, and whereas Ford opened the floodgates to legacy automakers becoming a member of the Tesla commonplace, it’s attention-grabbing that the Hyundai IONIQ 5 now leads the way in which in incorporating the Tesla Supercharging port.

7. As normal, we had a stream of EV gross sales studies. Listed here are these most up-to-date ones:

8. Paul Fosse the place into how Chinese cars like the Xpeng M03 will impact the global auto industry. Once more, like #1 above and associated to #2 above, I discover this to be one of the crucial curiosity cleantech tales in the meanwhile. It’s fascinating to think about and focus on how the worldwide auto business goes to shift from the fast shift to electrical autos we’re presently in the midst of.

9. Right here within the US, Rivian has been increase steam and has massive plans. It’s approaching profitability in addition to mass manufacturing of lower-cost EVs. Is it Rivian’s time to rise?

Facet be aware: you’ll be able to presently enter a raffle to win a Rivian whereas supporting a photo voltaic nonprofit group.

10. To wrap up this prime 10 rating, Michael Barnard revealed a pair new items dismantling the continuing carbon seize and storage (CCS) hype, and the wastefulness of throwing cash at CCS as an alternative of into actual local weather options. Mike’s two new items are “Another Day, Another Nonsensical Oceanic Carbon Capture Non-Solution, This Time Italian” and “Carbon Capture Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Industry Shell Game — Masala Flavored.”

We have now so many different tales that appeared like they deserved a point out, so I’m together with an “honorable mentions” record this time. It’s lengthy. Take pleasure in!