Elon Musk’s relentless pursuit of innovation knows no bounds, and his latest venture, xAI, has unveiled a promising product that could have a significant impact on Tesla vehicles. Musk has hinted at the possibility of incorporating a streamlined version of xAI’s Grok AI tool into … | Continue reading
Polestar says it won't cut prices to boost sales. It is also planning to take part in a major V2G experiment and add Lidar to the Polestar 4. | Continue reading
A Market Action Report on Accelerating Battery Energy Storage in India India’s power system is shifting to a new phase as universal electricity access is achieved, economic growth continues to drive electricity demand, and over 125 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy resources hav … | Continue reading
RecycLiCo CEO Zarko Meseldzija visits CleanTech Talk to discuss battery recycling, black mass, and urban mining for a cleaner future. | Continue reading
As the US prepares for COP 28, it is pushing other nations to limit their use of fossil fuels. But is America in any position to lead? | Continue reading
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! During a recent information dump from the UAW’s headquarters, a bunch of details about GM’s talks with the union were shared. Most of it had to do with increased pay and benefits, but there w … | Continue reading
A new undercover investigation commissioned by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows that sales staff of leasing companies in France rarely promote battery electric cars to customers, unlike some of their German counterparts. In France, leasing companies aren’t advising … | Continue reading
A new permanent magnet for electric vehicles will help free the US automotive supply chain from expensive rare earths and overseas sources. | Continue reading
After years of tension, the US and China are discussing how to limit methane emissions again ahead of the COP 28 conference in Dubai. | Continue reading
It appears that electrifying everything with renewable energy isn’t as simple as it sounds. As Australia moves towards a 100% renewable grid (it was 70% across the eastern states at midday yesterday as I write this), there have been many hiccups along the way. I have read and wri … | Continue reading
Flying for work is all too common for some employees. But on some common routes like London-Amsterdam, traveling by rail over plane will reduce the employee’s carbon footprint by 93%. Yet, too few companies have embraced rail in their business travel policies, a new briefing by t … | Continue reading
You are already doing your bit for a clean energy future — you are driving an electric car or truck. However, riding a bike, even an ebike, is even cleaner. You will use much less energy. Here’s how using an ebike can make using a bike for transportation not just practical, but e … | Continue reading
With record amounts of federal funding for transportation projects underway, a new NRDC scorecard ranks the states on their transportation priorities. | Continue reading
Tesla took another innovation from theory to practice in 2019 when it used gigacasting to fabricate the rear floor section of the Model Y. The two castings replaced 171 parts, which were mostly sheet stampings along with some smaller castings. The new technology eliminated 1,600 … | Continue reading
By far the greatest user is the fossil fuel industry, and they want to multiply its use by orders of magnitude to perpetuate their business. | Continue reading
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A couple of months ago, I wrote a review of the Bluetti EP500 Pro energy storage system. As a Floridian, it hit me after a particularly bad hurricane in 2022 that I should have a backup power … | Continue reading
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) released the largest and most comprehensive database to date on large-scale solar energy projects in the United States. The U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic … | Continue reading
NREL Analyst Luke Lavin Discusses Pitfalls and Opportunities of Managed Charging Approaches This installment of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Tell Me Something Grid series features Luke Lavin, a member of NREL’s Grid Planning and Analysis Center. Lavin discu … | Continue reading
New bifacial solar panels could help make the economic case for agrivoltaic projects that help farmers conserve water and soil, too. | Continue reading
While South American and Chinese cities have been generating a great deal of attention for the electrification of their public transport, East Africa is determined to not fall behind. The majority of electric buses are still in China, but the ones with the biggest impact may be t … | Continue reading
Manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles is about more than what chemistry is used. Geopolitical considerations are critical, too. | Continue reading
A post at Motortrend made an interesting case against converting classic cars to run on electric power. In this article, I’m going to briefly explain why they’re mostly right, and where they’re pretty much wrong. TL;DR: it depends on what you’re actually going to do with the clas … | Continue reading
We forecast that the United States will generate 14% more electricity from solar energy than from hydroelectric facilities in 2024, according to our Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Our forecast is driven by continued growth in new utility-scale and small-scale solar facilities. … | Continue reading
