Cleantech & EV’s

Kia’s flagship compact SUV is returning with a revamped EV-inspired look and hybrid powertrain, but the new Seltos won’t be fully electric. Kia rules out a new Seltos EV It might look like Kia’s latest electric SUVs, like the three-row EV9, but the new Seltos isn’t an EV. Kia unveiled the second-generation Seltos with a new EV-like design and features previously available only on fully…

The US solar industry just delivered another huge quarter, installing 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in Q3 2025. That makes it the third-largest quarter on record and pushes total solar additions this year past 30 GW – despite the Trump administration’s efforts to kneecap clean energy. According to the new “US Solar Market Insight Q4 2025” report from Solar Energy Industries…

After images of an the new mid-sized electric crossover were leaked by the Chinese MIIT, Nissan pulled the wraps off its all-new NX8 – and it looks so good, I’m wondering if it couldn’t spearhead the brand’s American turnaround. Nissan has had a rough go of it in the US, if not, well – everywhere of late. And while we may all have our own ideas about what Nissan needs to do to turn…

In a high-tech move that we can all get behind and isn’t dystopian at all, the City of Barcelona is feeding camera data from its city buses into an advanced AI, but they swear they’re not using the footage to to issue tickets to bad drivers. Yet. UPDATE 06DEC2025: the ticket bot cometh to Chicago. Last month, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) contracted with Hayden AI to equip six of its…