Electric school buses and other electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid capability can help improve grid services for the whole community, by sharing the kilowatts stored up in their batteries. The post This Is How Electric Vehicles Win, One School Bus At A Time appeared first on … | Continue reading
Biloxi Public Schools (BPS) will be acquiring 29 new all-electric school buses and installing charging infrastructure for them. Electric school buses generate no direct air pollution, unlike their diesel and gas counterparts that emit exhaust which harms human health. Diesel exha … | Continue reading
Extended range electric car sales are up strongly in China, driven by range anxiety and concerns with charging networks. The post The Extended-Range Electric Car Is Red Hot In China appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Why we still love our Model 3 after 5 years and ~138,856 miles October 21, 2024, will be the 5-year anniversary of our dual-motor Tesla Model 3 Long Range (see our 2019 delivery day picture above). As of October 14, 2024, the odometer reads: ~138,856 miles. Please find below a .. … | Continue reading
In August, there was a big summit for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Harare, Zimbabwe. It was the 44th edition of this summit, with heads of state for 13 out of the 16 member states attending. In preparation for this big summit, the Zimbabwe government spent … | Continue reading
In 2001, General Motors decided to take the world of the pickup truck and the SUV in a very different direction, producing the Chevrolet Avalanche. While the 2000s might not seem like a very innovative era in U.S. domestic vehicle design, this was one of the bright spots. But, wi … | Continue reading
Almost a month after the launch of its compact electric SUV, the VF 3, VinFast Philippines recently announced the final pricing for the VF 5, which is the brand’s debut model in the country. The VF 5 was the show model vehicle for VinFast when it launched in the Philippines ... [ … | Continue reading
Sometimes it’s nice to just get some simple, old-fashioned, positive stories from Tesla. At its core, Tesla — more than 100,000 Tesla employees — are producing great electric cars, rolling our Tesla Superchargers, and spreading clean technologies around the world. I know, the Sup … | Continue reading
Tyson Foods — that enormous industrial beef consortium — has found itself the object of a consumer-protection lawsuit that alleges the company was disingenuous in its communication to consumers about its efforts and progress to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. What’s at issue … | Continue reading
Volkswagen North America is in desperate trouble, with sales of the ID.4 falling fast. What to do? Fire the manager, of course. The post Desperate Trouble In The US May Force Volkswagen To Rethink Scout Brand appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The holiday that puts all other holidays to shame is almost upon us! Heat Pump Water Heater Day is rolling out for its third annual awesomeness to elevate and celebrate the most amazing appliance in the home that we never think about (the water heater). The Advanced Water Heating … | Continue reading
New Nairobi factory triples production capacity in Kenya, fueling the county’s transition to electric motorcycles. Ampersand now has 1150 bikes on the roads of Nairobi. There are over 2 million internal combustion engine motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycles are mainly used as public … | Continue reading
A recent video over at the Engineering Explained YouTube channel shares a fact that may surprise many readers: the engines in hybrids have a rougher life than those in normal non-hybrid ICE vehicles. While it’s true that they’re spared some of the worst punishment an ICE typicall … | Continue reading
The North Light Photographic Workshops channel on YouTube recently shared a pretty cool story: a journey circling Lake Superior not only with an electric pickup truck, but pulling a small travel trailer along for the ride. Let’s first look at the video, and then I’ll summarize it … | Continue reading
Once upon a time, there was enormous hype around the Tesla Cybertruck reservation list. Supposedly, it went beyond 1 million reservations. I said repeatedly that you couldn’t trust those numbers, for a couple of big reasons. For one, reservations only required a $100 refundable d … | Continue reading
It seems like these days, popular ideas always come in two flavors. There’s the left flavor and the right flavor, or whatever you want to call it. Allegiance to one’s political tribe demands that we toe every line or risk becoming politically homeless. On EVs, the two prevailing … | Continue reading
The 2024 National Bus and Coach Show was held in Brisbane last month featuring a vast array of buses in all sizes and drivetrains. Of course, CleanTechnica’s readers are mainly interested in battery electric vehicles, and so we will be focussing on those. Presently, only about 0. … | Continue reading
Here at CleanTechnica, we routinely get people complaining that we cover Tesla too negatively. We also routinely get people complaining that we cover Tesla too positively. Lately, we’ve been getting quite a lot of complaints — from both sides. These come in emails through our con … | Continue reading
Thermal energy storage company Ice Energy has a 25.6 MWh utility-scale energy storage program in the Southern California Edison (SCE) utility district. It’s been in operation for five years and is spread out across 100 customer sites. It’s part of the Southern California Virtual … | Continue reading
As we went through Hurricane Milton down here in Southwest Florida, and particularly as the roofs all over my neighborhood got torn up, I and many others wondered: how well do rooftop solar systems survive in a hurricane here? While I’ve seen the shingles ripped off many a roof f … | Continue reading
In recent days I’ve become aware that a purportedly neutral and data-centric transit organization, the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), has been advancing hydrogen for urban transit in contradiction of global evidence of failure. A contact forwa … | Continue reading
As the Democratic Party’s nominee for President, US Vice President Kamala Harris can have a much more important role — outlining how the next four years can be a time to heighten climate action at the US federal level. Except she isn’t actually doing much of that, is she? Instead … | Continue reading
Clearly, Tesla’s “We, Robot” event was a reference to the 2004 film I, Robot. I haven’t even seen the film and I got that. Having not seen the film, though, I didn’t realize how similar some of it tech was to what Tesla unveiled. However, the movie’s director did realize ... [con … | Continue reading
