GCWR: up to 127,000 lbs – highest of the electric vehicle (EV) truck market Driving Range: up to 275 Miles (440 kilometers) Battery Capacity: up to 630 kWh Level III Charge Time (DC): charging to 80% SOC in 1.5 hours Powered by Lion’s Heavy-Duty battery packs (high-energy-density … | Continue reading
Revoutionary electric hydrofoiling vessel set to unlock entirely new opportunities in marine passenger transport through enhanced capability State-of-the-art America’s Cup foiling technology maximizes efficiency Super smooth experience akin to travelling on a quiet waterborne air … | Continue reading
Large-scale water recycling projects will lead to more than 182,000 acre-feet of additional water supply, increasing resilience and water security across the West LOS ANGELES, California — The Department of the Interior today announced a $179 million investment through President … | Continue reading
BYD says cars with its latest plug-in hybrid technology have a range of 1200 miles and up to 80 mpg. Are those claims real? The post BYD Unveils Plug-In Hybrid With 1,305 Miles Of Total Range appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Motorists in NSW will benefit from the largest rollout of public kerbside EV chargers in the country, as the NSW Government awards the first round of electric vehicle kerbside charging grants. The NSW Government is delivering on its election commitment to increase the take up of … | Continue reading
Amsterdam, Netherlands — The “NIO House | Amsterdam” has officially opened its doors. The grand opening event was attended by NIO’s founder, chairman, and CEO William Li, co-founder and president Qin Lihong, representatives of NIO’s European user community, and over 200 partners … | Continue reading
Office: Solar Energy Technologies Office and Wind Energy Technologies Office FOA number: DE-FOA-0003331 Link to apply: Apply on EERE Exchange FOA Amount: $31 million The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and Wind Energy Technologies Office (W … | Continue reading
Attendees can experience the all-new 2024 Kia EV9 — the first mass market three-row EV SUV in the U.S. — and drive award-winning hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric models IRVINE, California — With one of the broadest selections of electrified utility vehicles in America … | Continue reading
Model year (MY) 2023 had 19 light-duty EV models from 11 different manufacturers with an Environmental Protection Agency certified driving range of 300 miles or more. MY 2016 marked the first time an EV model was certified for 300 miles or more on a single charge. The number grew … | Continue reading
Twenty-four Semifinalists Selected for DOE Historic Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Prize Will Create a Just and Sustainable Framework for Scalable Carbon Management and Help Develop a Carbon Dioxide Purchasing Market to Encourage Technology Innovation WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part … | Continue reading
What were the biggest cleantech news stories and analyses in the past couple of weeks? Below, put into a handful of core groupings, are the ones that stood out to me. Solar Power in the USA: California, the largest US solar market by far, has thrown the solar industry into ... [c … | Continue reading
Cement is the gray glue that holds our modern cities and infrastructure together. We use about 4.1 billion tons of it a year, and every ton has a carbon debt of about a ton of carbon dioxide. That’s about 10% of our global emissions, so it’s a big problem. From ... [continued] Th … | Continue reading
We are huge electric vehicle fans and have written many, many, many articles about why we love them in our series, Decarbonize Your Life. But cars, even electric ones, are harmful to people and communities. The psychologist Carl Jung said everything has a “shadow” or dark side, a … | Continue reading
The State of California has the most zero-emission vehicles in the US, and sales of this vehicle type are still doing well. Californians purchased just over 102,000 zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in the first three months of 2024. Another fact is that the State of California is on … | Continue reading
Heybike is offering big savings on a number of its e-bikes — up to $700 off plus a free accessory package — as well as the chance to win a free folding e-bike during its 3rd anniversary sale, which is running through June 4th, 2024. CleanTechnica writers rode and reviewed ... [co … | Continue reading
Meteorologists are forecasting a particularly intense Atlantic hurricane season this year; they expect 20–25 named storms with a possibility of 30 or more, according to reports from AccuWeather in April. Colorado State University similarly forecasts an estimated 23 named storms t … | Continue reading
Pioneering Energy Technology-Investment Firm Leads $9M Capital Raise; Advances Urgent Sustainable Solutions for a Changing World IRVINE, California & HOUSTON, Texas — Rooftop wind energy innovator Aeromine Technologies announced that it has closed an approximately $9 million fund … | Continue reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Senior Advisor for International Climate Policy John Podesta, National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard, and Nat … | Continue reading
In the summer of 2023, a marine research vessel called the Song of the Whale spent many mornings off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard keeping an eye (and ear, or hydrophone) out for fin whales. Each time they spotted a pod of whales, the researchers aboard the boat began prepping t … | Continue reading
The U.S. solar power industry, particularly the rooftop arm of the industry, is going through a bit of a tough time at the moment. The country’s biggest solar market — by far — is California, and the industry there has been hit quite hard by the huge solar policy downgrade ... [c … | Continue reading
When it come to towing, everyone talks about trucks. This makes sense, because trucks are built to tow serious loads. So, most people wanting to haul big things around go get a truck. A truck also has a big open area in the back that you can load many things ... [continued] The p … | Continue reading
Numbers can only take you so far. It’s easy to compare numbers and specifications in a table, crunch them in a spreadsheet, and tell people that you know about something. But, in the real world, there’s a difference between knowledge and wisdom. Facts and figures can give you som … | Continue reading
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, which also includes Volvo Cars, has become the 10th best selling automaker in the world. That’s noteworthy in part because more than a third of its sales are now plugin vehicle sales, and the company could be a 100% plugin vehicle company by 2030 or … | Continue reading
A few days ago I published a reaction to a set of reactions to an article on the plummeting cost of batteries and how they enable megawatt scale charging. What were the reactions about? Battery swapping, which many people seem to think is the bees knees and should be everywhere. … | Continue reading
