Michelin Ranks Highest in Three Segments; Falken Ranks Highest in One Segment The satisfaction gap with original equipment tires between electric vehicles (EVs) and gas-powered vehicles is widening, as EV owners say their tires are wearing faster, according to the J.D. Power 2024 … | Continue reading
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Provides the Single Largest Industrial Decarbonization Investment in the Nation’s History, Driving $20+ Billion in Total Investment to Revitalize Manufacturing Communities and Create and Maintain Good-Paying Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. — As … | Continue reading
Funding will Support Expanded Deployment of Clean Energy Projects, Reducing Barriers for Communities to Access the Benefits of Clean Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $22 m … | Continue reading
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory expects Level 1 and Level 2 charging to handle 80% of all EV charging duties by 2030. Sufficient energy from the electric grid may be needed to support 33 million EVs on the road by 2030. The majority (64%) of EV charging is estimated to . … | Continue reading
BYD continues slashing prices in China in its quest to become one of the largest car manufacturers in the world. The post BYD Targets Toyota & Volkswagen With New Price Cut Strategy appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
If you want to buy an electric pickup truck, your options are still fairly limited, but they are available. However, if you want to buy a little truck, not your standard full-size pickup, you’re almost out of luck unless you opt for a NEV with a small bed on the ... [continued] T … | Continue reading
The Spray portable handwashing and shower system is a compact and lightweight kit that employs a USB-powered pump and a 18.5 Wh powerbank to deliver up to one liter of water per minute, at up to 15 psi. The post Hot Deal: GoSun’s New Portable Water Pump & Shower System Is Just $9 … | Continue reading
The agrivoltaic movement is gathering speed and forming into an unstoppable, transformational force in the global agriculture industry. The post The Agrivoltaic Juggernaut & The Agricultural Revolution Of The 21st Century appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
With demand for lithium rising along with the adoption of EVs, the Salton Sea's potential for lithium production means there's more reason to keep it from drying up. The post How EVs Are Helping Fix Up The Salton Sea appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Local opposition to a huge solar and battery storage installation west of Columbus, Ohio, is part of a pattern promoted by Big Oil. The post Massive Ohio Solar & Agrivoltaic Project Has Locals Riled Up appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Sunamp's mobile energy storage solution combines a new phase-change material in a space-saving containerized, transportable form. The post Phase-Change Energy Storage On A Barge, On The Thames, In London appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
This EV charging solution isn't the most environmentally friendly one, but given that it's only used to provide a few miles of range to get back to a charger after running dead, it's not that big of a deal. The post Out of Spec Motoring Runs Electric Trucks Dead To Test Range, Ha … | Continue reading
A recent article I read at The Autopian sheds some important light on a controversial decision some automakers have been making: to ditch Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. A few months ago, word from GM was that flaky connections between cars and vehicles was to blame for this, but … | Continue reading
The International Code Council ruled against its own staff last week to give a big win to the American Gas Association. The post International Code Council Takes A Dive For American Gas Association appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Recently, a number of popular EV guys from YouTube took a trip across the United States in four electric trucks to see whose truck would get across the South and Southwest first. The Cybertruck, of course, would rely on Tesla’s Superchargers. The F-150 Lightning was able to play … | Continue reading
The short and long of next-generation energy storage are represented by a new solid-state EV battery and a gravity-based system. The post New Solid-State EV Battery Just Tip Of Energy Storage Iceberg appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The concept of "outdoor days" is the subject of new research by a team at MIT that helps people understand global heating. The post MIT Explores The Science Behind “Outdoor Days” appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
EV sales will grow at least four-fold by 2030 and make up between 62% and 86% of global car sales in 2030. In fact, EV sales could overtake ICE sales as early as 2026. While many pundits bemoan the current state of electric vehicles (EVs), others are imagining what the ... [conti … | Continue reading
Annually, trucks in the United States move 10 billion tons of goods over 300 billion miles. This travel emits more than 400 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent — 23 percent of the US transportation sector’s carbon footprint. With this sizeable contribution to emissions, ele … | Continue reading
Solar and battery storage systems provide energy access on and off the grid to ensure reliable electricity flows even during critical disruptions. Roseau Valley, Dominica — The Island of Dominica came one step closer toward its goal of becoming a fully climate-resilient nation wi … | Continue reading
This is a very tricky and emotional topic. The biggest stock story of the past decade was surely the Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) story. It was a matter of dreamers vs. skeptics, with both sides putting in billions of dollars for long periods of time. The dreamers won. The huge shift was … | Continue reading
Autocar claims the Tesla Model 2 is well along and will enter production next year. Are the rumors true this time? The post Lower Priced Tesla “Model 2” Production To Begin In 2025 appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Looking through some old photos recently, I came across the one at the top of this article. The occasion? The opening of Electrify America’s station in El Paso. This was back in 2019, and it was the first non-Tesla EV charging station in the whole region. When I bought the ... [c … | Continue reading
Scientists are always on the lookout for ways to make our world a better place, and one area they’re focusing on is solar energy. One idea in this area is to make solar cells more efficient by concentrating more solar light onto them. While investigating this recently, a group of … | Continue reading