Asia is poised to become the global leader in wind power by 2050, accounting for over 60% of all offshore wind capacity installed worldwide. For this to happen, ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) governments must focus resources and hasten building the preparatory in … | Continue reading
GM’s Cruise division, which focuses on autonomous vehicles, has been having a tough time lately. After a series of accidents, California’s regulators snagged the company’s license to operate robotaxis without test drivers. Then, the company’s brass decided it was best to go ahead … | Continue reading
Solar power in Nigeria is experiencing a breakthrough moment. The poster child for neo-colonialism in Africa, Nigeria is that continent’s largest producer of crude oil. Yet it has no refineries of its own, which means Nigerians pay exorbitant prices for gasoline and diesel fuel s … | Continue reading
Ports will be much quieter, much less polluted, much less of a greenhouse gas emitter, and much more efficient. Everyone will be better off at the end of this process. Well, except for the people who invested heavily in hydrogen for energy. | Continue reading
Diesel-to-electric conversions are helping to ease the electric truck bottleneck while contributing to the sparkling green economy of the future. | Continue reading
In every tech transition, there are innovative leaders who bring the first products and projects to market. While those are cutting edge when they come out, after a few years, they are clearly out of date. The growth and evolution of grid-scale batteries has gotten to the point w … | Continue reading
If you’re on the lookout for an off-grid power source or emergency backup power system and want to save some money when purchasing one, right now there are some great deals on Jackery portable power stations and accompanying solar panels. We’ve used and reviewed a number of Jacke … | Continue reading
Smartville emerged as the product of of the University of San Diego, California, as a result of the research of co-founders Antoni Tong and Mike Ferry. They realized the need for and the opportunity to build a business around triaging and repurposing second life electric vehicle … | Continue reading
The speculation is on -- is the US next in line for a low-priced Tesla? | Continue reading
The Empa research group led by Maksym Kovalenko is researching innovative materials for the batteries of tomorrow. Whether it’s fast-charging electric cars or low-cost stationary storage, there’s a promising material or a novel manufacturing process for every application. What ar … | Continue reading
Recently Jefferies Group, one of the United States largest investment banks, asked me to speak to a global group of their clients, institutional investors representing billions and possibly trillions in funds. | Continue reading
The locomotives are expected to reduce airborne particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions by .385 tons - the equivalent emissions of 7,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles. | Continue reading
Resilient home design is becoming a higher priority for builders and architects as the challenges of a warming planet multiply. | Continue reading
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced that the Interior Department is advancing 15 onshore renewable energy projects across the West. | Continue reading
The Volvo EX30 takes Volvo’s legacy of building some of the safest cars in the world, electrifies it, and wraps it all up in Volvo’s smallest SUV package ever. At the same time, the EX30 is the fastest SUV Volvo has ever built with a staggering 0 to 60 time of 3.4 seconds in the … | Continue reading
2025 RamCharger Raises The Electric Truck Bar With 663 HP and 690 miles of plug-in hybrid range between fill-ups. | Continue reading
The race is on to push oil and gas HVAC systems out, and let new energy efficient cold-climate electric heat pumps in. | Continue reading
October 2023 saw plugin EVs take 24.5% share of Germany’s auto market, down from a 32.5% share in October 2022, and amidst a hangover from September 2023 incentive changes. Full electrics nevertheless saw sales volume slightly increase YoY, whilst PHEV volume declined. Overall au … | Continue reading
Loblaw will put a pair of Volvo VNR electric semi trucks to work delivering groceries and other goods throughout the Montreal metro. | Continue reading
Record month in September! | Continue reading
Connected, automated vehicle traveling through time-controlled, integrated traffic lights maximized energy efficiency Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers determined that a connected and automated vehicle, or CAV, traveling on a multilane highway with integrated traffic ligh … | Continue reading
Announcements of private sector investments in American-made battery technologies have been increasing over the last few years, with 208 as of September 2023. There have also been 27 Federal investment announcements. The map below shows locations of new announcements of minerals … | Continue reading
Reports out of Germany indicate Tesla intends to build a less expensive car there that uses high pressures castings to reduce costs. | Continue reading
Kenyan startup BasiGo’s innovative Pay-As-You-Drive model, which lowers the barriers to entry for operators to get brand new electric buses, has helped unlock a pathway to accelerating the adoption of electric buses in Africa. Here is a summary of BasiGo’s Pay-As-You-Drive progra … | Continue reading
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