What stories have caught the most reader attention in the past week? Here’s a weekly roundup of the top stories of the week. Interesting enough, it was a simple press release from the Sierra Club that topped the list — that was a surprise! For all of the stories, scroll down below and click on the ones you haven’t read. EPA Moves to Eliminate Public From Permitting Process for Data Centers, Concrete Batch Plants California Introducing New EV Incentives, With Boost For Rivian & Lucid But Not Tesla Volkswagen May Discontinue Up To Half Its Current Models The US Army Is Launching A Next-Gen Abrams Tank, And It’s Just What You’d Expect As BYD Cancels & Introduces Chinese Models, Global Product Diverges Chinese EV Gets To North America With A Little Help From Stellantis New York Now at 8 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Power Is Tesla In A Lose-Lose Situation With Autonomous Driving? Volvo’s Electric Truck Is Moving Faster Than Its Hydrogen Strategy Tesla’s Profit Per Vehicle Has Been Dropping Significantly Also be sure to peruse some of our recent CleanTechnica originals: CleanTechnica Interview with Bill McKibben Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World — May 2026 A Tour of the Jackery Energy Storage Factory & Product Testing Lab — CleanTechnica Field Trip Buying the Most Sold Vehicle in the World, the Tesla Model Y — What Are Your Options? A Day at the Rookery — Visiting the Sealion 5, 6, 7, and 8 Happy Birthday, America! Hope You Find Your Way Back. BYD Beats Tesla — Again Tesla Has Its 4th Best Quarter Ever BYD Commercial Vehicle Sales Up 24.7% in June BYD Passenger Vehicle Sales Rose 5% in June Great Wall ORA — “A Cute Little Thing” XPENG Sales Rise 16% in June NIO Sales Increase 63% in June! Stop Trying to Make an “EV Gas Station”