Our childhood memories of trains are romantic: black metal monsters heaving themselves down the track, huge white billows of smoke trailing behind. “Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance,” Paul Simon mused. “Everybody thinks it’s true.” What’s true about trains tod … | Continue reading
From different experiments I’ve seen on X/Twitter and YouTube, it’s pretty clear that the Cybertruck has decent range and charging speeds. It’s also going to get even better when more 800-volt stations open to it. But one thing I hadn’t come across yet were Cybertruck towing test … | Continue reading
Surf Air Mobility Inc. (NYSE: SRFM) (“Surf Air Mobility”, “Surf Air”), a leading regional air mobility platform, has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Auric Air Services Ltd. (“Auric Air”), a Tanzania-based regional air operator flying both scheduled and charter ser … | Continue reading
When someone talks about national parks, the mental image that forms in your head is probably something like Yosemite, Yellowstone, or maybe the Great Smoky Mountains. The Caribbean generally doesn’t come to mind first. But, one of the United States’ most beautiful parks is out t … | Continue reading
An experienced maritime firm is developing a fossil-killing floating solar concept for offshore deployment in rough seas. The post Floating Solar Array Is Designed To Take The Rough Stuff appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Heavy duty trucks are only 5 percent of all the vehicles on the road in the US but are responsible for 25 percent of vehicle emissions. Since emissions from cars and trucks are the single greatest source of the nation’s emissions, it is clear that having a larger electric truck . … | Continue reading
We increased our forecast prices for crude oil and petroleum products for the remainder of 2024 in our March Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) following the announcement that OPEC+ will extend the existing voluntary production cuts through the second quarter of 2024. We now foreca … | Continue reading
Building on the Successful Communities LEAP Pilot, More Localities Can Now Leverage Support to Lower Energy Bills, Develop Plans for Sustained Clean Energy and Economic Empowerment WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced the second cohort of com … | Continue reading
Fiat is bringing its new 500e to the US, and we will have a writer who actually owns a 500e testing it out on the roads of Miami soon. We’re excited, because the Fiat 500e has always been a fun, cute, appealing electric car — and the new version offers ... [continued] The post Co … | Continue reading
In case you haven’t been following the “Tesla should advertise!” vs. “No, it shouldn’t!” discussion of the past decade, the short summary is that Tesla has basically never used traditional advertising. It has engaged in marketing, of course, especially through its well known ince … | Continue reading
The solar energy world is ready for a revolution. Scientists are racing to develop a new type of solar cell using materials that can convert electricity more efficiently than today’s panels. In a new paper published February 26 in the journal Nature Energy, a CU Boulder researche … | Continue reading
Why is it that, often when you reach a milestone and you are really happy about it, things go bad afterwards? I recently wrote a review of my Tesla Model 3 reaching 100,000 miles, with detailed TCO (Total Cost of Ownership), and I stick by the conclusion that this car ... [conti … | Continue reading
When I first heard that Ford had released adapters and opened access to the Supercharger network, I noticed some people getting angry about that. Supercharger stations have long been designed to reach the port at the rear-driver side of the vehicle, and everyone is expected to ba … | Continue reading
Metal halide perovskites have become well-deserved “star” materials among a variety of semiconductors owing to their excellent optoelectronics properties, such as high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (QY), high absorption coefficient, tunable bandgaps, long carrier diffusion … | Continue reading
New Wind Resource Database Provides What You Need To Know—Including the Updated WIND Toolkit They say you do not need a weather forecaster to know which way the wind blows. If you are planning to install a wind turbine or wind farm, there is more to it than that. You ... [continu … | Continue reading
In today’s news that makes you hmmm… A couple of recent news items from some well-known organizations caught my eye, not just because they are both working on hydrogen fuel cell motorcycle projects, but also because the names of both institutions have a certain cachet in the tech … | Continue reading
While creating an article rounding up US electric vehicle sales stats, it also came to mind to round up some country EV market share stats and charts. Max Holland does a fantabulous job of tracking and reporting in detail on EV sales and EV market share in France, the UK, ... [co … | Continue reading
I create so many US EV sales reports that I typically just assume stats are clear and easy to find … but then I go looking for a specific stat and it takes me a while. Recently, I even realized that we didn’t have charts or series of stats published ... [continued] The post 10 US … | Continue reading
Here’s a story about how a small change in technology can help solve a large problem for utility companies. Heimdall Power of Norway has developed a sensor it calls a Neuron, but which is known in the industry as a “magic ball.” In essence, what a Neuron does is wrap ... [continu … | Continue reading
Advocates for Ukraine's green energy transition had their case underscored by the latest barrage of Russian missiles. The post As Ukraine Eyes A Green Energy Plan, Russia Attacks…Coal? appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The elevator pitch for blended finance seems like common sense. Combine several sources of financing with different specialties to promote higher returns and mitigate risk. Unfortunately, the reality is a bit more complicated. The combining of several sources of capital, leveragi … | Continue reading
I was driving a Toyota Prius for several years until I made the move to an EV in 2018, buying a Tesla Model 3 Mid Range. Last summer I traded up to a Model Y Long Range. My admiration for Elon Musk has been dinged by his political pronouncements, but ... [continued] The post Evol … | Continue reading
A new eye-pleasing, biobased agrivoltaic racking system combines performance, functionality, and circularity. The post Gorgeous Agrivoltaic System Gilds The Rural Solar Lily appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Study Finds Interregional Offshore Transmission Network Would Support Long-Term Growth of Atlantic Offshore Wind, Action Plan Identifies Immediate Steps and Extended Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday released findings from the Atlantic Offsh … | Continue reading