Why are solar power and wind power dominating new power installations? Because they’re cheaper. The problem with some big purchases people make, and plenty of little purchases, is we look at the upfront cost of something instead of the long-term, lifetime cost. The good thing abo … | Continue reading
New Flyer is the leading provider of transit buses in North America. It’s also the leading provider of hydrogen buses in North America, which is a problem for it, although it feels like an opportunity. That’s where the bad strategy comes in. As always when I talk about strategy — … | Continue reading
Solar power is becoming the go-to alternative for many US colleges and universities to lower their very significant greenhouse gas emissions. The post MIddlebury College Embraces Solar Power While Others Dither appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Over 100 years ago, automobiles of all kinds were in their infancy. Electric vehicles had some serious drawbacks in the range department, but did pretty good considering the battery technology of the day. But, gas-powered cars were even worse, requiring a manual crank to get them … | Continue reading
The ID. BUZZ is now available in America in either single or dual motor trim. Owning one will require a large financial commitment. The post Volkswagen ID. Buzz Pricing In The US — How Much Is Too Much? appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
EV charging data and anecdotal evidence both indicate that charging up an EV was easier than filling up a gas tank in Florida before and after Hurricane Milton made landfall. The post EV Charging Before, During, & After Hurricane Milton Struck Florida appeared first on CleanTechn … | Continue reading
Fueled by “duck and cover” drills that found children huddled under desks or in the halls at school, 20th century Americans were petrified of the Soviet Union, later retitled Russia. A brief hiatus occurred when Mikhail Gorbachev, whose policy of glasnost allowed freedom of expre … | Continue reading
The Renault 5 EV pays homage to its roots while charting a course to the future of electric and digitally connected vehicles. The post The New Renault 5 Is The Electric Car We Have Been Waiting For, Claims Wired appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The folks over at Electrek made an interesting observation recently: the price of a Ford Transit van is the same whether you go for the gas or the electric version! Not only is this exciting for people who use vans to make a living, but it’s also fantastic for people ... [continu … | Continue reading
Unsurprisingly, when it comes to hydrogen, the more real-world data collection and analysis that is done and published, the worse it looks. The latest black eye for the tiny molecule that so many love is in the efficiency of making hydrogen at refueling stations. The Hydrogen Res … | Continue reading
Sunrun, the largest rooftop solar company in the United States, recently hit a big milestone — one million customers. We recently sat down with Chris Rauscher, Head of Grid Services & Virtual Power Plants at Sunrun, to discuss this and related matters. Listen to the podcast via t … | Continue reading
It’s truly impossible to comprehend the scale of solar power deployment in China these days. When I saw how much solar power China had installed in the first 9 months of the year, I thought I must be reading something wrong. I checked a few times. But, indeed, China’s National .. … | Continue reading
Editor’s note: Paul posted this on X and tagged me. It’s basically an article, so I’m posting it here with minor edits. Enjoy. —Zach 5 interventions in 10 miles v12.5.4.1 on a 4 year old Model Y, north of Tampa. #1 — after 6 years of development, it still can’t ... [continued] Th … | Continue reading
Hurricanes have always been taken seriously by residents who live on coastlines. After all, there are historical precedents that make clear how much damage can accrue from a hurricane’s wrath. What’s not so well understood is how what used to be referred to as a one-in-1000 year … | Continue reading
The CATL Freevoy battery mixes lithium and sodium ion cells to maximize range and performance in extended range vehicles. The post CATL Freevoy Battery Optimized For EREV & PHEV Vehicles appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
In a lot of remote or rural areas across many regions on the African continent, the lack of access to mechanised resources such has tractors has been hindering agricultural productivity. Where there is access to traditional tractors, logistical issues of getting diesel to those p … | Continue reading
China has "asked" its domestic automakers to put a hold on plans to expand sales within the European Union as tariff negotiations continue. The post China “Requests” Its Domestic Automakers Stop Plans To Expand EU Sales appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton knocked out power for millions of Americans recently, grid resilience is top of mind. We need better grid resilience. In some places, electricity came back within a few hours. In others, it took a day or two. In places with poor grid re … | Continue reading
Waymo continues to be out in front as a clear robotaxi leader. Today, the news from the company is that it has raised another $5.6 billion. That will carry the company quite far. Furthermore, the latest financing round was oversubscribed. The investment round was led by Alphabet, … | Continue reading
The Biden White House has kicked off a new AI national security mission with the White House’s “first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence (AI).” With all the talk about AI filling the intertubes, apparently, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Na … | Continue reading
The 1.5°C target set in Paris in 2015 was only possible if the nations of the world all worked together to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But, of course, they didn’t. They focused instead on building military weapons and extracting more oil and gas from more place … | Continue reading
The California startup QuantumScape is one key step closer to commercial-scale production of its new solid state EV battery, featuring the only known self-assembling anode fabrication process in the auto industry. The post The Solid-State EV Battery Journey Has Only Just Begun ap … | Continue reading
The economy is often a misunderstood animal. It’s highly complex. That’s why you can spend 4 years studying it and still come out clueless. In fact, that might be more common than it’s not. However, when you get to Nobel Prize–winning economists, you can bet they understand thing … | Continue reading
Global leaders have promised to reduce their country’s fossil fuel consumption since the 2105 Paris Agreement. Yet, according to a United Nations report issued on Thursday, countries have essentially made no progress in cutting emissions and tackling global warming. The planet’s … | Continue reading