The California PUC has disrupted the rooftop solar industry with new net metering rules that went into effect in April of last year. The post Net Metering 3.0 Rules Create Chaos In Rooftop Solar Market In California appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
PERTH, Australia — In an industry first, Rio Tinto and BHP will collaborate on the testing of large battery-electric haul truck technology in the Pilbara, Western Australia, to accelerate the potential for its future deployment. The two companies will work with manufacturers Cate … | Continue reading
High Power Charging (HPC) available from 0.26 EUR per kilowatt hour (kWh) New IONITY PASSPORT MOTION and IONITY PASSPORT POWER tariffs are designed to cater flexibly to individual charging needs, especially during the upcoming travel season Competitive charging prices and growing … | Continue reading
Atlante’s ultra-fast charging stations, designed by Bertone Design, equipped with solar panels and energy storage systems, will soon arrive on Italian highways to serve electric mobility Milan, Italy — Atlante, the company of NHOA Group dedicated to electric vehicles fast and ult … | Continue reading
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. It recently released a 8,000 word exposé on how 3M knew that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. The information in the article is too important to overlook, so here are its highlights. In 1997, Jim Joh … | Continue reading
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used additive manufacturing to produce the first defect-free complex tungsten parts for use in extreme environments. The accomplishment could have positive implications for clean-energy technologies such as fusion energy. Tungsten has … | Continue reading
Cement has reared its gray and flaking head into my attention again recently. The global use of about 4.1 billion tons of the stuff to make perhaps 40 billion tons of concrete is responsible for around 10% of all carbon dioxide emissions globally. It’s one of the few industrial p … | Continue reading
Kenya is already in the top 10 countries when it comes to electricity generation plants powered by geothermal. Kenya has the 6th highest installed generation capacity and is inching closer to being one of the few countries in the world that have generation capacity from geotherma … | Continue reading
The US and Kenya level up their strategic relationship with a slate of new clean energy programs for sustainability and national security. The post The Significance Of The US-Kenya Climate & Clean Energy Industrial Partnership appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The Well Done Foundation is cleaning up some of the 3.5 million orphan wells in America one at a time, thanks to volunteers. The post Well Done Foundation Helps People Adopt Orphan Wells appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
When it comes to both gas stations and EV charging, the big names get most of the attention. Tesla, Electrify America, EVgo, and others are what people think of first for EV charging, largely because just about everyone has either charged at one or seen one. But, on the gas ... [ … | Continue reading
A technology developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory works to keep food refrigerated with phase change materials, or PCMs, while reducing carbon emissions by 30%. More than 100 million household refrigerators in operation across the United States consume up to 2 kilowatts of e … | Continue reading
Boosted by clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act, a net-zero energy public safety center in McFarland, Wisconsin is benefiting firefighters, police officers, and the wider community. As a firefighter and paramedic, Ginger Conroy knows a thing or two about conser … | Continue reading
Software République’s “U1st Vision” technology demonstrator hails a new era, moving from ‘mobility services’ to ‘services being mobile’. The “U1st Vision” modular concept vehicle, and the associated planning and monitoring tools, have been designed to help public actors and priva … | Continue reading
When the Chester zoo in the UK replaced a boiler with an array of heat pumps, some were skeptical. Not any more! The post Heat Pumps Keep Rhinoceros Population Warm In UK Zoo appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring 703,000 sales (in a 1.6-million-unit overall market). That’s up 27% year over year (YoY). Looking deeper at the numbers, BEVs were up 10%, while PHEVs did even better, jumping 65% in April. Breaking … | Continue reading
Fleet managers have multi-layered responsibilities to ensure that vehicles and drivers are being utilized to their fullest potential in a safe and cost-effective manner. Today’s fleet managers use data to hone processes, create efficiencies, and conserve the fleet budget. Now tha … | Continue reading
In January, Tesla CEO Elon Musk insisted that US tariffs were needed against China. Yet Musk, with a tendency to vacillate on key company positions, told participants at the Viva Technology conference in Paris this week that he opposed US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs … | Continue reading
DHL Group is expanding its charging infrastructure for electric trucks with stations provided by E.ON Based on the framework agreement, fast-charging infrastructure will be established at DHL Group locations in Germany. The contract entails the establishment of fast-charging infr … | Continue reading
One part of the weird obsession with hydrogen for energy over the past several years, especially in Europe but also in the USA, are the number of reports analyzing how and where the pipelines will go and what will be required in ports. It’s all a house of cards as ... [continued] … | Continue reading
At Redwood, our process involves sourcing end-of-life batteries and production scrap as well as raw materials and then recycling, refining, and remanufacturing these feedstocks into critical battery materials for North American cell manufacturers at gigafactory-scale. Redwood is … | Continue reading
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is Building Up a Clean Energy Workforce, Advancing Innovative Energy Saving Technologies, and Helping Low-Income Households Save Money on Home Energy Costs WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, t … | Continue reading
A few days ago I went deep on cement again, using an assessment of the processes of American clean cement startups Sublime Systems and Brimstone to define the scope and magnitude of the problem, the chemistry and energy requirements of cement, why fixing it is critically importan … | Continue reading
Bill McKibben has some advice for Joe Biden: Make climate change the centerpiece of your re-election campaign. The post Bill McKibben Thinks Climate Change Is The Key To A Biden Win In November appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading