Tesla published its third quarter shareholder letter today and held its conference call for shareholders. There were a few interesting points, including that more affordable Tesla models are supposed to be arriving in 2025, but the first thing that jumped out to me was the second … | Continue reading
Electric buses are being put to use in Brooklyn as roving energy storage systems topped with solar panels, as part of a goal to electrify school bus fleets across the nation. The post Electric Buses Just Got Way, Way More Interesting appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
We just got details on the updates to the Ford Mustang Mach-E for model year 2025 the other day, and now we’ve got info on the updates coming to the 2025 Ford E-Transit. Interestingly, Ford announced updates to the Ford Transit (gas powered) and Ford E-Transit at the same time, . … | Continue reading
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the workings of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and what it will need to do before electric air taxis become legal. Oh, yeah, of course — none of us are. However, news is that it has brought us a significant step forward with a ... [con … | Continue reading
Xtracycle, one of the pioneers in cargo bikes in the US, just launched a new e-cargo model, The Hopper, which is packed with features that can help it replace many a car trip, all in a format that’s not much bigger than a standard bicycle. There has been recent flood ... [continu … | Continue reading
Everything happening today in America happened nearly 100 years ago in Germany. There are lessons to be learned from history. The post Trump, Musk, & Fascism — An Historical Perspective appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
What will it take to reduce the emissions of the formidable power, buildings, transportation, and agriculture industries? It will require hundreds of wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles, and storage batteries. The production of these industries, in turn, will require w … | Continue reading
Pirelli is perhaps best known for racing tires and the high performance consumer products built using that technology, the P Zero lineup. The company brought CleanTechnica out to Austin, Texas, ahead of the Austin Grand Prix to get a firsthand look at its sustainability efforts a … | Continue reading
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, l … | Continue reading
Airbus and Toshiba will work together to leverage the cold temperatures of liquid hydrogen to create superconductivity in an airplane motor. The post A Superconducting Aircraft Motor From Airbus & Toshiba, Thanks To Hydrogen appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
There’s a lot of misinformation that gets spread around society every day — or, well, every millisecond — or, well, even every zeptosecond. We live in an era of information spread that is incomparable to anything in the 19th century or before, and much of that information is inco … | Continue reading
In the past week, I’ve been digging into the underpinnings of a few Canadian cities’ current fixation on wasting serious amounts of taxpayer money on hydrogen buses. I had been ignoring it, more than not, as I’d assessed global hydrogen fleet trials and results along with exorbit … | Continue reading
Stellantis tapped the all new Dodge Charger Daytona EV to show off its new high performance, solid state EV battery developed in collaboration with the US startup Factorial. The post Stellantis To Demo Muscular Solid-State EV Battery In Muscle Car appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
The US is in the midst of a manufacturing revival like the country has never seen. A strong portfolio of policies from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (CHIPS), and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has stimulated a huge manufacturing boom re … | Continue reading
The US was supposed to have “Infrastructure Week” for about 4 years from 2017–2020. It just never happened. Some people just can’t get stuff done. However, after several months in control of the US Senate, US House of Representatives, and White House, Democrats got a couple of gi … | Continue reading
Looking for a residential EV charger? There are dozens to choose from . Wirecutter tested several and shared the results of its research. The post Top Home & Portable EV Charger Picks From Wirecutter appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
I recently came across something awful on Plugshare: a charging station that took a beating from an idiot before it could even be turned on. In this article, I’m going to discuss the station itself, a wider trend that it’s a part of, and hopefully come up with some fodder ... [co … | Continue reading
As I just noted in another article, Chinese EV producers are selling many electric cars in China, but are also now looking for the best way to plant themselves and grow in foreign markets. Europe is the biggest target, as it’s the second biggest auto market in the world. However, … | Continue reading
The Chinese electric car market is on fire. However, Chinese automakers know their sales in China can only reach a certain level, and there’s a lot more potential out beyond China’s borders if they can move quickly. There’s very little EV supply in many markets still — or even no … | Continue reading
ChargePoint has launched a $699 Level 2 EV charger for light duty commercial fleets, a price point that supports the case for electrification on a total cost of ownership basis. The post ChargePoint Pitches Affordable Level 2 EV Charger For Commercial Fleets, For Just $699 appear … | Continue reading
Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring a new record, a little more than 1.1 million sales (in a 2.1-million-unit overall market). That’s up 51% year over year (YoY), compared to the overall market being up 5%. Looking deeper at the numbe … | Continue reading
The Kia EV9 has been one of the most widely acclaimed electric vehicles of the last couple of years. It has won numerous awards and has gotten rave reviews (including from us). The model is yet to break 10,000 US sales a quarter, but that has to be coming. in ... [continued] The … | Continue reading
Save up to 52% on power stations, solar panels, portable refrigerators, wearable solar, and more during EcoFlow’s Halloween Sale, which runs through October 31, 2024. Don’t get spooked by this too-good-to-be-true sale on a variety of EcoFlow products that can help power outdoor a … | Continue reading
It’s no secret that India is hardcore about trying to force local manufacturing. This has been a barrier to Tesla entering India for a while, and to many others. However, it’s a giant vehicle market with a lot of potential, especially as we get to cheaper and cheaper electric veh … | Continue reading
In 2015 world leaders gathered in Paris and sang praises about their collective ability to set measured goals to stop anthropogenic climate change. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and deep and in most cases immediate GHG emission reductions in all sectors,” … | Continue reading
These "power blocks" house new long duration iron-air energy storage systems, designed to shepherd more renewable energy into the grid. The post West Virginia Lobs An Energy Storage Brickbat At Fossil Fuel Stakeholders appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
A recent article at American Progress tells us about an often overlooked element of Project 2025. It’s not only bad in its own right to close up national monuments and un-protect federal lands, but there’s an even worse secondary effect that could hurt nature globally for decades … | Continue reading
3% of the world’s electricity is used by data centers. That’s up from, well, zero, not too long ago. It’s everything from iCloud to websites to cat videos to Instagram reels to Facetime calls. A blog post uses a lot less data than a podcast which uses less than a ... [continued] … | Continue reading
Once upon a time, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton made the horrible mistake of telling people that coal power wasn’t coming back in the US, was going to continue to shrink, and people living in coal communities would need to be retrained in clean energy careers. Sacrilege! … | Continue reading
Ford rolled out info on the new 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E today. The 2025 Mustang Mach-E now includes a heat pump as standard equipment, which improves efficiency (and thus driving range), especially in colder climates. There are also new colors, new wheels, and a “Sport Appearanc … | Continue reading
Harnessing more wind dramatically enhances clean power and propulsion. On that topic, more maritime shipping businesses are noticing and embracing added efficient technologies. Seriously. A few are giving sails a contemporary twist—literally—on an idea that was somewhat dormant f … | Continue reading
Last month, Super Typhoon Capricorn struck Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, and was one of the most severe typhoons to hit the region since 1949. In this wild weather with torrential gusts and gigantic waves, the floating Mibet solar panels pounded by the typhoon remained incredibly … | Continue reading
SB Global announces Orion Solar project with 1.3 million US made solar panels in rural Texas is now online. The post 1.3 Million US Made Solar Panels, 875 MW — Orion Solar Farm Goes Live In Texas appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
One of our readers, “Mateo from Chile,” wrote in with the following note the other day: “I saw Zach’s good article on Tesla’s Superchargers in Chile earlier this week. I live in Chile, and noticed that the latest Chilean EV sales report was published yesterday (for the Jan–Sep 20 … | Continue reading
Hydrogen is the gas that’s the second best escape artist in the universe. Helium has it by an edge because while helium is four times the mass of hydrogen per unit, it comes in atoms, not molecules. Hydrogen only comes with another hydrogen atom in the hydrogen molecule, which en … | Continue reading
I didn’t know what to expect when I wrote “Our Stance On Covering Tesla,” but I had realized that I really needed a post to explain that there are different people covering Tesla with different opinions and also that some Tesla news is positive while some Tesla news is negative. … | Continue reading
The USGS has surveyed a small portion of the Smackover Formation for a potential role in the domestic lithium supply chain, and it likes what it sees. The post How The US Can Solve Its Lithium Supply Problem In One Fell Swoop appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
You might think this is a no-brainer, but the School of Environment at the University of Toronto has decided it will no longer accept funding from fossil fuel companies. According to a report by The Guardian, it has committed to stop taking funds from the fossil fuel sector for r … | Continue reading
Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highli … | Continue reading
Fervo Energy is shaking things up in geothermal energy, showcasing some big wins over the last month, bringing some cool, next-gen tech to the heat beneath our feet. At CleanTechnica, we have been covering Fervo Energy for over 4 years, but this is my first article about the comp … | Continue reading
Wind turbines that resemble model airplanes will run around an oval track in Wyoming to generate electricity, in a pilot project supported by private, state, and federal investors. The post The Wild Wind Turbines Of Wyoming Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels appeared first on Clean … | Continue reading
The jet engine is a marvelous thing. It can push a 300-passenger aircraft through the air at speeds of 600 miles per hour or more. Today’s engines are so efficient that commercial aircraft can remain in the air long enough to fly from New York City to Sydney, Australia, without . … | Continue reading
A recent media story highlighted how some very wealthy Brits were adding purpose-built garden water features to their properties as a kind of a wild swimming experience — within a controlled environment. (We middle class folks might call them “ponds.”) Goals of these natural swim … | Continue reading
Climate change is very much on the mind of young people today, according to a new study. But it figures not at all in political discussions. The post Young People Are Worried About Climate Change. Why Are No Candidates Talking About It? appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
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