A comment in the discussion thread under one of our recent articles — perhaps this one about BYD’s leadership — triggered a question in my head. How many new models has BYD released in the past year? I asked our resident expert, José Pontes, and he shared 9 models that ... [conti … | Continue reading
Like many, I continue to be a bit baffled that someone who has led a couple of companies to great things has also proven to be extremely simple minded and gullible on other matters. In one field, it’s all about “first principles” and digging down into the heart of matters ... [co … | Continue reading
Fleet operators are more attuned to total cost of ownership calculations than private vehicle owners. EVs can save them lots of money. The post Electric Cars & Trucks Save Fleet Operators 9% On Operating Costs appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Is Global Warming Happening? When people ask if global warming is real, I cite my NASA experience and the images from space that we used to illustrate global warming. The prime suspects were the satellite images which showed a half ice-free Arctic Ocean in the late summer of 2007 … | Continue reading
Following the “We, Robot” event, I lamented that Tesla didn’t roll out the one notable thing I thought they might roll out — a ridesharing app that Tesla owners (and people needing rides) could start using before robotaxis become a thing. As I noted, the following is a screenshot … | Continue reading
Based on what Tesla wrote in its quarterly shareholder letter, I published the other day that Tesla did indeed have cheaper electric vehicle models coming out next year. The core lines from the Tesla shareholder letter on this were as follows: “Our cost of goods sold (COGS) per v … | Continue reading
The new electric vehicles from Scout Motors parlay dials, buttons and switches into a rugged 1970's-era DIY off-grid vibe with 21st century V2X capability and other modern electronic systems. The post Scout Motors Banks On One Weird Trick To Sell More Electric Vehicles appeared f … | Continue reading
New York has been on a cleantech blitz. The latest news in that regard is that the state has reached 6 gigawatts (GW) of installed solar power capacity. Even better, it achieved that milestone a year earlier than it had targeted, as enshrined in its Climate Leadership and Communi … | Continue reading
Recently, a fellow writer here told us about the death threats that meteorologists are facing. In a time when politics has wormed its way into everything, enlightened discussions about public policy in the face of a global threat get swept out of the way in favor of hatred, disin … | Continue reading
I know, it’s hard to keep track of all these cleantech tax credits. The US is now offering tax credits for solar panels, solar cells, electric cars, batteries, wind turbines, heat pumps, and more. The Inflation Reduction Act created some new ones, extended others, and is stimulat … | Continue reading
Societal progress comes through the hard work of individuals. All groups, organizations, governments, and societies move forward in a positive way through the hard work and vision of individuals, and leaders are always needed. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, commit … | Continue reading
The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) put out an interesting story today, including the graphic above (and below). It’s a fun topic with uplifting findings, and we’ve reported on similar surveys for about 15 years. This is always the case: most people support solar en … | Continue reading
In the past few days I’ve been going deep on some very odd results out of a Canadian transit think tank’s research and reports for client municipalities, finding that bad assumptions and worse scenarios resulted in $1.5 billion being taken off of hydrogen bus costs. Discussion ar … | Continue reading
The Biden–Harris administration has dished out a $162.4 million loan guarantee to help address an issue that really doesn’t get enough attention, or solutions. The issue is methane emissions, and specifically not tracking them well enough in this case. The loan guarantee, which i … | Continue reading
Electrifying boats is no small challenge, but thanks to years of consistent advancements in electric motors, onboard control systems paired with hydrofoil technology stemming from the America’s Cup racing series and more, the dream is coming closer to reality. One company pushing … | Continue reading
The Biden–Harris administration’s work getting major clean energy legislation passed continues to deliver. Aspects of that legislation continue to roll out. The announcement today is that $27.98 million in Investing in America agenda funding for clean energy workforce development … | Continue reading
Softcar’s newly revealed 4-seater electric microcar, which is a small urban electric vehicle classified as a L7e (heavy quadricycle) in the EU, aims to lead the auto industry “fully into the circular economy” with its net-zero cars that will be built locally in net-zero micro-fac … | Continue reading
EV sales were 9 percent of total new car sales in the US in September. Cox Automotive expects the to crack the 10 percent barrier soon. The post New & Used EV Sales Were Up In September In USA appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Heat pump water heaters (HPWH) are a game changing decarbonization technology that are unfortunately still too expensive in many regions. Our nonprofit-led Advanced Water Heating Initiative is looking to track prices that households are paying for HPWH installations to see what f … | Continue reading
The 29,000-square-foot project was assisted by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Production Act Program Major efforts are underway to advance America’s energy transition and move away from fossil fuels. This is especially true in the industrial sector, which ac … | Continue reading
Kia says it will bring its light duty electric vans to Europe and the UK soon to help meet stricter emissions standards in cities. The post Kia Plans Expansion Into Light Commercial Vehicles In Europe & UK appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
South Africa’s charging network is growing all the time. EV drivers can now comfortably do road trips along most of the country’s major highways. Drivers can now also do road tips to resorts in neighbouring countries such as Lesotho. To showcase this, Ryan Jarret recently took a … | Continue reading
For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera. No bird collisions have been recorded. The Norwegian company Spoor that is responsible for the bird monitoring. Since January 2022, they … | Continue reading
Despite a lot of confusion on this matter in the past year or so, Tesla reaffirmed in its 3rd quarter shareholder letter and on its shareholder conference call today that the company is still working hard on cheaper electric car models and plans to begin their market launch next … | Continue reading