The federal government has begun an investigation of the Tesla Full Self Driving technology after the death of pedestrian. The post NHTSA Opens Investigation Of Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) After Fatal Crash appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Last year, for one quarter, Elon Musk seemingly conceded (somewhat) to what Full Self Driving (FSD) purchasers had been requesting for years, that their FSD package automatically transfer to a new Tesla when they bought a new Tesla. The vibe at the time it was announced was basic … | Continue reading
Outdoor exploration just got much more convenient — and high-tech — with the release of the BLUETTI Handsfree Backpack Series, Handsfree 1 and Handsfree 2, on October 15th, 2024. Designed for hikers, photographers, backpackers, and digital nomads, this all-in-one backpack power s … | Continue reading
For my next stop on my heat pump water heater tour across America, I visited a large water heater installer and servicer who has created a thriving business model around heat pump water heaters — US Water Heating Solutions. This company is based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, bu … | Continue reading
My Visit To The Parkway Earlier this year, I had the chance to get out and drive around half of the Blue Ridge Parkway, a scenic road run by the National Park Service that runs from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Along the way, it runs ... [conti … | Continue reading
In another recent article, I covered the challenges an Appalachian farmer overcame using solar power, battery power stations, and lots of ingenuity. Between a 1200 watt solar array, a slew of power stations he had been sent to review on his YouTube channel, 12-volt deep cycle bat … | Continue reading
There are many benefits to electric cars — the convenience of charging at home or work, the fun and usefulness of instant torque, the much lower CO2 emissions and air pollution, and various benefits during a hurricane. However, one of the biggest incentives has long been lower op … | Continue reading
Tesla continues to expand into new country markets. Perhaps it’s not doing so as quickly as BYD is, as the Chinese EV giant seems to be expanding into a new market every month, but the US company is gradually bringing its world leading Tesla Model Y (the best selling vehicle ... … | Continue reading
Well, this Waymo update came as a surprise. The California-based robotaxi company is trialling something interesting through November 15. It will provide Waymo One riders with a $3 credit for future Waymo rides whenever they connect to certain transit stations in the Bay Area. Pr … | Continue reading
It’s time for another robotaxi company to get a lot more attention in the US — Pony AI. Waymo is now providing 100,000 customer rides a week in its robotaxis. Tesla is trying to get robotaxis operational. Cruise is in an extended rehabilitation program. Zoox is … somewhere doing … | Continue reading
A little while ago, the great CleanTechnica editor and famous man around what Steve Hanley calls the gold-plated CleanTechnica water cooler, Zach Shahan, mused, “I remember the Tesla fans trashing LFP battery chemistry! I could go on and on about how it was ridiculed and how Tesl … | Continue reading
Tesla is already getting to work trying to move more Tesla Model 3s from factories to customer homes before the end of the year. It sent out a new mailer a couple of hours ago offering what is truly a super low monthly leasing price — “for now.” The monthly ... [continued] The po … | Continue reading
Recently I published a perspective on the Canadian city of Mississauga’s plan to pilot hydrogen buses for their transit system. It included global data on the high cost and low reliability of hydrogen electrolysis and refueling systems and the high cost and low reliability of hyd … | Continue reading
People have been pondering, analyzing, and predicting what the future of transport will look like. It is easy to say that it’s robotaxis because that can come in a lot of stages, scales, and flavors. Tesla just held its “We, Robot” event, and there’s been much discussion around i … | Continue reading
A memo circulated by Pubic Citizen is a road map for how the state and city of New York could prosecute Big Oil for their climate crimes. The post New York Officials Consider Criminal Charges Against Big Oil appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
A new electric utility wagon, which claims a carrying capacity of up to 150 pounds and the ability to haul loads up inclines as steep as 17%, is also claimed to be “the safest electric wagon,” thanks to its active safety features, such as an electric braking system that activates … | Continue reading
A few days ago, CleanTechnica’s Scott Cooney talked with two experts from Withum, a top 25 advisory, tax, and accounting firm that specializes in renewable energy tax credits (among other important topics) and the cleantech industry. The resulting episode of CleanTech Talk, our p … | Continue reading
In order to run cars that don’t have a steering wheel on US roads, automakers must secure permission from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It’s part of US auto safety rules. Last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed his long-awaited prototype robotaxi fleet and a … | Continue reading
the story of BYD began 30 years ago with a dream. Today, it is selling cars in more than 95 countries worldwide. The post Unpacking The BYD Plan To Become A Global Company appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
No matter how many transcontinental trips people take, no matter how many severe weather events are survived with an EV’s battery, and no matter how many other things clean technology does—there’s a persistent myth that it’s not up to the task. Solar and wind “don’t work when the … | Continue reading
A couple weeks ago, I came across an interesting video on X (aka Twitter) showing that EVs, and specifically Cybertrucks, really can tackle the longest and hardest journeys, sometimes far from the fast chargers. Not only did the team drive all the way to the Arctic Ocean in Canad … | Continue reading
I wrote an article the other day titled “Tesla Proved Many People Wrong For Years — Is This Time The Same, Or Different?” The core points of the article were these: Many people said Tesla couldn’t do what it ended up doing at many stages of the company’s development. I ... [conti … | Continue reading
I’m not going to be getting a Tesla Cybertruck. I prefer smaller vehicles and the Cybertruck doesn’t really have any draw for me. However, if I was in a phase of my life where I wanted to and was able to go around the country camping in national parks and ... [continued] The post … | Continue reading
Hurricane Helene hit, the US vice presidential debate happened, I found out my mom’s area of North Carolina was suffering dramatically from the effects of Helene (they still don’t have water) and I helped her get out of there, then Hurricane Milton terrorized us down here in Flor … | Continue reading
If you’ve been waiting for years for the futuristic electric throwback to the iconic Volkswagen Bus, the ID. Buzz, you’ll be heartened to know it’s almost here. Volkswagen’s US website says that it’s arriving in late fall 2024. That’s soon! In connection with the highly anticipat … | Continue reading